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  1. This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #OdeToMelancholy. Regardless of genre, the mainstream Finnish popular music is full of melancholic songs:

    Olavi Virta: Hopeinen kuu (1960)
    youtube.com/watch?v=4SIqnLmoNS0

    Reijo Taipale: Satumaa (1964)
    youtube.com/watch?v=vgfWnTu8of4

    Hector: Lumi teki enkelin eteiseen (1973)
    youtube.com/watch?v=0uV6SMHsBt4

    Eppu Normaali: Tuhansien murheellisten laulujen maa (1982)
    youtube.com/watch?v=kpYXiyRUaLs

    Topi Sorsakoski & the Agents: Salattu suru (1985)
    youtube.com/watch?v=i34rrdR_dkE

    #OlaviVirta #ReijoTaipale #Hector #EppuNormaali #TopiSorsakoski #EsaPulliainen #FinnishMusic

  2. For this week's #MondayCovers I've chosen Olavi Virta's excellent Finnish language version of "Moody River":

    Olavi Virta: Moody River (1961)
    youtube.com/watch?v=rRJ4PTGGgo8

    Pat Boone had the international hit with the song, but his version was actually a cover as well - the much more obscure original (Southern Sound 101) had been done by Chase Webster, who also wrote the song.

    #music #olavivirta #moodyriver #patboone #chasewebster

  3. This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #steppingstonesongs.

    Of course, tango as a musical form originated from Argentina, but it has had a very special impact on the history of Finnish popular music as well. If you've ever been curious about the Finnish version of tango, a good place to start would be one of the classic tango recordings of Olavi Virta (1915-1972), the all-time most popular Finnish male singer:

    Olavi Virta: "Täysikuu" (1954, translation of the title: "Full Moon")
    youtube.com/watch?v=6pr7gfUfHFQ

    Written by the profilic pair of Toivo Kärki and Reino Helismaa, the song was originally featured in the 1954 movie "Minä soitan sinulle illalla".

    For background information on the Finnish tango craze, there's no better place to start than this article by music historian Pekka Gronow:

    Pekka Gronow: "Once I waited for someone - the story of the Finnish Tango" (1995)
    fmq.fi/articles/once-i-waited-

    #music #tango #finnishtango #olavivirta #reinohelismaa #toivokarki

  4. Ei tällä ikää enää vuoden vaihtumisesta niin isoa riemua saa revittyä, sehän vaihtuu tämän tuosta. Keittelen vain aamukahvit ja syön jukurttini tavalliseen tapaan. Päässä soi kumminkin #OlaviVirta. #UusiVuosi2024 youtu.be/KvRlr1LXT3Y?si=VDtmOE

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