Eurovision 1977 Finland

Monica Aspelund performing Lapponia, the Finnish entry at the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest. One of Finland s most wonderful and underrated entries (and heaven knows they have quite a few ) and certainly the most unusual song in that year s contest, this is a song that beautifully combines the fairytale element of the lyrics (it talks about a mythological witch) with a Nordic jazz ambience in the melody and the arrangement, all perfectly helped by Monica Aspelund s excellent performance (right up to t