Further Hard Rock Hallelujah

[snowgrouse]

Why, yes, I'm going to milk this for all it's worth...

YouTube vid of Lordi's performance at the Eurovision song contest.Eehhehe. **loves** I'm still bouncy and hysterical, because really. We've participated for the past 45 years and always failed miserably. Thank fuck some people had a sense of humour this year... *bounces

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[kuunvirta]

We'll be lucky if it's only reindeer and not Father Christmas with his little helpers.

[snowgrouse]

YE GODS. I fear. I fear. AUUUUUGH.

*dies in embarrasment already*

On the other hand, I bet next year's entries will all be melodic hard rock in monster costumes, yes.

[linda_joyce]

We'll be lucky if it's only reindeer and not Father Christmas with his little helpers.

I didn't want to suggest this but I can see it happening, we can only hope it will be the traditional Father Christmas and not the Coca Cola version.

[snowgrouse]

Ours is still called (literally) The Yule Goat. Although he doesn't have a goat mask any more nor does he go about doing rude hip-wiggling at women. It probably *will* be the Coca-Cola-ified version...

[linda_joyce]

I demand the lewd hip wiggler or I won't vote for Finland next year!!

[snowgrouse]

It's a forgotten tradition for most Finns, I wouldn't know about it if I weren't Pagan. Bah.

Apparently the goat figure was even more popular during the harvest fests in the autumn. His other name, "köyripukki" literally means "shagging goat". Apart from Finland's Nature Religions' Association who hold a Samhain masquerade each year, I haven't seen other revivals of the custom. Which is a shame...