Zacharias Topelius wrote the lyrics to honor his one year old son's sudden death a year before. That's why the sparrow is the girl's (boy's sister) little brother from the land of angels. Touching.
Many finnish Christmas songs are quite miserable, but very touching and beautiful, with a hopeful undertone in the end. This is one of my favourites. And Konsta Jylhä’s Christmas song is the trickiest for me, it’s about a little girl taking a candle to her mother’s grave at Christmas, wondering if she’ll ever laugh and play again. Gets me every single time, being a mother of a little girl myself, so I avoid it nowadays, even if I absolutely love it 😁
@@tanjajko7220Haha! Not all the Finnish Christmas songs are miserable. Let's mennään: "hupsis kupsis pimppeli pompeli" or "kulkkuuset kulkkuuset, kilvan helkkäilee" or "sika, se kuulan kalloon saa. Sika, sen setä teurastaa" or "ratiritiralla" or "koska meillä on koulu, juhla armas lapsien. Eikä rasita joulu, syyt' on olla iloinen" jne.jne...😵😅
@@pekkakarppinen1608 Yes but let’s be honest, does anyone above the age of six actually want to listen to them? 🤣 Although have to admit I love misery in music, the more, the better 😁
@@tanjajko7220 I almost hate these superficial tracks they play at the malls and on the radio all the holiday season. Melancholy is the very essence of our songs and soul. 😑
Love Marco. Love Finland. All of the nordic countrys share almost the same languish exept Finland. They are a people of their own. Ugri people. The languish is super old and totaly unik. Even thou other countrys have ocupied and tryed to ocupied thieir country time and time again they still have their unik culture, LOVE IT!
This tour always goes around the country. Last year there was a local choir in every concert. It was so beautiful. And hundreds of children got this chance to shine! This tour is always full of talent, not only Marco, Floor and Tarja who all have performed there, but also other singers and band. This particular song always gets me. I am not able to sing this because of emotion. This song is from that time of our history, Finland was a poor country and many kids had lost siblings. it tells how important it is to give to less fortunate, even if you don´t have that much for you self. This song is part of our DNA. Have a peaceful and safe Christmas
Yes, every finn knows this song, it is one of the most beloved christmas songs in Finland along with Sylvian joululaulu ( Sylvia's christmas song). Both songs sad and touching.
I don't know beloved (there are actually people in Finland that usually don't lile christmas songs) but this is a song that is played during christmas time in school, churches etc... I actually liked a lot this version of the song. Maybe all the christmas songs should be done this way :D
Regarding Marko winning the Finnish version of The Masked Singer, all his performances are on the MTV Suomi TH-cam channel. He does Prince, Elton John, Backstreet Boys, etc. You can't see his face because of the mask, of course, but you can hear it's him and his impersonations of the different stars' singing voices are amazing. Well worth your time :)
This was increds, the kids as the voice of the innocent little sparrow/spirit of brother and Marco as not only the storyteller, but also almost as a voice of God explaining the value of generosity to the poor in the final verse kind of made the song perfect for the metal genre! The performance was magical and the crowd atmosphere seemed electric! The guitar solo was the perfect balance of straight note and slides in the same way Marco had that perfect balance of straight note and vibrato with his rolled Rs to prioritise that perfect diction for storytelling and characterization 💜❣️😍 I think I liked it a bit ☺️🤪😂🥰
Raskasta Joulua is amazing, their arrangements of traditional Christmas songs are incredible. Erkka Korhonen, the lead guitarist, is the mastermind behind it all. Really lovely guy, too. It's grown steadily bigger in these past ~15 years and in recent years the ensemble has been joined by some international metal singers as well. They've also recorded and released most of the songs in English.
I actually just got home from Xmas lunch (5pm in Australia) & I put all of the "heavy Christmas" on the TH-cam & my parents who are both almost 80 were right into it. Oh & I sang Fairytale of New York while I made salad lol. Have a lovely time
It's not a surprise,that we have Christmas songs in metal,we even have a childrens heavy band called Hevisaurus...Welcome to Finland,by the way...when its safe...
The lead guitarist Erkka Korhonen is the guy who came up with the brilliant idea of Heavy Christmas concerts. Marko has also recorded this song in English: th-cam.com/video/jqLydKVbJlY/w-d-xo.html And here's Marko's Masked Singer playlist: th-cam.com/play/PL_fkiuK0ZVEusqHqZ-3tN-b4ZXlxWez4Y.html
This one has become a traditional Christmas song in Finnish culture. Zachris Topelius wrote this poem originally in Swedish (which used to be a much more prominent language in Finland in the past) about his son who died as a 1-year-old baby. It was translated and composed into a Christmas song in 1913 and has since been arranged countless times by various artists.
Wow Christi, what a delightful surprise reaction! Was very interesting to see/hear you experiencing "Sparrow on Christmas Morning" as it is such classic in Finnish Christmas song catalog. Really nice observations. As many have already commented, song is melancholic in nature as Zacharias wrote the poem after his child past away. When true identity of the "sparrow" is revealed in the song, it works as metaphora, a briefly visiting longing for Zacharious and his tragic lose. Personally, I have never been spesifically touched by the original song, but this rock version has such beautiful arrangement + when child choir starts singing as a sparrow: "I am not, my child, a bird from this land...I am your small brother, I came from heavens", it kinda hits hard. Im not a religious man and I don't have kids but that part with whole unraveling of the song gets me every time. Btw, apologies for the rough english translation, which few here have also noted. My english is not perfect plus when translating song with a poetic origins, some of the preciseness and correct wording/meaning of phrase gets lost in translation, specially by amateur level translator such as myself. Yet the main message of the song should be well understandable, which was my main focus. Thank you for the kind supporting words for Finland. Much appreciated. Same back to you. Raskasta Joulua 2020 tour was indeed cancelled due to pandemic, but few individual concerts took place earlier in November. Also a Raskasta Joulua 2020 virtual concert was recorder just about week ago, so material from that may come free for future viewing + show is to be seen via finnish television tomorrow. About the lead guitarist and his solid handy work in "Sparrow on Christmas Morning": Guitarist name is Erkka Korhonen and he is the mastermind and creator of whole "Raskasta Joulua" concept (in 2004). And yes, he has very clean, smooth and musical playing style. Playing along Tuomas Wäinölä in these concerts, they make great sounding lead guitar duo for Raskasta Joulua, for years now. Truly a world class pair in their craft. There are loads more highly recommended Raskasta Joulua concert performances, but here's one of my personal favourites of all: Marco with bunch of other finnish rock vocalists singing partially as a choir (yes, a 4 male choir) an ethereally rocking version of the classic "Little Drummer Boy": 1. Raskasta Joulua 2019 | "Little Drummer Boy" feat. Marco Hietala etc (English lyrics): th-cam.com/video/xXgX05FcPwQ/w-d-xo.html Have a peaceful and warm-hearting Christmas/holiday time. All the best and keep doing what you do, Christi. Fabulous work.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varpunen_Jouluaamuna Varpunen jouluaamuna (Swedish: Sparven om julmorgonen), Sparrow on Christmas Morning, is a poem by Zachris Topelius from 1859. It has been translated to Finnish by Konrad Alexis Hougberg. You can see the sorrow of Topelius in the poem; his son, Rafael, died at the age of one the spring before he wrote the poem[1]. The poem has been composed to a song several times. The most known of them must be the Christmas carol by Otto Kotilainen. It was published for the first time in the "Joulupukki" magazine in 1913[2]. The song has been recorded by numerous popular Finnish artists, such as Mauno Kuusisto, Sulo Saarits, Tapani Kansa, Hector, Marco Hietala, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Viikate & Timo Rautiainen, Pepe Willberg, Tarja Turunen, Matti ja Teppo, Petri Laaksonen, Richard Järnefelt, Rajaton, Suvi Teräsniska, Diandra, Club for Five and Jarkko Ahola[3].
This year they did set up Raskasta Joulua 2020 via a live stream. This Live Stream is now available fur purchase for 19,90€. Tickets from Korvamato.fi or Ruutu.fi The concert will be online for 7 days, 19-26 December 2020. You can watch the concert at Korvamato.fi or Ruutu.fi Kaikki siunatut joulupäivät. Terveisiä Hollannista.
Thank you for continuing your exploration into European artists, this was another great reaction and deconstruction to very talented artist that is only known to niche genre of music enthusiasts in North America. Is it just me or do most (contrary to) North American artists put themselves and their egos first? Their European counterparts put the music and their audiences first. They just seem so giving and humble. Love Symphonic Metal!
Hyvää Joulua to you too 🤗 Yes, the Finnish Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) metal tour is epic 🙂 They seem to perform some songs every year. Floor or Elize Ryd singing "Stjärnan i min hand" in these same conserts is a great song too (it's in Swedish, Finland in bilingual country so both Finnish and Swedish Christmas songs are sung this time of year). English songs are sung too, also in these conserts, and on radio/TV. Marco with Tarot in "Tarot on ice" kind of fits to this time of the year too, e.g. "Guardian Angel" and "Thing that crawl at night". Merry Christmas 🤗!
Hyvää Joulua! Nice to notice that "Raskasta Joulua" (Heavy Christmas) is understood also outside Finland 😀. You really seem to be open minded and willing to learn new things, keep up the good work!
This was lovely, thank you. I was there watching this concert last year, and it was wonderful. This song always makes me tear up, and this version especially, with the childrens' choir. Hyvää joulua! Merry Christmas!
Hyvää Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta! One of my favorites from Heavy Christmas series. I've been sharing the older recording of this on my FB for past few years. I'm glad someone made one with subtitles. The song itself is older than country of finland and very well known. Looks like they did do a Raskasta Joulua concert this year. It was broadcast on the internet few days ago.
Another connection to Nightwish: You can hear this song performed in a more traditional way by Tuomas Holopainen's wife Johanna Kurkela: th-cam.com/video/T5Us4svCwXQ/w-d-xo.html
What to say, we love our heavy metal in Finland. We have metal bands for kids, heavy Christmas music...It is probably because we are melancholic people living in darkness, and we don't shy away from the darkness nor the melancholy but embrace those traits.
Thank you for your lovely, positive reaction and explanation! Languages are good for learning articulation, and Finnish for learning that rolling 'R'. I wish all of you and everyone else a wonderful christmas!
One of the most beautiful and touching Christmas songs. After one has checked the lyrics (all of it - the poem)...understands. And yes...Marco did so awesome job in this ...nice version in metal vibe...cause this is originally so classic...Tarja by the way sings this in a church so nicely in classic opera style.
Hiya fabulous clip thanks for sharing, also christi u have a wonderful Christmas with your family as much as u can at this time thank for your amazing reactions this year i only got on your channel not that long ago but it's been fabulous, hope too more fabulous videos next year. So merry Christmas 💖. Hugs 💖 . Peter
Haha, heavy metal Christmas should be a thing everywhere! It's winter solstice, so it's the darkest time of the year. Finnish music is most of the time melancholy, but with a glimmer of hope, like a promise of better times, or a quiet appreciation that you still have all you need, even if you don't have much. It's not long ago that Finland was still a poor country. I think the heaviness and aggressive sounds of metal help process those feelings that people have here in the north. I think faking happiness is exhausting and dropping that every now and then is really important. Metal is basically a fun therapy session 😄 Finland is the happiest country in the world and we have the most metal bands per capita so 1 + 1 = metal makes happy 😉 There might be other variables, but I'll just ignore them because it's Christmas and I'm not gonna start talking politics. Glad you enjoyed it, a lovely and informative reaction once again! Thank you. If you want more metal Christmas, their version of Little Drummer Boy from this same concert is fantastic. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the new year.
It’s a beautiful song, though I don’t think the translation was very good. For example there is a phrase ”joulu on, koditon varpuseni onneton” which actually has a comma that changes the entire verse. So rather than ”Christmas is homeless, my poor sparrow” it should translate as ”It is Christmas, my poor homeless sparrow”. Actually most finns don’t know this since they only know the song, rather than the original poem :) Well enough of my nitpicking, Merry Christmas, Hyvää Joulua!
Yes you are correct, apologies for the rough english translation. My english is not perfect plus when translating song with a poetic origins, some of the preciseness and correct wording/meaning of phrase gets lost in translation, specially by amateur level translator such as myself. I too noticed few questionable translation choices myself afterwards and missed totally that phrase meaning what you brought up @thomas35835. Thanks for noticing that, tho unfortunately wont be making any post-fixes. The main message of the song should be well understandable, which was my main focus. Anyways, appreciating the well placed critique with solid examples. Cheers. :)
@@leap.5950 They very rarely do. It's very hard to translate from Finnish to English to make justice for the original. Just like "Erämaan viimeinen" ("Last Of The Wilds"). I would love to hear English version of that.
Merry Christmas for you. The next song is released today, from Floor Jansen sings Ave Maria, (not the one with Marko) but her own special version on youtube.
Raskasta Joulua is a really fun and special show in Finland. The Finnish tradition is that Santa lives in Lapland and Christmas time instills a kind of countrywide sense of pride. Finnish does not translate very well, due to the nature of the language. Marko usually sing from his facial/nasal area. I think this may be due to his past botched throat surgery. He claims is destroyed his high end and that he needed to re-learn how to sing.
Jarkko Ahola "Nessun Dorma" MTV3. Heavy metal vocalist singing opera in front of the lady boss, Lilli Paasikivi, of the Finnish National Opera. I think she gave him a few tips before his performance. A Finn commented they offered Jarkko a role in an opera but he declined.
You should take a look at Northern Kings (feat. Ahola, Hietala, et al.) too. Here is a link to a Christmas carol by them th-cam.com/video/CJz1UEyw0MM/w-d-xo.html
Have you got your ticket for the Nightwish Virtual Concert they're doing in March? Just visit their website for more details. $25.00. Will be doing first live versions of songs from Human :ii: Nature Album. Super Excited.
Thanks for the link! It's a fine version of the song and these English lyrics are telling the story quite well. It's not Christmas anymore while I write this. Well, this song doesn't have to be "just a Christmas song" anyway. This song is timeless. Here's the lyrics: Sleep the flowers of the vale underneath the snow Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow A sparrow, a tiny one, cold north wants you undone Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow At the yard of a poor man's house, a girl kind and dear: A seed for you my tiny one, a seed for you right here! Oh, you poor homeless thing, Christmas can't make you sing Seed for you my tiny one, seed for you right here! Heart and wing afluttering, the girl and the bird Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard: Blessings to you, my dear! Your kindness brought me here Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard I have lived your life, oh child, and to you I tell That I am your brother's ghost, and I knew you well This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one Gift for your dead brother's ghost Still he knows you well This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one Gift for your dead brother's ghost Still he knows you well
Hyvää Uutta Vuotta (Happy New Year)! Really a wonderful performance from Marko, and yeah having the children choir with him is a good thing. Love to hear something about culture? OK. The main figure in Finnish Christmas tradition is Joulupukki (translates Yule Goat). His origin is not the saint from Southern Europe, but in the pagan age year ended with Kekri-festival, and its main character was a man who dressed as a goat: wore pelts, had horns and a tail, and with festival folk visited peoples' homes, receiving gifts of food and drink. The year used to end with the harvest, but Christianity brought this new celebration into the middle winter, and the goat character moved there too. End of the harvest season festivals with actual goat as the main character, is known among Balts to the south of Finnic peoples, too. Modern Joulupukki in Finland still often wears pelts as his clothes, but the commercial image of Santa Claus has merged with the pagan character. In winter he comes with a sledge pulled by ordinary reindeer, not magical flying ones. And he comes in to homes (played by a family member or a hired person, and not from chimney but from door) and stays while Christmas gifts are given. As a kid my kid sister and I used to worry would there be snow on the ground, could Joulupukki make his travel.
Hi and thanks of your videos, they are great! And since you asked, this is my five cents for your request of Finnish culture and traditions and heavy metal. This song hits pretty close at home and this video too. The picture in this video is of my mothers home village Suvilahti in Karelia. My mother was born just three days before the Winter war began in 1939 and her family had to leave their homes and burn them down on order. The first three weeks my mother was a new born baby in refugee caravan. Most of the guys in this picture were dead in few weeks, friends of my grandparents. Now how this have anything to do with Christmas, you may ask. Well, in the Christmas time people put small candles on cemeteries on the graves and remember all those who are no longer here. I have no idea when or why this tradition was born but there you go. And here is the song and the picture of Karelian village Suvilahti in the beginning of December 1939. th-cam.com/video/6ZGdWJCzezo/w-d-xo.html
Finland, the land of a thousand lakes and all of the melancholy. Much of Finland's music and literature is hardship and gloom, it's in our DNA i guess. Everything is hard but no one complains. You laugh at darkness.
Winter requests - Nightwish 'Sleeping Sun' live at Tampere and their cover of Walking In The Air are both beautiful and should give you an even merrier Christmas :)
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Christmas day in Finland and at last there is one inch of snow here in west coast too
Up here in the north many Christmas songs focus on the light starting to come back. 22-24 is the darkest days of the year. We have borrowed most christian things to fit the already existing dietys, naturepixies and symbolic traditions around this time of year. The Swedish word jul means weel and refers to the turning of the yearweel. We even borrowed an italian saint st:Lucia, that no one els is celebrating, just because her gloria "lights in her hair", becauce on december 13 she comes with light to promise us that the dark time soon will be over. I think you would like Lucia because that day is all centered around singing (the Lucia songs) that is programmed in us from 2-3 years old. The starkids reprecent the clear star sky in the darknes guiding Lucias way up to the north. Here is a 40+ year old video with musicshool students doing the traditional Luciatrain. Back in the days the return of the sun and the soil not beeing deepfreezed for to long was a matter of life and death.
