to the fins here...

[az]

my girlfriend has just discovered this that band called "Eläkeläiset" (she finds them funny...) and wanted to know what "Humpa" means (if it is really a word, not just some sound...)

do you actually know the band? there seem to be plenty of fans, judging from napster files... (and what does the name mean?)

thx

AZ

[ayoub_ibrahim]

I thought that the title of this thread looked a little fishy so I looked in!

[az]

*lol...

is it "the finns"? (the fin is the ähh.. the thing a shark has on its back, right?)

AZ

[Tempest]

Humppa (two p's) is a traditional Finnish dance. Isn't there an English word, "oompah" ? If there is, that's the closest equivalent... Both words are kinda onomatopoetic, if you know how the music sounds

"Eläkeläiset" means "The Pensioners". I've heard of the band, after all Finland is quite a small country... As far as I know they make a kind of parody of the real "humppa" bands of the past decades.

[This message has been edited by Tempest (edited 23 March 2001).]

[az]

actually they play bands like metallica in very strange ways

AZ

[az]

actually i own that cd and i like it very much

AZ

[Rowan]

And you dance Humppa kinda like waltz but a bit more bouncy.

I hope this makes sense.

Edit: And if you want to listen to wierd Metallica, try Apocalyptica and their CD Plays Metallica With Four Cellos, which basically tells it all.

[This message has been edited by Rowan (edited 23 March 2001).]