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Humppa-Akatemia
''Humppa-Akatemia'' is a 2000 compilation album by the Finnish group Eläkeläiset. Track listing Disc 1 # Hyljätyn humppa (Hanoi Rocks – Don't You Ever Leave Me) # Humppasonni (HIM – Join Me) # Humppaosasto (Jalla Jalla – Hospital Waltz) # Ja humppa soi (Rauli Badding Somerjoki – Ja rokki soi) # Humppapappa vaan (Ebba Grön – Mamma, Pappa, Barn) # Humppa sujuu (Weeping Willows – True To You) # Hump (Van Halen – Jump) # Kuusessa hevon (Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven) # Humppamedia (Kent – Om du var här) # Hotelli helpotus (The Eagles – Hotel California) # Paratiisihumppa (Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise) # Humppaa, saatanat (Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin') # Poltettu humppa (Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning) # Humppakonehumppa (Meredith Brooks – Bitch) # Humpparaakki (Dio – Holy Diver) # Humppalialaiset (Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers) # Pultsarihumppa (Weezer – Buddy Holly) # Humppakostajat (Suede – The Beautiful Ones) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eläkeläiset
Eläkeläiset (Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. They specialise in humppa and jenkka music and have been successful in Germany, Finland and elsewhere. Current members of the band are Onni Waris (keyboard, vocals), Petteri Halonen (keyboard, guitar, vocals), Lassi Kinnunen (accordion, vocals), Martti Waris (bass, vocals), and Tapio Santaharju (drums, vocals). Ilmari Koivuluhta (sound technique, logistics) and Pekka Jokinen (graphics, merchandise) complete the "humppa family". According to the band's statements, they play between 80 and 100 concerts per year, of which only 20 in Finland and 40 to 50 in Germany, due to their popularity there. Rarely performing in big venues, they have visited several big international music festivals, and surprisingly to many, even large heavy metal festivals e.g. Wacken Open Air and Tuska Open Air. They travel mostly on a private lorry and no bus. Eläkeläiset mainly play cover versions of famous pop and rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humppa
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar ( or ). Typical speed is about 220 to 260 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. All dances involve bounce that follows the strong bass of the music. In Finnish language, the word humppa can also be used for all social dancing. The name humppa was invented by Antero Alpola for a radio show in the 1950s. He picked it up from German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word to describe the playing of the band. The band probably used a tuba, as the sound of tuba on the first beat is like ''hump'', the second beat coming as a ''pa''. (The related German style is known as oompah.) There are three different dances typically danced to humppa music, and they have existed long before the word "humppa" was coined. One form of Humppa dance is related to one-step, which arrived in Finland 1913. In this kind of humppa, both danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors are an American alternative rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and No. 17, respectively. The band currently consists of Chris Barron (lead vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar and vocals) and Aaron Comess (drums, bass and keyboards). History The group originated in the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company; this band included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, harmonicist John Popper, and later vocalist Chris Barron, who was Popper's Princeton, New Jersey high school friend. Popper left this side project to focus on his main gig with Blues Traveler full-time. With a name change to Spin Doctors, as well as the addition of Aaron Comess on drums and Mark White on bass, the classic lineup was in place by the spring of 1989. Spin Doctors signed with Epic Records/Sony Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Princes
"Two Princes" is a song by American rock music, rock group Spin Doctors, released in 1992 as the second single from their debut album, ''Pocket Full of Kryptonite'' (1991). It peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles, ''Cash Box'' Top 100. Outside of the US, it topped the charts in Iceland and Sweden and peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The song earned them a Grammy Award nomination for Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Critical reception Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic complimented "Two Princes" as one of the "best tracks" of the album. Larry Flick from ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' wrote, "The Doctors' growing legion of fans will devour this treat from ''Pocket Full of Kryptonite'' within seconds." He explained further, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
