I heart Finland, now and then.
My many reasons to love Finland include not only my lovely and wonderful Finnish friends, the fairytale Christmas I spent there five years ago, my stripey Finnish socks, and the Moomintrolls...but also Finland's terrifically bad pop music. Last summer I mentioned Lordi, who won Eurovision last year with their terrifically bad, be-costumed fake Goth rock song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (complete with an "Arockalypse" reference). Thank Youtube for the following video:
...and from years and years ago, Armi ja Danny ja bad choreography in "Love you tender" (ja is Finnish for "and") with, dare I say, a very characteristically Finnish minor key:
...and finally, in a techno version of a famous Finnish folk song called "Ievan polkka" it's animated donkey-girl Holly Dolly:
...and from years and years ago, Armi ja Danny ja bad choreography in "Love you tender" (ja is Finnish for "and") with, dare I say, a very characteristically Finnish minor key:
...and finally, in a techno version of a famous Finnish folk song called "Ievan polkka" it's animated donkey-girl Holly Dolly: