Finnish Music REVIEW

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• Finnish Music 2 REVIEW

[@darude]

Brian, thanks for including my track! :)

[@Boegea]

Vaikka itse en ole erityinen bittimusiikin ystävä niin Sandstorm toimii AINA. kiitokset mr. Darudelle

[@uukek4794]

Sandstormi o iha vidun jees

[@jarmobando9750]

@@uukek4794 jep

[@powerbox5451]

Finlandia Mutha Fukas

[@J0lle]

Darude moro kummisetä👋

[@kierosavolainen3252]

How to speak Finnish 1. PERKELE

[@kallehansen1659]

1. Suomi 2. Perkele 3. SUOMI PERKELE

[@lilian1960]

4.Torilla 5.Tavataan 6.Noniin

[@BrianVelez]

The accuracy is insane! 😹

[@fadedzachy5452]

The golden key to learn the finnish language.

[@CoffeyKingVlogs]

Oi Satana perkeleee

[@oonatukia]

The moment you realize Darude is Finnish is priceless! XD

[@uknownuserr8963]

Yli 50% tääl kommenteis on iha varmasti suomalaisia😂

[@erikaalexandra889]

HAHA 😂

[@emmasss00]

Nii

[@sallijunttila3006]

No ketähän muuta nää videot kiinnostais :D

[@Fatima-qz1io]

Salli Junttila aattelin kommata iha samaa lmao

[@lpsbella4238]

Joo

[@emmi883]

HARD ROCK HALLELUJAH! ITS EUROVISION SONG FROM YEAR 2006 AND IT WON!!!!! SUOMI PERKELE!! Like if you are Finnish :D

[@humaysworld2506]

I'm not Finnish, but that song is super hard rock and I fucking love it!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@oonkymppa5923]

500 000 people are lying

[@jyrki2275]

Suomi perkele kossu nortti sauna terva poronkäristys finlandia

[@emilbarenklau722]

hard rock halleluya won eurovision in 2006

[@BrianVelez]

Yay! That’s what I’m trying to get! Big shots! :)

[@saasta111]

Lordi releast new album this year called Sexorcism. Also lissen some Hurriganes.

[@Labbish1]

Softengine's 11th place wasn't bad at all :D

[@ludocrious7898]

bullshit, man xD

[@jounazi8125]

@@ludocrious7898 True tho

[@wingedyera]

I am always surprised how few things from Europe go through to the USA. In the shadows from the Rasmus was such an hit here in the Netherlands I couldn't imagine him never heard of him

[@doriyahdude5277]

Ik heb dat lied echt nooit gehoord...

[@wingedyera]

@@doriyahdude5277 je was waarschijnlijk iets te jong dan. Of misschien te oud. Maar er is niemand van mijn generatie in mijn omgeving die het niet kent

[@kathrink6822]

Yeah, I'm from Germany and that surprised me as well

[@zeendalme2374]

In the shadows was a huge hit here in México too, so I was really surprised too, like, the song was everywhere.

[@GilFerraro]

I'm Italian: Lordi and the Rasmus, but also Finntroll, Korpiklaani (and lots more) means and meant a lot throughout my life, I love Finnish music!

[@jipsumies3435]

And there is no better hangover food than pizza. I love italian food❤

[@rotta4667]

Thank you! Remember To listen eppu normaali

[@lennipulkkinen6446]

Korpiklaani is best

[@prinzenik]

Italian food is the best!!! I'm eating pizza right now 😂

[@Motomies133]

@@jipsumies3435 paitsi että italialaisten pizza ei todellakaan ole sama kun meidän 🤣 heillä ohuet pizzapohjat ja tomaattikastike ja juusto siinä o italilaine pizza 🤣

[@Aquelll]

Finland has the most metal bands per capita in the World.

[@BrianVelez]

Yeah! you guys have some intense heavy bands :)

[@juntti6019]

Ackwell en kyllä kehuskelis sillä

[@Rauskut]

@@juntti6019 miks ei

[@joonatan3474]

@@juntti6019 heavy metal on miesten musiikkia

[@eetu2875]

Might explain why we are so emotionless people

[@koala1234ish]

Haha, as Darude Sandstorm came on, I was looking at your face and waiting for the inevitable moment of recognition :).

[@AleT118]

I like how one of the most notable landmarks in the capital of Helsinki is not recognized by foreigners watching the music video.

