Lyrics in English for `Ojat on rajat' the 1991 album, `Valassaaret' the 1993 album, `Onni' (1995), and `Säätiedoituksia merenkulkijoille' the 1996 LP, and some songs only available on singles. The singles tracks may well be on the compilation album `Hittejä, piisejä ja hittipiisejä'. But my copy is on loan right now.
Maybe when my Finnish gets really good I'll get round to translating Aallonmurtaja and Aknestik's later stuff. But what's here is good.
What are they singing about?
The idea of the translations is just to give an idea of what Aknestik's songs are about. And how they're written. To begin to really understand the lyrics, you have to understand Finnish, and you have to understand Finland; it would also be helpful to understand the Finnish west coast in summer, what it means to grow up and live in a small town, and what it means to be a bit crazy. So basically, you haven't a chance of understanding unless you're actually Jukka Takalo, but what the hell, how much of the pop music you listen to (even in your own language) do you really understand? :-)
When Finnish finally becomes a language it's cool to listen to and cool to speak outside Finland, Aknestik will be in everyone's record collection.
Visit Ville Ukkonen's wonderful (and official) Aknestik home page. For sound samples, click on the word 'biisit'.