Guitar - Norbert
Vocals - Dobba 

Scandinavian Homesick Blues was inspired by the Fingolstones tour of Torquay in 1988. Towards the end of the week they discovered a quaint little boozer called The Rainbow. Well actually it wasn't quaint at all but it was full of Scandinavian totty. Swedes, Norwegians and Danes. All very friendly and all into English lads in a big way. They were all from the local English Language School studying over here for the summer and had brought with them their liberated Scandinavian ways.
One particularly memorable Norwegian sat on Dobbas lap and said "do you want to sleep with me, I don't have AIDS you know". Dobba bottled it big time though.
Dobbas moment was to come with a young Danish girl called Pernila Roddemier (or similar). In their few short hours together a love blossomed between them that finally culminated in an act of filth in the ladies public toilet.
Dobba returned to the hotel at nearly 5am dewy eyed and quoting Shakespeare’s love sonnets. Alas it was not to be as she returned home the following day and he a day later. Addresses were exchanged and a couple of letters too but it faded as a lot of young love does.

The song therefore was a tribute to young love and the unusual ways and places in which it can blossom. It also featured a rare outing for Norbert on guitar. It starts with a gentle melody and builds to a crescendo before ending suddenly, almost a metaphor for the art of lovemaking. Interestingly although the incident happened during the making of the first album "Buddies" the song itself was not written until much later and thus appeared on Captain Whistle making it somewhat of a chronological anomaly in the Fingolstones world.

Some of the Scandinavian fan club pose with their heroes Dobba and Booga. This bunch are from Sweden. The one on the middle being Corinne from Malmo, a "special" friend of Norberts.
Dobba in particular caused a bit of a stir as "Dobba" is or was at the time at least, a top Swedish fashion label. Swedish fashion being what it is Dobbas ropey schmutter fitted right in. 

Take me back, oh take me back
To the land where the sun never sets
Where my heart lies deep in a fjord
Lets go back oh lets
My true love lives many miles away
Across the sea many miles
But the vastness is so easily bridged
By the beauty of her smiles

Her hair is blonde and her eyes are blue
Her heart is big and her bust is to
We met at the Rainbow a quaint old pub
I knew her tits I'd like to rub
My friend he to did meet a girl
Her skin was smooth like mother of pearl
Her hair was blonde her eyes were grey
With him she wanted to have her way

They walked down town hand in hand
Why must this be a one night stand
Tomorrow these shores she would leave
His head hung low his heart would heave
In the ladies bogs they had their knocks
She wore a hat and pumps without socks
Her hands did wander his balls were wobbling
She was gonna give him a damn good gobbling

Four hours later she had to go
His heart was heavy his head hung low
His balls were tired and so was he
It was two hours past a quart to three
Then she was gone like a soft summer breeze
He fell to the floor his head like cheese
He'd found at last true love
He felt so good he had to go home and pull at his pud.

Dobbas Danish pull, Pernile Rodhemier.

As she is today, a Danish war coresspondant, who'd a thunk it eh ?