Gåte was an extremely popular group almost two decades ago. Released two very strong albums. A unique mix of folk music rock and also electronic elements. Not only hard music. Very melodic as well. I recommend listening to them. Personally I like one called Kjærleik a lot. (The original version, not the acoustic one). They broke up but got back together again after many years. They still have a lot of fans in Norway. Very strong live band.
Even though I usually don't like rock songs, I love this sm!! Ethnic stuff like that is always amazing Also, the Band's name is Gåte and the song is called Ulveham 😁
The verses in the song are an old Norwegian fairy tale! They sing in Old Norse, so even few Norwegians understand the lyrics just by hearing. If you read the text, however, you can understand it, and here is a translation of the adventure: The mother of a young girl dies while giving birth to the girl and the girl is left to her stepmother. The stepmother hates the girl, and transforms her into a horse which she sends to the king's castle. Then she transforms her into a sword which she sends into battle. Finally, she transforms her into a needle which she sends to the tailor's home. The stepmother thought everyone would hate the girl, but instead everyone thinks the stepmother is ugly and likes the girl. Therefore, the stepmother transforms the girl into a wolf, and she says that the curse will only be broken if the girl drinks her unborn brother's blood - the brother that the stepmother has in her womb. One day, while nine women are riding around the stepmother to watch over her, the wolf/girl pounces on the stepmother, tearing open her left side and drinking blood from the stepmother's heart. In that way, she also drinks the blood of the boy in her stomach, and the curse is broken. The whole fairy tale is told in "Ulveham - Full Version", while the ESC version is cut down to 3 minutes, and ends with the girl being told that the curse is broken when she drinks her brother's blood.
I knew this story sounded familiar! It's very similar to the story which the Swedish Folk Rock band Garmarna (who started in the early nineties and also have inspired Gåte) tell in the title track of their album "Vedergällningen" (released in 1999). The lyrics are, of course, in Swedish and not exactly the same, and the music in Garmarna's song is different and darker. Anyone curious should give it a try: czcams.com/video/BaUK8hna48g/video.html Since I read that Gåte stated that "Ulveham" is based on a medieval ballad and since I know that they like Garmarna, the lyrics to "Ulveman" were most likely inspired by "Vedergällningen".
They don't sing in old norse... they sing in some dialect (from Trøndelag, I believe). Have you looked at the lyrics? I agree that some is a bit tricky to understand when you hear the song, but when you read it I bet you can understand 95 % regardless of where in Norway you are from. That would not be the case for old norse.
@@wowwizIt is not a Trøndelag dialect😅 Most Norwegians really can't understand what they sing even when we read the text. It is definitely Old Norse, and as Norwegians, there was this big interview at NRK where Gåte had to explain what they sung about because no one could understand...
@@MissLoonasSpeech It is a great possibility for that inspiration, however it is also a quite known Nordic ballad so it could also be that Gåte wanted to write about it..
The name of the band is Gåte, and the song is called "ulveham". Not the other way around!😄 And the way of singing it isn’t "joiking" its "kveding", an old traditional Norwegian folk music way of singing. In the chorus they have put another traditional music/song tradition called "lokk". (A “Lokk" is a calling sound, which was meant to attracts attention from animals and people. In that sense, lokking is human-made sound to mainly call the animal's attention, either in the form of the voice or an instrument. It was used in agriculture to call the cows home, especially during summer pasture). Every far had their own, which they sung to the animals every day throughout winter when they were milked and fed, so they would come home to the right when they heard the sound in the summer. And therefore It exists quite a few old lokk melodies, like the one in the chorus in "ulveham").
The singing technique you are questioning in the reaction "lokking" which is an old Norwegian technique used to signal your animals to come back to the farm/to you in the mountain (sing them to you). Directly translated into "lure". @noosh101 The song is about a woman feeling cursed(she actually got cursed) and her struggle to get free from the spell and back to herself, which adds another symbolic layer to the "lokking" aspect.