This is my favorite crhistmas song in finland. I rememper when i was at school i was music class and every crhistams we were singing this song on hospital or the carehause ( vanhainkoti?) Ei oikee englanti kirjottaessa suju😁
Merry Jolly Peaceful Christmas! That's probably the most beloved Christmas song in Finland. Many artists have recorded and performed it. Here's Tuomas Holopainen's wife Johanna Kurkela singing it. And couple other popular Finnish Christmas songs plus a hymn 125 from the Finnish hymn book. Lyricstranslate has English translations: Johanna Kurkela - Varpunen Jouluaamuna Club For Five - Kun Joulu On 15/19: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius) [Advent Concert 2013] Sylvian joululaulu (Sylvia's Carol) (arr. for mezzo-soprano and orchestra) Viisi joululaulua Op.1 No.4 : En etsi valtaa loistoa (Give Me Neither Power Nor Splendour) 08/19: Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä (Leevi Madetoja) [Advent Concert 2013] Ragni Malmstén - Joulupolkka Vantaa Pops Orchestra - Entisajan joulu Lauri Tähkä - Kosketa mua, Henki (Vain elämää joulu) Snrang Jossain on kai vielä joulu
This is such a beautiful song. I just wish it weren't a Christmas song, because it is *so incredibly sad* and I prefer my Christmas merry, or at least a mellow kind of peaceful.
I guess if you know the "real" story of Christmas it was also a beacon of light in a time of darkness so this whole happy happy joy joy is much more to do with the commercialisation of Christmas than anything! I think that is part of why we wish each other a happy Christmas as it is not, and should not be considered a given. On that note I wish you and yours a happy and peaceful Christmas :D
Hi Christi Merry Christmas you look nice Marco has lost some range because of his botched nodule surgery before he joined Nightwish. You should checkout Tarot Marco's band in about 1986. Wings of Darkness.
Tarja said this carol was her favorite and has performed it a number of times over the years. A beautiful, operatic version can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/RQU0NTCVh4k/w-d-xo.html . P.S. Floor just released a metalized, Ave Maria on her channel! 😍 P.P.S. I LOVE Mannheim Steamroller but don't forget about "Transiberian Orchestra"!
Very nice reaction. The Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) is yet something special coming out of Finland. You could check out Northern Kings, which is called a "Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup made up of four well known musicians: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja." They are doing some great covers, such as My Way, Take On Me, Don't Stop Believin' and We Don't Need Another Hero. 🤘🔥
These metal concerts are pretty cool because we got plenty of people who are tired of the religious stuff coming out of the radio every christmas and just want to enjoy and celebrate the culture with this kind of music and events (even tho most of our culture and songs are based on depression and suffering😂). Ofc the whole point of christmas was originally religious stuff but yeah Finland is not a very religious country.
Here is one song more from "Heavy Christmas", also Marko Hietala is singing here with few others. Originally this christmas song is from 1926 and based to the 400 years old French folk song. Name of the song is "Heinillä härkien" and translated something like " Cattle in the barn hays" th-cam.com/video/CJz1UEyw0MM/w-d-xo.html
The children's choir sing the part of the sparrow, who is actually the girl's brother who passed away one year prior at the age 1-2. So, the children's choir are thanking the girl, who is actually feeding her dead brother. It's heartbreaking.
For Christmas time concerts.. been to Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas concert a couple times, and Trans Siberian Orchestra about five times. EVERYONE should go to a TSO concert. Absolutely unbelievable... Waayyy better than Mannheim.
Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela does a wonderful studio/live version of a song called Kotiin (Home) about, not surprisingly, coming home haha. It's a wonderful song, and she has a very unique voice. I don't know if you've done anything by Johanna yet, but it could be a nice one to do. th-cam.com/video/3AhuLq363pI/w-d-xo.html. Aaannnnd...she wishes us hyvaa joulua at the end :).
You should do a reaction video of the song Halo by The Dark Element (new band with the second Nightwish's Singer Annette) and also Stones from Marko Hietala (This song is really good)
Here's a great example of finnish music: th-cam.com/video/XvxMuGnu8uk/w-d-xo.html These two sister sing about worries, global warming, alcoholism, self pity. It's somehow a refreshing take on this shallow world we live in.
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Zacharias Topelius wrote the lyrics to honor his one year old son's sudden death a year before. That's why the sparrow is the girl's (boy's sister) little brother from the land of angels. Touching.
Many finnish Christmas songs are quite miserable, but very touching and beautiful, with a hopeful undertone in the end. This is one of my favourites. And Konsta Jylhä’s Christmas song is the trickiest for me, it’s about a little girl taking a candle to her mother’s grave at Christmas, wondering if she’ll ever laugh and play again. Gets me every single time, being a mother of a little girl myself, so I avoid it nowadays, even if I absolutely love it 😁
@@tanjajko7220Haha! Not all the Finnish Christmas songs are miserable. Let's mennään: "hupsis kupsis pimppeli pompeli" or "kulkkuuset kulkkuuset, kilvan helkkäilee" or "sika, se kuulan kalloon saa. Sika, sen setä teurastaa" or "ratiritiralla" or "koska meillä on koulu, juhla armas lapsien. Eikä rasita joulu, syyt' on olla iloinen" jne.jne...😵😅
@@pekkakarppinen1608 Yes but let’s be honest, does anyone above the age of six actually want to listen to them? 🤣 Although have to admit I love misery in music, the more, the better 😁
Well Sika ofcourse is a timeless classic!
@@tanjajko7220 I almost hate these superficial tracks they play at the malls and on the radio all the holiday season. Melancholy is the very essence of our songs and soul. 😑
Love Marco. Love Finland. All of the nordic countrys share almost the same languish exept Finland. They are a people of their own. Ugri people. The languish is super old and totaly unik. Even thou other countrys have ocupied and tryed to ocupied thieir country time and time again they still have their unik culture, LOVE IT!
This tour always goes around the country. Last year there was a local choir in every concert. It was so beautiful. And hundreds of children got this chance to shine! This tour is always full of talent, not only Marco, Floor and Tarja who all have performed there, but also other singers and band. This particular song always gets me. I am not able to sing this because of emotion. This song is from that time of our history, Finland was a poor country and many kids had lost siblings. it tells how important it is to give to less fortunate, even if you don´t have that much for you self. This song is part of our DNA. Have a peaceful and safe Christmas
Yes, every finn knows this song, it is one of the most beloved christmas songs in Finland along with Sylvian joululaulu ( Sylvia's christmas song). Both songs sad and touching.
