Mieskuoro Huutajat - Starspangled Banner (Screaming Men)

[grantgorelay]

this is better than the christana aquildagadffadfda version

[lohkie]

:D Only in Finland!!

[Bobs482]

I don't really think music is about always "pushing boundaries". I didn't think it was exceptionally musical, and it would have been more effective if the rhythms were more in-sync. The ostinato was steady the whole time, but the other 'lyrics' were more rushed, and so it didn't feel like a rhythmic machine like it perhaps should have.

[hironeden]

That's.......different...

[wesmoe3]

I saw this choir in New York and i have to say that the entire experience was enthralling. This is cool, but they do so much more!

[jonnyberglund]

lol vilken skit

[Maxthemighty]

this is just wierd

[Laqez]

Hope they'll do the swedish one soon! :D

[Freddefe]

They did the Swedish one a long time ago.

[Kananababz101]

WTF

[Laynefeain]

Genius indeed. Blast you heathen Sue Me Furriner-s!

[etodss]

there's my maths teacher :)

[jradetzky]

WTF!!!

[Kramer121]

genius!

[Ferrariman60]

Interesting to say the least. I guess the cold air gets to you after awhile...

[vinyldays]

DA FREAKIN' BEST EVER!

[minwav]

...Uh..maybe homeboy could look into decaf...

[CorydorasArcuatus]

They would laugh about it, like every normal human being would....

[Lulic]

They used our anthem too, so what?

Greetings from Hungary!

[deletionquality]

theroachksu, it's called sense of humor. Laugh it off.

[ahcwarcry]

weird bur very coordinated

[gudruna]

wow, awesome

[glomofnit]

they can do it any way they want. They are the only country that EVER repaid a war debt to the US. God blessw Finland and all who sail on her.

[Zumbruk]

Untrue. Britain finally finished repaying her war debt to the USA a couple of years ago.

[fightfairfightfair]

@glomofnit excuse me? Britain repaid a war debt to the US in 2006.

[fourthirtythree]

@glomofnit be nice if the US paid off its war debts sometime. Vietnam is still awaiting the reparations promised from the Paris Peace accords.

Iraq and Afghanistan can await forever too no doubt.

[periblue3]

Well I guess I'm proudly the odd one out here. I'm an American, and I thought this was awesome. It may not be Vienna boy's choir harmonies, but that doesn't make it any less musical. I agree 100% that music is all about pushing boundaries, and these guys have done just that.

[InspectorMustache]

Wow. I never thought the stories about American patriotism I heard in History where that true. Seriously, that's just ridiculous. I wouldn't give a fuck if someone burped our awful national anthem.

[TAKENnameARGH]

This is the best version of that crappy song iv ever heard. And I do hate all national anthems... Nationalism is like a disease. Yuck!

[czernislaw]

you must heard a laibach version

[JustAGuyFromTheWeb]

no one's getting upset when stupid yankees joke about other people on tv or elsewhere... or when they're simply stupid and arrogant.

so shut t.f.u. dumpfuck americans..

[Postie1]

that was great

[oldbloodstreams]

Can't believe some of you are offended by this. Whether or not you actually like the American national anthem, just because you're patriotic doesn't mean you have take it so fucking personally when someone sings a bad version of it.

[SCHORSCHistGENERVT]

remebers me on my time in the army! terrible time, sorry!

[KoivuTheHab]

This is art, like it or not. There needs to be things in this world that are not like everything else.

[HPeirce]

Oh boy, choir! That's where I'm a viking.

[LinguesonoVita]

I don't think it was meant to be disrespectful to the United States... but... uh... it is disrespectful to anyone who know anything about music.

[cryptoprocta]

yer obviously not a musician, music is about pushing boundries, not being limited by them

[LinguesonoVita]

But music is also about harmony, taking those limits and pushing them in a direction that causes soothing lines and beauty, not pain.

[cryptoprocta]

I see harmony in this piece.

[hankm]

Wow, an american and a musician who's unable to appreciate the avantgarde OR humour... ;)

But since you were wondering: these guys have existed for 20 years and toured all over the world, so I guess there are quite a few insane people out there who pay to listen to this choir, eh?

BTW, they do a similar kind of treatment to the national anthems of all the countries they visit.

[LinguesonoVita]

And I didn't say they didn't. If you read my comment, I clearly state that as an American, I didn't find this offensive. It is a 'musical' rendition of a song. However, I did say that this rendition has no musical qualities in a standard sence. Most people would agree with that, I would bet.

[bradmbrown]

Disrespectful? Listen, it would be disrespectful if Finland LIBERATED the USA with their army... okay? Calling it "Operation Yankee Freedom."

This is not disrespectful, this is just fun.

And you, "as a musician." Whoopty fucking doo!

[filijoxen]

Jpschubs you are such a fucker!

[Deathshade850]

That..was...incredible.

[fightthespoons]

While I have nothing against Finns (i like finns, finland was the only country that paid us bach for WW1 & WW2), I do feel that this interpratation of our national anthem is disrepectful.

[tykvun]

Oh, c'mon ya ignorant Ami

[fightthespoons]

I'm a purist. I just don't like altering our anthem like that. I don't know what your feelings are about Kde domov můj, but I just think that if a group is going to sing the Star-Spangled banner, they should do a respectful interpretation.

[tykvun]

An anthem is just one of many songs, maybe I'm more proud of such a song but it is still just a song. And by the way, I can't understand how one can sing about bombs and rockets and gleaming sky or whatever in a national anthem. Just look at the lyrics of Kde domov můj and watch the difference;-)

[cryptoprocta]

you should be honoured they even pay attention to america

[SlipxFCKNxKnot]

asshole

[jpschubbs]

Yikes, this is music? Fuck the Fins.

[finnishdude83]

no fuck you

[jpschubbs]

Brilliant retort Finny Boy.

[fightthespoons]

ughhh...no. I dont know whether to be insulted, or just plain confused.

[Zambini845]

I didn't like it. But Finland still pwns.

[TheHellaRadOne]

I love these guys. I saw them on TV a while ago and was completely enamoured.

[Ieatigloos]

Finland so beats Australia :P

[Nagraath]

Could've picked a better song.

[Exodusses]

vain suomessa :D

[sokkeloinen]

THIS IS GOOD I LOVE THIS THING ITS SO GOOD! ^^

minä rakastan suomi :)

[XxchildxOfxBodomxX]

haha, finns do everything better than us.

[Zovistograt]

O_O well then...Finland pwns