Finntroll - Slaget vid Blodsälv

Finntroll live Wacken 2006 new singer



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Finntroll - Bastuvisan (live)

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Finntroll - Rivfader

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Finntroll - Aldhissla

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Finntroll - Nedgång

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Eläkeläiset - Kuningashumppa

Eläkeläiset playing Peer Günt - I don't wanna be a rock'n roll star



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Eläkeläiset Konzert 2004 in München

Eläkeläiset Konzert 2004 in München mit Stelle und Mugge!



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Eläkeläiset - Jenkkapolkkahumppa

Music video by Finnish humppa band.



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Eläkeläiset - Humppa / Sortohumppa

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Iron Maiden Run to the hills cover by Eläkeläiset

Awesome "humppa" cover combined with the musicvideo



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Eläkeläiset - Jenkkapolkkahumppa

Eläkeläiset does Scooter's "Faster Harder Scooter".



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Eläkeläiset vs Children of Bodom

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Motörhead Ace of spades humppa Cover by Eläkeläiset

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Eläkeläiset - Miinakentähumppa

Eläkeläiset on Finnish TV performing Miinakentähumppa (X-Perience's "Magic Fields") and more, followed by an interview.



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Elakelaiset - Lavatapahtumia

Elakelaiset Lavatapahtumia



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Eläkeläiset - Humppamalli

Eläkeläiset live in Germany, playing Kraftwerk - Das Model



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Eläkeläiset - Ranttalihumppa

Eläkeläiset playing Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills



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Eläkeläiset - Jukolan Humppa

Music video telling about the band and it´s favourite hobby.



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Elakelaiset "Smells Like Humppa"

Elakelaiset+Nirvana=Smells Like Humppa



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Eläkeläiset - Jääkärihumppa + Pätä pätä

Live @ Hyvät, pahat ja rumat
Europe - Final countdown -cover.
Old vhs-rip, so quality is paska.



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Eläkeläiset - Elan Humpalla

Eläkeläiset live in Germany playing their version of Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer", followed by an interview.



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Eläkeläiset - Kiitokset Humpasta

Music video by Finnish humppa band



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Eläkeläiset - Keväthumppa

Music video: Eläkeläiset - Keväthumppa (unusually, an original song, not a cover).



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Eläkeläiset - Humppa

Eläkeläiset plays Cranberries-cover.




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Neon Genesis Polka

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The Illuminati Polka

stupid lil video I made for the song "The Illuminati Polka" by Tom Smith

Lyrics:

ou've heard that everyone is six degrees from Kevin Bacon,
But do you know the Six Degrees of Grand Exalted Mason?
For everyone and everything has around it curled
The tentacles of the Secret Masters who control the world. (chorus) I rule you, you rule me, someone rules us secretly, It's a vast conspiracy, the Illuminati Polka!

For several thousand years now, they've worked behind the scenes,
They laugh when we buy Dockers -- we've all got designer genes!
They know if you'll get the girl or pass the S.A.T.,
It's kinda like The Truman Show combined with D&D. (chorus)

Everybody's bank account is serviced by the Gnomes,
The Masonic Temple gets the mortgage payment for your homes,
Commander Weisshaupt keeps Saddam from being killed too soon,
While Crowley and Blavatsky run Wall Street from the moon. (chorus)

The Media say "Everything is awful but it's okay",
It turns out that Fox Mulder is really Keyser Soze,
If Men In Black are in your tub, or birds consult your cat,
Duck your head, try not to think, and wear this tinfoil hat. (chorus)

The entertainment industry just got the Atom Bomb,
Dick Cheney and Al Qaeda run Enron with your mom,
Your DNA's on CD-R, so heads up, P.D.Q.,
You may not have a hope in hell, but at least you've got a clue! (chorus)




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"Ieva's Polkka" by For Love or Money

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Ievan Polkka (ieva's polka)

Old Finnish folksong, Lyrics were written by Eino Kettunen in 1930's. The melody derives from much older folk song called Savitaipaleen Polkka.



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Levan Polkka 弾き語り

やっつぁっつぁ。
plays it with the guitar.



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Loituma - Leva's Polka played on bass guitar

One of the funniest songs ever played on a bass guitar - I am not that great bass player, and as i don't have any tabs, please excuse me if its not played 100% perfect!



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Loitumas Ievas Polka on my guitar :D

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Alchemist Polka

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Tuba polka

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Hot Rock Polka - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Music video to "Weird Al" Yankovic's Hot Rocks Polka from his UHF/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff



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Pinhead & the Pinguins sing Loituma Ievan Polka

Pinhead and the "Three Pinguins" do their version of the Ievan Polka. Original song by Loituma.



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Polka Party

The crowning achievement of Pippi Production's first season, 2005. Put to Weird Al Yanchowic's Polka Party song, and using Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 for all of the shots, this proves to be one amazingly awesome video!