I don't know beloved (there are actually people in Finland that usually don't lile christmas songs) but this is a song that is played during christmas time in school, churches etc... I actually liked a lot this version of the song. Maybe all the christmas songs should be done this way :D
Regarding Marko winning the Finnish version of The Masked Singer, all his performances are on the MTV Suomi TH-cam channel. He does Prince, Elton John, Backstreet Boys, etc. You can't see his face because of the mask, of course, but you can hear it's him and his impersonations of the different stars' singing voices are amazing. Well worth your time :)
Yeah I was like yeah yeah I'll pick it but I honestly didn't. He did so bloody well
Marco just won Masked Singer Finland as the "Doctor".
Which Doctor.
This was increds, the kids as the voice of the innocent little sparrow/spirit of brother and Marco as not only the storyteller, but also almost as a voice of God explaining the value of generosity to the poor in the final verse kind of made the song perfect for the metal genre!
The performance was magical and the crowd atmosphere seemed electric! The guitar solo was the perfect balance of straight note and slides in the same way Marco had that perfect balance of straight note and vibrato with his rolled Rs to prioritise that perfect diction for storytelling and characterization 💜❣️😍
I think I liked it a bit ☺️🤪😂🥰
Raskasta Joulua is amazing, their arrangements of traditional Christmas songs are incredible. Erkka Korhonen, the lead guitarist, is the mastermind behind it all. Really lovely guy, too. It's grown steadily bigger in these past ~15 years and in recent years the ensemble has been joined by some international metal singers as well. They've also recorded and released most of the songs in English.
I actually just got home from Xmas lunch (5pm in Australia) & I put all of the "heavy Christmas" on the TH-cam & my parents who are both almost 80 were right into it.
Oh & I sang Fairytale of New York while I made salad lol.
Have a lovely time
It's not a surprise,that we have Christmas songs in metal,we even have a childrens heavy band called Hevisaurus...Welcome to Finland,by the way...when its safe...
Such a lovely and respectful reaction. Thank you.
The lead guitarist Erkka Korhonen is the guy who came up with the brilliant idea of Heavy Christmas concerts.
Marko has also recorded this song in English: th-cam.com/video/jqLydKVbJlY/w-d-xo.html
And here's Marko's Masked Singer playlist: th-cam.com/play/PL_fkiuK0ZVEusqHqZ-3tN-b4ZXlxWez4Y.html
This one has become a traditional Christmas song in Finnish culture. Zachris Topelius wrote this poem originally in Swedish (which used to be a much more prominent language in Finland in the past) about his son who died as a 1-year-old baby. It was translated and composed into a Christmas song in 1913 and has since been arranged countless times by various artists.
Marco is KING!!
Welcome to Finland 😊
Gotta love it. Where a poem about a dead child made metal, is christmas music. ;) Hyvään joulua, ja onnellista uutta vuotta.
What a lovely surprise to find a reaction of Raskasta Joulua, greetings from Finland
Wow Christi, what a delightful surprise reaction! Was very interesting to see/hear you experiencing "Sparrow on Christmas Morning" as it is such classic in Finnish Christmas song catalog. Really nice observations.
As many have already commented, song is melancholic in nature as Zacharias wrote the poem after his child past away. When true identity of the "sparrow" is revealed in the song, it works as metaphora, a briefly visiting longing for Zacharious and his tragic lose. Personally, I have never been spesifically touched by the original song, but this rock version has such beautiful arrangement + when child choir starts singing as a sparrow: "I am not, my child, a bird from this land...I am your small brother, I came from heavens", it kinda hits hard. Im not a religious man and I don't have kids but that part with whole unraveling of the song gets me every time.
Btw, apologies for the rough english translation, which few here have also noted. My english is not perfect plus when translating song with a poetic origins, some of the preciseness and correct wording/meaning of phrase gets lost in translation, specially by amateur level translator such as myself. Yet the main message of the song should be well understandable, which was my main focus.
Thank you for the kind supporting words for Finland. Much appreciated. Same back to you. Raskasta Joulua 2020 tour was indeed cancelled due to pandemic, but few individual concerts took place earlier in November. Also a Raskasta Joulua 2020 virtual concert was recorder just about week ago, so material from that may come free for future viewing + show is to be seen via finnish television tomorrow.
About the lead guitarist and his solid handy work in "Sparrow on Christmas Morning": Guitarist name is Erkka Korhonen and he is the mastermind and creator of whole "Raskasta Joulua" concept (in 2004). And yes, he has very clean, smooth and musical playing style. Playing along Tuomas Wäinölä in these concerts, they make great sounding lead guitar duo for Raskasta Joulua, for years now. Truly a world class pair in their craft.
There are loads more highly recommended Raskasta Joulua concert performances, but here's one of my personal favourites of all: Marco with bunch of other finnish rock vocalists singing partially as a choir (yes, a 4 male choir) an ethereally rocking version of the classic "Little Drummer Boy":
1. Raskasta Joulua 2019 | "Little Drummer Boy" feat. Marco Hietala etc (English lyrics): th-cam.com/video/xXgX05FcPwQ/w-d-xo.html
Have a peaceful and warm-hearting Christmas/holiday time. All the best and keep doing what you do, Christi. Fabulous work.
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You are so positive and nice! As Finn it's really nice to see people reacting to our country's music.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing that and Merry Christmas to you 🎄🎁
That kiddies choir crushes me and Marko too, you see him giving them to the crowd
There's a joke about Finnish music. That in Finland we have only two kinds of songs: sad and very sad 😅
Sometimes happy but drunken and eventually dead.
Ooh! How wonderful to have this right before Christmas! Thank you and hyvää Joulua - merry Christmas, from Finland!
Marco has a fantastic voice and is so totally charismatic on stage
Greetings from Finland. Not so dark anymore, today we got 5 inch fresh white snow.... 🌨️❄️😊
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varpunen_Jouluaamuna
Varpunen jouluaamuna (Swedish: Sparven om julmorgonen), Sparrow on Christmas Morning, is a poem by Zachris Topelius from 1859. It has been translated to Finnish by Konrad Alexis Hougberg. You can see the sorrow of Topelius in the poem; his son, Rafael, died at the age of one the spring before he wrote the poem[1].
The poem has been composed to a song several times. The most known of them must be the Christmas carol by Otto Kotilainen. It was published for the first time in the "Joulupukki" magazine in 1913[2].
