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TANúñez

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Attn: Florian

This video is for you as I know you will appreciate it. This is really good stuff. Don't know why I think of you whenever I see these kinds of videos

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 30 2007 18:20:12

duende

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

Niklas ought to watch that!

he´s from finland

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 30 2007 18:25:03

TANúñez

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

What surprises me is how the band can keep a straight and serious face. This is probably why they just keep looking down.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 30 2007 20:27:26

Niklas

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

I'm again proud of my nationality...

But before you get any ideas, they are not doing it seriously.

This was recorded 30 years ago but it didn't receive much admiration back then.
Now when youtube etc. came, someone decided to dig up this....... thing

Niklas

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 30 2007 21:00:28

Florian

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Niklas)

LOL! it only took me 2 days to load on 56k, but as it turns out it was worth while

quote:

This is really good stuff. Don't know why I think of you whenever I see these kinds of videos

thank you

that means the world to me

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 0:37:22

TANúñez

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Florian)

quote:

thank you that means the world to me

What are friends for?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 2:50:05

Florian

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

quote:

What are friends for?

absolutley nothing if not to put a smile on your face

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 2:53:24

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

is this normal in finland?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 3:02:35

Florian

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Guest)

quote:

is this normal in finland?

I dont know but i love finland, i truly belive they are one of my most favourite countryes in the world, heres some of the reasons why

:

- 3 of the most entertaining music videos i have ever seen were from Finland

- They never tryied to invade another country and rule the world
- They never beat romania at soccer

theres more reasons just cant think of any , acctualy i wanna use this thread to learn more about finland, when i come back i am gonna read wikipedia.

Today is your day FINLAND !!

I wanna celebrate finland, i wanna know the movie stars, i wanna know the music stars, i wanna know the history, i wanna read all about finland today, when i get back from class.
Niklas feel free to jump in with litlle known facts about finland.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 3:15:45

Niklas

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

quote:

I wanna celebrate finland

Ole!

Hey what are these other music videos you mention Flo? Or do I really want to know...

quote:

is this normal in finland?

. It's meant as a joke.

Haha. As someone from Finland I'm always honoured to hear someone mention our little country that nobody seems to know about

. I guess there is a reason why: we have only produced like 3 bands that ever made it on the world market, our only realy successfull athlete is a F1 driver (Kimi Räikkönen) and we always lose in icehockey to Canada, Sweden (Henrik

) etc...
And nobody wants to come here either because in the winter it's ****** freezing cold and we only get 4-5 hours of daylight (no daylight for about 2 months in Lapland high in the north). I have no idea what my ancestors were thinking about when they came here the first time.
And we also have a language that is almost impossible to learn. It also makes German and Dutch people laugh for some reason....

So the truth is that we don't go around singing a Finnish version of "YMCA" with tiny shorts in our streets...

Niklas

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 7:43:53

Ailsa

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Niklas)

Hello Niklas I've been to Finland twice and I loved it, even in the winter. I took the overnight boat across from Sweden. During the night you can hear the boat breaking through the ice which is quite scary because you keep thinking about the Titanic! But in the morning you go outside and the boat is floating through loads of tiny islands, with snow covered trees, until you reach Helsinki. It's magical!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 10:38:59

Florian

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Niklas)

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Hey what are these other music videos you mention Flo? Or do I really want to know...

well the first one was the classic one Tanunez posted, i cant remember the name but let me sing some of the words for you mibe it rings a bell. (the lyrics are absolute poetry )

OUuuuuuu u absolutley fine , your lips are made of wine I wanna make u mine
and this is where we stannnnnnnd.

I love u , u know u love me tender,
U love me u are my sweet surrender

etc etc, thats all i remember

the second one, is Disco dance lessons by a couple, u know the one

if u look for it youl find it.

the 3rd ofcourse is this one

I hope i didnt get nationalities mixed up again i am pretty sure they were all finish.

I dont care out of all the youtube videos they entertained me the most and i dont care who knows it

how about some popular finish movie stars ? some photos ? or some singers ?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 10:56:27

Niklas

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

quote:

By Ailsa

Hello Niklas I've been to Finland twice and I loved it, even in the winter. I took the overnight boat across from Sweden. During the night you can hear the boat breaking through the ice which is quite scary because you keep thinking about the Titanic! But in the morning you go outside and the boat is floating through loads of tiny islands, with snow covered trees, until you reach Helsinki. It's magical!

The boat ride is nice

. The view comming into Helsinki is something else.

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By Flo

the second one, is Disco dance lessons by a couple, u know the one

Don't remind me

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how about some popular finish movie stars ? some photos ? or some singers ?

Now that I think about it, we don't have any movie stars that would be known outside Finland. We do have Renny Harlin ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001317/ ) who directed the Die Hard 2 movie

.
Only 3 notable bands that have made it big (note that they all play rock/metal):
Nightwish -
The Rasmus -
HIM -
Personally i don't realy listen to any of their music but they are kind of the only musicians that are well known around the world so i need to be proud

There are also some heavy metal bands that are aparently quite well known amongst fans of that kind of music. Maybe Gabe would know?

Niklas

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 17:24:02

Florian

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Niklas)

sEE, i knew i loved Finland !!

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Finland is eleventh on the United Nations' Human Development Index[3] and ranked as the sixth happiest nation in the world.[4] According to the World Audit Democracy profile, Finland is the freest nation in the world in terms of civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and political rights.[5] Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit,[6] and since 1945, Finland has been at peace, adopting neutrality in wartime

theres some things to be proud off, more than movie stars or bands

OHh and Nokia is finish i didnt realise ! i love this wikepidia

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Finnish nationalism based on the Kalevala spread, and Jean Sibelius became famous for his vocal symphony Kullervo

I gues thats what the notation program is named after Sibelius

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 18:34:48

Ailsa

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Florian)

Finland won the Eurovision Song contest in 2006 with a metal band called Lordi:

"The monstrous looking band have been the talk of the contest since they were first chosen to represent Finland. While there was controversy and some displeasure on home turf, the rest of Europe have taken the Hard Rockers to their hearts and voted them way ahead of the rest despite the usual collusive voting from Eastern European nations."

Pretty looking guys no?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 18:54:39

Niklas

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

Oh I forgot all about Lordi!!

(Lordi = Lord in Finnish... basically you can get almost any English word to sound Finnish by putting an "i" in the end of it)
Their tunes are rather catchy...

Here is them playing in the Eurovisions:

And Nokia! Everyone thinks it's Japanese

Niklas

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 21:06:25

Matic

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to TANúñez)

Niklas didn't you post a buleria falseta not long ago? I still have it on my computer.
Join bulerias jam man!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2007 21:14:27

Niklas

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RE: Attn: Florian (in reply to Matic)

Yeah I did.
Maybe I should join the group bulerias...
Is there still room for one more? I haven't been following the thread...

Niklas

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