[@tseikkisnelkytkaks9013]

Aleksi Taunimaa Helsinki has got so smug it's got it's own capital now?

[@bengagnon2894]

@Aleksi Taunimaa Does it count if I recognized it as Helsingfors? Just kidding.

[@smoggyswish9723]

I have been there standing on those steps, still not recognicing that darude sandstorm is from Finnland

[@TheShaKuh]

@@AleT118 or 90% of Finnish youth 😂

[@heidileinonen3767]

Hard rock hallelujah is still kind of mind blowing, even after all these years. :)

[@heidileinonen3767]

You said it like Haluu Helsinki, which means like You should want Helsinki. ;)

[@rounine]

@@heidileinonen3767 kiitti kun kerroit (Y)

[@nicko8384]

i love that song

[@rasmusvainio3774]

Most americans don't even know about Eurovision...

[@anniina931]

@@rasmusvainio3774 Jep. Outoa, vaikkakin ymmärrettävää xD

[@user-yh8li2tm8g]

15:30 she sings 'when the lights go out, you see it all, the lights go down but you'll stay up, you close your eyes and breathe in, knowing you'll survive anything' THAT'S WHY IT'S BLACK

[@pui3469]

You should react to Nightwish, Apocalyptica, Sonata Artica, HIM, Negative, Hanoi Rocks, Children of Bodom, Turisas, the 69 Eyes, Poets of the Fall

[@BrianVelez]

I will definitely check out some of these that you mentioned! Hit the subscribe button and I''ll check them out in the next video :)

[@riikkapauliina3363]

Brian Velez I agree with pui, you really need to listen these bands. Especially Nightwish, apocalyptica, HIM, Hanoi Rocks and the 69 eyes (+ santa cruz, kotiteollisuus, bomfunk’MC freestyler.) Some of these bands are known in America too.

[@DonalD1982]

I would like to add Moonsorrow to the list. My favorite :)

[@NakkiJuustus]

Stam1na would be great too

[@samusammale766]

Dont forget about korpiklaani ;)

[@jupe8025]

If you love hard rock or metal in general, Finnish music is for you! We have the most heavy metal bands per capita in the world...

[@BrianVelez]

WOOHOO!!! Thanks! I keep discovering so many more bands since I've filmed this video! Thank you for watching

[@shirrepoffer]

I agree. Finnish metal is so fucking good! \m/

[@skeletankmcgraw7343]

Oh yeah, metal is Finland's biggest export!

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

I love metal from the scandinavian countries.

[@kpophottlines7181]

Mistä tunnistaa suomalaisen ulkomailla, istuu saunassa tuntei, kalja kädessä ja kuuntelee vaa rockki/metallii

[@oskarikuivinen1484]

It works like this: finns speak Estonian when they ar drunk and Estonians speak finnish when they are drunk

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

Estonia sounds like a combination of 50% Finnish and 50% literally all other European languages

[@randomrandom4879]

I love finnish music! Greetings from Poland! 🇵🇱❤️🇫🇮

[@jussialavesi5572]

Tät is rili kyyd ting/ thats really good thing!

[@randomrandom4879]

@Petuliini [FIN] ok 😁

[@randomrandom4879]

@Petuliini [FIN] i luv finnish metal XD

[@hb81]

The moment you realized what is Darude Sandstorm.. PRICELESS! TORILLE!!

[@tommitoivonen3624]

Was about to say the same. Priceless indeed.

[@papyrus6835]

Onhan tuo sansdrom suomesta, mutta on se maailman laajuinen meemi.

[@rasse385]

Nomppu :D dissaaks

[@Mia-ov5cg]

Sandstorm....

[@amazingbluelobster]

Kyl kaikki sen tietää

[@jaltsu9283]

Juu

[@lilithursin4844]

nyeh heh heh!

[@emilialehti1746]

Hulluuden highway = the highway of insanity Huominen on huomenna = tomorrow is tomorrow

[@MrK-]

Hmm yes the floor here is made out of floor Suomalaiset biisit o kyl nii epic

[@MrK-]

@@type-10 insanity

[@viktorialiholap407]

"This legendary thing came from Finland?" - I'll tell you even more, "Freestyler" has also come frome Finland ;) (I'm pretty sure you must know it)

[@RockerFinland]

One of the legend: Bomfunk Mc's Freestyler

[@panthernight3554]

Perkeleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee perkeleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@BrianVelez]

RockerFinland thank you so much ! I’ll definitely check them out specially since they are considered legends :P

[@epeli4585]

It was my favorite song!

