Creepy but awesome Finnish cover of "YMCA": video

Xeni Jardin 11:00 am Wed Aug 22, 2007

Oh, there is much to love in this "dance and exercise" cover of the Village People's "YMCA" by '70s rokk ikkons Gregorious, who were once huge, huge I tell you, in Finland. But what I love most: well, you're lookin' at him. Video Link. Best YouTube comment so far: "It's like an American Apparel ad gone wrong." (Thanks, Kent!)

Reader comment: Matti Laakso says,

Original source for the NMKY video: Link.

(DRM'd windooze player paid by Finnish tax euros, much like BBC's stuff these days.)

And yes, they actually took this stuff seriously. The background band consists of some serious jazz/progressive heavyweights such as Pekka Pohjola (Link). According to the YLE site, Gregorius failed to make it to the charts despite the overflowing Boy-powah!

Seems to me Lordi (Eurovision song contest 2006 winner) is only the latest iteration of painfully hilarious Finnish pop music to tickle that camp-funny bone! Check out this one: Link.

… on the other hand, eastern european, uh, superstar Zlad! doesn't fare much better: Link.

Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever

• Amazon's new Chinese thermal spycam vendor was blacklisted by U.S. over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities READ THE REST
Financial Times journalist Mark Di Stefano accused of accessing private Zoom meetings, then publishing the information

Mark Di Stefano of the Financial Times is accused by The Independent of accessing private Zoom meetings held by The Independent and The Evening Standard as journalists were learning how… READ THE REST
Hackers tried to break into WHO, which faces more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks

Hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Reuters reports. Security experts blame an advanced cyber-espionage hacker group known as DarkHotel.… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST