@Dryish:
I wish it does. Just commenting on how the songs are kinda cheesy fun but way too insignificant even in their respective countries for the whole competition to actually mean anything in any way gets stale real quick. :P
And what's wrong with cheesy fun? :P
I figure there's not going to be that much to talk about now, as I said. While some friends will talk about the songs a bit beforehand, usually people I know only pay any attention at the actual finals, and then Twitter and Facebook just become walls of snark…with some genuine compliments for the better songs.
But then I have Eurovision music from 2003 and 2008 and so on on my music player, so I guess I'm coming at this from a very different place to you.
@Monkey:
Am I the only one who cracked up at Iceland song calling for no prejudice when it was a bunch of identical white guys in the video?
That happens a lot in Western Europe.
@Thebomer93:
Anyone know what the UK song's like.
People actually like it. For once.
@Monkey:
Also why the fuck did Belarus's song sound like late 90's Salsa Pop. Like it literally sounded like
.
Yes sir, nothing makes me think Belarus more than Puerto Rican/Cuban music.
Belarus are stuck in some odd space/time warp when it comes to their Eurovision entries. It's like they have a broken time machine or something. 80s power ballads, 90s twee pop, it's like they're guessing at what the rest of Europe listen to. But they got it right in 2007 at least.
@Chrissie:
It's symbolic that Cyprus hasn't even joined in this year! (something about the economical cuts and shit)
It's sad how Eurovision could've been a culturally enriched contest, but instead is nearly the same recycled shit year after year! It has so much potential. For one in my honest opinion, it should've been obligatory for all the countries to enter with their mother language and if needed add subtitles to the songs when they are broadcast.
It actually was for quite a while. The shift back to relaxed language rules happened relatively recently - marked most clearly by Belgium in 2003 who came a close second singing in an entirely made-up language. But yeah, most countries will take the opportunity to sing in a language most of the viewers will understand. Sometimes this means a good song at the national selection will be ruined for the actual contest because it will be translated in between - Sweden have fallen foul of that a few times, and even this year you can see it with Albania and Poland (and this is when Poland's song is all about Slavs!).
On the other hand, Serbia's win in 2007 with 'Moltiva' was sung in Serbian. There was an English version but it only appeared on the EP and no-one listened to it XD