[@TheJanppa]

Brian Velez It was huge hit at a time .. and I too consider it a legend (I'm also a Finn)

[@Mega4CE]

Friiiiiistailhhhhh...

[@verymagicturtle6526]

the darude sandstorm vudeo is filmed in finlands capital, helsinki, infront of the 'tuomiokirkko' like if you have been there😂

[@user-zr3dm4kl1y]

Torilla Tavataan!!

[@BrianVelez]

YESSSS

[@Nanuk]

@@BrianVelez I didn't see u at tori =( i was about to buy u mustamaggara sit oisit voinu työntää sen sun pyllyys ja pierasta

[@Irkuwww]

@ralli kaatoja iha perseestä kärpät on paras

[@TXZ-860]

@@Irkuwww meän äijii

[@aitomanne7193]

ralli kaatoja hyi vittu

[@jokujuippi123]

Tykkää jos oot Suomesta 😀

[@shotooimhungry_4034]

Oon

[@Sarttuparttu]

@ninjamastas :DD

[@Makee523]

En oo mutta tykkään silti

[@kebab5734]

Suami

[@Mekaan1kko]

@@Makee523 silti puhut suomee :D

[@aapokattelus868]

At 15:27 she was singing "when the lights go out...", so that's why the screen became all black

[@delerror5193]

Despite Darude - Sandstrom, here are some more or less internationally known Finnish artists and songs: Nightwish - Sleeping Sun/Nemo/I Wish I Had an Angel, Sonata Arctica - Tallulah (most sang karaoke song of all time), Redrama - Clouds, HIM - Right Here in My Arms, Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler, Apocalyptica - I don't Care, Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust, Hanoi Rocks - Tragedy, ALMA - Karma, Loituma - Ievan Polkka (propably the only worldwide known song sang entirely Finnish), K-System - Guardian Angel/ Sound of Arena

[@Elias23_]

Nightwish is one of the best known abroad :DDDDD

[@mymindisdigital]

kotiteollisuus?

[@ellena1397]

Estonia: Üks, kaks, kolm Finnish: Yksi, kaksi, kolme English: One two three

[@Valtsu0]

Estonia: jalk Finnish:jalka English:leg

[@brbgamer7219]

Estonia tere finnish terve english hi

[@saanamannikko7694]

Finnish: lihapullat estonia: lihaballid English: meatballs

[@well-oh]

Suomi: nakki Viro: viiner Suomi: viineri Viro: taani saia

[@athellmeuz2049]

Finnish kieli, Classiacal Mongolian kele

[@viktoriafuzes2578]

The Rasmus is famous in Hungary too! I love this song from them. And you, my Finnish friends, you surprised me too with the origin of Sandstorm 😍😍🇭🇺

[@huhhuh9193]

"minne sä meet? Amerikkaan. Rauhoittumaan." I am so late

[@28largest]

I'm from Finland moii

[@smileholicfox]

Ur reaction to Sandstorm :'DDDD

[@BrianVelez]

TRUST ME! You would have too if no one handed you the memo XD

[@mikkolaine4883]

I laughed so hard there. Hoping to see Nightwish there too to get a double jaw drop 😂

[@AnnRose142]

I love this song since my childhood! ❤️

[@erikaalexandra889]

@@BrianVelez Heeyyyy

[@kiderinne]

Hello’s from Finland!

[@BrianVelez]

Kide Rinne hello all the way from Florida!

[@Taavetti20035]

Mitä mies

[@karib8489]

Sometimes I look at finnish words like: "I think I understand that" but then I google it and just- I was wrong

[@zabnat]

Would've wanted to see his reaction when he learned that Lordi performs in live in those costumes.

[@viljonen]

Perkele how havent you heard anyone speak finnish

[@tatsumaki091]

laittaa kyllä ihmetyttää. torille viikoks sivistymään.

