I was thinking about it, but it would be hard to translate, because lots of the lyrics are based on very specific Helsinki references and Finnish idioms, and riffing on them in ways that would just be super awkward to translate literally without a few paragraphs of explanatory material per line of lyrics.
@@OlliWilkman It'd be lovely to read all these paragraphs if you were willing to write them. Trying to understand this band's lyrics is a trippy experience when you're not a native.
@@pnnkkkuja I wouldn't dare. I don't even get all of it, so it would be incomplete to begin with. But I really like this song for its clever turns of phrase.
Here is my try: Twenty-five thousand volts in the light bulbs On the smoldering youth club of Harju (Harju is a district in Helsinki next to Aleksis Kiven katu) The bridge breaks on devil's violin as our posse dipped in butter and wells (Yes this sentence is missing a verb, as is the Finnish version) Gentle rhythm in our brains as we roll towards the evening party Teens are clapping as bums are blending ukemi with some rolls (Ukemi is a Japanese martial arts technique, roll also means a type of movement here) Sunlight doesn't reach us when we go pale under the trusses Luckily Ääni ja vimma hasn't gone away but the capital city has confiscated the communal Volvo of the turquoise hulk (Ääni ja vimma is a popular band competition in Finland) The tuned analog synthesizer said the smoky pop! (Pop as in the sound that machines make when they break) Pax! Surely we will take care of our job Someone borrowed a wheelbarrow for the subwoofer Blood runs thicker than water The speakers whip hybrid battery acid samba onto our necks We heard odd things once at Aleksis Kiven katu (Aleksis Kiven katu is a famous street in Helsinki) We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park (Dallapé park is a park on Aleksis Kiven katu) The janitors of Hietaniemi forgot to lock the gates to the graveyard (Hietaniemi here means the Hietaniemi graveyard) So later we will go there in numbers to meet our new neighbors But first a few things need to be taken care of at Domma (Domma or Domus Academica is a student dormitory next to Hietaniemi graveyard) One of us probably has a drum One of us a mildly coughing, chapping bass beating on an odd frequency With them we are going to summon a spectacular chain of associations on the sky It's raining love and you can roast corn on moonlight By order the old scoundrel planet Earth switches lane Soil and salt under our fingernails We are sitting together on the highest rung of the fire ladder With slingshots ready we watch from the seventh floor Slowworms are lurking all the way down on Vaasis (Slowworm is a species of lizard, Vaasis probably means Vaasankatu, which is a street parallel to Aleksis Kiven katu in Harju) They hissed at us in the freight elevator Now we're going to the Fredriksberg festival (I am not aware of an actual event called the Fredriksberg festival, but Fredriksberg is both an old name for Pasila district at the other end of Aleksis Kiven katu as well as a new office building complex much closer, however the office building complex was constructed only after this song was released) Stamps from last year are still visible in our hands Surely we can also get in to the next place with those And at A. Kiven katu the crowd shouts more! We heard odd things once at Aleksis Kiven katu We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park At Aleksis Kiven katu-In pé park we met (This verse has two half sentences merged together) Aa-aa aa-aaa
Lähes järjettömän kaunista. En yleensä vertaile, mut Gösta tuli mieleen sekä kauneudesta että sanojen haikeasta elämän ymmärryksestä
I speak english, I don’t speak this language… i don’t even know how I got here wtf?! This is sick lol!
It's Finnish
Loistavaa tavaraa. Laulun rytmitys, sovitus ja sanoitus ovat upeita
Loistava!
todella mahtavaa
Olen asunut Aleksis kiven kadulla hyvä biisi
Erinomaisinta plutskua. Rakastan tätä.
Does anyone know the lyrics in English? Or where I can find them? I really like this song but want to know what it’s about and what he is saying
I was thinking about it, but it would be hard to translate, because lots of the lyrics are based on very specific Helsinki references and Finnish idioms, and riffing on them in ways that would just be super awkward to translate literally without a few paragraphs of explanatory material per line of lyrics.
@@OlliWilkman It'd be lovely to read all these paragraphs if you were willing to write them. Trying to understand this band's lyrics is a trippy experience when you're not a native.
@@pnnkkkuja I wouldn't dare. I don't even get all of it, so it would be incomplete to begin with. But I really like this song for its clever turns of phrase.
Here is my try:
Twenty-five thousand volts in the light bulbs
On the smoldering youth club of Harju (Harju is a district in Helsinki next to Aleksis Kiven katu)
The bridge breaks on devil's violin as our posse dipped in butter and wells (Yes this sentence is missing a verb, as is the Finnish version)
Gentle rhythm in our brains as we roll towards the evening party
Teens are clapping as bums are blending ukemi with some rolls (Ukemi is a Japanese martial arts technique, roll also means a type of movement here)
Sunlight doesn't reach us when we go pale under the trusses
Luckily Ääni ja vimma hasn't gone away but the capital city has confiscated the communal Volvo of the turquoise hulk (Ääni ja vimma is a popular band competition in Finland)
The tuned analog synthesizer said the smoky pop! (Pop as in the sound that machines make when they break)
Pax! Surely we will take care of our job
Someone borrowed a wheelbarrow for the subwoofer
Blood runs thicker than water
The speakers whip hybrid battery acid samba onto our necks
We heard odd things once at Aleksis Kiven katu (Aleksis Kiven katu is a famous street in Helsinki)
We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park (Dallapé park is a park on Aleksis Kiven katu)
The janitors of Hietaniemi forgot to lock the gates to the graveyard (Hietaniemi here means the Hietaniemi graveyard)
So later we will go there in numbers to meet our new neighbors
But first a few things need to be taken care of at Domma (Domma or Domus Academica is a student dormitory next to Hietaniemi graveyard)
One of us probably has a drum
One of us a mildly coughing, chapping bass beating on an odd frequency
With them we are going to summon a spectacular chain of associations on the sky
It's raining love and you can roast corn on moonlight
By order the old scoundrel planet Earth switches lane
Soil and salt under our fingernails
We are sitting together on the highest rung of the fire ladder
With slingshots ready we watch from the seventh floor
Slowworms are lurking all the way down on Vaasis (Slowworm is a species of lizard, Vaasis probably means Vaasankatu, which is a street parallel to Aleksis Kiven katu in Harju)
They hissed at us in the freight elevator
Now we're going to the Fredriksberg festival (I am not aware of an actual event called the Fredriksberg festival, but Fredriksberg is both an old name for Pasila district at the other end of Aleksis Kiven katu as well as a new office building complex much closer, however the office building complex was constructed only after this song was released)
Stamps from last year are still visible in our hands
Surely we can also get in to the next place with those
And at A. Kiven katu the crowd shouts more!
We heard odd things once at Aleksis Kiven katu
We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park
We went nuts at the same rate as we first time met in Dallapé park
At Aleksis Kiven katu-In pé park we met (This verse has two half sentences merged together)
Aa-aa aa-aaa
100 tuhatta katselukertaa!!!
Toimii Joka Kerta Kuin Junan Vessa 😊✌️😎☀️
ylermi is too cute
Aleksis kiven katu olen asunut 1986
Blutonium:D
Does anyone have the lyrics in Finnish? Can’t really find them anywhere.
They can now be found in a separate comment