{"id":2404,"date":"2013-09-12T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:41:55","slug":"kari-tapio-olen-suomalainen-the-legendary-finnish-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/kari-tapio-olen-suomalainen-the-legendary-finnish-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"<img src=\"\/images\/flags\/Finland.gif\"> Kari Tapio &#8211; &#8221; Olen Suomalainen&#8221;: The legendary Finnish Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4m5x2s-fc36f8d738c9ccf5e9ac774e57e240b6\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-4m5x2s-fc36f8d738c9ccf5e9ac774e57e240b6 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:14.2857%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-4m5x2s-fc36f8d738c9ccf5e9ac774e57e240b6 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_video  avia-builder-el-first  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-450x253.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-495x371.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Interviews-KariTapio'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-2407 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2407\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Interviews-KariTapio' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/interview\/2013\/09\/Interviews-KariTapio-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Kari Tapio is a legend in Finland. Many of Tapio\u2019s songs have influences from country music. He did lots of Finnish versions of the songs of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristoffersson. Tapio died of a heart attack in Espoo, Finland in 2010 (he was born 1945)<\/p>\n<p>During his career, he was one of the most popular singers in Finland for decades; having sold over 830,000 certified records (during his career and posthumously), he was and may still be the best-selling soloist in the country. Note: Finland\u2019s population isslightly over 5 million.<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-video av-2ppxdg-5530548c59cec08b2135f0265a7651c8 avia-video-16-9 av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7RJP_z--08Q'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RJP_z--08Q?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>This song Olen Suomalainen (I am Finnish) \u2013 made me super nostalgic. I met Kari Tapio a few times when I lived in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Voi jospa tiet\u00e4isiv\u00e4t maailmalla,<br \/>\nNyt mit\u00e4 voikaan olla taivaan alla,<br \/>\nOn t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 kansa, jonka kyyneleist\u00e4 aikaan saisi aika monta valtamerta<br \/>\nOn t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 monta yksin\u00e4ist\u00e4, mutta<br \/>\nNiin paljon kielletty\u00e4 rakkautta,<br \/>\nNyt etten siit\u00e4 riit\u00e4 kertojaksi taulut eik\u00e4 ik\u00e4v\u00f6iv\u00e4t lemmenlaulut,<br \/>\nOn t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 el\u00e4m\u00e4 raskasta ty\u00f6t\u00e4<br \/>\nJa siin\u00e4 harvemmin on onni my\u00f6t\u00e4,<br \/>\nSen tiet\u00e4\u00e4 vain yksin suomalainen<\/p>\n<p>kertos\u00e4e:<br \/>\nOn pohjant\u00e4hden alla<br \/>\nT\u00e4\u00e4 koti mulla mainen,<br \/>\nM\u00e4 el\u00e4m\u00e4st\u00e4 laulan,<br \/>\nSill\u00e4 oonhan suomalainen<br \/>\nM\u00e4 rakkaudesta laulan,<br \/>\nOn siin\u00e4 mies ja nainen<br \/>\nPohjant\u00e4hden alla,<br \/>\nEl\u00e4\u00e4 suomalainen<\/p>\n<p>On t\u00e4ss\u00e4 maassa itsep\u00e4inen kansa,<br \/>\nYst\u00e4v\u00e4t jos pit\u00e4\u00e4 toisistansa,<br \/>\nEi siin\u00e4 erottaa muu silloin voi kuin yksin kuolema ja virkavalta vain,<br \/>\nMe k\u00e4ymme vastam\u00e4keen sielu surren,<br \/>\nMutt\u2019 siit\u00e4 nousemme hammasta purren,<br \/>\nMe mutkan j\u00e4lkeen k\u00e4ymme mutkaan n\u00e4hd\u00e4ksemme,<br \/>\nettei kannattanutkaan<br \/>\nOn t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 el\u00e4m\u00e4 raskasta ty\u00f6t\u00e4,<br \/>\nJa siin\u00e4 harvemmin on onni my\u00f6t\u00e4,<br \/>\nSen tiet\u00e4\u00e4 vain yksin suomalainen.<\/p>\n<p>kertos\u00e4e<br \/>\nkertos\u00e4e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Connect with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karitapio.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KariTapio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Connect with <a href=\"http:\/\/ilkar.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/kari-tapio-dies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ilkar.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kari Tapio is a legend in Finland. Many of Tapio\u2019s songs have influences from country music. He did lots of Finnish versions of the songs of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristoffersson. Tapio died of a heart attack in Espoo, Finland in 2010 (he was born 1945) During his career, he was one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29931,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/29931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}