[@kimlonnqvist4145]

Juottaa kaverille kossua ja syöttää salmiakkia

[@leozy6022]

Aina

[@-storm8221]

No mut se on amerikkalainen. Mä tuon makkarat btw

[@Peqqy]

Koska suomi on pieni suht tylsä maa pohjoisessa. Sama kun kysyis suomalaiselta miten et oo ennen kuullu Kenialaisen puhuvan.

[@timomastosalo]

Finnish and Estonian share common roots, most of the vocabulary is the same - but! They have grown apart a few thousand years, so the words have changed meanings on both sides, so there happens funny and embarrassing coincidents when both speak their mother tongue. I'm a Finn, and I understand more than half from the written Estonian, but spoken very little, except TV news broadcast nearly half. Estonian has also dropped a lot of the final vowels of the words, and affects right away in the rhythm and melody of a language. The biggest difference is in the melody - Estonian sounds more German (there was long a German upper class), and Finnish more like old Swedish, the more west we go, the more it shows. Swedish in Lapland has somewhat similar melody with the Western Finnish, so the old Swedish. Well, the very northern Sweden was long Finnish and Sámi speaking, so their accent comes partly from Finnish. And in the Eastern border, Russia has affected Finnish some. In the Northern Finalnd Sámi languages affects Finnish. Those languages are very distantly raltedto Finnish, maybe separated 10 t yrs ago. So, maybe the German accent has affected Estonian more, so that Finnish and Latvian have kept the old accent much more, though Latvian and Lithuanian are Baltic not Finno-Ugric (FinU) languages, like Finnish and Estonian - that means thay are not even Indo-European (IE) languages, but the oldest language group in the North-Eastern Europe, and the very North-Western Siberia. But the Baltic language group was partly born in the contact of the FinU people with the IE:s. Their language is IE, but genetically tehy are related with the FinU: Lithunians have about 40 % FinU in them, Latvians 20-25, and Estonians around 33. Finns are about 70 %. Sámi nations gene beackground I don't know well: They were first more FinU than the Finns, who first mixed with the Scandinavians. Later it might be that at places some Sámi have more Scandinavian blood than Finns. Also, they have surprisingly much Central European, like German inheritance. And that's old also, not only fromWWII time, when there was a lot of Germans there. Russians came to the area later, they have mostly affected the Baltic countries in many cultural thigns, but not much in the melodies of the languages.

[@izzardclips9350]

I don't think Finnish and Estonian have grown apart "a few thousand years." Their common parent language was spoken less than 2 thousand years ago AFAIK. I've seen a hypothetical reconstruction of what the language spoken in Estonia was like 700-800 years ago, and it resembled Finnish more than the modern-day Estonian does.

[@thesuomi8550]

Estonian and Sami have always had their connections to Finland. It's not like they were completely separated for thousands of years or something

[@timomastosalo]

Izzard Clips Yes, It's not as straight forward as I put it. I also studied Finnic languages and Finnish, it was my major in the university. This was just a simple summary. Languags don't divide over night, it takes centuries or millennia. Except if there comes a strong linguistic (pronounce: politic) oppression, then couple of generations can do a lot. So there was still a lot in common in those times 700-800 years ago. But the process of growing apart started thousands of years ago, when the Baltic Finns divided into 3 branches. Of course they had contacts between themselves, but the sea was still the dividing element - the contacts were not daily. Those were Southern (Estonian, Livian, Vatyan etc.), Eastern (mainly Karelian, but now it's difficult to say how close were the more eastern Finnic languages to Karelian - now disappeared), and the Northern branch, which is closest to Western Finnish. Eastern Finnish dialects are the transition dialects from the (former) Northern Baltic Finnic dialects, and the Eastern ones. The border between Sweden and Russia finally decided what was to become Finnish, and what was to develope to Eastern Karelian (though that's not very homogenous).

[@timomastosalo]

