mä oon aivan loppu

i think jere could absolutely make a joke that bojan wouldn't find funny, however(!) he would still laugh. jere would have to cross some serious lines for bojan to not laugh at his jokes. so even if jere made a joke bojan didn't find funny, nobody would ever know because he would still laugh out of pure fondness that he cannot control around jere.

i mean we know that jere's mere presence makes him smile non-stop, and any words out of jere's mouth make bojan want to either smile, laugh or try and imitate his accent. we know he laughs when jere says unfunny shit. sometimes it's because he finds it funny but sometimes it's also just because it's jere and bojan has no other way to express the immense love, admiration, fondness and care that he feels towards jere at all times.

the thing is, i didn't think much of the song when it first came out. it felt like they only released it in order to promote eurodisko. i felt like there wasn't much to it.

but because i never paid much attention to this song, what ended up happening is that the one and only actual rap verse of the song always took me by surprise. i never remembered it was there. and the verse always makes me chuckle a bit, every time i hear it, so i thought i'd go through some of the bits and references of it. because why not and just post the thing.

i'll just roughly translate the whole verse because again why not, it's short. even though some bits are a pain in the ass, but i'll get to them (so finns if you disagree with something ni älkää vielä pelihousujanne repikö mä yritän kyllä)

Käy diskojen kuningas ilman paitaa diskoteekis ku diskot raikaa Joku tulee kysyy kuin paljon painaa (Very big disco balls) Kyllä nämä painavat hullun lailla ja kyllä näillä painaapi sunnuntaina Diskopallot on tullu bailaa (Very big disco balls)

Disco king goes without a shirt on in the discotheque as disco plays Someone comes up and asks how much [they] weigh (Very big disco balls) Yes they weigh like crazy and yes they'll do on a Sunday Disco balls have come to party (Very big disco balls)

this might be on purpose or it might not be, but the first line could be referencing an older Finnish classic, a song called Käyn ahon laitaa by Juha Vainio. it's a very well known song and one that jere would most likely have learnt in elementary school music classes. the firsts line of the chorus goes: Käyn ahon laitaa, minä ilman paitaa -> I go by the glade/clearing without a shirt on the story of the song is about doing what you want, being carefree and enjoying summer.

in this context it of course paints a very specific and vivid mental image, and it's obviously also referencing the whole paidaton riehuja thing, but yeah, it makes me chuckle.

another part that makes me chuckle is the line "kyllä näillä painaapi sunnuntaina" because it's pretty clever.

a quick finnish lesson is in order once again.

painaa = to weigh as in "kuinka paljon tämä painaa?" -> "how much does this weigh"

painaa, slang = to go, usually quickly or with purpose as in "go to hell" -> "painu helvettiin" and in similar vein painaa, slang = "keep going" or "go on" as in "painaa töitä" -> "work hard" or "painetaan menemään" -> "let's keep going"

painaa, slang = to fuck as in "painoin sitä" -> "i fucked them"

so. in terms of rapping skill it's a clever word to use because he has just been talking about the weight of things, so he's repeating the same word but the meaning of it changes. it flows nicely like this and creates clever rhythm and is just sort of verbally neat.

but the line "kyllä näillä painaapi sunnuntaina" is also pretty funny because you could interpret it like "these will allow me to keep going on Sunday" or like i wrote "these will do for Sunday" as in like... whatever i got going on on Sunday, these will get me through.

or, if you wanted to, you could also interpret the line as "yeah, these are good to fuck with on Sunday." like yeah, when i spend my Sunday fucking, these are good for that.

which i think is just clever because the testicle innuendo is obviously ever present in this song, so either way you interpret it, he's peacocking about his balls either being so powerful that they get him through life or so massive that they're the best for fucking.

except the phrasing isn't actually like in your face kind of peacocking. there are small things in the phrasing (like starting sentences with kyllä and adding -pi at the end of painaa, as in painaapi, which a linguist would have to explain to you, i can't explain to you why it matters but it matters and it's not part of his own dialect, which is something he sometimes does for comedic effect) and small things about his own cadence that make these lines very... fake modest, if you know what i mean. like he's like "ooohh you noticed my massive balls? oh well, you know, they weigh like crazy but what can you do! and i guess they're good for my Sunday activities so there's that!"

and while we're at fake modesty and peacocking, let's look at the chorus

I got big, big things coming Isoi juttui tulos, honey

i tried to find where isoi juttui tulos originates from, but i could not find it. it's a sort of a meme in finland at this point. the lyrics already give you the translation: big things coming.

but it's that exact phrasing that makes it part of that "meme." it's funny. it's vague. it's that thing where like a bunch of dudebros will be all mysterious like yeah we got big things coming actually. and then the big thing is their new podcast about being dudes that nobody listens to, you know? like that's the vibe of that exact phrasing at this point. it's so over-used that it has become satire of itself.

so all of these things, this character he builds with just a few lines, a pompous disco king who is a little bit in love with his own balls and his own ideas, it just all really highlights that it's not a song to take very seriously (if the disco testicles didn't already clue you in) but like. even though i said i didn't think much of this song when it came out, damn it is catchy! and allu did a superb job with the music, i must say. a true dance track.

and i will say, this sort of thing is exactly where you can see why vesa-matti loiri is his idol. i know vesa-matti loiri might seem like a very confusing character and artist to foreigners at this point, like what was his deal, but that's because he contained multitudes and his career had many phases. this sort of thing reminds me of the comedy side of his artistry, the parody and comedy music he made and the outrageous comedy characters he played. it's just all sort of... very in line with a specific side of finnish culture and following certain comedic traditions that are a part of this country. just a new version of them.