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.

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