Fairytale - Alexander Rybak - Metal Cover (Eurovision 2009 Norway)
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This video has been made purely out of love for the Eurovision Song Contest, without any commercial purposes. (It has been monetised by the original rights owners.)
Music & Lyrics written by: Alexander Rybak
Original: • Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (LIVE) | Norwa...
Here's another viewer request that's been overdue way too long! I had already started recording this song last year, prior to it being requested, actually - but then, Spirit in the Sky came along, and made sure it would take a while until I'd do another song from Norway.
But of course, the delay was mostly about me trying to get that fiddle riff right... or at least acceptable... ^^ Those double-stops still got a little screechy here and there.
Also, funnily enough, the content-ID system matched this song with a Finnish cover version from "The Smurfs"? But both versions are owned by Sony, since they took over EMI, where Fairytale was originally published first.
Alexander Rybak has actually covered quite a few Eurovision songs himself, as well as having played together with Norwegian Black Metal band Keep of Kalessin:
"Amar pelos dois", English version: • Alexander Rybak - ESC Winner 2017 Portugal...
"The Divine Land": • Keep of Kalessin & Alexander Rybak - MGP/E...