Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit

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Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit
General information
Genre (s) Pop , rock , jazz
founding 1988
Website www.sirelwood.com
Founding members
Juha Lehti
Juha "Junnu" Saaresaho
Pete Loikala (until 1990)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar, harmonica
 Juha Lehti
Keyboard, piano, accordion, backing vocals
 Juha "Junnu" Saaresaho
Arttu Leskinen
(since 1989)
guitar
 Jussi Virtanen
(since 1997)
Bass guitar
 Pekka "doll" Luomanmäki
(since 2004)
former members
Jogi Kosonen (1991)
Hansu Saarinen (1991-2003)
Bass guitar, violin
 Riku Järvinen (1990-2004)

Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit (literal translation: Sir Elwoods quiet colors ) is a Finnish jazz , pop and rock group from Kannelmäki on the outskirts of Helsinki .

Musical

The group itself describes their style as kellarijatsi or keskiolutjatsi (roughly: basement jazz or beer jazz ), but their pieces also follow common pop and rock schemes in structure and melody. The instrumentation is often extensive, with many wind instruments and without electronic amplifications and modulations. The texts mostly deal with everyday topics such as love, farewell, life in the suburbs or getting older, or give descriptive scenic impressions and snapshots. Similar to the music, the lyrics are often underlaid with a slight melancholy.

Some of her better-known pieces are thematically retained cover versions of international songs ( Älä itke - in German " Don't cry " - is Don't Cry No Tears by Neil Young , Kaduilla Kallion - "In the streets of Kallio " - is In The Neighborhood by Tom Waits ), but the majority of the songs are original compositions. The band has not yet revealed whether the name has a deeper meaning, and if so, which one. The Finnish singing group has not released any albums outside of Finland .

Band history

The band was formed when Juha Lehti and Juha Saaresaho, who met while working at the Myyrmäki youth center in northern Helsinki, began recording demo tapes with Pete Loikala in 1988. After initially only being known locally, the band landed their first major success in 1993 with the single Viimeisellä rannalla . From then on, records and singles regularly reached the top 20 of the Finnish sales charts. The greatest success compilation Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia and the album Kymmenen tikkua laudalla achieved gold status, the highest chart position of an album was so far number 2 (1999, for Pyhää kamaa .)

On June 13, 2004, Riku Järvinen, bassist and violinist in the group, died in an accident. However, the first plans to split up the band afterwards were put aside when they met Järvinen's friend Luomanmäki at a memorial concert for Järvinen and Järvinen joined the band for him. Thus, after the second greatest hits record, which had already been produced, a new single with Suomineito and later a new album could be released.

Sir Elwoodin vieraskirja

In 2014 singer Lehti and guitarist Virtanen started a side project called Sir Elwoodin vieraskirja ( Sir Elwood's guest book ). In early 2015 the album Sinä iltana sataa was released and a little more than a year later a second album called Runoilija was released .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Puunukke
  FI 4th 17/1997 (11 weeks)
Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia
  FI 15th 
gold
gold
40/1998 (19 weeks)
Pyhää kamaa
  FI 2 41/1999 (5 weeks)
Pohjoisesta tuulee taas
  FI 7th 42/2001 (5 weeks)
Ilta illan jälkeen
  FI 22nd 39/2002 (2 weeks)
18. tammikuuta
  FI 8th 39/2003 (4 weeks)
Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia, Osa 2
  FI 15th 12/2005 (8 weeks)
Sattuman kauppa
  FI 4th 16/2007 (7 weeks)
Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia, Osa 3
  FI 10 05/2009 (17 weeks)
Kaipuun vuosirenkaita
  FI 11 40/2010 (3 weeks)
Varjoissa vapaan maailman - 20 vuotta myöhemmin
  FI 50 33/2011 (1 week)
Sinä iltana sataa (as Sir Elwoodin vieraskirja)
  FI 17th 04/2015 (5 weeks)
Runoilija (as Sir Elwoodin vieraskirja)
  FI 39 13/2016 (2 weeks)
Singles
Sua seuraan
  FI 14th 38/1999 (2 weeks)
Suomineito
  FI 17th 24/2006 (2 weeks)
Pahaa verta
  FI 18th 04/2007 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • Varjoissa vapaan maailman (In the Shadows of an Empty World) 1991
  • Yö tekeestenä varkaat (The night makes us thieves) 1992
  • Kymmenen tikkua laudalla (Ten pieces on a plate) 1993 (FI:goldgold)
  • Puoli viisi aamulla (half past four in the morning) 1995
  • Puunukke (wooden doll) 1997
  • Pyhää kamaa (holy clutter) 1999
  • Pohjoisesta tuulee taas (It comes from the north again) 2001
  • 18. tammikuuta (January 18) 2003
  • Sattuman kauppa (Department Store of Happiness) 2007
  • Kaipuun vuosirenkaita (Annual Rings of Tendons) 2010

