Video: Loituma's 'Ieva's Polka' an Internet Hit!
Loituma's a capella version of 'Ieva's Polka' has become a cult hit on the Internet. Originally spurred by the posting of a short, looping video featuring an anime girl swinging a leek! Suddenly many home-made short videos using the tune as a soundtrack started popping up on the video site youtube.com. By now the various versions of the videos posted on youtube have amassed well over 1 million streams!!!
The arrangement is witty, and the song itself (a young man seduces Ieva out from under her mother's nose at a dance.) is full of good natured folk humor. This is easily the most viewed performance of traditional Finnish folk music in history!!
Comments