Prime examples of this technique are "Cow Calling" by the Folk Rock band Gjallarhorn (whose members belong to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland): czcams.com/video/u3B46t8VoVM/video.html and "Vallåt från Hälsingland" by the Swedish Folk rock band Garmarna: czcams.com/video/IDucetjgqy0/video.html
This song is in very old Norwegian language, so old that I don’t understand all of it (I am Norwegian). You mentioned «joik» and this is not it. Joik is sami culture which originated from the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland (but they live all over the country now). Joik is what Fred does in KEiiNO. This is (I think) «kveding», which is a way of singing in the traditional Norwegian folk music. Originally from the more southern parts of Norway. ☺️
It´s right on the "joik part" but the singing technique you are questioning in the reaction is not kveding (which is the tradition of proclamating/ reading/writing the text) while the singing technique on top is "lokking" which is an old Norwegian technique used to signal your animals to come back to the farm/to you in the mountain.@@noosh101 The song is about a woman feeling cursed(she actually got cursed) and her struggle to get free from the spell and back to herself, which adds another symbolic layer to the "lokking" aspect.
@@esc.norway Yes, of course! That makes sense and makes the chorus even more powerful to me! The verses, though, that is kveding, isn’t it? The vocalist has a long background and education in kveding, does she not?
I've been a fan of Gåte for decades, and while I have been watching MGP/ESC for the last few years since my kids like it, I hadn't thought they would actually participate, and when they did, I was a bit concern they wouldn't look that good on stage, but I just saw their show, and wow. WOW! I think this could be a winner. Gunhild Sundli grew up with folk music, and she's had a very strong upbringing with folk music. Even as a child, she was recognized for her skills, and then they started Gåte when she was a teenager, and she further got a formal education in music and theater. So, she's a well educated singer and performer, but she's also said Gåte isn't that. Gåte is the raw force of nature. And I think that is what makes it so compelling. As for comments around joik, old norse, or nynorsk. It is neither. Joik is performed by the sami, old norse is a tongue long extinct from Norway, but which has a survivor on Iceland, and nynorsk is a written language. Gåte tends to use some old dialects, sometimes hundreds of years old, but I believe this song is based on living dialects, but for me coming from Oslo, it is not quite straightforward to read.
I think the screaming in the chorus is quite of a hook at least for me. Especially since she like pauses and starts screaming again. It has been stuck in my head for days but I love it ❤
Yes, I think we will send Gåte to Eurovision this year 👌 They sing in a conservative version of Norwegian Nynorsk, the minority written form of Norwegian. Last time we sent a song in Nynorsk was 1993, actually. Norwegian folk music mixed with rock will represent Norway in a very good way. They are famous in Norway and most often amazing live, as you are hoping for! 🔥
Well, the song wasn't in nynorsk, it was in Rogalandsk, but it was very close to being in nynorsk though, i honestly hope this song gets sent, even if it doesn't win it will make the rest of europe even more aware about nynorsk even though Jon Fosse did a good job of that.
Gåte will win for Norway. By far the best song. The letter "å - Å" is pronunced like the first A in "Always". The "e" at the end is also prononced like the "e" in "Eric". Gåte means riddle or mystery. They have lots ov videoes on CZcams, and a lot on Spotify. This is traditional Norwegian Folkmusic - Folklore (no joik) . But with a more moders style.
I will be in Trondheim Spektrum and this will be amazing to watch live! Usually we Norwegians have the same taste when we decide the winner, hopefully Gåte will take this home!
I am obsessed with this song can't put it in words (and I am such a pop/dance type of person) but watching the live performance I am fully absorbed! Masterpiece
I love this song and I really hope that they are as good live as this studio version is - it would be so good if Norway sends something like this - If KEiiNO doesn´t win, I really hope that this or Eya go to Eurovision 😀
Don't worry about their live performances! I saw them in Oslo 2 1/2 months ago and they were fantastic! If in doubt, check out the live clips on their official youtube-channel, the three additionally labeled "(Live in Oslo at Rockefeller Music Hall)" - you find them, if you scroll down to the bottom of the videos-section. "Ulveham" is a good song and I like it, but it's far from being their best song.