Sir Elwoodin vieraskirja

  • Sinä iltana sataa (It rains in the evening) 2015
  • Runoilija (poet) 2016

Best of records and live albums

  • Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia (Of shadows, thieves and old photographs) best of 1998
  • Ilta illan jälkeen (The evening after the evening) live 2002
  • Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia, osa 2 (Of shadows, thieves and old photographs, part 2) best of 2005
  • Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia, osa 3 (Of shadows, thieves and old photographs, part 3) best of 2009
  • Varjoja, varkaita ja vanhoja valokuvia, 20 vuotta myöhemmin (Of shadows, thieves and old photographs, 20 years later) live 2011
  • Klassikot (classic) best of 2012

Singles

  • Tango / Karhubaari (Tango / Bärenbar) 1990
  • Ikkunas alla / Hummani hey (Under your window / Hey humanity) 1991
  • Sellaista se on / Älä itke (Don't cry, no tears ) 1991
  • Neiti Kevät / Tarjoilija / Eräänä päivänä (Miss Spring / Service / One Day) 1992
  • Kerran elämässä / Karhubaari / Yksin (Once in a lifetime / Bear bar / Only) 1992
  • Mustasukkaisuus / Kylätie (31.8.) (Jealousy / Dorfstrasse (31.8.)) 1992
  • Viimeisellä rannalla / Viimeinkin ( The Last Shore / Finally) 1993
  • Minä ja taysikuu (Pitkin rantaa) / Katso tahtiä (Me and the full moon (along the beach) / Look at the stars) 1993
  • Kuolen / Maa mustasukkainen (I'm dying / Jealous Land) 1995
  • Hämärän taa (single-edit) / Sirkus (Behind the Twilight / Circus) 1995
  • Vanha valokuva (Old Photography) 1996
  • Perunamaa (Potato Country ) 1997
  • Puunukke (single edit) / Uusi isäntä (HH) (wooden doll / Becoming a father) 1997
  • Kannelmäki -68 (single edit) (Kannelmäki '68) 1998
  • Kollikissa (Cat) 1999
  • Sua seuraan (I follow you) 1999
  • Maailman kaunein maalaistyttö (The most beautiful country girl in the world) 1999
  • Pyhää kamaa (holy clutter) 2000
  • Kekkonen ( Kekkonen ) 2000
  • Torkkelinmäki (Torkkelinmäki) 2001
  • Johnny Ö. (Johnny Ö.) 2001
  • Tyttöjen päiväkirjat (Diaries of Girls) 2001
  • Pohjanmaan vuoret (The Mountains of Ostrobothnia ) 2003
  • Bussi 17 (Bus 17) 2003
  • Syysyö (autumn night) 2004
  • Rock 'n' Roll (Rock 'n' Roll) 2005
  • Suomineito (Finnish Miss) 2006
  • Pahaa verta (Bad Blood) 2007
  • Rouva Fortuna (Mrs. Fortuna) 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sir Elwoodin hiljaiset värit in the Finnish hit parade finnishcharts.com, accessed May 1, 2008
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: FI

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