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Hand Teddy Polka- Lingerie Sexy Sock Puppets

Music Video of the Hand Teddy Polka - watch for Larry Flynt hand puppet- The Sensation that's Sweeping the Nation! Music by Jeff AlanRoss - Directed by Scott Cheshire



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Titanic Love Polka

We got the idea for this short after finding a drinking song rendition of the Titanic theme, "My Heart Will Go on," on Napster. We've no idea who recorded the song. Please message us if you do!



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Chicken Dance Polka

Classic wedding polka dance



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Weird Al Yankovic - Angry White Boy Polka

The Angry White Boy Polka, by Weird Al Yankovic



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Oysterhead - "Polka Dot Rose"

This is a simple 2-camera cut of Oysterhead playing "Polka Dot Rose" at New York City's Roseland Ballroom. The song was cut down from it's original length for time but shows the band, featuring Phish's Trey Anastasio, Primus' Les Claypool and The Police's Stewart Copeland, performing on the band's first nationwide tour in Fall of 2001.



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Liberace Beer Barrel Polka

Here is Liberace in Vegas playing Beer Barrel Polka



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Polka Your Eyes Out -- Weird Al Yankovic

I couldn't find a proper music video for this one, so I decided to make my own using Windows Movie Maker.

The syncing isn't perfect, the limitations of movie maker made things a bit of a challenge.

Videos in order of appearance:

1. Cradle of Love - Billy Idle
2. Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
3. Love Shack - The B52's
4. Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic
5. Losing My Religion - REM
6. Unbelievable - Emf
7. Do Me! - Bell Biv DeVoe
8. Enter Sandman - Metallica
9. The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
10. Cherry Pie - Warrant
11. Miss You Much - Janet Jackson
12. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
13. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
14. Ice Ice baby - Vanilla Ice

Song from the Album: "Off The Deep End", released 1992.



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BrianHyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Biki

Brian Hyland - Itsy bits teenier weenie yellow polka dot bikini - Was one of the many hits among them was Seal with a Kiss, Ginny come lately



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LFS Polka dance

LFS dance featuring Kei.O Jack + Kei.O ADVAN



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Supernatural Polka

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Turbo Polka Hare Hare

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Turbo Anime Polka

THIS VIDEO IS PURELY FAN-MADE AND IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUSICAL ARTIST OR ANIME COMPANY IN ANY WAY

I have added pop-ups in the video that will tell you what the anime is called. They will be in the lower left corner of the video.

This is my first AMV! It is made up of 15 diffrent animes!

Song:
Atomik Harmonik
Turbo Polka

Animes Used in order in video:

Open Credits,
Final Fantasy 10-2,
Perfect Blue,
Azumanga Daioh,
Martian Successor Nadesico,
Please Teacher (TV),
Perfect Blue,
Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2),
Love Hina (TV),
Final Fantasy 8 (VIII),
Child's Toy (Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha),
Child's Toy (Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha),
Fruits Basket,
Fruits Basket,
Final Fantasy 8 (VIII),
Trigun,
Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2),
Cowboy Bebop,
Martian Successor Nadesico,
Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat,
Ping Pong Club,
Chobits,
Love Hina (TV),
Saint Tail,
Azumanga Daioh,
Final Fantasy 10-2 (X-2),
Child's Toy (Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha),
End Credits

Lyrics!:

Hey little boy, I got a song for you
I wanna show you what you gotta do
Shake your Bum Bum every night and day
Would you please please take me away

Hey little boy, don't you look like a fool
Dance like a star cause you could be so cool
You can be what you wanna be
Why don't you dance with me

Ti sploh ne ve -- kaj zamujas
Zaman se trudis -- premalo mi ponujas...

Chorus:
You wanna have some fun -- ja sam tvoja bejba
Let me be the one -- your turbo polka bejba
You wanna have some fun -- ja sam tvoja bejba
Heija eja ejga -- turbo polka bejba



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Angry Titan Polka

A strange teen titans music video to weird al's "angry white boy polka" o_O



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Loituma Leva's Polka Basshunter Remix!!

Here a new Basshunter Remix, from a Finnish Folk vocal group



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"The Polka Dot Polka" THE GANG'S ALL HERE Busby Berkeley

Hold on to your hats. Here it comes. The most realistic depiction of what a brain on acid feels like. This wicked awesome tribute to one of the world's most overlooked entities, the polka dot, takes us on a journey to a star that we may never come back from. After the freak out look for Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, James Ellison and Sheila Ryan in the "Attack of the 50 Foot Polka Dots" right at the end. 1943. Directed by Busby Berkeley.



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Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka

Motion Design project. This video Author's interpretation of Tom Waits -- Cemetery Polka. Animated in Adobe After Effects, with preparations in Photshop and Illustrator.



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Yves Klein Blue - 'Polka'

Taken from the debut EP, 'Yves Klein Blue Draw Attention To Themselves', out 5 April 2008.



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"Polka Party!" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Another Music Clip, this time some more attention was made trying to get the lip syncing correctly



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AMV - Weird Al Yankovich - The Anime Polka

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Bohemian Polka - Weird Al Yankovic

This is the polka that was on the Alapalooza album which parodys the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody"



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Herencia musical

polcas en casa blanca



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LynnMarie - Happy Wanderer Polka

Watch Lynn Marie perform "Happy Wanderer" from her Grammy Nominated album,
Lynn Marie + The Boxhounds!



