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A bit OT - but having grown up in Finland, I always get extreme nostalgic feelings whenever tango comes up. For whatever reason, Tango was (probably still is) h
by TrackerFF 6y ago
A bit OT - but having grown up in Finland, I always get extreme nostalgic feelings whenever tango comes up. For whatever reason, Tango was (probably still is) huge over there - unlike the other countries up here in northern Europe.
While other neighboring countries had what is essentially called "dance bands" (think smooth muzak version of country/western music), the Finns kept to their minor-keyed Tango.
- 082349872349872 6y agoYes, still is a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRck2XOBgw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRck2XOBgw OTOH finland doesn't seem totally impervious to dance music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLb6vJ_TkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLb6vJ_TkI Tai vuoksein itkis' koko Argentiina :-)
- TrackerFF 6y ago"dance band" was a bit misleading wording from my side, it's "danseband" - like this cheesy stuff, which was ubiquitous to Sweden, Norway, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzqRKmZiGI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzqRKmZiGI0
- 082349872349872 6y agoGot it. We also lack tango, but we've got plenty of cheese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBdOzQf_I68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBdOzQf_I68
- nwatson 6y agoYou can trace a lineage from that German (?) cheese to Brazilian música sertaneja (country music), as in "Rumo À Goiânia" (Road to Goiânia), this rendition by Leonardo and Zezé di Camargo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjGy20QQHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjGy20QQHk My parents moved to one of the referenced towns, Uberlândia (Land for All) in the mid-1950s, and then to Goiânia itself later on. (Then Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Brasília. "Home" though always was Phoenix, AZ.) Edit: cities, title translation
- nwatson 6y agoFor one more Brazilian country classic, "Asa Branca" (White Wing) ... Luiz Gonzaga - Asa Branca ft. Fagner, Sivuca, Guadalupe ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFSHg2hxbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFSHg2hxbc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFSHg2hxbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsFSHg2hxbc . One of the comments there: "Sem dúvida, é considerado um hino para os brasileiros, principalmente para população do Nordeste." ... "Without doubt, [this song] is considered a Hymn for Brazilians, especially for those in the Northeast [region of Brazil]." Northeastern Brazil lives through seven- or fourteen-year cycles of some rain then long drought, leading to many since the 1980s moving to big cities elsewhere in the country.
- 082349872349872 6y agoObrigado. Just for information, forro has some popularity in germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33sqgUUJKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33sqgUUJKg
- mikorym 6y agoRE: minor-keyed This is an interesting topic for me personally, and the way I experience it is like this: The starting point to a musical scale, classically, is major. Minor is the first alt-culture in key signature. However, the next step to get a major minor like, is the major 7th, or other half tones, like the 6th. Then, you have the converse, making minors major like, such as the melodic minor scale, or the minor 7th. Interesting songs, especially in popular culture, make use of this dualistic view. Examples are Wicked Game by Chris Isaak (in a mode, where you don't regress to tonic, giving it an incomplete and spooky theme), Clocks by Coldplay (major chord, minor on 5th rather than major; major on 4th).
- 082349872349872 6y agoFor those who suspect HN may have been infested by Rebel shills and their fake news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk Anyone know where I can find the drawing of the stormtrooper in a locker room, complete with I M P E R I A L knuckle tats? I'm doing my part!