THIS WAS AMAZING! "Sparrow on Christmas Morning" Marco Hietala
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It was, I believe, written by Z. Topelius to comfort his young daughter whose little brother had died fairly recently (at the time child mortality was an everyday thing). So the sparrow she gave the seed to tells her he is her deceased little brother, come back from heaven as a sparrow to look in on her.
Info things: Zacharias Topelius (14 January 1818 - 12 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. "Varpunen Jouluaamuna"/"Sparrow on Christmas Morning" is a poem by Zacharias Topelius from 1859. 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.
This is one of Finns' most loved Christmas songs. Really amazing version from the Raskasta Joulua gang.
This is not, as others have said, a happy, happy, joy, joy song, but the lyrics have always touched me deeply. And, Marko, of course, could make anything a masterpiece.
It was beautiful! The metal backing brought me back to some fond memories of Marko past.
Zacharias Topelius, who wrote this poem in 1859, is also known in Finland as "fairy tale uncle" because he published fairy tales for children...
I don't like christmas songs but varpunen jouluaamuna is a favourite for sure. And when Marko sings it, even better. Finnish christmas songs are not like happy happy Joy Joy, they are almost always heavy, sad, melancolic etc. And many have Deep meanings.
It is the song, and Marco and the choir and the band perfectly perform it. As a Finn, of course I had heard and sung this song many times when I was a kid, but I remember the first time when the lyrics really hit me as a teenager, and the tears poured. When you know the history of the song there is an explanation. I love how many foreigners say that this Christmas song points out how important the nature is for us Finns.
I have so much love for you and your country. This journey has been very special because I've always felt called to places that weren't my home. I feel a deep soulful connection to all of you.
The feeling is Finnish melancholy, a lot of our art of any kind is about heavy and dark subjects. So I think that´s what you felt 😊 And the song is about dead brother coming from heaven to see his sister as a sparrow.
Kiitos from Finland.
Finnish is such a beautiful language.
From Tribal to this.. one of my favorite Christmas songs ☃️🎶🥰
I loved this!!!!
Pretty much all the finnish songs are "heavy" or "weighty" whether it's Insomnium or Christmas carols lol. it's the melancholic undertones which create the distinct soundscape, minor chords and scales.
And even the happy ones th-cam.com/video/0OAw-htWlSk/w-d-xo.html The first song in this is about Elf´s being happy it´s Christmas, but still there is words life just last for a short time and even that is dark and gloomy 😆
I'm half Finnish 🇫🇮 but from Sweden 🇸🇪 and I just love Finnish Christmas songs. So different from Swedish ones that are much more cheerfull and happy. This song is one of my favourites, especially performed by the magnificent Marko. I love Raskasta Joulua/Heavy Christmas and yesterday I watched one of the concerts from 2023 that was aired on Finnish tv, which I have at home. Fantastic concert as always! My favourite singer JP Leppäluoto (Charon etc) is also a singer on the RJ tours each year 💙🇫🇮
Marko doing Marko things..., he really can hit the listener in the feels like few others.
Right?
This song is so important in avery Finnish people and yes there is super heavy things behind!'
1939-1945 winter and second worldwar
Indeed! I really felt alot in this song.
Always love Marko, and Marko singing in Finnish is a whole other level, but this was the first time I have seen this with translation and these lyrics in their entirety destroyed me.
I was in this concert and the children choir combined with Marco just hit every nerv and emotion possible. I just sat there baffled and almost didnt know what just happened. I think this is one their best performances at Raskasta Joulua tour.
As always, Marko brought it. His singing gets overshadowed sometimes in Nightwish due Floor being front and center, but the guy can sing his ass off. I'm looking forward to the January reactions brother.
Yea dude this was sooooo good!
Varpunen Jouluaamuna is my favourite Christmas song!❤Thank you!