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Global Kryner- Lady Marmelade

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Global Kryner- Sex Bomb

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Global Kryner - Uber Polka

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Global Kryner

Video above: The famous Oberkrainer group (Freestyle / Pop / Nu-Jazz ), whose main influence was Slavko Avsenik, performs Merci Chery, on the ORF1 TV channel.

As Michael Werner, culture editor of the Stuttgarter Zeitung so well puts it in his statement, "It's been a long time since anyone has reminded us with such virtuosity as Global Kryner, that on the stony path to tomorrow there are still a few hours left of today."

On their http://www.myspace.com/globalkryner site they state:

"...six musicians from widely different fields have joined up to

a) transform the Oberkrainer sound from its beer-tent bliss to a serious world music genre,

b) without losing the musical fun and puns,

c) and to prove that every song, every melody – whether pop, jazz or classical – can be 'krainerized'."

Members:

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  Sabine Stieger, Vocalist - from Lower Austria is the latest addition to the group and seems to be "born for the stage"
  
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  Karl Rossman, Trumpet - born in Graz, a class by himself in experience and brilliance
  
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  Christof Spörk, Clarinet - global.kryner founder, political scientist, musical cabaret producer (Salzburger Stier 2003 with Landstreich); plays everything from Cuban rhythms to Styrian and Bulgarian sounds
  
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  Anton Sauprügl, Accordion - music school director in Purgstall, Musikantenstadl-veteran and Oberkrainer expert, all in one
  
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  Edi Köhldorfer, Guitar - excellent as Oberkrainer swinger, also known as one of Austria’s best jazz musicians who has already played with the likes of Stephane Grappelli
  
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  Sebastian Fuchsberger, Bass Trombone and heroic tenor - well-known as the charming dynamo of ”Mnozil Brass”, performs ”globally” as brilliant yodeling tenor and groove coordinator on the bass trombone

Website:

http://www.globalkryner.at/

Global Kryner - Something Stupid

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Finntroll Trollhammeren

This would not be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill standard polka band. On their Trollhammaren EP they combine elements of polka with heavy metal and that's how they created a Folk-Metal-Polka sounding album.



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"Kantele" or "Finnish Harp"

Kantele is a string instrument from the zither family, related to Russian gusli, Latvian kokle and Lithuanian kanklės. All four of these instruments together form the family named Baltic Psalteries.

In its original form, kantele has 5 or 6 horsehair strings and a wooden body, carved out of one piece. Modern versions of this instrument have metal strings and a body is most often made from several pieces of wood.

Kantele has a characteristic bell-like sound. Players hold it in their laps or place it on a small table. Two main techniques to play are:

• plucking the strings using fingers or
  
• strumming unstopped strings which is sometimes done with a matchstick

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In recent years kantele is more and more popular in Finland again. So much so that a Finnish luthiery, Koistinen developed an electric kantele. That one exercises pick-ups similar to those of electric guitars. And the most unusual fact is that Finnish harp was even adopted by some Finnish heavy metal musicians - like Amorphis in video "My Kantele" below.

Loituma - Levan Polka

Levan Polka (the official video)

Polka - Finnish style... :) And the video below has more than 3.5 million views on Youtube (same song, same group, no instrumental music).

In 1989, when the new students started a new school year at Sibelius Academy - Folk Music Department (the only music university in Finland), is when Loituma was first formed. Originally a seven-member group called themselves Jäykkä Leipä (Stiff Bread). Loituma invented and preserved its original style, sometimes even using improvisation, while at the same time skillfully adapting influences of other sources.

In Finnish folk music one of the corner stones is the skill of song/singing. According to Finnish tradition, stories and feelings are best expressed with man's own instrument - voice. Another corner stone is a folk instrument from the zither family, called kantele or Finnish harp (more about it in my next article). It sounds unbelievably beautiful and versatile.

All of the members of Loituma group sing and the song is an ever-present, underlying current in their music, carrying Finnish tradition. They also compose/arrange their tunes themselves, using lyrics in Finnish from traditional sources.

In 1997, Loituma were selected Band of the Year at the 1997 Kaustinen Folkmusic Festival.

Their song Ieva's Polka was an instant hit in Finland (released in May of 2006) and has since spawned viral remixes and video sites across the Internet. Loituma Compilation in the video below is just one example.

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Atomik Harmonik - Turbo Polka

Weird Al Yankovic - Polkarama!

Another Way to Use Accordion

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Polka, but Not Folk (Traditional) Music

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Lately I've been observing this phenomena of polka beat and instruments being widely popular with young bands, musicians and their fans.

Music in polka beat includes (mostly) piano accordion and other traditional instruments but it also integrates other music genres like rock and jazz, even rap and more - and that's why it's not a folk or traditional music any more.

Another difference is that most traditional polka groups perform in their ethnic costumes while the modern polka artists are anything but "heavily covered", especially the female members.

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