I firmly believe Stayin' Alive is one of the greatest songs ever written, not least because of the vast range of musical styles in which it can be covered and it not only still works, but still absolutely bangs. Here are my three favourites:
Royal Republic […]
I firmly believe Stayin' Alive is one of the greatest songs ever written, not least because of the vast range of musical styles in which it can be covered and it not only still works, but still absolutely bangs. Here are my three favourites:
Royal Republic […]
Was talking about Wuthering Heights yesterday, and remembered this unsurpassable little gem
#SmallCheeringThings #WutheringHeights #Ukulele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0VaBxb27w
Closeup photo of a butterfly, seen in profile, standing on the vivid pink petals of a coneflower, enjoying the abundant mustard-yellow pollen hidden among the rust red stamen. Its wings are a pale yellow-green colour, with two small brown circles and a faded sepia patch on the edge of its lower wing like a coffee stain, and the veins in the wing clearly visible, so that it looks like a young leaf. Its face is adorable - a big black kindly eye above an expression which I'm immediately anthropomorphising into a smile, and long antennae - like a Pixar character off on an adventure. In the background is sunlit greenery, and the blurry edge of a purple daisy with a yellow centre. The picture is a riot of colour, and feels very cheerful.
'Alles was Fühler hat' #FotoVorschlag #butterfly #nature #SmallCheeringThings
Some things are not entirely dreadful today. Good morning :)
(Sound emphatically on; credit for one of the enduring highlights of the internet to MortyTheMisfit on other platforms)
#SmallCheeringThings
GOOD MORNING my favourite band of all time Royal Republic, who have for years done a magnificent hybrid of rock and disco and funk with a wicked silly sense of humour which gets all my happy chemicals flowing, have decided to lean fully in and do an album of hard rock covers of disco classics […]
#SmallCheeringThings
Keep on KAJ-ing! Another entry in what is turning out to be a mega-thread of KAJ's much-more-than-Eurovision oeuvre. Might just dedicate my life to promoting obscure-dialect Swedish-Finnish comedy to the English-speaking masses, because honestly given *gestures frantically […]
Mosquito should be the europop dance-floor filler of the summer and indeed every summer, a universal experience rendered in perfect earworm form, plus also an unexpected accordion.
And if Bara Bada Bastu didn't convince you of the fact that "perkele" is the most satisfying swear word in […]
It suddenly strikes me that I should have added a #Eurovision hashtag to this thread, so here it is
#SmallCheeringThings #KAJ #Music
More #SmallCheeringThings and KAJ-fest keeps on rolling! (Scroll upthread for more explanation and more bangers from Ostrobothnia)
First up today, the international anthem we need in these fractured times, Paavos Barkbrö - Paavo's Bread Made With Tree-bark.
Rousing, moving, and yet somehow at […]
Continuing KAJ-fest with another stonkingly good and very silly song, Kallna Mat is a sumptuous bit of smooth trance-y melodious rap about food that isn't properly hot. I love these guys so much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKATnV5xB4
Lyrics:
Food gone cold, eating cold food (yeah)
Food […]
KAJ's native Vårö dialect is, as discussed above, very niche, old-fashioned-sounding, and above all inescapably rural - this part of Ostrobothnia contains very few people, lots of livestock, and mainly just endless forests and fields.
Which makes it a brilliantly silly choice of language in […]
KAJ are my favourite type of songwriters: genre-spanning, lyrics full of subtle, complex, and very silly word-play, and with the delight in detail and hyper-specificity which is the essence of good comedy. Also, the lads can properly sing.
TEXT-TV is a glory of 80s-style synth mixed with […]
Pounding, soaring, incredibly silly disco-funk about watching men at work? Yes please! Plus many bonus points for creative use of the "this vehicle is reversing" beep noise.
This translation is really good, and also provides the cultural context where necessary! […]
I unashamedly have this synth-pop masterpiece on repeat, and it makes me smile every time I listen to it
Lyrics:
Dance floor
(From time immemorial,
People have come together
Under one united flag,
The flag which is known as
Dance)
Got no time to worry about any inessentials
Like what […]
Far from being a one-hit sauna wonder, KAJ have been performing together for over fifteen years, having formed the group when they were in high school together. Despite being Huge In Swedish-Speaking Finland - TV shows! Two full-length musicals! Arena tours! - I love that they remain disarmingly […]
Let's do the OG Eurovision earworm first. I haven't found an English Bara Bada Bastu translation that I love, but this one is fine, and just requires a bit more cultural context:
The phrase "bara bada bastu" can mean both "just have a sauna" and "don't do anything except have saunas"
"Bastu" […]
It's Monday! Reading the news remains horrifying! So because I for one need some silly to break up the doomscrolling, it is time for more #SmallCheeringThings!
This is now officially a KAJ stan account - the lovely wholesome lads from the region of Ostrobothnia in Swedish-speaking Finland, who […]
Impossible to pick a favourite Flight of the Conchords, but this is a highlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnU62CUevn4
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
This is forever stuck in my head *endless screaming*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5w2QwdYik
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
Everyone loves a library! And Paddy and Jonny are two of my absolutely favourite people on the planet. All their stuff is brilliant, but this is a perennial favourite
jonnyandthebaptists.bandcamp.com/track/do-it-in-the-libra...
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
Victoria Wood was a genius, and this is a masterpiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBuPTLh8BE
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
Kicking off with the master of the genre, Tom Lehrer. So many absolute classics to choose from, but let's go with this one for peak silly
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr-vUHanQM
To quote the very wise @moonrabbit, we need more silly - and thus it is time for another thread of Small Cheering Things!
Today: Musical Comedy Edition! Please share your favourite funny bangers, mine in thread below...
#SmallCheeringThings #MusicalComedy
New instance, new #Introduction!
Hello! I'm Anna, but internet friends usually call me Moth or Mothy, and I now answer to that in real life too.
Swedish, grew up in England, travelled around a lot, now live in Venice; posts and boosts in a wide range of languages as a consequence. Infinitely […]
A beige wall, on which has been stencilled the word "one" in black and the word "love" below it in pink, but in an overly fancy swirly embellished and thus almost illegible font, so that it looks like it instead says "cone l'que"
Cone l'que #DailyVenice #Graffiti #SmallCheeringThings #FontChoices
Re-upping the Small Cheering Things From Back When The Internet Was Awesome thread from a while ago, because I cannot believe I forgot to add this masterpiece the first time around:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOwbcdZozQ
#SmallCheeringThings
This remains one of the greatest things on the internet, arguably in the history of human endeavour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw
(If you've never seen it before, you HAVE TO watch the whole thing)
#SmallCheeringThings
Numa numa guy! ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqd1Gvq-RBY
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