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European Brithers and Sisters,
In but a few short hours - ie at 8pm HMT (Her Majesty's Time) the Celestial Choirs o' the 50th Eurovision Song Contest will strike up, and kingdoms, powers and principalites will rise and fall in consequence. There will be joy and celebration in some countries (the UK) and wailing and gnashing o' teeth in others (Norway - nil poit). Dinnae miss it! Nip oot tae the shops now for your popcorn and fizzy drinks - time is short! (Apologies tae those frae non European nations wha will no' be able tae partake o' this divine feast o' aurality. I pray your guid indulgence in letting me post this and I may hope ye ge tae see the video soon) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2005/ Heedrum Ho |
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Despite being very European, this is something I'll gladly skip
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Huh?
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I don't like the type of music that usually comprises this event, if that answers your rather elaborate question.
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At least they are having fun. |
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JLL!
Wig Wam may be guid, but it's a tradition that Norway gets nul poit. Here's how it goes when the final scores are announced... UK - Les 144 poits Everybody Else - Les in-between-poits Norveige - nul poit. (Powerdoc! Excuse me for lapsing intae French - it's jist mair in keeping wi' the great traditions o' Eurovision) Heedrum Ho |
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will europe survive? tune in next time...
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Strauss anyone? Listening to his masterpiece right now. Go Germany. Of course, now the German music scene is probably filled with black-shirt-wearing Ugofs who say things like "now ees the time on Shprockets when we dahnce!"
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Moogs, I hope you were joking. Strauß was Austrian, not German ...
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Alas! A black, black day for civilisation! Tae think that the country that invented music should be so shamefully treated. The end o' the world is nigh. All the certainties o' the universe are shaken and the very constellations o' the heavens thrust frae their celestial paths. Conspiracy! Skullduggery! Legerdemain! Mass Hypnotism! Norway 125 pts!
Still - it's damn guid entertainment is it no'? Whit aboot the auld Moldovan granny wi' the drum! Roll on Athens 2006 when Her Majesty's Mighty Britannic Empire o' Musical Excellence will juggernaut the competition and reassume the world throne. Heedrum Ho |
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Well it can't be so bad - after all, you beat the Germans!
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AND the French...
well look at that... |
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Wait, why do I care?
We in America know we can outperform you european chaps... so we don't even enter such silly competitions... |
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You may now throw the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in my general direction. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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I think it's a crying shame that no-one got "Nil Poit". It goes against all Eurovision Tradition.
I loved the drumming granny, particularly when juxtaposed with the sub-Red Hot Chilli Peppers band. Norway deserved to win. PS: America doesn't enter because it's not allowed to. |
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I'll take Strauss over Arnold any day, that's for sure. Also there is also Herman Maier. But I have a question for you: being a lover of German food (except cabbage / kraut), where does most of it originate from... Austria, or Germany?
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Is there a translation discrepancy I'm missing that explains why a song competition is called Eurovision?
Did it start as a radio-only contest prior to the MTV era and the new name get picked by committee? Solo artists only, right? No Robert Palmer backing babes, despite the fact it seems a 'Video' contest? Does the Euro version have as much shagging of judges by contestants for career boost/PR? Last edited by curiousuburb : 2005-05-22 at 12:09. |
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Regarding Moogs' post above:
There's also Mozart, Freud, Wittgenstein, etc. Regarding food: Austrian food is much more influenced by eastern/southern Europe: Hungarian, Rumanian, Italian, etc. But it's not like German food is very much influenced by Austria, or vice versa. There are quite a few common things, but I don't know which way the influence went (or if anybody really knows). Interestingly enough, though, many of the differences in language between Germany and Austria are words for foods (names of vegetables, etc.). |
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Interesting. Not to completely derail the Good Sir Mac's thread (at least my schizo brain is staying on point with the European part!)... but, is there a big difference between say Austrian and Slovakian and Czech food the way there is a big difference between French and Spanish or Spanish and Italian?
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Oh, and I too hope that Sir Mac doesn't mind - we could of course also add Her Majesty's favority meal to the discussion |
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ghoti - you are very welcome. By the way - the food o' kings, emperors, galactic rulers, demiurges and Her Current Majesty - is Fish & Chips (in newspaper wi' lashings o' vinegar).
Mr Curiousuburb and Mr Billybobski- The Eurovision Song Constest - for a' its apparent glamour and uninhibited grooviness - is in fact a titanic collision o' opposing cultures, red in tooth and claw, and as such is no' withoot its gravitas. Kingdoms may rise; empires may fall, but Eurovision goes on. Frae the moment the contest begins wi' the stirring bars o' Beethoven's Ode Tae Joy (he forfeited the copyright after losing to Lulu's Boom-Bang-a-Bang in 1968) nations are galvanised for musical war. Crash, Bang, Wallop, Dinge Dong. Le France trois poit! Heedrum Ho |
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I think it's about time that they reinstated the rule where everyone has to sing in their native language, instead of stealing ours all the bloody time. I'll give the French that - at least they sing in Francais! |
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