Sonja Lumme - Eläköön elämä - 1985 Finland Eurovision

[samylenzo]

the finnish version is better than english version ( 1000 veces)

[MrDonkkari]

sonja lumpeella on helevetin iso suu

[thestigstig1]

real good song sounds good in finnish

[gogogaga342]

i dont know a word finnish and i kinda like this song anyways.

[wallcity19]

tuollaisesta kommentista meikä lensi ulos viimeksi..Sinä itseesi ihastunut runkku sika lähdet sitten seuraavaksi..En kyllä ymmärrä sun toimintaasi lainkaan.Ketä näin pahasti vihat?

[IdelinZu]

Mitä, onks se se sama viron pottu joka aukoo täällä kaikille?? =D Vähän oon repeilly sille! Meinasin laittaa viestiä että ei se mun vika ole että se asuu Virossa.

[wallcity19]

Ei tainnut tämä Viron pottu olla se syy...Joku/jotkut vioittaa.Jos joku on huono,ei kai ole pakko kehua? Mona Carita oli hyvä ilmiö...NOT!

[IdelinZu]

Ahaa okei. No ei huonoa ole pakko kehua mutta ei kai sitä ole pakko haukkuakaan? Voi mielipiteensä sanoa nätistikin. Euroviisujen kohdalla sanoisin itse etten pidä Maria Lundista, mutta biisi on kieltämättä hyvä.

[MyssyJohn]

big breast whore

[davfirenze]

I agree with most of you...and surely cat cat were number 1 at the 1994 esc. the song was great and melody and rythm as well very beautiful. It was better when we got language rules ...songs were genuine and i liked listening different accents.

[jedforest1885]

Yes, bring back the language rules - you're so right about the songs being genuine too. It's just an English song contest now...

[oneurope]

So you are trying to kill off the contest then Jed?! = Cos thats what will happen!

Finland would not have won, neither would have Russia or Greece.

Is it not possible for "foreigners" to write good songs in English?!

Idiot!

[oneurope]

AND the juries had a translation in English or in French when they were voting, so they knew what it meant!!

So it actually didnt really matter a jot what language the song was in, did it?!

[jedforest1885]

That's the very problem, same as football teams with not a single home grown player in their ranks. Wake up you moron! Culture and language are the very foundation of Europe, and were part of the contest, but sadly seem to be eroded now because idiots like you couldn't care if it became just another English-dominated melting pot. Who wins is not the issue, but what the contest is still means a lot to people with a sense of national and European identity, who enjoy hearing these languages.

[jedforest1885]

The contest needs killing off now - the whole concept of being a European Contest has been lost - something assholes like you don't care a damn about.

[XPooh3r]

Finland! You're one of the best countries at ESC. But it's a shame that Europe ignores you...

At least 2 victories were burnt by juries (1985, 1994). Yes, you have one and you deserved it! If only there was no language rule and your first winner was Sonja Lumme!

[gilipollas66]

Well, at least Lordi won in 2006!!.

[jedforest1885]

Well said!  I loved everything about this: gorgeous, articulate singer, lovely voice, rock-solid dramatic melody, nice language even though I don't understand Finnish, and she did a magnificent performance on the night. To this day I can't understand why this didn't win. This was Eurovision at its best for me - variety in languages was a key part. Nowadays it's all the same, insipid mixture in English.

[XPooh3r]

Language freedom could be more efficient if performers tried to experiment with exotic languages - for example I still wait for a song in Latin.

[GRAHAM2109]

My favourite song from finland by miles.

[ThiyaChan]

Just 1980!

[berlinkraut1]

She sings the song beautifully. Totally stunning and outstanding.

12 megapoints from Germany

[poijukolikko2]

Soja Lumme Is Good Singer my best Im From Finnish

[CJBR1966]

Funny song!!! I 't understand finnish but seems a song full of happiness....

[insaneskeletor]

The lyrics are quite nonsense actually, but yes, it's practically about hope and dreams and stuff...

A great song musically. I love this pompous feeling here.

[juhauk]

Actually, the lyricist told in the 40th anniversary concert of Finnish Eurovision in 2006 that the lyrics are a comment against Ronald Reagan's plans for the Star Wars defence programme! Who would have thought.. but you have stars fighting in the lyrics. I have the video from that show on my page here.

[juhauk]

Erm sorry about promising the video, remembered wrong about that one... maybe later!

[GeniusInTheLamp]

9th???? I've have ranked it much higher. What a great song!

[woodlandguy76]

Easily Finlands best song, together with "Bye bye baby"...

[default1976]

Are you trying to be funny? This is a genuinely good song. Bye bye baby was just so cheap. 1985 was actually the first year in ESC that I can remember very well, the national final included.

[Zel91]

Interesting. ;) Not bad lyrics but it sounds little bit naive in my ears.

I wonder if that song was just some kind of joke. But... it was 1985. I'm not enough old to understand that time.

"Eläköön elämä ja yö. Eläköön tumma taivas ja tähtien vyö. Toivo kanssani ettei tähti tähteä lyö. Sitä sielujen sympatiaa, josta isoisä kertoi, sitä tarvitsevaa, jotta maailman lapset tähtiä katsella saa."

[TubeDragon1]

I'm old enough to remember and in 1985 I considered this to be a very good entry, at least by Finnish standards anyway! I'm sure the more you listen the better the song becomes. :-)

[klarinetta]

Way far best entry 1985 and I don't understand how Norway and Germany came 1st and 2nd. The Italian entry was also quite good but the rest wasn't so good.

[sxcemzie92]

I quite like this 4 sum reason!!