This is by far the song that has grown on me the most. I think this is the best option to send to Eurovision. I know they are one of the best live bands Norway has to offer, but TV production is not the same as a concert. I’m really excited of what it will look like on Saturday!
Norway might do well if they send this song, there seems to be a slight trend of non-english songs winning, like we saw with finland winning the last years televote, and måneskin winning a few years prior.
The name of this band is NOT Gate, it is Gåte. The å is pronunced like "oh" in English and it means riddle. It is not a joik, this dialect is from the west of Norway not the north. The dialect is Nynorsk.
The chanting in the background as u mention in the start is not joik, it is more of a "lokk" ‐ a way of calling, as when they call for the farm animals to come to you. We had one song with this in MGP 2022 as well, Mariah Mohns "Fly" i think it was....
The song is based on a 1000 year old folklore telling the tale of an evil stepmother who turns her stepdaughter into various items like a needle, sword and horse, for all the people in the kingdom to use. When the stepmother finds out that the people like her she turns her into a wolf and curses her to wander the forrest alone. The only way to break the spell is to drink her brothers blood. One day the wolf finds the stepmother in the forrest and eats her heart, the stepmother was pregnant, therefore she drank her brothers blood and broke the spell. The instrument is called a Nøkkelharpe, key harp. A traditional music instrument. Gunhild also uses "kulokk", in some elements. Which is how the maidens used to call the cows back in the mountains. Thank you for a great review!
Gåte is somewhere in-between highly respected domestic rock band and one-hit-wonder. Their debut single "Sjå Attende" is what made them blow up and ever since they've had a cult following but never been mentioned in "top 5 Norwegian rock bands" or anything. But in MY opinion this is their best song since their first big hit all those years ago.
Considering that their debut full-length album "Jygri" went platinum in Norway, whereas the single "Sjå Attende" is from their (at least commercially) less successful second full-length album "Iselilja", calling them a "one-hit-wonder" is inappropriate and I don't see how "Sjå Attende" made them blow up when the preceding full-length album "Jygri" was more succesful than "Iselilja" (though I personally liked the latter better). I also strongly disagree that "Ulveham" (which I do like) is their best song since "Sjå Attende" (which also was far from being my favourite song on "Iselilja"), but musical tastes happen to be different.
So if my translation is correct, it’s about a beautiful young woman, who’s mother died when she was born. Her brother is also dead and her stepmother asked her to go to the Kings castle and get fighting gear so she could revenge her brother. The kings gard gave her everything she asked because they liked her (the best). She also got dressed in wolf-fur. She red into the forest and met 9 riding women. Her stepmother also came riding. She killed the person who killed her brother (the woman in blue coat), ripped her heart out, and got her revenge («drink my brothers blood»). Please correct me or add more Iif you have a different analysis:) PS: The coolest part is this is a more than 1000 years old Norwegian folk-tale from the stoneage and possibly a true story!
It reminds me of France 2022 - Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn. Didn't go to well with them, so I hope for Keiino this year. But this is a well deserved runner up. The rest is trash.
Gåte was an extremely popular group almost two decades ago. Released two very strong albums. A unique mix of folk music rock and also electronic elements. Not only hard music. Very melodic as well. I recommend listening to them. Personally I like one called Kjærleik a lot. (The original version, not the acoustic one). They broke up but got back together again after many years. They still have a lot of fans in Norway. Very strong live band.
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Even though I usually don't like rock songs, I love this sm!! Ethnic stuff like that is always amazing
Also, the Band's name is Gåte and the song is called Ulveham 😁
loool whoops thanks for letting me know haha
@@noosh101 For the pronounciation of Gåte: "gawe-tuh" will get you fairly close.
Gåte is by far the one of the best band in Norway to make magical live performance - it’s insane!!
