"He heard the sound of the distant voice / you'd better watch out! / you'd better watch out!" * Kim Wilde: House of Salome * written by Marty & Ricky Wilde * produced by R. Wilde * released on Oct 24th 1983

"Good time / in the sunshine / comin' sunshine / going sunshine" * Jay & the Miracles: Understand * produced by J & TM * recorded in spring 1990

"But there's one thing, one thing we all have in common" * Randy Newman: I Want You to Hurt Like I Do * produced by James Newton Howard & Tommy LiPuma * released in Sep 1988

"Now listen honey" * Dusty Springfield: I Only Want to Be with You * written by Mike Hawker & Ivor Raymonde * produced by Johnny Franz * released on Nov 8th 1963

Gute Nacht (composed by Adolf Eduard Marschner in the mid-1800's, lyrics probably trad.) * performed by an unidentified sextet of "graduates", incl. choirmaster Matti Ranin (as Kaarlo "Kalle" Härkönen) * footage from the film Katupeilin takana (directed by Toivo Särkkä, premiered on Nov 4th 1949)

Matti Ranin 1926 - 2013

"Sen kadut oli vaikeat / vaan rakkaat kulkea" * Susi-Artturi: Sen valoissa on rakkaus (written by Jukka Alihanka) * released in 1987

"Kun tulet teiltä maailman / soi riemu samaten mun syömmessäin" * Laila Kinnunen: Kun hämärtää (music by The Three Suns: Artie Dunn, Al Nevins & Morty Nevins, Finnish lyrics by Saukki) * the original version of the song titled Twilight Time (with lyrics by Buck Ram) released in 1958 * footage from Kuukauden suosikit (a tv program from the 1960's) * first recorded in Finnish in 1958, never by L. Kinnunen

Mathilda May & Yves Montand: La Parfumerie (music by Michel Legrand, lyrics by Jacques Demy) * footage from the film Trois places pour le 26, directed by J. Demy, released in France on Nov 23rd 1988

Night-Piece (Notturno) * composed by Benjamin Britten in 1963 \ performed by Anthony Goldstone (piano), released on Aug 22nd 2006

"Kari Rydmanin näköiseltä mieheltä kysyin, mikä on elämän tarkoitus" * Mikko Alatalo: Maailmanlopun meininki (M. Alatalo & Harri Rinne), footage from Syksyn Sävel -kilpailu (broadcasted on Oct 17th 1983 on MTV1)

"You've got a smiling face / you took the one I love so far away" * The Motors: Airport (Andy McMaster) * the single version * produced by A. McMaster, Nick Garvey, Peter Ker * released in May (or earlier) 1978

"We changed the light to low / it made our spirits glow / if it were up to me / I'd never let you go" * Blondie: End to End (music by Chris Stein, lyrics by Deborah Harry & Romy Ashby) * originally released in 2003 * Sessions@AOL on Feb 24th 2004

"I dreamed that I was young and smart and it was not a waste / I dreamed that there was a point to life and to the human race" * Lou Reed: The Day John Kennedy Died \ produced by L. Reed & Sean Fullan \ released on Feb 23rd 1982

"Excuse and pardon me / stay for a while / maybe we'll never meet again" * Talking Heads: Lifetime Piling Up (written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) \ produced by Steve Lillywhite & Talking Heads \ released in 1992, prior to Oct 10th

"On kenties meille ilta tämä viimeinen" * Berit: Tässä nyt ja näin (music by Veikko Samuli, lyrics by Juha Vainio) \ released originally in Apr (or earlier) 1983 \ footage from Vapputanssit (Apr 30th 1983 at 6.15 - 6.45 pm on MTV1)

"The European cannon is here" * David Bowie: Station to Station \ live at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo on Dec 12th 1978 \ originally released in 1976

"Kaikki pois piiloistaan" * Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset Värit: Viimeisellä rannalla (music by Juha Saaresaho, Arttu Leskinen, Riku Järvinen, Hansu Saarinen, Juha Lehti, lyrics by J. Lehti) * produced by S.E.H.V. * released in autumn 1993 * directed by Leo Pee, shot in Oct 1993 (at least on the 21st)

"Life: a shadow and a dream" \ Song For Athene * composed by John Tavener, lyrics by Mother Thekla; written in Apr 1993, first recorded in 1994 or earlier, published in 1997 * performed by Kammerkór Suðurlands (South Iceland Chamber Choir, conducted by Hilmar Örn Agnarsson); released in autumn 2013

"Rainy days never say goodbye..." * Gazebo: I Like Chopin (music by Pierluigi Giombini, lyrics by Gazebo) \ produced by P. Giombini \ released in late summer (or earlier) 1983 \ directed by David Rose

"Minä lasken elämäni silkan typeryyden huomaan / minä katson kiittäneeni jo kyllin korkeaa" * CMX: Fysiikka ei kestä (music by CMX: Janne Halmkrona, Tuomas Peippo, Timo Rasio, A.W. Yrjänä, lyrics by Yrjänä) \ produced by Rake with Halmkrona & Yrjänä \ released on Nov 11th 2003

"Les yeux sans visage" * Billy Idol: Eyes Without a Face (written by B. Idol & Steve Stevens) \ produced by Keith Forsey \ released on Nov 10th 1983 \ video directed by David Mallet, released in Jun 1984

"Milloinkaan et enää vieressä portin sä odota minua, et" * Metro-tytöt: Hiljainen kylätie (music by Toivo Kärki, lyrics by Reino Helismaa) \ released in 1953 (recorded on Apr 10th)

"Minä niistä kertoisinko kelle / sinä kun poissa jo oot?" * Olavi Virta: Menneitä muistellessa \ the 1963 re-recording (originally released in 1948)

"On helppoa vaatia kohtaloltaan / mutta alistua siihen on vaikeampaa / pääteasemasi olla nyt voi mikä lie / eikä pitemmälle jatku kulku" * Tapio Rautavaara: Kiskoja pitkin (music by Jaakko Salo, lyrics by Saukki) \ footage from the 2010 rerun (Jul 27th, Jul 30th or Aug 1st on Yle Teema) of Reissumies topparoikassa (premiered on Jan 31st 1968) \ not recorded until 1973

"Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you coming home?" * Laurie Anderson: O Superman (For Massenet) * produced by L. Anderson & Roma Baran * released in 1981 * directed by Josh White

"How soon will I be holy / how much will this cost guru" * Alanis Morissette: Baba (music and production by A. Morissette & Glen Ballard, words by A. Morissette) \ released on Nov 3rd 1998

"Can you help me occupy my brain? / oh yeah" * Poverty Stinks: Paranoid (written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) \ the song released originally in 1970, by Poverty Stinks in autumn 1990 * produced by Ari Vaahtera

"Gabriel before me / Raphael behind me / Michael to my right / Uriel on my left side / in this circle of fire" * Kate Bush: Lily (written and produced by K. Bush) \ released on Nov 2nd 1993

"Mitä ne läskipäät lapsista ymmärtää? / vain kaavakkeen käskivät puolittain täyttämään" * Leevi and the Leavings: Matkalla omiin hautajaisiin (Gösta Sundqvist) \ produced by ANDERS FROM (Niklas Nylund) & Erik Kääriäinen (G. Sundqvist) \ released on Jun 13th (Fri) 2003

"Nyt meillä nähdään nykyajan voitto / radiosta raikaa maailman soitto / korvessa kaukaisessa / pirtissäkin pienoisessa" * Tatu Pekkarinen: Laulu radiosta (trad., lyrics by T. Pekkarinen) \ released in 1929