This song has a special place in my heart. It has very sad/melancholic lyrics.... very Finnish to make even the Christmas songs sad😅
Marko's version is one of the best ones!
I absolutely loved this!
In the 19th century Finland was a poor, rural country far in north with harsh winters and of course high child mortality.
While Yule is a turning point and days are starting to get longer, the Summer is still far away and not everyone will make it to see it.
So there was certain solemness to the celebration.
My maternal grandfather was from Inkeri and he used to count people's ages in how many Summers they had seen (for example kuusitoistakesäinen). I'm thinking it stem from the fact that surviving the winter was not something to take for granted, and the weak people who died often did it during the winter half of the year.
And all this echoes in the traditional Christmas carols.
He's such a cool dude he could sing this in his sleep.
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This was amazing! I love me some Marco ❤
Wonderful song, it caught me in the feels for sure ❤
I was in this concert and the thing that this was my mother favored Christmas song took me in a really deep things and hearing Marco to sing it was really amassing! I love your channel and the reactions you have put up, but this one was really something :) Thank you so much and keep doing what you are doing :)
and what I did want to say is you did listen Belzebubs :😃 I was supposed to share their music with you, but someone else did it before me 😀
One more thing I would recommend you a band Battlelore th-cam.com/video/69voTzPOh4o/w-d-xo.html
Finns love a heavy Christmans, Should listen to Ayreon Age of Shadows if you want more Marko.
Hi Tommy
I am not entirely sure Marco can do anything wrong (apart from the one time he forgot his lyric and said "F--- it" instead).
He is phenomenal.
Thank you.
He truly is amazing!
Jeder Mensch macht mal einen Fehler, Marko ist einfach wunderbar, ihm
Kann man alles nachsehen. Er ist ein Ausnahmekünstler mit einer außergewöhnlichen Ausstrahlung und Stimme. Unfassbar gut.
Its not a most joyful merry-merry xmas song. In Finland we have plenty of these kind of xmas songs. Also this version was a bit metal one then.
In at 44 seconds.... sorry, just had to note my good luck.
Will add legit comments once the video starts/completes.
From the little bits I know about Finnish Christmas music, the lyrics were written in 1859 by Zacharias Topelius.
The song implies the prior death of the young girls brother, who came back briefly in the form of the Sparrow.
I've heard there is a much bigger story wrapped around it, but I will let one of the Finnish native-speakers to fill in more gaps.
That year (2019) was the only year they had children's choirs join them on the stage. I actually got to see this live a few years ago. It was amazing. 😊 I have yet to see them with JP Leppäluoto, though. Maybe someday. 😅 But yeah, now that you're in to Raskasta Joulua, I'm obligated to recommend more of JP (the Dragon from "Dance With The Dragon") yet again. 😅 He performs with Raskasta Joulua too, and is very close friends with Marko. If you think this is emotional, you should hear JP sing another traditional Finnish Christmas song, "Konstan joululaulu", about a child visiting their mother's grave on Christmas Eve. He sings that one like nobody else.
"I will stay with you, keeping it again;
I will make your Christmas beautiful.
You will see that the valleys and lands of sadness
Can be covered in bright light."
(A rough translation by me of the last half of the last verse)
Oh, and last year they also recorded a Finnish version of the Queensrÿche song "Silent Lucidity" in Finnish, called "Kehtolaulu" ("Lullaby") in honour of a close friend of theirs, Kimmo Blom, who also sang on the tour with them but sadly passed away. There's a video of the first time they performed it live, a few months after Kimmo's death, and oh boy, I can't watch that one without tearing up.
The lead guitarist played in Dark Sarah. You can see him do his thing in Melancholia. A great song by them.
Marko ❤😊
LOVE HIM!
90% of Finnish Christmas songs are melancholic, at least in their undertones.
Welcome to Finnish christmas songs, my brother. Sure, some of them are actually quite cute and jolly even, but... .... yeah. Then there's the dark side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparven_om_julmorgonen