Keijo Minerva - Taikausko

KEIJO MINERVA

Taikausko / Salli veit satasein

EMI 5e006-35088
1975
7"






Taikausko is a groovy cover of Stevie Wonder standard Superstition sung - of course - in Finnish. There's three different versions of Finnish Superstition-covers and I consider this one to be the best overall. The song starts with a 16 bar open drum break almost identical to the original and continues as a groovy guitar driven funky track just like the Stevie one. The lyrics by Raul Reiman are quite fierce with stories of spiritism, emergency baptisms, agony and magic. Same lyrics are also used in the other version of the song recorded by Aaron. This 45 is quite hard to find, especially with the picture cover. The song is also relased on Mukavaa musaa 9 compilation (Odeon 1975) which is much easier to find. B-side song Salli veit satasein is a cover of Judy teen by Steve Harley.