TheSuomi True, Estonian and Sámi were never totally separated from Finnish. But my comment was a summary, so it has to be simple, to not make it an article. I focused on how they grew to become separate languages. Sámi departed first, mainly because of the difference in acquiring food. The Sámi were long mainly nomadic reindeer herders, though there were so called forest Sámi people closer to Finns. But they have slowly assimilated to Finns, are withdrown to live with their fellow Sámi in the north, were there aren't much forest or not at all. The nomads always look at the farmers to be somewhat funny dirt diggers, the Sámi still call the Finns 'Lantalaiset' = 'Landians, or Manurians', though most of them are not nomads anymore. In my comment that thousands of years meant the languages grew apart during those thousands of years, it didn't happen just one day. They had contacts, but mostly not daily. The Sámi moved sometimes far from the Finns, and different livelyhoods made them direct to different things in life. Estonians lived behind the sea, be it a narrowish bay, but 100 km of sea makes you think do you want to visit every week, in a small sail boat. So the languages drifted apart. And this started long ago for Sámi, because Finnish and Sámi are not as much mutually understandable as Estonian and Finnish, though the Sámi are neighbour to Finns, no sea between. But earlir there were vast wilderness between them, and first their was no horses to travel. And even that understanding between the Finns and Estonians is less than half for most people. Estonians sometimes understand more Finnish, because some of them have watched Finnish TV. Finns don't really follow the TV of the 'little sister'. Finns usually have heard some songs only.

[@HertNiks]

Mate, Im Estonian and before I lived in Finland I understood nothing in Finnish. The languages are so far apart with an odd word or two being the same or similar. Finnish language is like a language of their own. They invent words that no other language uses. For example, sähkö, urheilu etc etc that are mostly the same in all other languages.

[@stillhere4226]

Lordi actually got finlands first eurovision win.

[@LightyDust]

You are so nice and positive, dude! Loved the video very-very much! :) Also, hi from Finland! And The Rasmus - one of my most favorite bands in my life! Had listened to them since i was, like, ten! And now i'm 21!

[@Cikeb]

That was a fun watch, thanks!Sometimes I’m amazed how isolated the US is from popular music in Europe (sometimes also in Latin America). I mean, both Lordi, The Rasmus are quite known over here, and The Rasmus apparently has quite a few followers in Mexico. Lordi even won the Eurovision Song Contest with that song. How about checking out some other artists that have made their mark in Europe. Go see “Freestyler” by The Bomfunk MC’s, “Fairytale Gone Bad” by Sunrise Avenue, “Nemo” by Nightwish, “Chasing Highs” by ALMA and “Join Me” by HIM. Maybe you’ll find more new favourites.

[@Grenade80]

Freestyler is still a hammer in Eastern Bloc and Central Asia.

[@stolenmelonin1087]

the US is ignorant and isolated from everything outside of North America tbh

[@amia5604]

MUUMI PEIKKO PIKKU MYY AUTON ALLE LITYSTYY SUOLET LENTÄÄ PELOLLE MAKSA ILMA LENNOLLE NYT MUUMILAAKSOON NYT MUUMILAAKSOON PAAPAAPAAPAAPAA MAAMAAMAMAA

[@hepatiitti4569]

hyi eii

[@ax7180]

mood

[@monobloc]

nice

[@wantimw]

@@minuaeiole936 juuri sinun mökkitiellä

[@lauraleppinen2077]

Ilmalennolle on yhdyssana 😂

[@TurboThunderGaming]

Lordi won the Eurovision contest for a reason :) I loved your reaction to that song! Your reaction put a smile on my face.

[@fury4227]

Hard Rock Hallelujah is amazing. And Lordi are still touring, I actually saw them live in Poland two weeks ago and they're fantastic live, wearing full costume and make-up in the middle of summer.

[@MissSylvia67]

HIM!!!!! My favourite Finnish band ever (I'm half-finnish but live in Sweden). Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Apocalyptica, Amorphis....

[@AntonKoskinen96]

Half Finnish and half what?

[@MissSylvia67]

@@AntonKoskinen96 Half-Greek 💙🇫🇮🇬🇷

[@AntonKoskinen96]

@@MissSylvia67 Nice

[@MissSylvia67]

@@AntonKoskinen96 Thanks! Are you Italian?

[@AntonKoskinen96]

My great grandparents are, but i'm not...

[@ollihellen9357]

U really never heard of Lordi? They won the Eurovision in 2006

[@BrianVelez]

I have! check out part two!

[@emmilii73]

Well he is young and maybe don't watch Eurovision contest

[@janiruuska1909]

In usa they dont have eurovisions in tv

[@aleksi3134]

Yeah its called EUROvisions for reason

[@verymagicturtle6526]

its so wierd listen to this and understanding what they say while watching you SUOMI PERKELE

[@thebutifulbees7320]

I just love your mindblown reaction. I'm just a swede passing by your channel. I love your content. 👍🏼👌🏼❤

[@jonnasavolainen2860]

The Rasmus is literally my favourite band ever, so i'm glad you reacted to them!

