METAL!!!!!

It's actually a well known production technique that if you want to make something more metal, keep adding Norwegians until it's heavy enough!  

Or a few Finns, 1.09564 times heavier

I'm just not sure where an aging Canadian punk rocker fits into the technical theory but if it works it works.
 
;-)

Such a happy tune, it's hard to believe it's a product of the dark frozen north. Add in a prominent tambourine and it could pass for a Jewish folk song - another ethnic group known for its sunny outlook.

bitflipper
Such a happy tune, it's hard to believe it's a product of the dark frozen north. Add in a prominent tambourine and it could pass for a Jewish folk song - another ethnic group known for its sunny outlook.

For a hymn it's actually quite dark. Jarvse version is pretty "happy" sounding indeed compared to this version...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_0zuIuUWjw
 
As far as I can tell from Google translate of the lyrics it's about directionless and misery for us mortal souls until we find some kind of faith in something. In this context that would be the Nordic interpretation of Christ which seems a little different than how us North Americans and even most Europeans view "him".
 
I'm not a religious person by any means (I have my own weirdo brand of spirituality and ideas of being a good person while we're here on this dirt rock) but am fascinated by world faiths and how different regions interpret the same texts/concepts.
 
I've been watching "Vikings" which touches on the subject of the original converts to Christianity and I think this poem really reflects some of that. As Jarvse pointed out in the Songs forum thread the poet was actually Swedish but the accompanying tune is classic Norweigian.
 
Hopefully discussing this isn't a TOS violation. I'm mostly bringing it up for the historical and artistic aspects which I find quite interesting.
 
/nerd

Beepster
/nerd

Who among is not?

bitflipper
Such a happy tune, it's hard to believe it's a product of the dark frozen north.

But in the summer it's the not quite so frozen north and land of the midnight sun.

Either way it plays havoc with a body-clock calibrated for a more "normal" day/night divide.

bapu

Beepster
/nerd

Who among is not?

Indeed. Part of the charm of this place and why I abandoned my previous internet haunts... even though they were quite nerdy as well. Just not nearly as music nerdy.
 
;-)

tlw

But in the summer it's the not quite so frozen north and land of the midnight sun.

Either way it plays havoc with a body-clock calibrated for a more "normal" day/night divide.

Norway in the summer seems exactly my kind of place. I bet the air is sweet and delicious.