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• Member: FoxJones
• Title: Aimon Virsi
• Premiered: 2006-07-21
• Categories:
  • Comedy
  • Drama
• Song:
  • Viikate Aimon Virsi
• Anime:
  • Cromartie High School
• Participation:
  • Animecon IV, Animecon IV AMV-contest (2006-08-20)
• Comments: Winner: Best overall video (Judges' choice) @ AnimeCon IV Finland
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  This is a serious drama about the schooltime friendship and the nostalgy we feel for it later in our lives.
  ..no.. seriously.
  
  
  I originaly meant to pair the song with Sexy Commando Masaru-kun. I'm glad I didn't start making this one before I had seen Cromartie. Compared to original idea (which would have created a complete comedy-AMV) I soon realized that with Cromartie I could also bring up the serious side of the song. Original music video by Lapinlahden Linnut/Tapio Liinoja also had school bullying as a theme. Now with Cromartie High School full of bad asses and the serious (and still not so serious) mood and style of the anime opened up a chance for quite interesting combination. I'm glad I managed to make this one pretty close to the image/idea I had.
  
  ..and I won't be doing any lip sync AMVs for long time. Damn I hate doing those.. but this concept really needed lip sync so.. *shrug*
  
  
  This was a very hard one to translate. Lots of double meanings and wordplays. Most important one to know is that Onni means "luck" or "happiness". Part "Onni täällä vaihtelee" could also be translated as "Onni is switching gears". Same thing with "Näin elämässä vaihdetaan", which could also be "This is how you switch gears in life". Go figure...
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  Lyrics/Translations:
  
  Meitä oli kaksi, Aimo ja minä
  Koulussa istuttiin vierekkäin
  Autokuski Onni oli Aimon isä
  Onni vei Aimoa eteenpäin
  
  There were two of us, Aimo and me
  At the school we sat side by side
  Driver Onni was Aimo's father
  Onni drove Aimo forward
  
  Aimo ei osannut koulussa mitään
  Mutta pyörää ajoi vaikka väärinpäin
  Tapahtui tunnilla sitä tai tätä
  Onni vei Aimoa eteenpäin
  
  Aimo didn't do anything right at school
  But he could even cycle backwards
  Even if this or that happened during class
  Onni drove Aimo forward
  
  Opettaja aamuisin vedätti virren
  Aurinko paistoi harmooniin
  Aimo sai ylleen ilon pilven
  Etupenkistä häntä seurattiin
  Ja laulettiin
  
  Teacher lead a hymn every morning
  Sun shone over the harmonium
  Aimo received a cloud of happiness above him
  He was followed even from the front seats
  and we sang...
  
  Onni täällä vaihtelee
  Taivaan isä suojelee
  Aimon käsi liikkui ja heilui
  Ei tule virsi tästä enää rankemmaksi
  
  Luck always changes here
  the Heavenly Father protects
  Aimo's hand moved all around
  No hymn can get any harder than this
  
  Meitä oli kaksi, Aimo ja minä
  Isot pojat takana vierekkäin
  Autokuski Onni oli Aimon isä
  Paljon ymmärsin vasta jälkeenpäin
  
  There were two of us, Aimo and me
  Big boys in the back side by side
  Driver Onni was Aimo's father
  Much of it I understood afterwards
  
  Aimo sai kauniin vaimon ja pojan
  Pulpetista siirtyi ratin taa
  Pojalleen opetti saman etunojan
  Näin elämässä vaihdetaan
  
  Aimo got beautiful wife and a son
  From behind the desk he moved behind the wheel
  He tought the same front support position to his son
  This is how you change in life
  
  Opettaja aamuisin vedätti virren
  Aurinko paistoi harmooniin
  Aimo sai ylleen ilon pilven
  Etupenkistä häntä seurattiin
  Ja laulettiin
  
  Teacher lead a hymn every morning
  Sun shone over the harmonium
  Aimo received a cloud of happiness above him
  He was followed even from the front seats
  and we sang...
  
  Onni täällä vaihtelee
  Taivaan isä suojelee
  Aimon käsi liikkui ja heilui
  Ei tule virsi tästä enää rankemmaksi
  
  Luck always changes here
  the Heavenly Father protects
  Aimo's hand moved all around
  No hymn can get any harder than this