#fredi — Public Fediverse posts

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #SciFiTunes. This time I ended up choosing a selection of Finnish-language songs:

Fredi: Muukalainen (1973) ("Starman" in Finnish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGQAy6swhY0

Veltto Virtanen: Ufo (1978) (an off-the wall Finnish-language version of "It Came Out of the Sky")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-og75M73-0

Tuomari Nurmio: Punainen planeetta (1983) ("Red Planet")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZuUgxhVr4

Leevi & the Leavings: Nainen toiselta planeetalta (1986) ("Woman From Another Planet")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOp93rQjQjs

Liisa Akimof: Helsinki (1990) (in the lyrics the city of Helsinki is drowning into the sea, but there's bureaucracy that needs to be taken care of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPW4WJHGNM0

#Fredi #DavidBowie #VelttoVirtanen #JohnFogerty #TuomariNurmio #LeeviandtheLeavings #GöstaSundqvist #LiisaAkimof #suomirock

Suomisettii - Suomi Gruuvi 1 (Finnish Grooves 1969-1988) (8 March 2026).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo45HndNlG0

#FinnishGroove #DJmixes #funk #soul #jazz #breaks #groove #Finnhits #EdwardVesala #OttoDonner #Kirka #EeroRaittinen #RitvaOksanen #Anki #Fredi #TapaniKansa #SeijaSimola #LoveRecords #Finland

Today's #JukeboxFridayNight theme (#BodyParts) may also remind many of us Finns of this tune, which represented Finland in the Eurovision song contest in 1976:

Fredi & ystävät: Pump Pump (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHO_mFsR9Eg

This clip is from the national selection programme and has the original Finnish-language lyrics with the "pylly vasten pyllyä" refrain. These were much more hilarious than the cleaned-up English-language lyrics which were used in the actual contest. I was eight at the time, and my recollection is that I was rolling out on the floor laughing when I watched this for the first time.

#music #Eurovision #Fredi

Mikä hesulilaisille ei ole edes nähtävyys, voi lapsuudessa #Fredi'ä kuunnelleelle olla aito elämys. Fredi oli kuitenkin lapsuuteni suuria ääniä. En kuitenkaan käynyt heittämässä portsarille viitosta, vaan söin lounaan kadun vastakkaisella puolen. #suomalainenmusiikki #miehenelämää

Today's #TuneTuesday theme is songs with cities or towns in the title or lyrics. The official hash tag is #LondonCalling but my entry contains songs that refer to another city, #Helsinki.

Helsinki and Stockholm are connected by a popular ferry line, which is nicely reflected in this song, co-written and sung by one of my favorite artists, Doug Sahm:

Sir Douglas Quintet: Meet Me In Stockholm (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfz5f7_xXk

Two wonderful Finnish-language recordings that I really liked when they came out some 35 years ago, both with memorable lyrics:

Leevi & the Leavings: Jos Helsinki on kaunis (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWiBHb1i4s

Liisa Akimof: Helsinki (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPW4WJHGNM0

Unfortunately the all-time ultimate Helsinki song doesn't mention the name of the city, but here it is anyway - originally written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent as "Beautiful In the Rain", but with superb - and completely different - Finnish-language lyrics by Juha "Junnu" Vainio:

Fredi: Kolmatta Linjaa takaisin (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8BEminEYe4

#music #dougsahm #sirdouglasquintet #leavings #liisaakimof #fredi #kolmattalinjaatakaisin

Oon mahdollisesti saattanut puhua fediversumista frediversumina... No ei kai se oo niin justiinsa. 😅

"Mä kolmatta linjaa takaisin kuljen kerran..." 🎶

#fediversumi #fredi

Ja p.s. Joskus 2000-luvun alussa oli semmoinen luontaistuotemyymälä kuin Ikivireä. Muistaakseni ihan pari vuotta ennen sen taipaleen päättymistä mulle selvisi, että nimi ei ollutkaan Ikivihreä. 😁

Soitin lapsuuden #sävelmä'ä. Siellä se on syvällä kallonpohjassa ja soi. #Fredi #miehenelämää
https://youtu.be/ejM5CbfrL30?si=rmHdLqAzZW-qwFcn

@valoisa Laula #Fredi'ä, niin maailma laulaa kanssasi. #AvaaSydämesiMulle