Monday, September 26, 2011

Africa - Afrikka

We start now the second Finnpicks Disco Week. Well, it's been almost three years since the first one! The first entry is a song called "Afrikka" (Africa) performed by Lea Laven. It was released in 1983 on her album "Lahjan sain", but even if it clearly had hit potential, not as a single. The Finnish lyrics were written by Kaisu Liuhala, who wrote lyrics for numerous songs (for example "Fantasiaa", the Finnish Eurovision song in 1983) before concentrating in production. The original song "Africa" (a.k.a "Africa (Voodoo Master)") was performed by Rose Laurens (b. Rose Podwojny), a French singer-songwriter. This song was a 1982 smash hit in many European countries. You can see her perform the song, here.

P.S. This is the Finnpicks entry number 900. I have decided to close down this blog, when I reach the even number of 1000. I think one thousand Finnish covers is enough even for a die-hard fan. So, here starts the countdown: 100 Finnpicks to go.

Here's the pair:

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bad news !

Anonymous said...

Oh No !
But will this blog still stays in the net, with 1000 covers ?

Vieras J

DM said...

The blog stays online after the 1000 line, but it will not be updated.

Anonymous said...

Toivoisin kyllä jatkoa tuhannen jälkeenkin - tämä on hieno kulttuuriteko :)

Anonymous said...

very bad news... :((( we really like your blog and there are still so many cover version to discover.. please take ur time and think about it.. this is a great service that you do to finnish popular music.. I would have never discovered so many beautiful voices without your blog....

Arrowman said...

Pity, pity, pity...
I'm sad to hear this, there is so many treasures yet to be discovered, but hey... I do understand, one must have life of his own too...
I'm sure it takes hour or two from your daily time to greate new post for our pleasure.
How do one act and where to get, or buy this player, if one is willing to follow your steps later. Surely one must pay some royalty too... am I right? If you're willing to guide me, you can do it in my personal mail
masa.jarvinen@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Kiitos näistä kaikista!
Minäkin toivoisin sinun jatkavan sarjaa toisellekin tuhannelle, vaikkapa hitaanpaakin tahtiin.

Moniruokainen ja ylensyöjä musiikin kuuntelija

DM said...
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DM said...

Well, well. Materiaalia olisi vielä 2000:een asti. Mutta - aion kyllä lopettaa tämän blogin 1000:een. Aika aikaansa kutakin. En kuitenkaan sulje pois sitä mahdollisuutta, että joskus ilmestyisi Finnpicks 2. Mutta jonkinlainen hengähdystauko - en tiedä kuinka pitkä - tulee joka tapauksessa.