Totallympics Annual International Song Contest 2016

[OlympicsFan 791]

vor 1 Minute schrieb Agger:

 

There are lots of major finnish artists, but they're mainly metal bands.

 

You may very well have heard names like Nightwish, HIM, Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom.

In other words there aren't much mainstream succes, but in metal music Finland is a pretty well-known country (not that I'm an expert in metal)

Of couse i know some of those bands, especially Nightwish, but i was talking about pop music. The other scandinavian countries have great pop/electric/house artists, so why does Finland have an other "style", why doesnt Finland have any/many great electric/pop/house artists? Do you have any idea?

[Wanderer 1,612]

9 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

There are lots of major finnish artists, but they're mainly metal bands.

 

You may very well have heard names like Nightwish, HIM, Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom.

In other words there aren't much mainstream succes, but in metal music Finland is a pretty well-known country (not that I'm an expert in metal)

 

If I chose Finland, I would have picked some song from Lau Nau or Jaakko Eino Kalevi - completely non-metal Finnish brands

 

7 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

 

Absolutely buddy, from what you say it seems they have a close association with Cuba so it would be no harm at all.  I'm sure nobody would have any objection with that especially since the Festival of Music is for fun and can easily be more flexible given that it is in the best possible spirit you want to present this music

 

Excellent!

[Finnator123 292]

4 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Of couse i know some of those bands, especially Nightwish, but i was talking about pop music. The other scandinavian countries have great pop/electric/house artists, so why does Finland have an other "style", why doesnt Finland have any/many great electric/pop/house artists? Do you have any idea?

 Darude, have you heard about him?

[Agger 1,612]

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

Of couse i know some of those bands, especially Nightwish, but i was talking about pop music. The other scandinavian countries have great pop/electric/house artists, so why does Finland have an other "style", why doesnt Finland have any/many great electric/pop/house artists? Do you have any idea?

 

Well. Denmark doesn't have that much pop succes internationally. We've had 5 songs on the billboards top 10. It is pretty unique that we have 2 pop artists with international succes with both MØ and Lukas Graham having top 10 places.

About Finland I don't really know why their non-metal artists doesn't manage as well.

[OlympicsFan 791]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb uk12points:

The UK Internal Selection process results revealed:

 

ROUND ONE

Birdy and Rhodes - LET IT ALL GO

Years and Years - EYES SHUT

Little Mix - BLACK MAGIC

Coldplay - ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

 

 

ROUND TWO

Birdy and Rhodes - LET IT ALL GO

Years and Years - EYES SHUT

Coldplay - ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME

 

FINAL ROUND

Birdy and Rhodes - LET IT ALL GO

Years and Years - EYES SHUT

 

Interesting, so no Adele (When we were young), Ella Eyre (Together) or James Bay (Let it go) fans in the jury?

I wouldve given you 12 points anyway, but why didnt you chose "Keeping Your Head Up" instead?

Edited May 17, 2016 by OlympicsFan

[Agger 1,612]

2 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

 Darude, have you heard about him?

 

Oh. I forgot him! 

[OlympicsFan 791]

vor 3 Minuten schrieb Finnator123:

 Darude, have you heard about him?

No, to be honest ...

Is he famous internationally? I really never heard of him/her/them ...

Sorry ...

[Agger 1,612]

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

No, to be honest ...

Is he famous internationally? I really never heard of him/her/them ...

Sorry ...

 

[Wanderer 1,612]

 

Ibeyi are Cuban-born, Paris based twin sisters Lisa-Kaïndé and Naomi Diaz. They sing in French, English, Spanish and Yoruba, which was brought to Cuba by West African slaves. Ibeyi honor their father’s legacy, Cuban jazz percussionist Miguel "Angá" Díaz through their percussive production. Beatsmith Naomi plays both the cajón and the batá while Lisa-Kaindé plays the piano and sings the main vocals.

 

 

And here is the song that enchanted me... (Album name: Ibeyi, released in July 28th, 2015)

 

Ibeyi - River

[OlympicsFan 791]

vor 6 Minuten schrieb Agger:

 

I heard this song before ...

Did they have other successful songs or were they a "one-hit-wonder"?

I think this song has been used in tons of movies, but i never realized that it was created by a finnish band.

 

Edit: When i am done watching the video, it shows "Pillowtalk" by Zayn in the bottom right corner, this song has one of the "best" music videos ever ... and Jimmy Fallon also did a lip sync battle with it.

Edited May 17, 2016 by OlympicsFan