Eurovision Song Contest

[tabbs]

it's Ieva's Polka (an i not a L)

Seems to be a popular mistake though. Try entering Levan Polkka, with the L, at http://en.wikipedia.org/

As for that party in Helsinki ... http://www.macleans.ca/culture/news/sho ... t=e052637A

Christian

[JP Simões]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieva%27s_Polka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levan_Polkka

Are the same article. I still don't know the difference though.

[tabbs]

I still don't know the difference though.

Both queries that you posted are actually redirected to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ievan_Polkka So yes, the first word actually starts with an I ...

Christian

[JP Simões]

Both queries that you posted are actually redirected to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ievan_Polkka So yes, the first word actually starts with an I ...

Didn't bother looking at that. Sorry!

[Fons]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieva%27s_Polka

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levan_Polkka

Are the same article. I still don't know the difference though.

There is an automatic redirected from the L to the I.
The mistake is probably being made quite often...


btw, maybe funny to know, about the link to the Loituma-video I posted in the Olen Omena topic > I found it when googling to "Levas Polka"

[Poutsi]

it's Ieva's Polka (an i not a L)

Seems to be a popular mistake though. Try entering Levan Polkka, with the L, at http://en.wikipedia.org/

As for that party in Helsinki ... http://www.macleans.ca/culture/news/sho ... t=e052637A

Christian

Even I made that mistake. I thought Leva was a municipality or a place or something, but of course it's Eeva/Eva when pronounced with north-carelian dialect.

[androl]

So Ieva should be Eeva in standard Finnish? Are the whole lyrics written in dialect? I noticed the word laiasta, I think that should be laidasta in normal Finnish.

[Dakkus]

Hmm.. My throat is still a bit sore for that karaoke growling :D

[Evert]

http://www.sieni.us/?id=5

I've seen another one with the same song.. Seems to be popular?

[Fons]

I've seen this one at several places on the net when searching for more Loituma stuff

[Poutsi]

So Ieva should be Eeva in standard Finnish? Are the whole lyrics written in dialect? I noticed the word laiasta, I think that should be laidasta in normal Finnish.

Yeah, the whole song is in (north) carelian dialect (i should've known, my both grandparents from fathers side are originally from Soviet occupied Carelia, and they still talk pretty much like that). And you're right, laiasta = laidasta, nuapurista = naapurista, immeiset = ihmiset, toevotti = toivotti, Ieva = Eeva and so on...

[CSI]

Somebody has had fun making this video.

[tabbs]

And here is a great video where the Academic Male Choir of Tallinn Technical University (Estonia) http://www.tam.ee/ sings "Hard Rock Hallelujah":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2roPaSJdk0

Seems they also had a lot of fun.

Christian

[milanocapitale]

when I was in Cyprus the ukranian singer was in my hotel,in italy we don't haue the eurocontest singer so i didn't know who was that funny 'popstar' 1/2 gangsta-1/2 nomad he was with a crew of 20 persons...

but i have listened to the lithuanian song and it is so great!'we are the winner'

[Asiamaniac]

And in case you end up with very few points, it would not look very good ... I know this does not apply to all countries that take part in the ESC. But it sure does for Germany (...).

Oh yes, it does. Our top girlie-band "No Angels" were the last in ESC 2008 and ever since there is not much heard of them. At least not in terms of music. They made it recently to the front pages through the arrest of one of the girls right before she was to give a concert. She is framed for deliberately infecting at least one man with the HIV-virus that she carries inside her...