This version of the song really feels way more fitting for the fiasco that was Oleanna. It's a beautiful rendition, but it also has this kinda bitter, cynical edge of someone who gambled on the promises of Oleanna and failed. Brilliant work!
Many years ago, the Minnesota Historical Society released a record of Scandinavian-American. Songs are in English, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish (surprisingly nothing in Finnish). My grandmother grew up speaking Swedish in the home. When I was a baby, she would visit while my parents working. She would put the record on and sing along in order to put me to sleep. Oleanna was one of the songs on the album.
@@QQ1-rien I am well aware of that. However, Minnesota has a fairly strong Finnish heritage as well, especially up on the Iron Range. They most likely would have spent some time in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis before heading up to northern Minnesota. That is why it always struck me as a bit odd as no Finnish folk songs were included on this particular album.
@@Sigwulf97if you search “Memories of Snoose Boulevard” it should be the first search result on RU-vid. The cover is in black and white and has a blond woman with a dark scarf on her head like many Scandinavian immigrant women may have worn in the day.
The Kingston Trio recorded a version of this on their 1959 album “ Here We Go Again”. Their version was played with a pretty quick tempo, and could at best, be considered a fo’c’sle shanty.
Such a beautiful song! And it also works wonders for putting my infant son to sleep. I'm not sure if it's just the tempo or if he finds this haunting melody to be as soothing as i do.
