Should I (Have Loved You) - Sano löinkö lempesi laimin

Petri And Pettersson Brass (see earlier entry) recorded "Sano löinkö lempesi laimin" (Say whether I neglected your love) in 1973. At the time it was released only as a single, but failed to get any attention. It has been re-discovvered on a later compilation of the band. And why not, it's a nice song, The original was called "Should I (Have Loved You) " and it was recorded by former Hermans Hermits lead singer Peter Noone. Peter left Hermits in 1971 for a solo career and this was his fourth anf last single for Mickie Most's RAK label in 1972. It was a minor hit in Europe.

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Angie - Angie

The second in the line of songs about women, is the song about "Angie". Although the name Angie is not used in Finland as a first name, a band that in the 60's was called Heikki Pettersson Sextet, but raised to fame in the 70's as Petri & Pettersson Brass, decided to dedicate this song to her in 1973. It was the A-side to "Sait pelkkää sympatiaa", finnpicked earlier, here. The original "Angie" was of course the one that The Rolling Stones sang about in 1973. The song was one of the rare acoustic ones by Stones. There has been many speculations over who was "Angie" in the song. It's been suggested that it was David Bowie's wife Angela, or Mick Jaggers former girlfriend Marianne Faithful. But the author of the song (Jagger) says that it was written for Angela "Dandelion" Richards (pictured above), daughter of Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg, born in April 1972.

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Sylvia's Mother - Sylvian äiti

We leave the Finnpicks Humour Week behind us with still another Shel Silverstein song. Shel did write also non-novelty songs, however, often with a twist. This is one of those. Petri & Petterson Brass (see previous entry) recorded "Sylvian äiti" in 1972. It was their second single, but wasn't as successful as their first one "Maalaismaisema". The original song "Sylvia's Mother" was the first big hit for Dr. Hook in 1972. At this point the band was still bearing the moniker 'Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show'. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard singles chart. The song tells the story of a man trying to say one last goodbye to his ex-girlfriend Sylvia Avery (Sylvia Suominen in Finnish version), but unable to get past her mother, who tries to interfere.

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Country Comfort - Maalaismaisema

Petri & Petterson Brass (see previous entry) recorded "Maalaismaisema" (Country scenery) in 1971. It was the breakthrough single for the band and has become a Finnish pop classic. There's no noubt that the songs popularity is largely explained by the touching and witty lyrics made by Jukka Virtanen (see previous entry) . The story line follows the original - depicting everyday life in the countryside - but Jukka has succeeded in adding a special Finnish flavour to it. The original song was written and performed by Elton John, and the original lyrics were of course done by Bernie Taupin. It was on Elton's 1970 album "Tumbleweed Connection".

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More Than Sympathy - Sait pelkkää sympatiaa

Petri & Petterson Brass was very popular Finnish pop group in the 70's. What made the group exceptional was the extensive use of horns - not quite common in those days. The lead vocalist was Petri Petterson (real name Ilkka Petterson) and the group included also three older Petterson brothers. Later in the 70's Petri went solo for awhile releasing highly acclaimed "Nuoruus" (The Youth) -album. In the 80's he left the stage and worked as an music editor in Finnish National Radio. Petterson Brass reunited in 2007 and made a new album. This "Sait pelkkää sympatiaa" was released in 1973 on the B-side of their cover of "Angie". The song originated from Belgium and was performed and written by a singer called Ignace (real name Ignace Baert). Ignace was lead singer in a band called Lilac Street Band, but this "More Than Sympathy" was his first solo effort in 1973. Ignace was at the time in love with a girl who studied violin at the Conservatory of Ghent, but they both wanted to keep that relationship secret, thus the lyrics "I can give you more than Sympathy - I can give it to you secretly".

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