What is your favourite (not)Eurovision song? (Now with Hockey. Don't ask, just discuss!)
@Kamigoroshi posted some of his favourite songs from the German contest, what were not selected to go to the international contest. In many cases the not mainstream, more interesting songs are left out. Share your favourite with us!
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http://www.mediaklikk.hu/video/gaspar-laci-love-and-bass-akusztik/
Also, what we actually send is decent too i think.
Studio Version:
Live Stage Version:
But noo.... it always has to be some bloody mainstream radio song. O how I wish to see something like Lordi's Eurovision win back in 2006 this year:
I freely admit that hardly ever song wins that I like the best, yet in this era of strife and cynicism the sight of ESC audience is truly heartwarming to me: that sea of different flags, waved supporting each and every act in spirit of joy.
Was time to do my pre-contest research so been browsing here with a run-through of different songs in the background, in instance of enjoyable multitasking...
ESC 2016 specifically, and I am actually a little mystified at myself.
My top favorite at the moment: Ivan of Belarus (Help You Fly), goodness me!
I knew this was the wolves / nudity fellow, so I was assuming after such gimmicks that the song would be awful, but it's not. Plus I liked a lot that the boy was not performing to cameras only but had such a cutesy rapport to audience. If lanky, slightly disaffected charm is yer thing, Ivan has quite some (IMO).
Right behind: France, Norway and Belgium.
I've a spot for FR, and quite exceptionally the video really enhances the song, love its message! With NO, I am a total sucker for syncopation, and love the rhythmic change to refrain. Norway is a great ESC nation in my opinion, would have had both Margaret Berger ('13) and Carl Espen ('14) take the trophy home. I actually fancy myself quite level-headed, but I was actually pretty much swooning after lovely Carl Espen...
I am though slightly torn about BE, because I am not sure if it is a tribute or rip of legendary bass-hook of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." Well executed though, and to be clear, the song certainly has its own thing going on.
I was very proud of our (=FI) last year's entry by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät that is punk by mentally handicapped guys, I think you might like it! I was pretty crushed when it did not progress to the final.
The win by Lordi was obviously big, big thing for us! Considering I am a Rammstein fan, among others, I obviously had no prob whatsoever with the metal-sound.
To me, best contests are musically varied - I still remember 2013 fondly in this regard.
And I don't even have a thing for lanky mod-boys - I think!
However, I want to signal my total approval that our national broadcaster YLE is making available sign-language translation of lyrics to all hard-of-hearing ESC fans for the first time. Maybe some ESC detractors might thank for small mercies there, lol.
So, a must see video. Gamla Stan by Magnus Carlsson, Sweden - solid Swedish ESC pop, very danceable as you will see. But maybe even more importantly, a most delightful sing-language interpreter - YLE, watch this and learn!
PS. It takes a lot from a Finn to admit, but Swedes do have an edge on us. YLE will actually be sharing the Swedish broadcast, and I am happy and proud of Scandi-cooperation here! Tusen tack, Sverige.
Actually, I would like to encourage any ESC fans; or anyone who would like to see more robust services provided to people with disabilities, to writer their own national broadcasting corporation to join the fray, if this has not been announced already for your country.
I am presuming YLE contributes something towards the cost, and maybe there are not vast numbers of such fans - but that is not the material point, the principle rather is, IMO. Livestreaming is a low-threshold option anyway, surely, if full transmission is not on the cards.
ESC to my experience is an institution enjoyed as friends and/or family. If anyone deaf could even more fully participate thx to this service that's only nice, I find.
Edit: duplication of "encourage" removed.
BTW - there is also a rather hot version of this interpretive zeal or truthfulness, where quite a ripped interpreter caused bit of positive stir by mimicking the actual Swedish ESC hopefuls by removing his T-shirt, as the two boys on stage singing about joys of swimming did. Do you wish me to dig and find it for you?
Joe & Jake this year is actually even better, I find. Best from UK for ages!
Except, uh-oh, they sing "We're in this together." Goes into hashtag voteconservative overdrive, soul departs and goes to... Grimsby. (meta-ref "guess facts about next poster", and being playful)
Edit: Jake & Joe to correct form - took opp to correct bit of spelling etc.
The Joe & Jake thing to me is an authentic pop song that is better than most.
The issue I see with UK is that they'd really like to win Eurovision again soon, but put pretend they do not really care - so the artist that goes has to be thick-skinned. Whomever does not bring the trophy home gets quite savaged, I'd say - leading to sort of ESC tailor-made pieces.
Just my personal take, this.
@BGLover care to maybe tell us where our souls are?
Sorry, do not quite agree about Måns Zelmerlöw (of 2015 ESC glory).
Curious circle come complete, but as this year I do not (quite) begrudge Belgium pretty much referencing legendary bass-riff of Queen, I do not hold the eventual inspirations to Heroes against Måns.
What outraged me is that the animated gnome (tomte) figure in the background was a direct rip from 3rd party. OK, they changed it for ESC - but how about apology and compensation?
To me, Belgium (Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside) was the clear winner. Pray check, and tell me what you think! :-)
Unlike Måns who merely performed the song, Loïc @19 composed his own. Plus choreographed the unstolen stark, cool visuals of that performance. I was very impressed. I always love it better when the actual song-writer is on stage.
