Finland 1977 - Lapponia - Monica Aspelund

[JackalGB]

The chorus of this song has been ingrained in my head since I saw the performance on Eurovision '77. I remember being a bit disappointed it didn't win.

[Kristian70100]

THE BEST SONG EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! LAPPONIA! TÄMÄ ON LAPPONIA !

[MegaPellepop]

Hyvää Suomi

[escBENGEL]

i like it sooooooooooooooooooooo much :-)

[Reykja19]

This song always cheers me up! I simply love it!

[MrEurocat]

what a shame she had a sore throat!

[kanervatie]

This could be a James Bond theme-song. lol

[keith904A]

@kanervatie With that blond bob and fantastic 70s blue eye shadow she could have starred in one of the films. She reminds a bit of "Purdey" (Joanna Lumley) in The New Avengers.

[moviejew]

huh, This ones really happy. I like it. I just downloaded Northern Kings version of this. That one makes me ready to march or something haha

[JonnaSuomi]

@moviejew where did you download their version? i only managed to hear a piece of 30 seconds.

[jannepori]

I'm so proud of Monica !!!!!

[Vindepinde]

That top G... I almost had a heart attack :D But i love this! 12 points

[Kiddalee]

Nice top. It may not be fitted, but this is a strength as the flowing fabric is feminine.

[erikssonjonas10]

This was the ultimate soundtrack for our latest trip to the Swedish part of "Laponia". I love this song!! :)

[thebriginshaw]

Was a that a top G? Frroocky doodle! I like the way she gurns a bit during the orchestral bit before. Her backing singers are great.

[Ingo64]

Vet noen hvor man finner teksten til sangen? Takk.

[tingsry]

@Ingo64

Search Lapponia Monica Aspelund lyrics ...

[tavikitti]

@Ingo64 

[xxxlicker]

Dodgydeco, the man on the piano is Aarno Ranin, original apeman from finland.

[inspireradavstatyer]

Den här var ju superbra

[BotanTiger]

lapponia pizza:salami,tonnikala ja katkarapu hinta:6,50 euro.visa electron ei käy

[mogly62]

HELP ! vi prego TROVATE altri video di MONICA !!!!

[mogly62]

monica i love you!!!!!!!!

[Anzenthe]

watch?v=VKEYYgnXkts#t=3m45s

haha :)

[keith904A]

This must be a very catchy song because this is the one I remember from the 70s when everyone was glued to the TV.

I think the language might have something to do with it not winning - it is very incomprehensible - and I mean that in a polite way!

[dodgydeco]

is that elton john on the piano...hahahaha!!!

[xxxlicker]

@dodgydeco the man on the piano is Aarno Raninen, the original apeman from finland.

[BestaTonlistin]

Cool song, I've never heard it before but its cool. To be honest that really high note was unespected lol, and another honesty, if you listen it was off pitch at a certain part, I laughed a little bit haha. BUT IT IS, a good song and I think I'll favorite it :)

[julmops]

I loooooooooooooove this song !! I've recently discovered the 70's Finnish songs at Eurovision and there are a few gems including this one !

[eating100]

Bra låt, kiitos Monica

[Pumpapickels]

Ikkunat hajosi kun kuuntelin tätä. :(

[wallcity19]

Pukkaa flunssaa ja kipeitä paikkoja aina ennen koitosta.Tahallaan tai ei,mutta näin aina.

[jukkisman74]

Jos Monica sai laulaa tämän kappaleen 2010,voitto olisi suomen.

[SakuPetteri77]

Voi jeesus...

[indifin]

On tää kyllä aika kowa. Ajalta jolloin Eurovisuset oli vielä musiikkikisat.

[indifin]

XD :D Hahahaha..

[katoeuro]

I guess you can call this original, at least for ESC standards. But it's still quite monotonous and more than a tad contrived.

[BuenoFin]

NOOH - Suomi on sentään voittanut Intervisionin ainakin 2 kertaa: Sininen ja valkoin ja Hyvästi yö ;))

[proGoalie88]

JA myöhemmin järjestetyissä second chance-kisoissa Suomi on ottanut kärkisijoja mm. Anna Erikssonin (Oot voimani mun) ja Marjorien (Täyttä elämää) avuilla.

Muuten.. jos jostain löytyy tuo MarjorienTäyttä elämää, niin kertokaa ihmeessä. Upea kappale.

[UK339]

kyllä hävettää olla suomalainen... -.-"

[35Romuald]

OLEN YLPEÄ MONICASTA JA SUOMESTA!

[Nitewolf71]

Joten muuta pois sitten. Onhan tuolla maailmaa ympärillä, jossa varmasti pärjäät. :)

[hepuli1962]

Monica oli tuolloin kipeenä.Lauloi,loilautteli,mit­ä pystyi.Häröä oli.Bileisiin pitäis lähettää vain kovia jätkiä/ämmiä.Onko noita?

