Helsinki Complaints Choir
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2006
- Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints. Music composed by Esko Grundström.
Please visit the project website for more info:
www.complaintschoir.org/ - Krátké a kreslené filmy
So many years since I first watched this, and it's still relevant - and quite uplifting : - D thank you, Helsinki!
I love the line "Our ancestors could have picked a sunnier place to live!" I feel your pain from Michigan!!!
This was probably one of the first CZcams vids I watched. It was SO good, and it's still awesome now!
"Our ancestors could have picked a sunnier place to be" is my favorite gripe. Since we don't have public saunas in Los Angeles (not any you'd want to go to anyway!) I'd love the chance to toss some water in a sauna without asking. Great job & thanks so much for brightening my day.
I've never heard complaints sound more beautiful than that. Bravo Finland!
- Random American that was linked this video.
i love it! especially the ringtone section - and also i love the fact that this could be pretty much anwhere in the western world,not just finland
I love how that one lady appears so energetic as she sings, though those who stand around her might be a bit annoyed at her seeming inability to stand still and sing, like most of the choir is doing. She looks like she's totally into the singing, 100% aware of every irony in it, and loving it.
I've seen some of the other complaints choirs this inspired, but I still like the original Finnish one best.
I saw this 1st on Current tv. I thought, "I have to find this video and share it with my friends on Facebook. " So I did. Now I am gonna add it to my youtube channel. Thank you Helsinki Complaints Choir. Thank you.
the furniture thing is so spot on. nothing is more irritating than seeing an ad of a really good table for example and you order it only to have it delivered in a box with the instructions on how to make it.
This has always been my favorite and, in my opinion, the best of all the complaint choirs. Music is catchy, yet has depth and some interesting change-ups. The video is shot well and the collection of complaints is cleverly strung together.
I'm French and until this very moment I used to believe that we were the complaining world champions, but with the Helsinki Complaint Choir, complaining becomes a genuine art! I think we found our masters there! Bravo! ;o)
Superb! The group is amazing. Their expressions, with perfectly chosen words at the precise moment, make it even more adorable. Just can't get enough of it. LOL
I have just come back to hear it again.
I still love it
Every so often I have to watch this to remind myself life ain't that bad really.
Love that lady 4:59 singing about slowly walking husband - she definitely knows something about it:o)
The ringtone bit is genius!
not only the lyrics are amazing..the song is perfect, this is one of many reasons I'd like to travel to Finland
Don't bring the coronavirus here with you
Best complaint choir ever!!!!!!!!!!
It does look lovely, doesn't it? And the Finnish language is one I'd love to hear every day and learn more myself.
I really love this choir, my colleague showed it to me on a Czech server. I'd like to see something like that in Czech Republic as well, could be fun!
You don't lose to Sweden in musicality! All countries need a Complaint Choir!
i love helsinki, i love finns. Helsinki was my house for one year.. the last year.. and i miss helsinki so much, the discotheques the girls and everything.... REALLY NICE VIDEO
This is the Best choir of all is so perfect professional 100%
The universal complaint: It's not FAIR!! Love it!
I've watched this one so many times.... and I keep loving it!! =D!!
Haha! Well these are serious problems indeed! (I love the part about the ancestors choosinng a sunnier place). Many likes for the song and music and you people there in Finland stop complaing about the sun ;) my ancestors chose a sunnier place to live and believe me life here at the moment isn't at all better! Greetings from Greece!
This video has 1'24" of nothing at the end which made me use up unnecessary bandwidth. "On se niin väärin, on se niin väärin, on se niin väärin, on se niin väärin!"
Thank you Helsinki - Wonderful and timely. wb
I love Finland. And I also loved this! Great stuff.
I live in Sweden, but I just signed up for a full-time Finnish program that starts in a few weeks...this was encouragement to learn more about the language and culture! HOW FUNNY! And we do that thing where you hide from the Tv license inspector here, too!
Love the ring tone comment. I've gotta learn those words so that everytime I hear that blasted ring tone I can sing to it.
In the case you're still looking for it:
2:13 - 2:31
"Soittoäänet kaikki yhtä ärsyttäviä!" X 4 (the last one cut at "soittoäänet kaikki yhtä-").
I love this...especially he one guy with the mega phone: "the finnish language is bloody hard to learn!" ...the ringtone bit was awesome
Great choir
"Minä rakastan suomen kieltä" is the right way to say that ;)
I miss Finland so much ... :-(
Love that song...
Kimi Raikkonnen needs to join this choir.