Here's one of my favourite from 2014:
Iceland, Pollapönk
Go straight to 2:15 if your corrupt or ESC happy soul would like to join sparkleav and I in Grimsby for 2016 ESC!
Ps. I am not perso one for über-ripped, I like the natural, and do not want to objectify the guy more than he wished himself to do for pleasure of fans, and himself, I bet. What really pleases me about this is the fact that sex-appeal is associated with sign-language - that's pretty fine by me!
I did like, but remain more partial to ruder "retard" version by our PKN. (I quote PKN here) Bit patriotic here, maybe? :-)
I actually already knew the word "kedvesem" - darling, my treasure, or kultaseni - and I love it. A mod-boy to say it, maybe, lol? From having read Austrian-Hungarian history, I know the empress Sissi addressed so her daughter because she was quite admiring of Hungary. Finns find Fenno-Ugrian connection important, generally.
However, a generous youtuber K Krisztina translated the song, and great lyrics those were, I think! "My darling is such a girl whom the wolves have raised, whom has danced upon a mirage, and quietly dissipated, my darling..."
Translation back upon translation, but thx Krisztina - I loved the lyrics! Also, btw - YLE subtitles each song, which I really respect and appreciate, even if it is something so horrendously inane as a guy dumping a girl for calling him her "little cheesecake."
När Jag Blundar (Pernilla Karlsson, ESC 2012) suffered from the same, I think. It was composed by her brother about their mother, really sweet song about children's love for their mother - but in Swedish, so most would not know the story, unless their broadcasting corporation would be like YLE, and subtitle well.
It has English translations for sure - check it out, maybe, even if not all of them might be that good.
"Som en sjö utan vatten, som en lykta utan ljus; ett liv utan färger, det är inte du. Kär utan kjänslor eller skratta utan ljud; ett liv utan färger, det är inte du." (=Like a lake without water, a lantern without light; a life wihout colours is not whom you are. Love wihtout feelings, or laughter without sound etc).
Edit: repeated the video by mistake which I eliminated, and had to add "like" for "som."
Favorite so far this year: Italy. (They are among my favorites almost every year.)
My favorite in the Danish selection this year: Heart Shaped Hole.
I have to agree with you that I'd rather have sent Simone for DK had it been my choice, even if Lighthouse is still better than average this year (to my taste). Especially beginning of the song is quite mesmerizing, I find.
Really, I just have to affirm again that Norway is a fantastic ESC nation - with whom FI has shared joys of curshing defeat in 1990 at eight points each in Scandi-soldiarity, lol. We might have deserved that place that year but I thought it was very unfair to "Brandenburger Tor!"
Actually Italy from that year is one of the rare relatively recent wins I wholeheartedly agreed (even if FR was also great that year) - "Insieme" is a song I love, with its optimistic message. So glad they returned, and most often send songs in Italian.
Next year represents the worst miscarriage of justice to me - sorry on this one Sweden - Amina for France was superb, original, with total command of the stage. No gimmikcs - just her and her song. With current point count rules she would have won, of course...
Just getting already a bit hyped up for FI-DE in Hockey WC match today - not a great sports spectator, but it's.... hockey, and Finland could achieve a magnificent triple of U18, U20 & men.
Relating to my Amina-fancier post above, oh cruelty of destiny: not only did Amina lose in 1991 most bitterly, but Sweden became the first Hockey-ESC double champion! And to add insult to injury, FI is flanked - Russia repeated this feat in 2008.
So my argument for voting our representative Sandhja: let's see about hockey WC, and then help us become third double champion!
More seriously, Sing it Away gets more of my approval than most of Finnish efforts. It's pretty okei. Especially refrain is quite glorious Eurovision dance, but mid-part of the song is sort of bland fill to lead unto that highlight. NB: I do have the tendency to be harshest about own songs.
Um... anyone like FI at all this year?
Eh, I will probably still be watching the game of team Finland, but wouldn't it be great if we were instead good at football.
From the FI national final i enjoyed the most the barbies:
Edit: I sad to see no actual finnish song in the final. Or was english a standard?
How about posting "non mainstream" ESC song for us, though, pray @FinneousPJ ?
I could besides swear that I heard first few beats of Russia's ESC number during the match today (RU hosts)- but am not sure as it was abruptly cut to commercials.
In case anyone has missed, I for one am pleased that Justin Timberlake will be making ESC the outlet for a world debut for his new single. Not because I am fan of Timberlake (I'm not), but I think it is a pertinent demonstration of love and prestige of the competition. (Swedes - well done, again - besides the sign-language thing!)
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=justin_timberlake_makes_world_premiere_live_performance_in_the_eurovision_song_contest
This song was crazy a few years back
Walk of the Earth is nice, and thx to Eurovision rules they could come and join, and do célinedions. (Except sorry Dion fans, I would rather not have had her catapulted unto worldwide fame, unfortunately I dislike her music quite a bit)
But then hopefully you liked our Paradise Oscar of ESC2011? Together with mental-handicap punk of last year, and Pernilla one year later, this one is one of the rare cases where I was really devastated we did not get more success.