[@wrok88]

Lordi are still playing, yes. They just published a new album and touring in Europe. Not sure about the States though. They are an amazing live experience and they have the suits that you see in the video, on stage as well.

[@RandomCannu]

Omg, hey, greetings from Finland 🇫🇮 bro! Awesome how you got caught in the Sandstorm, it still gives me the chills after all these years, and believe me, i've heard it a lot, like properly _many_many_times_! Was great to watch your reactions for all the other songs too! Major thumbs up here 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 -Tony-

[@sirwanaliahmad8866]

Like if you live in Finland 🇫🇮

[@sirwanaliahmad8866]

Its ok

[@KingOfBlades27]

Who ever picked these songs for you did a really good job. These pretty much are either really popular songs in Finland OR are huge success stories in the world.

[@Imma_shrimp_baby]

AAA, absolutely perfect timing 😂 I was just wondering when r cha gonna post again

[@BrianVelez]

Awhhh! Thank you! I don’t want to disappear for too long! :) plus Europe fits my schedule better since I work two jobs 😂

[@Imma_shrimp_baby]

Brian Velez haha, I’m so glad that you post so often 😀 and after all that you also find time to read all your fans comments and reply to a lot of them! there are not much youtubers out there with that much subscribers that still communicate with their fans so the thing you’re doing is really darn awesome 🤣 oh and I’m really curious, what is the other job? 😀 of course I’m not forcing you to tell this to a stranger, just that if you’d tell I’d listen 😂

[@marikalipponen3618]

I love your positive energy 😊 I am sure to watch more of your videos! ❤️👍

[@RainNoh]

@ Brian Velez, you are awesome and you're doing amazing stuff! :) This is the kind of stuff the world needs just now - you're bringing people together from all over the world. Keep up the good work! Respect & Love!

[@v2ikem6rd]

You should react to Eurovision. This is one of the most important shows in whole europe. Boomfunk.Mc was one of my favourite finnish band when i was teenager-oh what good times it was :D If you are really going to cover whole europe its going to be awseome! How often do you upload?

[@BrianVelez]

hello! :) Oh my! I would love. to check that out! I'm filming accordingly to demand, so at this point I am upload about 1-2 times a week. :P I am trying to come up with more ideas and concepts as I keep going with these video on forward

[@Gibbetoo]

Nightwish?

[@BrianVelez]

No way! Are they Finnish?😰

[@Gibbetoo]

yes except Floor Jansen.

[@Kxvkxv]

You didnt even know brian..

[@krattutv2016]

Nightwish💎💎💎

[@Gibbetoo]

no i did'nt.

[@dat1boyo]

Like 80% here is from finland, encluding me.

[@cxainzzl159]

Btw....The Rasmus singer is my teacher’s cousin.......😂

[@mimomimomimom]

He's my classmates godfather

[@prinzenik]

👀

[@kaakelimuki3509]

Really!? I think its a joke.

[@soupsinen]

lol ok?

[@BrianVelez]

You're teacher suddenly became cool 😆

[@acheko7964]

Hy! Can you make a part two? This was really entertaining to watch

[@mato2211]

PERKELE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@s8x2n6]

OOOH we got a new rasmus-fan, welcome on board! :D actually suprised you hadn't heard In the Shadows before, as it was EVEYWHERE in 2003 when it was released. But better late than never, i guess ;)

[@Sasuketomatoes]

This is amazing! I love all your videos! But when you react to Finnish things it makes me feel happy. Not many people even knows what is Finland or where is it

[@tapiopuranen88]

When the screen went dark in the last video the lyrics said 'when the light goes out'

[@mylifeisameme9408]

I m actually here for The Rasmus I love them Fangirl from Hungary 🇭🇺

[@mindfulmallard]

Very good video. Very interesting how you found listening to Finnish music for the first time. And you picked some good ones to listen to :) Also, Darude - Sandstorm has such a legendary status, glad you recognised it and remembered listening to it :)

[@ThailandNoobie]

It was so awesome to watch your reaction about our music, especially LORD reaction. Thanks 👍

[@Zubiila]

Fun fact: They've made 3 different music videos for "In the shadows". 1. With a bank robbery theme, 2. this one and 3. the US version

[@HertNiks]

How no HIM? In next episode react to HIM Join Me

[@BrianVelez]

Haha :) I will definitely keep that in mind!