[Pumpapickels]

hyvä ettei ikkunat hajonnu tuol silloi ku toi alko kiljumaan. :D:D

kyllä kelpais semmonen ääni mullekkin.

[Furienna]

This must be the best Finnish entry ever. I can't believe Finland won with "Hard Rock Hallelujah", but didn't even make the top 5 with this. This entry's only flaw is Monica's terrible scream at the end. Maybe that was the reason why it only reached 10th place? I can forgive her for it though, if she was sick on the big evening. It would probably have sounded much better otherwise.

[thirtymphs]

@Furienna Wikipedia says: Aspelund's strident delivery has gained a certain degree of notoriety in the Contest. On the studio recording of the song she sings the same note in three ascending octaves in the middle eight; when performing the song live at Wembley she sang the same note twice and then by sheer mistake or due to nerves emitted a loud shriek for ten seconds straight. This was interpreted by some Eurovision historians as if she imitated the call of a shaman - if so, unintentionally.

[goldfinge]

Wikipedia are wrong on the part with the shriek... She actually sings the same top note in the live and the studio, but the middel note are "wrong"

[sannael]

nyt tiedän mistä äiti keksi sen; nimittäin mutsillani oli tuollainen kampaus häissään v 1980 =)

[piraan2]

Katoppa Klepsutin noita taustalaulajia :))

[ariskiko]

her movement is so Rafaella Carra....

[TangoTangoJuliet]

Kylmät väreet menee läpi, kun kuuntelee!

Hieno kappale ja esitys. Tyylikäs asu. Ja Raninen on niin (ab)originaali!

[poll117]

They really had classy suits in the 70's.

Finnish design.

[Plasvi]

Mä rakastan tätä kappaletta, täs on jotain sellasta mahtipontisuutta. Nykyään kaikkien nuorien laulajien Rihanna, tms kappaleet on junkutusta! Tää on kunnon tavaraa!

[liisasuomesta]

@Plasvi

Nimenomaan, mahtipontisuus a la 70-luku rules. Täysillä vaan! Ja rumpua päälle, bumbum. Todella dramaattista.

[thehelmi7]

Tämä on niin huippu!! Upea, upea Monica Aspelund!!! Ihana esitys, ihana ääni, ja ihanat kädet :) Tää on niiiin hieno, että nousee aina vedet silmiin kuunnellessa.

The best Finnins Eurovision performance ever - and also top 10 of all Eurovision entries ever. Totally breathtaking!!

[iihellen]

Juu, ja pianistilla käheet lasit :D !

Extra pleasure for the pianists goggles!

[princessofDanmark]

Hi from Iceland I hope someone here can help me. I have been looking for a few years of Eurovision on cd the years i am serching for are 1956 untill 1985. If someone wants to help me please feel free to contact me. Thank you

[hepuli1962]

jotain aina tapahtuu.silloinkinMonica oli kipeenä.Artistit ei saa sairastua.Olisin hoitanut biisiin myös ruotsiksi ja englanniksi.Siihen ylettömään huutoon olisin lisännyt kommentin,ettei tämmöisä enää tehdä.

[Ajulle]

Suomen kaikkien aikojen paras Euroviisu Pihasoittajien ohella. 70-luvulla Euroviisujen taso oli musiikillisesti paljon korkeammalla kuin nykyään.

[FinnDivine]

Totta. Huilumieskin on väärinymmärretty klassikko.

[finnhere2]

Monica was performing in high fever and said in an interview a while ago that she can't actually remember much of the performance, than the hysteric fear she wouldn't make it to the high notes... LOL

[JustinBrava]

LOVE IT!~

[LasseL]

2:12-2:20 repesin kun tuli mieleen pulttiboissin musaparodia tästä kappaleesta ja tuo kyseinen kohta jossa "Aspelund" ensin kiljuu todella ilmeellä ja kaiken kruunaa keskarinnäyttö "Raniselle"

[finnhere2]

Et olis muistuttanut... XD

[liisasuomesta]

@LasseL

Totta, alkuperäinen esitys on valtaisa, mutta pulttiboisien versio oli myös hillitön. Raninen ilmeilee: "bampadapada..."

[jgllies]

Where did this song finish??

[palkeinen]

Toki, onko se itse Lasse pianossa?!

[Chanele468]

Ei, vaan A. Raninen.

[Elloz94]

nolo

[DrKincade]

This is probably my MOST fave Eurovision song song...

I don't know what it's about but, like Kantri Helena I love these Finish songs...

Monica Aspelund... I know it's 30-odd years ago, but I have to tell you.. you are one beautiful Eurovision Finish LADY... :-)

[prissy003]

mehevä pianisti..

