Post by Jonne on May 12, 2004 19:33:27 GMT 2
I found funny writing from the net:
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So, today's mockery is borne of some drives to work and the commentary of Pod upon being subjected to the Dwarf Song during a brief social run to be ass at billiards with campus folk. Yes, the Dwarf Song. Don't take too much pity on the poor boy; he half-created "Ah, Mister Denton", after all, which is an oper... er, techn... er, horrible brain-breaking monstrosity based on the plot of Deus Ex. Robin actually found this band for me, after a bored evening of music-hunting online with keywords like "metal", "elf", "forest", and "Finland". What can I say, he knows me well.
Korpiklaani: Spirit of the Forest.
Self-categorized as "Folk Metal", Korpiklaani is a Finnish band formed from the ashes of Shaman in an attempt to make their sound more accessible. "Accessible" meaning "in English, slightly mangled", and "maybe it'll sell." Their sound is based heavily on Finnish folk tunes, which sound to my uncultured ears quite like Irish reels mixed with stereotypical Gypsy music and a hint of Generic Native American Influence. Layered onto this is a bass guitar used in a rather percussive manner and thundering drums that shake my car's side mirrors through factory-issue speakers at reasonable volume. Somehow it works, and it's beautiful, complicated, and catchy, if repetitive. Nearly half the songs are purely instrumental.
The rest, including what I have affectionately titled "The Dwarf Song", have lyrics of a shamanic bent ("Shaman Drum", "With Trees") or based on the mythologies from which modern fantasy has arisen ("Wooden Pints", being the proper title of "The Dwarf Song", and one about watching elf girls dance around a fire). The English is even impressive for a Finnish band with "metal" or "rock" in their preferred categorisation.
The vocalist himself however, is a secret clone of Lemmy from Motorhead, with backup by Jello Biafra. Oh, he may look different on the website and CD art, but I say if you take any vaguely grizzled man, make him grow facial hair, dress him up like a neopagan woodsman Four Quarters Farm Staff Reject and photograph him in shadowy black and white, it's pretty damn hard to tell what he'd look like if he were given a hot shower, a razor, and some soap. I've only got the voice to go on.
Pod says we ought to call up Motorhead and play The Dwarf Song for them.
"Lemmy, you've got to stop marketing to Scandinavia."
"What the fuck is your problem? We sell well there."
"Listen to this.
'There's men, underground
Who have never seen the sun
But they really know how to party
Little men from underground
Who have never seen the sun
But they really know how to party.'
Do you hear this? Do you see what you've done? This has got to stop, man!"
Okay, so I secretly like The Dwarf Song. Hush.
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Continue this topic dear boys and girls.
If you got some funny from the net...
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So, today's mockery is borne of some drives to work and the commentary of Pod upon being subjected to the Dwarf Song during a brief social run to be ass at billiards with campus folk. Yes, the Dwarf Song. Don't take too much pity on the poor boy; he half-created "Ah, Mister Denton", after all, which is an oper... er, techn... er, horrible brain-breaking monstrosity based on the plot of Deus Ex. Robin actually found this band for me, after a bored evening of music-hunting online with keywords like "metal", "elf", "forest", and "Finland". What can I say, he knows me well.
Korpiklaani: Spirit of the Forest.
Self-categorized as "Folk Metal", Korpiklaani is a Finnish band formed from the ashes of Shaman in an attempt to make their sound more accessible. "Accessible" meaning "in English, slightly mangled", and "maybe it'll sell." Their sound is based heavily on Finnish folk tunes, which sound to my uncultured ears quite like Irish reels mixed with stereotypical Gypsy music and a hint of Generic Native American Influence. Layered onto this is a bass guitar used in a rather percussive manner and thundering drums that shake my car's side mirrors through factory-issue speakers at reasonable volume. Somehow it works, and it's beautiful, complicated, and catchy, if repetitive. Nearly half the songs are purely instrumental.
The rest, including what I have affectionately titled "The Dwarf Song", have lyrics of a shamanic bent ("Shaman Drum", "With Trees") or based on the mythologies from which modern fantasy has arisen ("Wooden Pints", being the proper title of "The Dwarf Song", and one about watching elf girls dance around a fire). The English is even impressive for a Finnish band with "metal" or "rock" in their preferred categorisation.
The vocalist himself however, is a secret clone of Lemmy from Motorhead, with backup by Jello Biafra. Oh, he may look different on the website and CD art, but I say if you take any vaguely grizzled man, make him grow facial hair, dress him up like a neopagan woodsman Four Quarters Farm Staff Reject and photograph him in shadowy black and white, it's pretty damn hard to tell what he'd look like if he were given a hot shower, a razor, and some soap. I've only got the voice to go on.
Pod says we ought to call up Motorhead and play The Dwarf Song for them.
"Lemmy, you've got to stop marketing to Scandinavia."
"What the fuck is your problem? We sell well there."
"Listen to this.
'There's men, underground
Who have never seen the sun
But they really know how to party
Little men from underground
Who have never seen the sun
But they really know how to party.'
Do you hear this? Do you see what you've done? This has got to stop, man!"
Okay, so I secretly like The Dwarf Song. Hush.
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Continue this topic dear boys and girls.
If you got some funny from the net...