What are you listening ?

What are you listening or what you have listened today.. Did it have message, was it for fun, beat you name it.

Today i have been melancholic.. so my pick today is


SEILI (Själö) ( song by Jenni Vartiainen )

Name of the island in western Finland which was used ( under Swedish rule ) for isolating patients with leprosy and mental issues from mainland Finland and Sweden

Lyrics in English

Is on her way on the waves of Airisto (a part of the see in western Finland)
Sofia, the poor ragged girl
When she looks behind her back there still is
a well-known way which takes home

Through the gloomy water
The boat floats so silently to the island sequestered
Through the gloomy water
floats so silently
(Patients) be rowed to Seili
(Patients ) be rowed to Seili

Soon destination looms in front of you
There’s the island of the doomed
If someone ends to Seili there will he stay
They row the weak ones to death

Through the gloomy water
The boat floats so silently to the island sequestered
Through the gloomy water
floats so silently
(Patients) be rowed to Seili
(Patients) be rowed to Seili

With nails and board you bring
you’ll make the last resting place of them
There’s hundreds of graves in Seili
And hundreds will be dug

What made Själö such a dreaded place was that the trip to Själö essentially was a one-way trip.
Legend has it that you needed to bring wood and nails for your own coffin when you arrived.
Even though the island is not very far from the mainland, the island ended up being almost totally isolated and hence also its inmates became totally cut off from the rest of society and in the 20th century Finland almost collectively “forgot” that Själö even existed.

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a reply to: dollukka


Right now i am listing to this:-



The greatest voice out there at this time.

I always liked this . It's a cover of an old Elvis song, but I think Dwight does it better.
It definitely has a message. If you can't trust the person you're with, it's not going to work.

I've been listening to VNV Nation this morning... I usually listen to them when I'm feeling a bit down, and the bitter-sweetness of their music somehow always manages to lift my spirits.

a reply to: dollukka


The soundtrack to the movie Rock of Ages

and

Mozart Symphony #40 in G minor at 432 Hz

a reply to: dollukka

The best is yet to come MGS series.



Sung by an Irish lady in their Gallic tongue.
I listen to it because it helps me imagine drudging through the snow of some mountain cliff. While the song respects the cold it also keeps me warm. Something like that.

Kind Regards

cant beat ELO

Right now I am listening to "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica.

Great sets .. i really like Elo my favourite of Elo is Time album
now i am even more sinister mood

originally posted by: Ismynameimportant

cant beat ELO

Ah yes.

The song that Birmingham City FC come onto the pitch with.

Mr Lynne is a HUGE Birmingham fan

Double Post

Been listening to the Raveonettes album ''lust lust lust'' ... great album!

a reply to: alldaylong

Birmingham and jasper carrott.....epic

a reply to: dollukka

You want some gloomy personal favs?

""behind the wall"" Tracy Chapman
""Gravel Road"" from the movie ""The Village""

Kind Regards

a reply to: GamleGamle

Thank you will search for those. There are music for all moods

I've been listening to Sturgill Simpson. Good old fashioned country sound.

a reply to: reldra

I love this one..

The Devil Makes Three...great band

a reply to: Ismynameimportant


His best symphony ( in my opinion )

a reply to: alldaylong
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Very mellow,just what you need after a bull day in the land of make believe.

Im so glad you did not put Vivaldis 4 seasos..thats suicidal music....

Can you tell me (without moi gooogling) what is themusic on the intro
for Trading Places?

Btw lovely music still listening now.