The song has been recorded by numerous popular Finnish artists, such as Mauno Kuusisto, Sulo Saarits, Tapani Kansa, Hector, Marco Hietala, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Viikate & Timo Rautiainen, Pepe Willberg, Tarja Turunen, Matti ja Teppo, Petri Laaksonen, Richard Järnefelt, Rajaton, Suvi Teräsniska, Diandra, Club for Five and Jarkko Ahola[3].
This year they did set up Raskasta Joulua 2020 via a live stream.
This Live Stream is now available fur purchase for 19,90€. Tickets from Korvamato.fi or Ruutu.fi
The concert will be online for 7 days, 19-26 December 2020. You can watch the concert at Korvamato.fi or Ruutu.fi
Kaikki siunatut joulupäivät. Terveisiä Hollannista.
Thank you for continuing your exploration into European artists, this was another great reaction and deconstruction to very talented artist that is only known to niche genre of music enthusiasts in North America. Is it just me or do most (contrary to) North American artists put themselves and their egos first? Their European counterparts put the music and their audiences first. They just seem so giving and humble. Love Symphonic Metal!
Good comment 👍
Hyvää Joulua to you too 🤗
Yes, the Finnish Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) metal tour is epic 🙂 They seem to perform some songs every year. Floor or Elize Ryd singing "Stjärnan i min hand" in these same conserts is a great song too (it's in Swedish, Finland in bilingual country so both Finnish and Swedish Christmas songs are sung this time of year). English songs are sung too, also in these conserts, and on radio/TV.
Marco with Tarot in "Tarot on ice" kind of fits to this time of the year too, e.g. "Guardian Angel" and "Thing that crawl at night".
Merry Christmas 🤗!
Hyvää Joulua! Nice to notice that "Raskasta Joulua" (Heavy Christmas) is understood also outside Finland 😀. You really seem to be open minded and willing to learn new things, keep up the good work!
Finland is great for metal.
You can attend church sermons with metal.
I would never have found this one either! Thanks to your subscribers and to you.
This was lovely, thank you. I was there watching this concert last year, and it was wonderful. This song always makes me tear up, and this version especially, with the childrens' choir. Hyvää joulua! Merry Christmas!
Hyvää Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta! One of my favorites from Heavy Christmas series. I've been sharing the older recording of this on my FB for past few years. I'm glad someone made one with subtitles. The song itself is older than country of finland and very well known.
Looks like they did do a Raskasta Joulua concert this year. It was broadcast on the internet few days ago.
Ah great reaction. Have a very Merry Christmas. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🎄
Merry Christmas to you! It`s always nice to see your reactions cause you look so happy ! Greetings from Finland!
I just found you, but already I feel the urge to say I love you, and how comforting your way of speaking is.
That guitarist Erkka Korhonen is the father of Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) concept! First consert's was in 2004.
Another connection to Nightwish: You can hear this song performed in a more traditional way by Tuomas Holopainen's wife Johanna Kurkela: th-cam.com/video/T5Us4svCwXQ/w-d-xo.html
Such a beautiful version. I love Johanna's voice.
What a gem, this song! Haven't you done "Ave Maria" yet by Floor and Marko? You'll love it!
Ya es mucho con Floor es muy fome
The Finns roll their r's a lot. I didn't realize how much before learning other languages.
Thank you for doing this! Hyvää joulua!
Marko is a special talent.
Btw, did you know that Marko just won the finnish version of The Masked Singer? Sure made 2020 even weirder to hear him singing Backstreet Boys...
And gangsters paradise. Never was sure I’d hear Marko talking about ‘homies’
And Prince...
@@rdmrdm2659 Gangsters Paradise, Stevie Wonder.
NOORA LOUHIMO amazing voice FI. Piece of My Heart. Live.
What to say, we love our heavy metal in Finland. We have metal bands for kids, heavy Christmas music...It is probably because we are melancholic people living in darkness, and we don't shy away from the darkness nor the melancholy but embrace those traits.
we have so many bands in metal, everyone is special here in Finland
Thank you for your lovely, positive reaction and explanation! Languages are good for learning articulation, and Finnish for learning that rolling 'R'. I wish all of you and everyone else a wonderful christmas!
One of the most beautiful and touching Christmas songs. After one has checked the lyrics (all of it - the poem)...understands. And yes...Marco did so awesome job in this ...nice version in metal vibe...cause this is originally so classic...Tarja by the way sings this in a church so nicely in classic opera style.
Yay, really looking forward to this!
Hyvää joulua to you too :)
Hiya fabulous clip thanks for sharing, also christi u have a wonderful Christmas with your family as much as u can at this time thank for your amazing reactions this year i only got on your channel not that long ago but it's been fabulous, hope too more fabulous videos next year. So merry Christmas 💖. Hugs 💖 . Peter
Love your reaction! 💓Hyvää Joulua! ✨🎄
Haha, heavy metal Christmas should be a thing everywhere! It's winter solstice, so it's the darkest time of the year. Finnish music is most of the time melancholy, but with a glimmer of hope, like a promise of better times, or a quiet appreciation that you still have all you need, even if you don't have much. It's not long ago that Finland was still a poor country. I think the heaviness and aggressive sounds of metal help process those feelings that people have here in the north. I think faking happiness is exhausting and dropping that every now and then is really important. Metal is basically a fun therapy session 😄 Finland is the happiest country in the world and we have the most metal bands per capita so 1 + 1 = metal makes happy 😉 There might be other variables, but I'll just ignore them because it's Christmas and I'm not gonna start talking politics. Glad you enjoyed it, a lovely and informative reaction once again! Thank you. If you want more metal Christmas, their version of Little Drummer Boy from this same concert is fantastic. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the new year.
It’s a beautiful song, though I don’t think the translation was very good. For example there is a phrase ”joulu on, koditon varpuseni onneton” which actually has a comma that changes the entire verse. So rather than ”Christmas is homeless, my poor sparrow” it should translate as ”It is Christmas, my poor homeless sparrow”. Actually most finns don’t know this since they only know the song, rather than the original poem :)
Well enough of my nitpicking, Merry Christmas, Hyvää Joulua!
Agreed, the translation is not good and sadly doesn't do justice to the original lyrics.
