...It was important that the songs do not contain too many words with "P" since it gave a popping sound. "K" was not so poppy either. On the other hand, "U" was a good letter and had so many vowels in the texts...

...ar det ju viktigt att låtarna inte innehöll för många ord på “p”, eftersom det gav ett poppande ljud. “K” var inte heller så poppis. Däremot var “u” en bra bokstav och så gärna mycket vokaler i texterna...

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On constructing the lyrics for Ted Gärdestad's songs, to avoid plosives, such as "Himlen är oskyldigt blå”, as quoted on Kenneth Gärdestad: “Jag vill inte att minnet av Ted förknippas för mycket med hans sjukdom”, Lahti, Gabriella, News55.SE, published on 20 February 2016 (web)

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