Aava - Finland 1998 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra

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"Aava"
Country : Finland
Year : 1998
Performed by : Edea
Lyrics : Tommy Mansikka-aho, Alexi Ahoniemi
Music : Alexi Ahoniemi
Arrangement : Edea, Johanna Almark, Kimmo Kajasto, Timo Tapani Oksala
Conductor : Olli Ahvenlahti

[@Euroviking86]

1997 entrant Páll Óskar was the Icelandic commentator for the 1998 contest, and he spoke well of how much he loved this song. He was heartbroken when they looked to be heading for 0 points before a few high marks late on pushed them to 15th.

[@gore2006]

Amazing! Very underrated.

[@timoherrmann2818]

I love it. It's so beautiful and different. Great and underrated song!

[@jchdhc]

utterly underrated

[@majamannila]

Fun fact: One of the background singers is my dad!! 😂🤘

[@lorinkagita6367]

Se on hyvaa:)

[@lorinkagita6367]

Really ???

[@mrtorstai5336]

This was my favourite that year, but the live performance wasn´t the best. She was very nervous, you could see it in her eyes, and years later in an interview she confessed, she was just scared. What a pitty, such a brilliant singer. The finnish pre-selection version was just stunning and she hit notes, others could only dream of.

[@kyyyni]

@MrTorstai I just listened both performances. Apart from not having those couple of high notes (which to me don't make much difference anyway), I think she sung better in the ESC final. More controlled, better intonation.

[@Flowmotion1000]

I remember seeing this and it was far superior to anything that night.

[@orrling]

Finland is ALWAYS misunderstood to humans

[@grambi]

I loved the song (and still do) when I first heard it with the preview vid, which was magical! A part of the magic was lost on the eurovision stage. It's almost impossible to have this effect on a 90's stage (nowadays would 've been better) and the multiple voice effects in the recorded version were lost too.

[@minhhuytran3568]

In the studio version after 2:53 Marika had a totally angel high notes, but so sad that she didn't bring it in the live version.

[@АлександрСтепанов-о3ч]

Best Finnish entry ever!!!love,love,love this song after 25 years

[@annakobuk3618]

This song probably took part in The Middle Earth Song Contest too. And won there...

[@TheMissluluize]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@sb6678]

This was the bestest song coming from my country ever. kaunis Suomi 😌

[@franciscogomeztorres6747]

Maravillosa cancion, 12 points!!!!

[@o-b-1]

Aava in Hebrew means "love"

[@abrahansaezsanchez9191]

La canción más vanguardista de 1998..muy buena,sinceramente se merecía un puesto mejor¡

[@ksub91]

This reminds me a bit of this year's (2016's) winner.

[@MrRonnie78]

10 points from Sweden ❤

[@Jaska8000]

Something totally different. Fair 22 points.

[@aufaidasehn]

Such difficult lyrics.

[@eetuhartikainen7223]

Ok I'm confused. I'm finn and I didn't understand a bit, only "kauneus" but that's all😅

[@sb6678]

Eetu Hartikainen I'm a non native Finn and I understood it! It is old Finnish

[@pupuliini124]

@@sb6678 It isn't old , it's mainly due to it's not so easy to hear what she is singing

[@franciscogomeztorres2584]

Maravillosa!!!

[@sendowitos8303]

Sabía que en directo no iba a llegar a las altas notas de estudio. Hizo bien para no arriesgarse y desafinar.

[@o-b-1]

I lovava maa, avaa maa avara this song

[@lastburning]

The singer is not pronouncing the words like a native.

[@sb6678]

Yes she is, she is a native of Finland like me. Her name is Marika Kruk and she is a famous Finnish opera singer.

[@chiriladorin-alexandru2776]

20 years ago. amazing song. beautiful edea. very sexy woman.

[@morbidsearch]

If they had sent this in 1996 it would have finished top 10.

[@piritajokinem1002]

Avaa aava avara maa. Kauneus, suuruus, Isa.

[@kaskiller]

I don't think i heard single finnish word from this song. It was just giblish.

[@shroomyesc]

I think in the beginning it's just "Aava" and "Kauneus" repeated, and the chorus is "Aavan maa, aava on mahtava"

[@timoherrmann2818]

Of course the lyrics are finnish: www.diggiloo.net/?1998fi

[@koblerm1]

Aava maa avara is Finnish. The pronouncing is a bit odd.

[@Euroviking86]

It's old Finnish.

[@kyyyni]

@setheurovision The lyrics in full are "Aava maa, avaa maa avara, kauneus, suuruus, Isa." That's all modern Finnish, "Isa" being a proper name of which I don't know the reference. However, some articles discussing the piece tell that "the lyrics are based on an 'old Northern European symbolic language'". I don't know what the heck that means, and also could not find any further information. Anyway, I love the piece and the performance!

[@szlanty]

I mean, who needs really complex lyrics, when you got a confusing language and 6 words

[@florianfreitag9407]

Wonder what exactly the orchestra contributed. Does anyone know?

[@escLIVEmusic1]

Interesting question. In mosts part of the songs there were some stings. But they are really soft and doesn't stick out in any way, so they kind of blends into the whole sound. If we took them away, then we would notice the difference, especially in the choruses. But the harp is easier to recognise, at 1.18, and 2.40 or 2.58. for instance. The percussionist behind the female singer is also playing live. But it was certainly not the most orchestral piece of that evening. But that is the right approach I think, making arrangements that fits the song, and not overranged it.

[@grambi]

Was there still an orchestra in 98?

[@escLIVEmusic1]

@@grambi yes. Even one of the best orchestral productions ever, I would say. Take a look at this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2G7pmOFl9pgqK8

[@JeSuisRene]

@@escLIVEmusic1 the BBC concert orchestra were very good!

[@Aikebln1]

Same as the whole song contributed to Eurovision history, nothing.

[@pekkaollila8505]

What's with the claypot? ⚱️

[@JeSuisRene]

Very good music, but the lyrics were... quite something...

[@o-b-1]

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[@Aikebln1]

More boring than reading phone book and poor performance, it should have score 0.

[@jukkaramo3351]

Your comment is boring

[@jimforss6668]

awful

[@franciscogomeztorres2584]

Maravillosa!!!!!