Various Artists - Metropolis (1980)

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  <pre>"The end of the 1970's was a period of change in Finnish rock'n'roll. Punk turned over the old authorities and introduced a new, energetic rock'n'roll generation, that woke many people from their sleep. The time of passivity was over. The young people who didn't relate to the punk movement, adopted the 1950's style and the type of white people's rock music played at that time. The youth press made them "young rebels", like James Dean. Older musicians had to make way for the younger ones in public, and find that their popularity had waned. This forced them to re-estimate themselves and their music, revive and strengthen themselves. The coexistence of the new and the old generation of musicians, and the competition for respect and publicity kept the creative powers up in both leagues. The success of one band helped other bands to push themselves forward. The eagerness and ambitions grew. The last summer and autumn of the 1970's formed the hottest period. The most resourced of punk bands had developed into skillful units. Amateurishness had evolved into professionalism, the first LP's had been released and the second ones were about to be finished. The groups gigged a lot, attracting attention and popularity. The capital city, Helsinki, became the center, the "Metropolis", where the youth operated most actively. The strong need of accentuating an own identity gave birth to youth gangs with their own music and their own symbols. The punkers had their energetic and loud music, the rockers - usually called "diinit" or "diinarit" (the deans) or "fiftarit" (the Fifties people) - had their lightly bopping rockabilly music. In the summer concerts at Kaivopuisto the rockers used to throw eggs at punk bands playing on stage. The relations between punks and deans took violent forms, even though music attempted to cool down the heat. Another center for happenings in Helsinki was the rock club in Kallio, Kill City, invaded by youngsters and renovated into their own music center. The Kill City club, the studio, and punk group Maukka Perusjätkä & Sotaa Apatiaa Vastaan attracted a lot of attention in newspapers and TV. The "Sotaa Apatiaa Vastaan" (War Against Apathy) movement spread into other cities and eventually took on more organized forms. In September the decision-makers in Helsinki ordered Kill City to be demolished. The grief about losing this great rock club was relieved by live music association ELMU's own Lepakkoluola (Bat Cave), which was originally a long-serving hostel for alcoholics. New wave hippies, punkers, fifties rockers et. al. renovated it into a new music center for themselves. The third important gigging place was (and still is!) Tavastia Club, which served the older generation. New bands carried on with Tavastia's honourable rock'n'roll tradition with good concerts and won new audiences. This triple album "Metropolis" is a documentary of this period. It portrays the state of Finnish rock'n'roll at the turn of the decade; in what direction bands had developed after the punk revolution, and what the future looked like. "Metropolis" assembled both new and old generation groups, punk rock, rock'n'roll, rockabilly and Shadows-type "rautalanka" music into one whole. On this triple LP young people played together in harmony for a good cause: good music and a need to express themselves. And it wasn't just about something as abstract as music, it was about life that pulsated stongly on the streets and in the basements. Every performance in its own way reflected the thoughts, state and maturing of these young people. The compilation contains many different views about music and life, and they're all essential. These live recordings give an opportunity to hear the bands live and fiery, whether it's about pop, punk or rockabilly. The performances were recorded in Kill City and Tavastia. Most of the groups were from Helsinki, except for Ratsia (Pihtipudas) and Vaavi (Salo). These two bands give this compilation a kind of colour and perspective lacking from the youth of major cities. Ratsia's gig - recorded in January 1980 in Tavastia - is one of the highlights of "Metropolis". Despite being exhausted after much touring, they give everything on stage, without sparing a single ounce of energy. The same feeling could be experienced in Pelle Miljoona & 1980's Tavastia gig in December 1979 - the farewell gig for this band. The incredible energy of both the band and the audience resulted in an unforgettable night. A metropolis is an urbane environment: asphalt, concrete and cars. Young people need space, and they demand it too. When you have no other place to go to, you have to act out in the streets. Life is restless. This restlessness and frustration can be heard in the fierce rock'n'roll of Briard and Widows. On stage, Widows were chaos personified. They were the ultimate expression of the environment they lived in. Widows, Briard, Rock Boys and Ducktails played a central role in transforming the wooden building of Kallio's youth center into the Kill City club. The fight for keeping this club led into demonstrations in August-September 1979, and these bands took part in them. Widows, Briard, and Rock Boys + The Agents were recorded during these happenings. When Maukka Perusjätkä & Sotaa Apatiaa Vastaan performed out in the Kill City yard, the building was already being demolished by bulldozers. "Metropolis" is immense. Although many performances are in English, the songs tell a lot about Finland. You can't just adopt an indifferent approach to it." - Slightly modified from the liner notes by Juhani Kansi - NOTE: The CD edition of "Metropolis", released in 1996, is a single disc edition that omits all the rockabilly, rock'n'roll and guitar instrumental performances and only includes the punk rock material. Here you have the complete original 3-LP version, including the bands that were left out from the CD reissue: Jim Pembroke Band, Rock Boys, The Agents, Ducktails and Tuomari Nurmio & Köyhien Ystävät. On the original vinyl, these non-punk performances were sprinkled here and there in between the punk band performances, but here I've tucked them to the end of the whole set. Enjoy! This is an important chunk of Finnish music history! Metropolis: Ratsia: 1. Saippuaa (Soap) 2. Ole hyvä nyt (Please Now) 3. Ne ei haluu kuunnella (They Don't Wanna Listen) - Wasted Life (Stiff Little Fingers) - 4. Pikkuaikuinen (Little Adult) 5. Me noustiin kellareistamme (We Rose From Our Basements) 6. Tämä hetki ja tulevaisuus (This Moment and the Future) 7. Gotta Getaway (Stiff Little Fingers) 8. Louie Louie (Richard Berry & The Pharaohs) 9. New Rose (The Damned) 10. Raw Power (Iggy & The Stooges) Briard: 11. Backstreet Boys 12. I Want Ya Back 13. Miss World 14. F**k the Army 15. Superstars Widows: 16. The Famous Five 17. Hang Yourself 18. Cartoon Rock 19. What You Want Maukka Perusjätkä: 20. Mun kaverit / Elvis (My Buddies / Elvis) 21. Meidän perhe (Our Family) 22. Säpinää (Action) Vaavi: 23. Tulevaisuus? (The Future?) 24. Uhoan voimaa (I Emit Power) 25. Me voitais vaikka rakastella (We Could Make Love) 26. Suomalainen yleisö (The Finnish Audience) Pelle Miljoona 1980: 27. Juosten kohti elämää (Running Towards Life) 28. Ajassa tapahtuu (Things Happen in These Times) 29. Tämä sukupolvi (This Generation) 30. Raitsikka oot (You're a Streetcar) 31. Koko yö (The Whole Night) Jim Pembroke Band: 32. All Your Love Rock Boys + The Agents: 33. That's All Right 34. Blue Suede Shoes 35. Can't Help Fallin' in Love The Agents: 36. Kitara twist (Guitar Twist) 37. Snake Shake The Ducktails: 38. Yes, I Love You Baby 39. Drinkin' Wine (Spo Dee O Dee) 40. Eileen Tuomari Nurmio & Köyhien Ystävät: 41. You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover 42. Come On http://finnishrock.blogspot.com/2008/08/metropolis-1980.html </pre>
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Files

