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Unbelievable! Amazing time signatures!
toecutterr6 2 months ago
@vandertop
Jukka Tolonen is now a born again Christian, and his released a new album. The CD is called "Juudan Leijona" ("Lion of Judah" in English) which is a reference to Jesus Christ in Revelation 5:5. You can hear at least one song from this album here on Youtube, and a live video of another---these are all Jukka's reinterpretations of old Finnish (Lutheran) hymns on piano, and sometimes with accompaniment.
chrisart7 7 months ago
keitos, this is great!
krnewman 9 months ago
Hippiaikaa suomessa :)
joku02 10 months ago
My old vinyl LP of "Lambertland" still had the round sticker with a reviewer's comment saying the band was "like a tidied up version of Traffic..." I remember reading in a 1973 MELODY MAKER issue that when Tasavallan Presidentti played a venue in Scotland, the crowd, used to dancing, all sat on the floor, mesmerised with the musicianship. The article also spoke of saxophonist/flautist Pekka Pöyry wrestling with depression. So sad that his life ended early.
Wonderful band!
chrisart7 1 year ago
Been trying to find this footage for years, me & my best mate played Lambertland to death in the summer of 1973. fantastic post. THANKS.
mrbn3 1 year ago 6
@mrbn3 Absolutely! I still have my copy on vinyl. Bit crackly now though!
Vandertop 1 year ago
Where did you get this? Great stuff - in my opinion Lambertland is one of the finest albums EVER made, but you will never see it any top 1000 list even.
BN11JP 1 year ago
@BN11JP I've been to the edge of the universe and back musically,you're so very, very right.This band was SCARY good,when I bought this,because of solely the cover(used to take chances like that back then,often)we just played it Over n Over,Was/IS without question the GREATEST album..You've NEVER HEARD!
thejakemeister1 9 months ago
Nice post!
R.I.P.Pekka Pöyry(1939～1980)
folker2006 1 year ago
I agree, it would be marvellous to see entire clips of these live performances. Tasavallan Presidentti were to Finland what Focus was to the Netherlands and PFM was to Italy: in short, continental European prog rock that gave the Brits a run for their money. I always thought this band had a bit of Zappa/John McLaughlin influence after beginning in more of a Burt Bacharach pop/Cream blues-rock hybrid, if you can imagine!
chrisart7 1 year ago
@chrisart7 I couldn't agree more! I was 16 when I first got into Focus and hardly anyone in the UK had heard of them in the early 70's. I was sorry to hear about Jukka Tolonen's troubles. I was told he injured his hand and only plays piano now.
Vandertop 1 year ago