[FalledAgain]

Mitä meinaat "mehevällä?"

;D

[adoelh]

Great song ! A lot better than those monster-freaks we saw winning a few years ago. People obviously understood what song contest meant back then .

[europeu7]

Greatings from Portugal. I´m now discovering this song and i only can give you 12 points.

Congratulations Finland.

[Matapoliisit3]

Kuvanlaatukin on todella hyvä.

[Blackielackie]

GO FINLAND ^^!!!!HYVÄÄ SUOMI!!!!

[ueberleutnant]

her hand moves are worth of gold

[LaTopolino]

Tämä on kyllä yksi Suomen parhaista euroviisuista ikinä.

[kzbxvz]

Hyvää Suomi!!

[Helixia]

Tämä on hyvä!! <3

[jukkisman74]

Monica was very hot girl at 1977. This song is very cool

[Kuikkaemo]

This is our finsk-svensk sång som min SLÄKT. Sundqvist och Aspelund, vi finns i Österbotten, i Finland.!!! Mvh Susan från Vasa!!!

[nunhukka]

ei ihan heti uskois että on 31 vuotta vanha juttu

[miisu]

She's hot!

[wrigleys321]

nice outfit

[MarkkuMichael]

Lapponia and Monica! 12 points!

[vuk1973july]

Can u tell the translation of this song, I don't speak Finnish please I have it on CD, but I don't understand the words of this nice song.

[SailorMan69]

@vuk1973july The basic gist of it is that a presumably Christian man travels to Lapland and fells in love with a shape shifting Sami enchantress.

[jormaKoo]

great vocals

[drvector]

just as retarded as any eurovision song

[Johan2York]

Its not the best song we have sent, but defenetly not the worst either. This was even better than I remembered.

[blaugrun67]

Dieser Song wurde nur 10. ok, Marie Myriam (F, l'oiseau et l'enfant) war auch super, aber 2. hätte Lapponia werden müssen.

[Valtteri2]

Great performance, even though she had a flu :)

[MrsTerwilliger94]

2:11-2:20 WTF?!! :O

[Romupaasi]

She's screaming xD badly though...

[nunhukka]

a fluish scream

[avshalom999]

Great song, just found out about it today, I love the fact that she's clapping

[Sukusussuli]

Monica is a nice person as well :) Great song!

[Narrycheni]

Should have won. And I'm not saying this only as a Finn, but even more as a music lover.

[PohjaX]

Love this. Beautiful finnisn language and song, n´d singer as well.

[Taru84]

02:19 tais särkyä tuosta hallista muutama ikkunaruutu. ;D

[Miukumauku92]

Tosiaan *reps*

[turkkisydamessani]

Kauniit vaatteet. Nice dress.

[ballongen100]

Hi Svipser!

Lapponia is Lappland in Swedish and Lapland in English. Lapland is the north part of Sweden and also in Finland.

[Kondick]

Olis voittanut suomi tällä loistavalla kappaleella :D

[youngThrashbarg]

Ei oikeen ollut mahkuja sitä Myriamin voittajabiisiä vastaan.

[svipser]

What does "Lapponia" mean in Finish...???

[soraani]

Lapponia is the Latin name of Lapland (Lappi in Finnish), the northernmost province of Finland.

[svipser]

Thanks for your help, Soraani :-)))

[neuvostomutantti]

Lapponia or Laponia is the Latin name of the historic region, later province (landskap), of Lappland, a large area covering the northern part of present Sweden and Finland.

[hard1970]

Recordaba esta canción de aquél festival eurovisivo de 1977. Me ha hecho mucha ilusión volver a escucharlo.  NiindelosTaivas gracias por compartirlo con nosotros. Un saludo desde España!!

[ironmanner]

monica and ami are sisters

[1SJUTTIO]

Does she have any relation with Amy Aspelund,or it's just a common name in Finland?

[abc101090]

1 SJUTTIO, I believe they are sisters

[josil001]

CJ - I was 12 and I never forgot this song, I remember recording the german version from the radio at that time. The ESC had some really fantastic songs that year.

[Plasvi]

Mä rakastan tätä kappaletta, täs on jotain sellasta mahtipontisuutta. Nykyään kaikkien nuorien laulajien Rihanna, tms kappaleet on junkutusta! Tää on kunnon tavaraa!

[StreetGlowMusashi]

Very nice.

[NiiloGrabbe]

Check out that version recorded in finnish finals... She is so beautiful in that one (less makeup i suppose)... I think i'm in love... too bad i was not even born back then :D

[wrigleys321]

en ollut tuolloin vielä edes syntynyt, mutta nyt kun kuulen ja nään tämän niin on se aika mahtava ja mukaansatempaava kappale. kauniit on myös vaattet.