File	Size
01 Saippuaa-Ratsia.mp3	4.4 MB
02 Ole hyvä nyt.mp3	3.9 MB
03 Ne ei haluu kuunnella.mp3	6.8 MB
04 Pikkuaikuinen.mp3	5.3 MB
05 Me noustiin kellareistamme.mp3	8.2 MB
06 Tämä hetki ja tulevaisuus.mp3	9 MB
07 Gotta Getaway.mp3	6.9 MB
08 Louie Louie.mp3	7 MB
09 New Rose.mp3	5.1 MB
10 Raw Power.mp3	7.4 MB
11 Backstreet Boys-Briard.mp3	5.5 MB
12 I Want Ya Back.mp3	5 MB
13 Miss World.mp3	4.8 MB
14 ---- the Army.mp3	5.1 MB
15 Superstars.mp3	6.4 MB
16 The Famous Five-Widows.mp3	5.7 MB
17 Hang Yourself.mp3	3.8 MB
18 Cartoon Rock.mp3	3.5 MB
19 What You Want.mp3	7.4 MB
20 Mun kaverit-Elvis-Maukka Perusjätkä.mp3	5.7 MB
21 Meidän perhe.mp3	6.7 MB
22 Säpinää.mp3	7 MB
23 Tulevaisuus-Vaavi.mp3	5.8 MB
24 Uhoan voimaa.mp3	3.2 MB
25 Me voitais vaikka rakastella.mp3	7.7 MB
26 Suomalainen yleisö.mp3	2 MB
27 Juosten kohti elämää-Pelle Miljoona.mp3	6.1 MB
28 Ajassa tapahtuu.mp3	5.6 MB
29 Tämä sukupolvi.mp3	6.7 MB
30 Raitsikka oot.mp3	5.5 MB
31 Koko yö.mp3	4.7 MB
32 All Your Love.mp3	18 MB
33 That's All Right.mp3	5.5 MB
34 Blue Suede Shoes.mp3	5.5 MB
35 Can't Help Fallin' in Love.mp3	7.6 MB
36 Kitara twist.mp3	4.8 MB
37 Snake Shake.mp3	5.5 MB
38 Yes, I Love You Baby.mp3	3.8 MB
39 Drinkin' Wine (Spo Dee O Dee).mp3	4.2 MB
40 Eileen.mp3	4.1 MB
41 You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover.mp3	5.1 MB
42 Come On.mp3	4.7 MB
metropolisbooklet.jpg	1.2 MB
metropolisbookletinner.jpg	1.9 MB
metropolistray.jpg	0.7 MB

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