I'm (kind of) sorry to say I'm acquiring a reputation among my friends for liking weird music (though I don't find it weird). I'm not sure what it means, but I keep on running into music and liking it, and finding it's Finnish. As I said elsewhere - see Finnish folk roots - the Finnish music scene appears to have a strong fusion element, a strong crossover between genres such as folk and pop and metal, that would be marginalised and viewed as a curiosity elsewhere. Anyhow, check our Nightwish, a Finnish metal band (see their official YouTube channel) who do excellent metal / folk / operatic /rock fusion. Examples: Over the hills and far away; Bless the Child, Ocean Soul, this rather brilliant cover of Phantom of the Opera, and Nemo.
PS: this is altogether rather interesting. I'm going to have to investigate symphonic metal.
You old prog-rocker you! Well obviously I wouldn't have commented unless I liked it too. Ahem.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blogs occasionally for a while now - but never got around to commenting before because I usually read them at work and commenting doesn't seem quite right in those circumstances (whereas merely reading has a similar status to looking out of the window).
You old prog-rocker you!
ReplyDeleteHi, Martin. Yes, you have me spot-on! I've had some ... not exactly complaints, but ... puzzled queries about recommendations from JSBlog. Are you following the Current Listening there? There's some brilliant retro/progrock/folk stuff coming from Finnish groups.
PS Yes, and I'm a sad git that likes Aeon Flux. Get in touch: I'd love any music recommendations.
ReplyDeleteIf you like Symphonic metal check out Symphony x,ayreon, avantasia, Stratovaius.
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