The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (38): Have a Danish

The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (38): Have a Danish

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norman lebrecht

April 23, 2020

This is the theme song of the best thing on television this year, the second series of Denmark TV’s Ride Upon the Storm, in which a priest and his family process grief and guilt, love and duty.

From the makers of Borgen. Best thing out of Denmark since breakfast.

Don’t miss it.

Comments

  • fflambeau says:

    Denmark is responsible for “breakfast”? Somehow, I doubt that even though I love Denmark.

    • V.Lind says:

      I was mystified too. I even looked it up and was not impressed by what I saw as typical Danish breakfasts. I thought “full English” was the last word in the first meal of the day? It is (in a modified version) around my place on the weekends!

      Perhaps NL’s Danish breakfast experiences have been filled with hygge, which is the only thing I can think of to prompt interest in this song — though I have not yet seen the series, and it is that rather than the song he appears to be praising. On the strength of his recommendation I will give it a try — I did enjoy Borgen.

  • Novagerio says:

    He means propably a “Danish”, or as the Danes call it, a “Wienerbrød”, a “Plundergebäck” auf Deutsch.
    Amazing series by the way, with a phenomenal Lars Mikkelsen as the conflictive priest.

  • Peggy Sweeney says:

    I suspect he was referring to the ubiquitous use of “Danish” – at least in the U.S. — for Danish pastry, a very common breakfast sweet.

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