The lyrics mostly deal with Risto's personal life that is strongly enhanced by psychedelic drugs, mental instability (seems to be some kind of paranoid schizophrenia) and weird visions. Although dealing with subjects that are often idolized in music, Risto conveys these experiences with such sincerity, rawness, and humor that the listener cannot withhold sympathy for the poor soul wandering through drug-induced psychoses and seeing visions of squirrels, heaven and the face of God.
Although signed to a small independent label ( Fonal Records), Risto has achieved wide coverage in media and rather big sales with its last album Aurinko aurinko plaa plaa plaa (translated: Sun Sun Blah Blah Blah).
Discopallo
Risto Lyrics
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Ne ovat laittaneet kulmakarvoihinsa väriä
Isin tytöt ajattelee, et ne lattialle menee
jonkun kivan pojan eteen vähän keimailee
Isin tytöt tahtoo viedä pojan piiskattavaksi
Nuorempikin on jo turmeltunut vanha natsi
eikä poika voi aavistaa, mitä nuo kaksi
Isin tytöt astuu sisään siniseen savuun
Strobovalo hämmentää ajantajun
On kiiltävät kaiteet, hyvät äänilaitteet,
seinän kokoinen peili
paras kohta biisissä
ja katossa discopallo
No, kuka siellä muka ois ollu joraamassa ja
kiinnittänyt niitten tyttöjen huomion, ellei meitsi?
Ja kuka niitten mukaan ois lähtenyt tosta vaan
ellei oteta huomioon Kakea, Jakea, Makea, Sakea, Pakea
Takea, Rakea, Hakea...
Toinen nuoli hellästi mun niskaa ja supatteli
jotain mun korvaan, kun toinen työnsi hieromasauvalla
mun perseeseen hiljaa ja minä olin lukevinani kirjaa
Niillä oli siellä 200 kenkää, mallinukke, älyttömän
iso peili ja katossa discopallo
The song Discopallo by Risto tells a story of young girls who want to be a little mysterious and alluring by dying their eyebrows in different colors. These girls want to dance with cute boys and flirt with them, and they are not afraid to show it. They have older friends who have corrupted their innocence, and they want to do the same to the boys they dance with. The song portrays a scene of a disco, where the girls enter a place full of blue smoke, flashing strobe lights, shiny railings, top-notch sound systems, and a wall-sized mirror, which is the best part of the song. The girls have a pleasure toy that they use while they dance.
The lyrics of Discopallo describe the disco scene very vividly, with a depiction of an environment where young, naïve people are being corrupted by older, more experienced individuals. The song is a commentary on the societal norms of the time, where dancing and going to the disco were considered taboo and frowned upon. Risto is trying to bring attention to the underworld of the disco scene and the ill-natured characters present in such places.
Line by Line Meaning
Isin tytöt tahtoo olla hiukan salaperäisiä
Girls of daddy want to be a little mysterious
Ne ovat laittaneet kulmakarvoihinsa väriä
They have put color on their eyebrows
Isin tytöt ajattelee, et ne lattialle menee
Daddy's girls think they will go to the dance floor
jonkun kivan pojan eteen vähän keimailee
And flirt a little in front of some nice boy
Isin tytöt tahtoo viedä pojan piiskattavaksi
Daddy's girls want to take the boy to be whipped
Nuorempikin on jo turmeltunut vanha natsi
Even the younger one is already corrupted like an old Nazi
eikä poika voi aavistaa, mitä nuo kaksi
And the boy cannot imagine what those two
pienissä sievissä päissään oikein tuumailee
Are really plotting in their little cute heads
Isin tytöt astuu sisään siniseen savuun
Daddy's girls step inside blue smoke
Strobovalo hämmentää ajantajun
Strobe light confuses the sense of time
On kiiltävät kaiteet, hyvät äänilaitteet,
There are shiny railings, good sound systems,
seinän kokoinen peili
A mirror as big as a wall
paras kohta biisissä
The best part of the song
ja katossa discopallo
And a disco ball on the ceiling
No, kuka siellä muka ois ollu joraamassa ja
Well, who else would have been dancing there and
kiinnittänyt niitten tyttöjen huomion, ellei meitsi?
Caught those girls' attention, if not me?
Ja kuka niitten mukaan ois lähtenyt tosta vaan
And who else would have gone with them just like that,
ellei oteta huomioon Kakea, Jakea, Makea, Sakea, Pakea
If we don't count Kake, Jake, Make, Sake, Pake
Takea, Rakea, Hakea...
Takea, Rakea, Hakea...
Toinen nuoli hellästi mun niskaa ja supatteli
The other arrow gently touched my neck and whispered
jotain mun korvaan, kun toinen työnsi hieromasauvalla
Something in my ear while the other pushed me with a massage wand
mun perseeseen hiljaa ja minä olin lukevinani kirjaa
Quietly into my ass and I was reading a book
Niillä oli siellä 200 kenkää, mallinukke, älyttömän
They had 200 shoes, a fashion doll, incredibly
iso peili ja katossa discopallo
Big mirror and a disco ball on the ceiling
Contributed by Sebastian G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.