Yes you are correct, apologies for the rough english translation.
My english is not perfect plus when translating song with a poetic origins, some of the preciseness and correct wording/meaning of phrase gets lost in translation, specially by amateur level translator such as myself.
I too noticed few questionable translation choices myself afterwards and missed totally that phrase meaning what you brought up @thomas35835. Thanks for noticing that, tho unfortunately wont be making any post-fixes.
The main message of the song should be well understandable, which was my main focus.
Anyways, appreciating the well placed critique with solid examples. Cheers. :)
@@Corca Thank you for all your efforts. Much appreciated 😍👍
@@leap.5950 They very rarely do. It's very hard to translate from Finnish to English to make justice for the original. Just like "Erämaan viimeinen" ("Last Of The Wilds"). I would love to hear English version of that.
I love this song!
Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere)
Marco singing and it is also a very beautiful performance.
Merry Christmas for you. The next song is released today, from Floor Jansen sings Ave Maria, (not the one with Marko) but her own special version on youtube.
just binge watched your reactions, fabulous :) if you and your fam ever come to Scotland you have a place to stay
Merry Christmas
Raskasta Joulua is a really fun and special show in Finland. The Finnish tradition is that Santa lives in Lapland and Christmas time instills a kind of countrywide sense of pride. Finnish does not translate very well, due to the nature of the language. Marko usually sing from his facial/nasal area. I think this may be due to his past botched throat surgery. He claims is destroyed his high end and that he needed to re-learn how to sing.
huh! I did not know that Marco had a botched throat surgery... damn...
@@Wriwnas1 I think he speaks about it in interviews. Also it is probably outlined in his biography. Stainless.
Kiitos paljon
Feliz Navidad!!
Maybe next you can react to Jarkko Ahola doing white christmas. He is a singer of Finnish metal band Teräsbetoni and his range is 4 octaves
Jarkko Ahola "Nessun Dorma" MTV3. Heavy metal vocalist singing opera in front of the lady boss, Lilli Paasikivi, of the Finnish National Opera. I think she gave him a few tips before his performance. A Finn commented they offered Jarkko a role in an opera but he declined.
Jarkko Ahola singing Walking in the air is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard. Ever
You should take a look at Northern Kings (feat. Ahola, Hietala, et al.) too. Here is a link to a Christmas carol by them
th-cam.com/video/CJz1UEyw0MM/w-d-xo.html
You might want to look at Marko and Floor singing Ave Maria. Happy days and Greetings from the 🇳🇱
Have you got your ticket for the Nightwish Virtual Concert they're doing in March? Just visit their website for more details. $25.00. Will be doing first live versions of songs from Human :ii: Nature Album. Super Excited.
yes
Marko Hietala has also recorded this song in English:
th-cam.com/video/jqLydKVbJlY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for the link! It's a fine version of the song and these English lyrics are telling the story quite well. It's not Christmas anymore while I write this. Well, this song doesn't have to be "just a Christmas song" anyway. This song is timeless. Here's the lyrics:
Sleep the flowers of the vale underneath the snow
Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow
A sparrow, a tiny one, cold north wants you undone
Turned to ice with winter's grasp, water's playful flow
At the yard of a poor man's house, a girl kind and dear:
A seed for you my tiny one, a seed for you right here!
Oh, you poor homeless thing, Christmas can't make you sing
Seed for you my tiny one, seed for you right here!
Heart and wing afluttering, the girl and the bird
Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard:
Blessings to you, my dear! Your kindness brought me here
Featherlight touch on her palm and a voice she's heard
I have lived your life, oh child, and to you I tell
That I am your brother's ghost, and I knew you well
This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one
Gift for your dead brother's ghost
Still he knows you well
This seed grown by the sun, a kindness to a tiny one
Gift for your dead brother's ghost
Still he knows you well
Hyvää Uutta Vuotta (Happy New Year)! Really a wonderful performance from Marko, and yeah having the children choir with him is a good thing. Love to hear something about culture? OK. The main figure in Finnish Christmas tradition is Joulupukki (translates Yule Goat). His origin is not the saint from Southern Europe, but in the pagan age year ended with Kekri-festival, and its main character was a man who dressed as a goat: wore pelts, had horns and a tail, and with festival folk visited peoples' homes, receiving gifts of food and drink. The year used to end with the harvest, but Christianity brought this new celebration into the middle winter, and the goat character moved there too. End of the harvest season festivals with actual goat as the main character, is known among Balts to the south of Finnic peoples, too.
Modern Joulupukki in Finland still often wears pelts as his clothes, but the commercial image of Santa Claus has merged with the pagan character. In winter he comes with a sledge pulled by ordinary reindeer, not magical flying ones. And he comes in to homes (played by a family member or a hired person, and not from chimney but from door) and stays while Christmas gifts are given. As a kid my kid sister and I used to worry would there be snow on the ground, could Joulupukki make his travel.
Hi and thanks of your videos, they are great! And since you asked, this is my five cents for your request of Finnish culture and traditions and heavy metal. This song hits pretty close at home and this video too. The picture in this video is of my mothers home village Suvilahti in Karelia. My mother was born just three days before the Winter war began in 1939 and her family had to leave their homes and burn them down on order. The first three weeks my mother was a new born baby in refugee caravan. Most of the guys in this picture were dead in few weeks, friends of my grandparents. Now how this have anything to do with Christmas, you may ask. Well, in the Christmas time people put small candles on cemeteries on the graves and remember all those who are no longer here. I have no idea when or why this tradition was born but there you go. And here is the song and the picture of Karelian village Suvilahti in the beginning of December 1939. th-cam.com/video/6ZGdWJCzezo/w-d-xo.html
Finland, the land of a thousand lakes and all of the melancholy. Much of Finland's music and literature is hardship and gloom, it's in our DNA i guess. Everything is hard but no one complains. You laugh at darkness.
BTW, Marco just won the Finnish version of "The Masked Singer".
There are finnish Christmas songs really translated (as far as I know mostly translated by Marco) to english. Ragnarok juletide is name of album.
You definitely need to listen to The Islander, such a good song!