This is my winner 🐺
This is my winner too!❤
The verses in the song are an old Norwegian fairy tale! They sing in Old Norse, so even few Norwegians understand the lyrics just by hearing. If you read the text, however, you can understand it, and here is a translation of the adventure:
The mother of a young girl dies while giving birth to the girl and the girl is left to her stepmother. The stepmother hates the girl, and transforms her into a horse which she sends to the king's castle. Then she transforms her into a sword which she sends into battle. Finally, she transforms her into a needle which she sends to the tailor's home. The stepmother thought everyone would hate the girl, but instead everyone thinks the stepmother is ugly and likes the girl. Therefore, the stepmother transforms the girl into a wolf, and she says that the curse will only be broken if the girl drinks her unborn brother's blood - the brother that the stepmother has in her womb. One day, while nine women are riding around the stepmother to watch over her, the wolf/girl pounces on the stepmother, tearing open her left side and drinking blood from the stepmother's heart. In that way, she also drinks the blood of the boy in her stomach, and the curse is broken.
The whole fairy tale is told in "Ulveham - Full Version", while the ESC version is cut down to 3 minutes, and ends with the girl being told that the curse is broken when she drinks her brother's blood.
I like the song even more now. Wow...
I knew this story sounded familiar! It's very similar to the story which the Swedish Folk Rock band Garmarna (who started in the early nineties and also have inspired Gåte) tell in the title track of their album "Vedergällningen" (released in 1999). The lyrics are, of course, in Swedish and not exactly the same, and the music in Garmarna's song is different and darker. Anyone curious should give it a try: czcams.com/video/BaUK8hna48g/video.html Since I read that Gåte stated that "Ulveham" is based on a medieval ballad and since I know that they like Garmarna, the lyrics to "Ulveman" were most likely inspired by "Vedergällningen".
They don't sing in old norse... they sing in some dialect (from Trøndelag, I believe). Have you looked at the lyrics? I agree that some is a bit tricky to understand when you hear the song, but when you read it I bet you can understand 95 % regardless of where in Norway you are from. That would not be the case for old norse.
@@wowwizIt is not a Trøndelag dialect😅 Most Norwegians really can't understand what they sing even when we read the text. It is definitely Old Norse, and as Norwegians, there was this big interview at NRK where Gåte had to explain what they sung about because no one could understand...
@@MissLoonasSpeech It is a great possibility for that inspiration, however it is also a quite known Nordic ballad so it could also be that Gåte wanted to write about it..
It’s time Norway sends a rock band. And this song is actually very good + old norwegian lyrics
the text is actually in landsmål with some modifications, but yeah, quite close to old norwegian.
The name of the band is Gåte, and the song is called "ulveham". Not the other way around!😄
And the way of singing it isn’t "joiking" its "kveding", an old traditional Norwegian folk music way of singing. In the chorus they have put another traditional music/song tradition called "lokk".
(A “Lokk" is a calling sound, which was meant to attracts attention from animals and people. In that sense, lokking is human-made sound to mainly call the animal's attention, either in the form of the voice or an instrument. It was used in agriculture to call the cows home, especially during summer pasture). Every far had their own, which they sung to the animals every day throughout winter when they were milked and fed, so they would come home to the right when they heard the sound in the summer. And therefore It exists quite a few old lokk melodies, like the one in the chorus in "ulveham").
Love Gåte!! ❤
The singing technique you are questioning in the reaction "lokking" which is an old Norwegian technique used to signal your animals to come back to the farm/to you in the mountain (sing them to you). Directly translated into "lure". @noosh101 The song is about a woman feeling cursed(she actually got cursed) and her struggle to get free from the spell and back to herself, which adds another symbolic layer to the "lokking" aspect.
Prime examples of this technique are "Cow Calling" by the Folk Rock band Gjallarhorn (whose members belong to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland): czcams.com/video/u3B46t8VoVM/video.html and "Vallåt från Hälsingland" by the Swedish Folk rock band Garmarna: czcams.com/video/IDucetjgqy0/video.html
This song is in very old Norwegian language, so old that I don’t understand all of it (I am Norwegian). You mentioned «joik» and this is not it. Joik is sami culture which originated from the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland (but they live all over the country now). Joik is what Fred does in KEiiNO. This is (I think) «kveding», which is a way of singing in the traditional Norwegian folk music. Originally from the more southern parts of Norway. ☺️
ahh thank you for letting me know i had noooo clue but think the culture is awesome love it!