[@cacomuco1]

Thanks for doing Finnish music. Really interesting stuff, thanks. Greetings from Finland!

[@SweetLemonGirl92]

Dead Letters by The Rasmus is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's a masterpiece! Some other finish bands that are also pretty known in Europe are HIM, Sunrise Avenue, Apocalyptica and Nightwish. You should really check out Apocalyptica and Nightwish. Also the band Beast in Black. Their greek singer has an incredible voice.

[@Charl0tta]

Good choice of band&songs, because even I(Who don't listen Finnish music lot) like those songs

[@BrianVelez]

Hahahaha I'm glad I was able to make the right selection :)

[@johanna4328]

My two classmates are from Finish, so I think they would love that video as much as I did, and I like that 'American reacts' intro😄😁😃 Imma send this video to them rn

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you so much! That means the world to me! And the intro was my wife that took time to carefully figure out an intro for the series :) it’s all thanks to her :P anyways, I appreciate your support! :)

[@meri-tuuli]

Its Finnish. Not Finish. They are two diffrenge things.

[@johanna4328]

@@meri-tuuli oops... that was a mistake, I know what finish means and I also know what Finnish means... so sorry xD

[@tiinar.1358]

This waz so much fun. As a finn it was fun to see you were mind blown about darudes sandstorm came from finland. Thanx

[@jonnakatriina]

great! you are a really nice guy, I didn't remember telling you how great it is when you talk about Finnish or Finnish music. could you make more reaction videos about Finnish music

[@pts3896]

React to Nightwish please :) The greatest show on earth live in tampere.. :)

[@pts3896]

You have to give some time to it but it will blow your mind.

[@BrianVelez]

Oh heck yeah!! I can’t believe I forgot about them and several other Legendary bands from Finland

[@littlethings9082]

Brian you can always do a new video :D (including HIM thank youu)

[@lawwix]

THIS is a must! I saw this live and it blew my mind! It. Is. So. Good.

[@paasonesara]

Please make part 2!!

[@BrianVelez]

Oh my! Who should I react too!

[@sleepingrosess]

@@BrianVelez please react to Sanni, Apulanta, Alma and Cheek!

[@CKFin]

Dont forget him and nightwish (when tarja turunen sang)

[@santeri.pu.1663]

@@BrianVelez And Dingo And Apulanta and Eppu Normaali

[@esthersimojoki6861]

Nice video! I enjoyed watching this a lot

[@kristalaine1896]

Your face when Sandstorm began!!!😂

[@ATGOfficial]

AWESOME! I am Estonian, but I listen Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish music a lot :D I suggest you to fade out songs audio, not just cutting it off, because it will sound better like that.

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you for the awesome advice! I constructive criticism. I'm also proud of you for having such an open mind to different music specially of different languages!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

AT Gaming Could you suggest some Estonian bands? Metsatöll is the only familiar to me.

[@ATGOfficial]

XtreeM FaiL Do you have a discord? You can find my server from my video descriptions, then join and we can talk in pm, I can tell you a lot about Estonia :)

[@johannes1791]

Vittu ne jotka on suomesta nii tykätkää tä komma!

[@mikaelvarpula4256]

Vittu puhdas suomalainen

[@TheTooBig]

I am just having my plate full of stuff this week and so on, but seeing this video cheered me up at least a bit. Also yeah you are now honorary citizen by public vote ;)

[@Dragonsphinx]

It’s interesting you say that Finnish does not sound more like Estonian :) To me (in Finnish) Estonian sounds REALLY similar. In fact, the only way I can tell that someone is speaking Estonian and not Finnish, is that after a minute or so of listening I haven’t been able to form a sentence I understand in my mind from what they’ve said. Latvian, on the other hand, I don’t understand at all and identify as a foreign language as soon as I hear it. Fun to hear the impressions of someone who isn’t fluent in any of the three. ^_^ Really enjoyed this video. Will look forward to watching more :)

[@Airica.]

Ohshit, I´m exactly like You - didn´t know Darude is from Finland - Weird :D :D Awesome. Love Lordis song! And The Rasmus - OMG the best!

