Kun me diskossa suudeltiin [English translation]

I saw you for the first time in a new light

It was the summer of our confirmation camp

You had visited a hairdresser in Salo1

You got a cool permanent nest2

I came on to you with coke bottle glasses3

There were no lasers4 back then

Chernobyl created a safety hazard5

But it was a wonderful time

When we fell in love, it was intense

We closed our eyes to the thrill of the time

Your little brother got a Commodore6

We listened to that thrumming every night

Gorbatchev7 visited Manu8

Finland was a door to the world for him.

Bon Jovi drove girls crazy when we kissed at the disco

The depression came and we fought about everything

Money can press down love

We used to thank mom for some crisp bread

When we had no money at all

In the end, my career cost me my family

You can't have everything in life

But the whole 80's you endured me

And it was a wonderful time

When we fell in love, it was intense

We closed our eyes to the thrill of the time

Your little brother got a Commodore

We listened to that thrumming every night

Gorbatchev visited Manu

Finland was a door to the world for him.

Bon Jovi drove girls crazy when we kissed at the disco

We saw each other again at the Lohja Beach Jam9

in 2008

Exactly 15 years had passed

I was still crazy about you

We had both grown up

Yet there was some magic in your eyes

The whole 80's you endured me

And it was a wonderful time

When we fell in love, it was intense

We closed our eyes to the thrill of the time

Your little brother got a Commodore

We listened to that thrumming every night

Gorbatchev visited Manu

Finland was a door to the world for him.

Bon Jovi drove girls crazy when we kissed at the disco

1. A town in south-western Finland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo,_Finland2. A perm hairstyle resembling a bird's nest3. Eyeglasses with very thick lenses in the frame - named after the thick bottoms of Coca-Cola contour bottles.4. Night club laser lights5. The Chernobyl nuclear accident in April 1986. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster6. The Commodore 64 home computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_647. Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet president at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev8. Mauno Koivisto, the Finnish president at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauno_Koivisto9. https://rantajamit.fi/

• Artist:Arttu Wiskari