It´s right on the "joik part" but the singing technique you are questioning in the reaction is not kveding (which is the tradition of proclamating/ reading/writing the text) while the singing technique on top is "lokking" which is an old Norwegian technique used to signal your animals to come back to the farm/to you in the mountain.@@noosh101 The song is about a woman feeling cursed(she actually got cursed) and her struggle to get free from the spell and back to herself, which adds another symbolic layer to the "lokking" aspect.
@@esc.norway Yes, of course! That makes sense and makes the chorus even more powerful to me! The verses, though, that is kveding, isn’t it? The vocalist has a long background and education in kveding, does she not?
Yes that's right! And I totally agree with you. Just posted a reaction video including some "lokke" education if you are interested :D @@MarieSophieHJ
@@noosh101 The vocals in the beginning and throughout is some form of traditional herd call called "lokk" (meaning lure)
This is my favorite!
I've been a fan of Gåte for decades, and while I have been watching MGP/ESC for the last few years since my kids like it, I hadn't thought they would actually participate, and when they did, I was a bit concern they wouldn't look that good on stage, but I just saw their show, and wow. WOW! I think this could be a winner.
Gunhild Sundli grew up with folk music, and she's had a very strong upbringing with folk music. Even as a child, she was recognized for her skills, and then they started Gåte when she was a teenager, and she further got a formal education in music and theater. So, she's a well educated singer and performer, but she's also said Gåte isn't that. Gåte is the raw force of nature. And I think that is what makes it so compelling.
As for comments around joik, old norse, or nynorsk. It is neither. Joik is performed by the sami, old norse is a tongue long extinct from Norway, but which has a survivor on Iceland, and nynorsk is a written language. Gåte tends to use some old dialects, sometimes hundreds of years old, but I believe this song is based on living dialects, but for me coming from Oslo, it is not quite straightforward to read.
You need to see the live version! ❤
I think the screaming in the chorus is quite of a hook at least for me. Especially since she like pauses and starts screaming again. It has been stuck in my head for days but I love it ❤
Agree!
Agree!!
Yes, I think we will send Gåte to Eurovision this year 👌 They sing in a conservative version of Norwegian Nynorsk, the minority written form of Norwegian. Last time we sent a song in Nynorsk was 1993, actually. Norwegian folk music mixed with rock will represent Norway in a very good way. They are famous in Norway and most often amazing live, as you are hoping for! 🔥
Well, the song wasn't in nynorsk, it was in Rogalandsk, but it was very close to being in nynorsk though, i honestly hope this song gets sent, even if it doesn't win it will make the rest of europe even more aware about nynorsk even though Jon Fosse did a good job of that.
Gåte will win for Norway. By far the best song. The letter "å - Å" is pronunced like the first A in "Always". The "e" at the end is also prononced like the "e" in "Eric".
Gåte means riddle or mystery. They have lots ov videoes on CZcams, and a lot on Spotify.
This is traditional Norwegian Folkmusic - Folklore (no joik) . But with a more moders style.
I'm afraid people who vote at MGP are too silly to vote for this song
Måneskin won. Shum did well (also based on old folksong)
Yeah, but not in MGP, in MGP a joke entry usually wins...@@villstyringen1096
At least Gåte has a lot of fans! I hope that will help them go all the way!
I will be in Trondheim Spektrum and this will be amazing to watch live! Usually we Norwegians have the same taste when we decide the winner, hopefully Gåte will take this home!
I am obsessed with this song can't put it in words (and I am such a pop/dance type of person) but watching the live performance I am fully absorbed! Masterpiece
This is the type of song I imagine where people will find the experience of seeing it performed on stage more memorable than the song by itself.
I love this song and I really hope that they are as good live as this studio version is - it would be so good if Norway sends something like this - If KEiiNO doesn´t win, I really hope that this or Eya go to Eurovision 😀
Don't worry about their live performances! I saw them in Oslo 2 1/2 months ago and they were fantastic! If in doubt, check out the live clips on their official youtube-channel, the three additionally labeled "(Live in Oslo at Rockefeller Music Hall)" - you find them, if you scroll down to the bottom of the videos-section. "Ulveham" is a good song and I like it, but it's far from being their best song.