It would suit his time at Mclaren perfectly. ;-)
BEST complaint choir. Fantastic lyrics, tune and setup. I keep coming back to it. Well done!!
This is incredible!
BRILLIANT! :)
I saw this in the Helsinki museum of modern art, I still go to youtub to watch it sometimes. It had such an affect on me when I first saw it.
music, is the best way of telling the things about life..
this choir made this wonderfull,
congratulations, from istanbul.
One of the finest choral numbers I've ever heard.
my country has problems too like
when the red light at the traffic comes on they still move past the red light
You are definetely the VERY VERY best of all complaint choirs. I have listened to many and also like Hamburg, Chicago (although they have no subtitles), Gabriola and Budapest, but the rest is kind of poor.
Great job, great song, good singers... always a pleasure to watch this video.
Awesome! Bravo Helsinki. This complaints choir is the best one.
Oddly, it made me want to move to Helsinki...
This is just THE BEST!!!! I love the serious faces! Portland, Oregon loves you!!!
Absolutely amazing!!
I love them so much
I just finally saw this today on Current TV -- too funny! And it's an inspiration for when I draw a blank trying to write song lyrics!
That was ABSOLUTELY AWSOME!!!
Simply brilliant!
Okay, I can officially say that this is the most viral song/tune ever. I CANNOT get it out of my head!
This definetly brightened my day!
that was not only hysterical, but the arrangement was extremely well done!! WONDERFUL!
kub73158, nice to hear that you feel that way.Finland has allways been small but proud nation and I hope that it will stay that way.Meillon kultturi ja kieli josta moni euroopan "suurmaa" on aiheesta kateellinen.Hyvin tehty video ja biisi.
It's still sooo great! Go Finland.
I also think this is the best of the complaints choirs, both musically and lyrically. I like it a lot better when the complaints are small and petty. There's enough choral music out there about big philosophical issues; what makes the complaints choir concept great is the juxtaposition of these silly little problems with the "high-art" musical format.
This is one of the best videos I have ever heard!
I can't imagine how they would fit all the complaints into one song in here.
Kiitos! I like the music with is words, so touching and funny. Great singers with melodious voices.
Finally something what I can be proud of as Finnish.
At least you weren't born as an American of Finnish ancestry; trapped in a country (USA) that your great-grandparents emigrated to (going on 140-150 years ago), but you increasingly feel more disconnected from and understand less and less.
This is absolutely wonderful!
Haha! The annoying ringtones! Spot on! Brilliant! Great harmony too!
Yes, I know... I was in Helsinki last August to study Finnish (I've been studying Finnish for 3 years, but I never visited Finland before), I din't learn much but I enjoyed my stay and watch this video at Kiasma! Great! Terveisia Italiasta! Agnese
This song sure give me "Allways look on the bright side of life" -feeling. Great piece indeed!
Paul Dve, you're supposed to stand on the right side if you plan to stay still, so those who are in a hurry can walk on the left side and get faster to wherever they're rushing to.
I just realized this "detail" after maybe 2 years of listening, brilliant!
Hilarious !!!
Harmonious !!!
Inspired !!!
I just loved it !!
(Straight to my "Favorites" ... )
I'm in the midst of a business trip in Oulu, Finland. I'm watchin' this, guess why? :-)
definitely the best complaints choir!
hands down.
This is actually my hometown hemmmmm go Finland go....!
excellent song!
i really like the overlapping lines - great composition and funny lyrics.
fantastic!
This is wonderful!!
That is amazing.
Wow, that whould be so awesome! Thanks (:
Love this
I love this video.
that was amazing! :)
Very well done, and now one of my favorites! :)
Absolutely Fantastic!!! ...Bainbridge Island, WA,us
This is legendary.
Wow. Love it.
SIMPLY GENIUS! I love it when they sing the nokia ring tone haha and then he picks up. How clever!
Great!
Thanks for subtitles...
Wonderful!
I love Finland and finnish people so much. I wish I could learn finnish language. So beutiful, so melodious
That complaints choir (just video ofcourse) were in Helsiki modern art museum, Kiasma, one or two years ago.
Mahtavaa, voikun itsekkin pääsis valittamaan tonne kuoroon.
This is amazingly good.
Makes me smile.
this is fascinating. brilliant!
Love the piano.
Very funny and poignant, beautiful voices and a wonderful piece of music. Regards from Southern California.
this one is awesome
!!!Video Clip of the year!!!
Beautiful
This is great!!
I love it!!!
I just love this. Wish I could have it as an mp3, so I could listen to it all day.