Same! The moment I heard this in the sample of sounds they used as inspiration for the Na'vi I immediately knew I had to hear more of it. It's fantastic.
I agree wholeheartedly. I don't speak Finnish but I know this song word for word now! I had the tune stuck in my head so I just had to learn the lyrics! This was the first Finnish I learnt and I now many other Finnish songs. I originally clicked on the thumbnail back in 2016 simply because one of the singers (Susan Aho, the blonde haired lady on the right) looks exactly like one of my friends.
@@georgejacob3162 I have just looked for the lyrics in Google to learn them as well, even if I can't speak Finnish either. I would like to learn them by heart. It's magical!
I was honestly lucky to have ever loved a Finn. She left me with an admiration for much of Finnish culture, and now to hear what sounds like their folk music? It sounds so raw and pagan. Magical and fantastical. That relationship didn't turn out so well, even as a friendship afterward, but man...Despite that, I don't think I'll ever forget Finland.
@@sparkymarlin You were wrong. Go listen to some swedish next to this. They have some crazy intonation compared to this. Finno-ugric languages are quite different from swedish.
I, personally, can't speak Suomii to save my life but I can acknowledge these women as some of the best singers in world..Kiitos paljon. Minun täytyy kääntää, jotta yritän ymmärtää.
Whenever it's the three singers singing together it sounds like the song of the sirens. It's so hypnotic. I feel like I'm being compelled to sail toward their melody only to drown at sea ...but like, in a good way :)
When I was in Finland I travelled to Värttinä's hometown to see them perform at the high school they went to when they were teenagers. It was a joyous event. I love their music so much even though I can't understand a word they sing.
This is not really fully finnish. It sounds like a mix of different finnish dialects from around the area. I could understand half of it, as a full bred finn. This band could perhaps tell better about it. There were many sentences I could not understand at all. It sounds finnish, but it is not really. Not fully. This is a funny band.
Incredible! After so much members and years of recordings, they still sound like Varttina never changes! But every song sounds ever so fresh and optimistic. I don't understand a word but it sounds wonderful! So very tight harmonies.
Värttinä is something similar to what Gandalf said of the hobbits: You think you know everything about them in a month, but after years they can still surprise you (and leave you breathless, if I may add).
+ShitAnimations.com - Especially Quenya - Sindarin, which we hear more in the movies, and which the Elves used more in the written stories too, is more like Welsh and other Celtic. And there's plenty more Elven languages where those came from :)
Assisti a um breve apresentação deste grupo no Rock in Rio 2001. Lembrei da energia da apresentação e vinte anos depois, voltei aqui procurar por elas. I watched a brief presentation by this band at Rock in Rio 2001. I remembered the energy of the presentation and twenty years later, I came back here looking for them.
Probably about the same time they had a gig on a Brasilian TV channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mVtgdTaWkG0.html I think he has all the songs of the gig in his channel.
@@eezukkeli There's a really interesting RU-vidr called Sideways that did a video on the avatar soundtrack explaining what could have been and why the soundtrack is the way it is now. The original team wanted to create it's own language and sound system for the Na'vi combining basically every unique sound and theme from every culture. So that's what I mean they could have been a part of it, they were chosen to donate their sounds to the pool. Sadly the producer doubled back on his word and decided on a basic Western orchestra instead, thus the original soundtrack was rewritten over leaving what James Horner has produced now. Which don't get me wrong is still magical, it's just not the epic new form of music we could have had.
Wei Wuxian oh wow thanks for taking the time to answer, I will definitely check that out! and yeah, you're right I feel like it could've been even better but I too, like it as it is. 😌 but I would've been such a proud Finn, if the movie had had a song from the group in the soundtrack!!
Ensimmäinen kansanlaulu jonka kuulin oli Niekun Vestmanviiki. Sitä kautta tutustuin Värttinän kappaleisiin. Olin kamalan iloinen, kun opettaja soitti tän kappaleen musiikin tunnilla XD Voin itse vain yrittää laulaa perässä. Aivan ihana kappale!!
Pakko sanoa ulkomaan eläville, että enpä itsekkään tajua puoliakaan siitä, mitä nuo kerrassaan hurmaavat ladyt laulavat upean bändin säestämänä. Mutta koska eivät ymmärrä, mitä sanon, sanon vain, että nauttikaa!
what I would give to be able to go to a värttinä concert. they are so amazing, their music inspires me to keep practising my singing even though i don't understand a word of what they're saying lol
You and me likewise! I clicked on the thumbnail to 'Lasetus' 5 years ago simply because the blonde lady, Susan Aho, looked EXACTLY like one of my friends! I now know quite a few Finnish songs word for word without knowing what the words mean!
Tämä Värttinä kokoonpano on hyvin mielenkiintoinen ja tasapainoinen. Kaasisten sisarusten (paitsi nyt Sarin) rinnalla ovat nyt tasavertaiset laulajat ja yhtye tekee tasapainoista, värikästä ja ehkä omaperäisempääkin työtä kuin ennenvanhaan, jolloin Kaasisten siskojen rinnalla oli vain täydentäviä laulajia. Tämä nyt ei tarkoita sitä, että Värttinä olisi nyt parempi, mutta on ainakin laajemman ja solistisiin huippusuorituksiin kykenevämmän laulajakaartin yhtye. Kaikesta huolimatta nostan hattuani Kaasisten sisaruksille ja nimenomaan heidän panokselleen suomalaiselle/karjalaiselle folkille tekemästään jättimäisestä työstä. Tämä elämäntyö on vähintään Pro Carelia mitalin arvoinen.
Just perfect song. I have all your discography and I'm listening for various CDs even when I'm tired of folk. It always return my energy and makes me feel really happy. :) And...this song is the most beautiful, I think :) can't stop listening :) Greetings from Lithuania :)
I only just stumbled upon Varttina while listening to Gridlock by Trad-Mod Irish band The Pogues. Must say that I'm very impressed by their use of Finnish vocal tradition, they sound great and the string accompaniment makes a perfect combination. So beautiful to listen to, and an interesting rhythm as well. I'm already looking for more.
Never before have I experienced such level of vocal synchronization. Their actual waveform is phase correctly synced to a precision within 250 microsecconds (1/4000th second) which should be humanly and physically impossible (speed of sound 343m/s, 70cm sound travel = 2ms delay, yet they maintain a precision over 8 times that). Psychic much.
The more often I read this the more it sounds like utter garbage. And even IF there's any sort of point to this, there are things like editing, mixing and mastering which could move and stretch the vocal tracks.
It is one of the several synonyms for singing, they are using in the song. Specifically the verb "lasettaa/lasetella" means singing in a "straight forward", "open face", "let it go" manner. "Lasetus" is a substantive referring to the act of singing that way.
Finns aren't Nordic; they're Finno-Ugric, related to Hungarians and Estonians, none of which are Nordic. Finns just happen to live next to Norwegians and Swedes, but they are not related to them, either linguistically or genetically. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_peoples en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages
Wow I've just been told about these amazing ones! Reminds me slightly of my favourite band, Dakhabrakha. Full of Joy and Life, just what we need now :)