[@BrianVelez]

DUDE, I'M MIND BLOWN! I couldn't believe my ears, and ever since this video I now keep listening to The Rasmus xD

[@Airica.]

Cool! Can´t wait 14th September - They will release new song "Holy Grail". They will be in Estonia 21.9.2018 but still like 150km away from me. :D

[@lpsoskari9628]

웃Airika Finland*

[@Airica.]

Sorry, i know it, Don´t even know why I wrote it with 2 "n" :P

[@sleepingrosess]

@@BrianVelez this is soooo cool that you are actually listening to them, makes my lil Finnish heart really happy 😂❤

[@kintyb9399]

I love this video ❤️🙏🏻

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you! I appreciate all your support and contribution 😂❤️🤟🏼

[@fredrickfaraj6978]

Just joined you channel and damn!!!....please do share that play list....all those songs are awesome

[@JetWol]

I know this sounds funny but watching you listening to finnish music feels so funny because when finnish songs are playing I automatically think you can speak it or know some finnish to understand the main points and I have to keep reminding myself "No Jet, Brian is from the US and doesn't speak finnish" (At least not yet :thinking:). But yeah have been watching you quite sometime now and just dropped here once again cuz I was watching other people reacting to finnish songs. Keep up the good work!

[@crystal.matter]

7:40 the face of realization

[@walkorrun]

Brian, you ever wonder why in the internet age majority of this cool music do not end up in US Radios :) Latvia, Finnish, Estonian music.. :)

[@BrianVelez]

HECK YEAH! We keep repeating the same 20 songs for like 3 months at a time instead of giving these artist opportunities!

[@sannifredriksson3129]

I’m from Finland and I love that you liked the Finnish songs!💙

[@MrTsaarinen]

Haloo Helsinki! Shows the deeper natural Finnish voice. With our words you can sing about anything. In Finnish you can really tell how is your soul doing, or how do you really feel deep inside. It is language of the gods i think. When you sing you can really resonate souls.

[@jonsku1400]

Finnish is almost almost exactly the same as estonian when spoken but the music is very different.

[@BrianVelez]

I see that! But they are both good in their own way!

[@merilinkuul7244]

Actually is finnish really similar to estonian, I have learned finnish a bit but I understand almost everything. Btw well done 👍👍👍😁

[@BrianVelez]

Haha, thank you Merlin! There was several Estonian viewers requesting Finnish for some odd reason! Not to mention, they are the second country that is SOMEHOW watching a decent portion of my videos. :) I had to go ahead and give them credit!

[@Bixoryte]

Im finnish and have never learned any estonian. I can understand most of estonian, if it's in written form. When they speak it's very hard to understand much more than a word from here and there.

[@merilinkuul7244]

Bixoryte oh hyvä!

[@Dookie9669]

What ive come to learn is that estonians understand finnish much better than finns understand estonian

[@merilinkuul7244]

@@Dookie9669 that's true!

[@KupariPlays]

Lordi and The Rasmus were a big part of my teen years. Back when you would record songs of the radio on cassette tapes, I would wait all day just to hear Would you love a monster man by Lordi. It was something I had never heard before. I would gush about it to my bff at school as soon as I saw her just to have her tell me she couldn't wait to tell me about the band lol. At 32 years old I'm not ashamed to admit I still knew all the lyrics to In the Shadows

[@sitruuna6979]

This gives me new perspektive to our music, I mean positively! Thank you :')

[@niklas8086]

Älä paina lisätietoja *🇫🇮PERKELE🇫🇮*

[@Vlakon]

I actually went to a concert with Darude and heard Sandstorm in the early 2000s! :)

[@BrianVelez]

YOU LUCKY INDIVIDUAL!

[@roni6658]

Hard rock hallelujah is the best eurovision song of all time fight me

[@timohaltsonen]

Thank you this was good video and i am finnish and I live in Finland and the city where I live is Oulu and thank you very much once more for this video Best regards. Finnish man from Oulu city in Finland 🤘🏻👍🏻👌🏻😊

[@mt4592]

As metal goes, try HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Diablo, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Wintersun, Norther and Ensiferum:P

[@attekosonen1908]

PART 2!

[@kadenalexander5682]

I love Haloo Helsinki and The Rasmus

[@JustSomeRandoFromFinland]

Your attempts to say the names of the songs were pretty good!