OT: A wake-up call less ordinary

Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> writes:

> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:50:06 -0400, Scott Hemphill
> <hemphill@hemphills.net> wrote:
>
>>Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> writes:
>>
>>> On 26 Mar, 18:00, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...@ieee.org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Rune Allnor
>>>>
>>>> <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:
>>>> >This morning, just before 6AM, I was hovering in that stage where one
>>>> >does not really know if one is still asleep or have started to wake
>>>> >up.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the story and I'm looking forward to the pix. &nbsp; Meanwhile,
>>>> here's a relevant video:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMf8ysOL6YM
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in the song, and cant' even tell which language is
>>>> used.
>>>
>>> Funny song - brilliant performance!
>>>
>>> The language is almost certainly Finnish. I can't remember
>>> off the top of my head if there are any Finnish regulars
>>> here who might enlighten us about what this might be?
>>
>>What isn't gibberish is apparently the Savo dialect of Finnish.
>>Here's the YouTube version of the Loituma performance of "Ievan
>>Polkka":
>>
>>http://youtube.com/watch?v=vjvVBCNcL_A&feature=related
>>
>>Scott
>
> Scott,
>
> Can I ask how you initially found this?   Were you already familiar
> with the song or just managed to locate the references quickly?

Sure, you can ask.  No, I don't remember hearing the song before.
There was a comment on the YouTube moose page that mentioned Loituma,
and after Googling the group, everything else fell into place.

My son may have showed me the leekspin animation--it looks vaguely
familiar.  I'll have to ask him next time he's home from college.

Scott
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