Eurovision Song Contest
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If I was a popstar I would love to do it. It gets like a billion viewers internationally. Credibility is credibility but if you're in the business of making pop why not go all out?
Sweden does really well every year because they take it so seriously. The way they pick their entry is a televised competition similar to X Factor where people vote for the song and star they enjoy most. We just get someone at the BBC to rifle through a filofax until they find someone free that weekend.
Sweden does really well every year because they take it so seriously. The way they pick their entry is a televised competition similar to X Factor where people vote for the song and star they enjoy most. We just get someone at the BBC to rifle through a filofax until they find someone free that weekend.
john eden
male pale and stale
It's one of those things, like the death of a royal, that reminds you how marginal you are - which is a useful lesson I think.
I do an annual very drunken watch with a load of mates. It is pretty weird - music nerds talk about cross-pollenation and odd hybrids of things leading to greatness. This is not that, but the sheer momentum is quite compelling.
The frivolity of it is quite sinister when matched up against the geopolitics. What is Europe, why is Israel in it, etc.
I do an annual very drunken watch with a load of mates. It is pretty weird - music nerds talk about cross-pollenation and odd hybrids of things leading to greatness. This is not that, but the sheer momentum is quite compelling.
The frivolity of it is quite sinister when matched up against the geopolitics. What is Europe, why is Israel in it, etc.
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
If I was to stumble on it on the box, the thought/question of ‘where are fucking ISIS when you need them?’ wouldn’t be far from my mind.
IdleRich
IdleRich
But didn't Ireland keep winning it at one point? That was the inspiration for the Father Ted episode I think, the winner has to host it and it was bankrupting the country and so they picked Father Ted to represent them with My Lovely Horse and guarantee a defeat. Or something.
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
i saw it yesterday and thought it was quite good. i even liked some of the songs and i think some of them would score some points on the eurovision song contest.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
it's one of those bewilderingly continental European things that will remain forever beyond the grasp of true American understanding
see also: FIFA, the IOC, wars of religion, Dada and surrealism, ancient shrines, Nutella, Europass, and, let's be honest, continental philosophy
the inverse being the many aspects of America that elude European understanding, yr de Tocqueville-type insights notwithstanding
see also: FIFA, the IOC, wars of religion, Dada and surrealism, ancient shrines, Nutella, Europass, and, let's be honest, continental philosophy
the inverse being the many aspects of America that elude European understanding, yr de Tocqueville-type insights notwithstanding
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
Britain having been more or less outside the continental cultural milieu since it was expelled from the continent at the end of the 100 Years War
and so more or less exempt
and so more or less exempt
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
written by none other than Gainsbourg
it is interesting how Eurovision seems to have diverged from Europop proper into a world completely of its own
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
one thing I enjoy is how it seems to combine the pinnacle of acultural transnational pop with deeply atavistic nationalistic elements predating American pop culture hegemony. Europe Endless.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
see, there it is - in America the sinister is frequently, usually garish, but it's never frivolous. we're too earnest for that.
it's the same reason American politicians are usually laughably cheap to buy compared to your typical FIFA delegate
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
tbh even in a different time I find it pretty hard to believe she didn't have some inkling, especially as he was famous for double and triple-entendre
nothing against France Gall, this is one of my favorite pop songs ever. there's an excellent Folamour edit as well.
Leo
Well-known member
perhaps small gains, but Nutella's been making a move in the last decade. love of hazelnut-chocolate is universal. yes, Americans still consider it to be exotic and wouldn't put it on par with a combo like Reese's, but still. baby steps.