Paradise Oskar, la apuesta de Finlandia en Eurovisión
Paradise Oskar será el encargado de representar a Finlandia en Eurovisión 2011 con la canción "Da da dam".
Tras Paradise Oskar nos encontramos a Axel Ehnström, un cantante de Helsinki de tan solo 20 años apasionado del pop y el jazz al que le encanta expresar sus emociones a través de las canciones que lleva años componiendo.
Su nombre artístico lo toma prestado de uno de los personajes de la escritora Astrid Lindgren, un viejo vagabundo que se gana la vida tocando el acordeón.
Paradise Oskar consiguió su pasaporte a Düsseldorf después de recibir casi el 50% de los votos del público en la gran final nacional para elegir al candidato de Finlandia en Eurovisión. Su "Da da dam" es una canción que habla sobre el empeño de un niño por salvar el planeta, de estribillo pegadizo y que interpreta a la guitarra, siguiendo la estela del belga Tom Dice, quien quedó en el top ten de la final de Eurovisión el pasado año con su "Me and my guitar".
Letra de "Da da dam"
Peter is smart,
he knows each European country by heart.
He likes to sit under an apple tree on his yard
and wait for an apple to fall.
When Peter is nine
his teacher tells him that this planet is dying,
that someone needs to put an end to it all
and so when Peter comes home
he tells his mom:
I'm going out in the world
to save our planet.
And I ain't coming back
until she's saved.
I'll walk my way to see
the King and parliament.
If they don't help
I'll do it by myself.
I don't wanna be
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da
Peter is young,
he tries to talk
but no one listens to him.
Everybody's busy living and dying,
not thinking about what they're doing.
But look at the boy who
went out in the world
to save our planet.
And he ain't coming back
until she's saved.
He walked his way to see
the King and parliament.
But they all turned their heads
and walked away
singin'
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da
And now I'm going out in the world
to save our planet.
And I ain't coming back
until she's saved.
I'm walking in the footsteps
that young Peter made.
And everybody is welcome to join,
and sing with me:
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da
Da da dam, da da dam
da da da da da da da da dam