Tuomas: Why do Mieskuoro Huutajat keep shouting so much? (A thread about the Finnish shouting men's choir)

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Apparently Mieskuoro Huutajat has been playing around Canada and North America lately, and I've heard them more than once on the CBC lately. I just heard this "Finnish shouting men's choir" do a loud version of our national anthem. I'm intrigued by this, notably, what it is about Finland that makes men think that shouting in unison is a fantastic idea? (I mean, obviously it is, but why are the Finns the only one to understand this?)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

I mean they've even released a few records!!!

http://www.huutajat.org/

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

Tuomas, Marko Haavisto & Poutahaukat are brilliant!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

I love the tracks I've heard, but is the recording (ie, the CD) any good? I figured it was only worth springing ten or twenty quid if it was going to have real visceral impact outta the stereo...

― Sean M (Sean M), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.huutajat.org/photos/naamat4.gif

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

Simply the best. Better than all the rest. Better than anyone. Anyone I've ever met.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

The documentary about them is an awful lot of fun too.

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 9 June 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

I agree about the doc. Found it in Helsinki on DVD for pennies (well 7 Euro) and it comes with another doc about a pyramid scheme gone bad for some edging-towards retirement Finns. Scary stuff.

The auditions scene is very amusing.

― Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 9 June 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

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