[kataplero]

i like very much this song contains some jazz vocals elements and the lady sings so good!!!

[CJBR1966]

I remember this song... and I was only 11 years...

[Plasvi]

Kappale on todellakin mukaansatempaiseva. Kun kuuntelee kappaleen kerran, sen sanat jää pyörimään päähän. Kerran ystäväni kertoi että lauloin tätä unissani! ;D Loistava kerrassaan uskomaton kappale!

[KTS59]

Tämä Suomen kappale sijoittui itse asiassa kohtuullisen hyvin ja oli lopulta kymmenes. Irlantikin antoi täydet 12 pistettä.

Monica on loistomimmi. Hartaana uskovaisena hän mieluummin nykyään laulaa tämän kappaleen vain englanniksi kun noissa suomenkielisissä sanoissa painottuu niin voimakkaasti tuo noituus.

:D

[florenna]

Noituus rules (over christianity) ;)

[KTS59]

<:D

[WaterLand2]

Monica is old nowdays, but I think she still plays music.

[LasseL]

jäikö tämäkin jumboksi?? t: juniori -80

[LondonerJR]

Does anyone know what Monica is doing now ?

[turkkisydamessani]

Mahtava...samat sanat kun iituiitu: en voi lopettaa tän kuuntelemista...(ihan kun noituis tästä...) Great, can´t stop listening to this...when I now have started to listening...

[iituiitu]

mä vaan kuuntelen ja kuuntelen...uudestaan ja uudestaan tää on niiiiin... huh!!!!

[crisberg]

oh ! great song !

[MarkkuMichael]

Best song-ever !!!!!!!!!!!! in eurovision!!!

[lwsmackie]

Doesnt that stage look pretty? - and look.. Graham Norton on piano

[default1976]

I think that the 1977 stage was the best ever. After 30 years it still looks fresh and modern.

[ESCsince1968]

We now know ow to interpret these 'pretty stage/set' comments. But that's not to suggest anything shallow about them (of course not!)

[loveshinealight]

Interesting song! Supriced it came so low... Poor old Finland hehehe

[SailorMan69]

rather cool lyrics.

[richardoyork]

I remember this from when I was a child; one of my favourite Eurovision songs, I think! I love her style too: fantastic dress and jewelry. Much better than the rubbish we get at Eurovision now -- or am I just an old fart.

[josil001]

Exactly the same for me. I remember a version in German.

[woodlandguy76]

So GOOD!!! I love the way ESC were these days. This is better than 99% of the stuff we hear in the show nowadays.

[Valtteri9292]

So good ;)

[default1976]

Would have been better without that high G, or whatever that high pitch was. I remember hearing that Monica had angina during eurovision 1977. There were also English lyrics to this song and the decision to sing in Finnish was made in the last minute.

[verkaforever]

Perhaps she'd have done better if she'd sung in English, because more people would have understood it. It still sounds good, though!

[Sukusussuli]

Fabulous! Monica is absolutely fantastic!

[ESCsince1968]

Great song, fantastic singing voice! I love listening to the way she sings in Finnish.

[timppakylm]

Monica, you are one of the best Eurovision singers ever! And Lapponia is an excellent song!

[ensio94]

i love her voice

[ensio94]

i love this!

[Junttidiskokunkku]

i uploaded the english version :)

[boichaser]

I'm addicted to this song..

[setheurovision94]

Does anyone know if she has any relations to Finland's 1983 (stunning) entrant Ami Aspelund?

[ultracairo]

ami's monica's sister

[setheurovision94]

Thanks. :)

[MRMIM]

She's her sister.

[savasci23]

best fin song in eurovision for me...

[zousza]

can someone translate?

[carolafann]

Lapponia Ma na na Ma na na na ma na na... Ma na na na ma na... Ma na na na ni na na na... Lapponia -- this is Lapponia From where the call of the beautiful Northern girl echoes That girl is a witch She creates with the power of destiny She's without company and consolation And that's why she conjures witching She creates with the power of spells In the way of Seita she can beckon a man

[carolafann]

2. Hey... ma na na... Ma na na na ma na na... Ma na na na ma na... Ma na na na ni na na na... Lapponia -- this is Lapponia From where the call of the beautiful Northern girl echoes A man left to the North The road goes by listening to his instincts The man falls in love with the witch He is a human being of Earth And that's why the witch must go away She's the witch who flies She goes with the fire of the sky and the spells echo

[gittangran]

Love it; saw her at last year's Stockholm Gay Pride (apart from the high notes) - fun to see her. A question: does anyone know where I can find the chords and/or the tabs for this song? I only found the lyrics so far. Thanx in advance

[LuvDaPre]

Conducted by: Ossi Runne... ESC-Freaks will agree.