Keiinos song sucks… they only get worse and worse.
TUSEN HJERTELIG TAKK from the hart and spirit of Norway 🫠🙏🥰❤️🍀
This is by far the song that has grown on me the most. I think this is the best option to send to Eurovision. I know they are one of the best live bands Norway has to offer, but TV production is not the same as a concert. I’m really excited of what it will look like on Saturday!
pls react to miia, one of the best songs of mgp 24 (quality material)
Norway might do well if they send this song, there seems to be a slight trend of non-english songs winning, like we saw with finland winning the last years televote, and måneskin winning a few years prior.
Winner of Eurovision 2024!!
"It's not the most memorable"
I've been walking around my kitchen going AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA for 2 weeks.
The name of this band is NOT Gate, it is Gåte. The å is pronunced like "oh" in English and it means riddle.
It is not a joik, this dialect is from the west of Norway not the north. The dialect is Nynorsk.
The chanting in the background as u mention in the start is not joik, it is more of a "lokk" ‐ a way of calling, as when they call for the farm animals to come to you. We had one song with this in MGP 2022 as well, Mariah Mohns "Fly" i think it was....
The song is based on a 1000 year old folklore telling the tale of an evil stepmother who turns her stepdaughter into various items like a needle, sword and horse, for all the people in the kingdom to use. When the stepmother finds out that the people like her she turns her into a wolf and curses her to wander the forrest alone. The only way to break the spell is to drink her brothers blood. One day the wolf finds the stepmother in the forrest and eats her heart, the stepmother was pregnant, therefore she drank her brothers blood and broke the spell.
The instrument is called a Nøkkelharpe, key harp. A traditional music instrument. Gunhild also uses "kulokk", in some elements. Which is how the maidens used to call the cows back in the mountains. Thank you for a great review!
Omg you are the head off youtuber Charlotte Dobray. I was like "why she talking Bout Eurovision 🤔🤔" 🤣🤣 she is stunning too btw
Gåte is somewhere in-between highly respected domestic rock band and one-hit-wonder. Their debut single "Sjå Attende" is what made them blow up and ever since they've had a cult following but never been mentioned in "top 5 Norwegian rock bands" or anything. But in MY opinion this is their best song since their first big hit all those years ago.
Considering that their debut full-length album "Jygri" went platinum in Norway, whereas the single "Sjå Attende" is from their (at least commercially) less successful second full-length album "Iselilja", calling them a "one-hit-wonder" is inappropriate and I don't see how "Sjå Attende" made them blow up when the preceding full-length album "Jygri" was more succesful than "Iselilja" (though I personally liked the latter better). I also strongly disagree that "Ulveham" (which I do like) is their best song since "Sjå Attende" (which also was far from being my favourite song on "Iselilja"), but musical tastes happen to be different.
This is just clueless. Gåte had a Norwegian grammy with the album previous to the album that had the track «Sjå Attende».
So if my translation is correct, it’s about a beautiful young woman, who’s mother died when she was born. Her brother is also dead and her stepmother asked her to go to the Kings castle and get fighting gear so she could revenge her brother. The kings gard gave her everything she asked because they liked her (the best). She also got dressed in wolf-fur. She red into the forest and met 9 riding women. Her stepmother also came riding. She killed the person who killed her brother (the woman in blue coat), ripped her heart out, and got her revenge («drink my brothers blood»).
Please correct me or add more Iif you have a different analysis:)
PS: The coolest part is this is a more than 1000 years old Norwegian folk-tale from the stoneage and possibly a true story!
LIve my winner norway
The very best song but people will never pick this 😢
It reminds me of France 2022 - Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn. Didn't go to well with them, so I hope for Keiino this year. But this is a well deserved runner up. The rest is trash.
Agree 100%. I am really feeling the same. I like Gåte more than Fulenn, but for Eurovision, I'm not sure...
Look at Ukraine in 2021. They were HIGH.
Far away from joik. Pure Norwegian folk music -way of singing, melody, and lyrics.
is good song for final but i think is not going to win mgp 2024 first chorus is very good but than is lit bit messy for my