Winter requests - Nightwish 'Sleeping Sun' live at Tampere and their cover of Walking In The Air are both beautiful and should give you an even merrier Christmas :)
Christmas day in Finland and at last there is one inch of snow here in west coast too
merry xmas to u all
Up here in the north many Christmas songs focus on the light starting to come back. 22-24 is the darkest days of the year. We have borrowed most christian things to fit the already existing dietys, naturepixies and symbolic traditions around this time of year. The Swedish word jul means weel and refers to the turning of the yearweel. We even borrowed an italian saint st:Lucia, that no one els is celebrating, just because her gloria "lights in her hair", becauce on december 13 she comes with light to promise us that the dark time soon will be over. I think you would like Lucia because that day is all centered around singing (the Lucia songs) that is programmed in us from 2-3 years old. The starkids reprecent the clear star sky in the darknes guiding Lucias way up to the north. Here is a 40+ year old video with musicshool students doing the traditional Luciatrain. Back in the days the return of the sun and the soil not beeing deepfreezed for to long was a matter of life and death.
This is my favorite crhistmas song in finland. I rememper when i was at school i was music class and every crhistams we were singing this song on hospital or the carehause ( vanhainkoti?) Ei oikee englanti kirjottaessa suju😁
Ihan riittävän hyvin sujuu. 👍
Merry Jolly Peaceful Christmas! That's probably the most beloved Christmas song in Finland. Many artists have recorded and performed it. Here's Tuomas Holopainen's wife Johanna Kurkela singing it. And couple other popular Finnish Christmas songs plus a hymn 125 from the Finnish hymn book. Lyricstranslate has English translations:
Johanna Kurkela - Varpunen Jouluaamuna
Club For Five - Kun Joulu On
15/19: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius) [Advent Concert 2013]
Sylvian joululaulu (Sylvia's Carol) (arr. for mezzo-soprano and orchestra)
Viisi joululaulua Op.1 No.4 : En etsi valtaa loistoa (Give Me Neither Power Nor Splendour)
08/19: Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä (Leevi Madetoja) [Advent Concert 2013]
Ragni Malmstén - Joulupolkka
Vantaa Pops Orchestra - Entisajan joulu
Lauri Tähkä - Kosketa mua, Henki (Vain elämää joulu)
Snrang Jossain on kai vielä joulu
And now do -Majestica-
"Ghost of Christmas past"....the singer is the guitarist Tommy.....from Sabaton...
God Jul🌲.....🇸🇪
This is such a beautiful song. I just wish it weren't a Christmas song, because it is *so incredibly sad* and I prefer my Christmas merry, or at least a mellow kind of peaceful.
@Mika Lampinen Vantaa Juu tiietään
I guess if you know the "real" story of Christmas it was also a beacon of light in a time of darkness so this whole happy happy joy joy is much more to do with the commercialisation of Christmas than anything! I think that is part of why we wish each other a happy Christmas as it is not, and should not be considered a given.
On that note I wish you and yours a happy and peaceful Christmas :D
Hi Christi Merry Christmas you look nice Marco has lost some range because of his botched nodule surgery before he joined Nightwish. You should checkout Tarot Marco's band in about 1986. Wings of Darkness.
Tarja said this carol was her favorite and has performed it a number of times over the years. A beautiful, operatic version can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/RQU0NTCVh4k/w-d-xo.html . P.S. Floor just released a metalized, Ave Maria on her channel! 😍 P.P.S. I LOVE Mannheim Steamroller but don't forget about "Transiberian Orchestra"!
You look lovely. Nice reaction.
Trans Siberian Orchestra does Christmas every year. It would be close to a metal Christmas show.
Great production BTW- I've been to several
Very nice reaction. The Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) is yet something special coming out of Finland.
You could check out Northern Kings, which is called a "Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup made up of four well known musicians: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja." They are doing some great covers, such as My Way, Take On Me, Don't Stop Believin' and We Don't Need Another Hero. 🤘🔥
U must check out Raskasta joulua with the song Tulkoon Joulua , a lovely x- mas song with many great finnish metalsingers 🙏🙏
These metal concerts are pretty cool because we got plenty of people who are tired of the religious stuff coming out of the radio every christmas and just want to enjoy and celebrate the culture with this kind of music and events (even tho most of our culture and songs are based on depression and suffering😂). Ofc the whole point of christmas was originally religious stuff but yeah Finland is not a very religious country.
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Here is one song more from "Heavy Christmas", also Marko Hietala is singing here with few others.
Originally this christmas song is from 1926 and based to the 400 years old French folk song.
Name of the song is "Heinillä härkien" and translated something like " Cattle in the barn hays"
th-cam.com/video/CJz1UEyw0MM/w-d-xo.html
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Please react to the Tohtori from The Masked singer Finland, it is Marko Hietala and he won.
The children's choir sing the part of the sparrow, who is actually the girl's brother who passed away one year prior at the age 1-2. So, the children's choir are thanking the girl, who is actually feeding her dead brother. It's heartbreaking.
For Christmas time concerts.. been to Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas concert a couple times, and Trans Siberian Orchestra about five times. EVERYONE should go to a TSO concert. Absolutely unbelievable... Waayyy better than Mannheim.
Angel by Poets of the Fall ( Alexander Theatre Sessions ) Live from Finland.
I like youu!
Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela does a wonderful studio/live version of a song called Kotiin (Home) about, not surprisingly, coming home haha. It's a wonderful song, and she has a very unique voice. I don't know if you've done anything by Johanna yet, but it could be a nice one to do. th-cam.com/video/3AhuLq363pI/w-d-xo.html. Aaannnnd...she wishes us hyvaa joulua at the end :).
You should do a reaction video of the song Halo by The Dark Element (new band with the second Nightwish's Singer Annette) and also Stones from Marko Hietala (This song is really good)
Oh but you got Transibirian Orchestra 😍😍 christmas and metal at its best.
Here's a great example of finnish music: th-cam.com/video/XvxMuGnu8uk/w-d-xo.html These two sister sing about worries, global warming, alcoholism, self pity. It's somehow a refreshing take on this shallow world we live in.
Please reacts to Roy Khan (ex Kamelot) Marko is great
Saludos
I wish Metal was as big over here in England. As it is in Finland and other countries like Sweden.