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| 3 MAY 2005 at 12:28am |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Wimli (3 MAY 2005 12:20am)
and Spain, for some reason.
Ooh, don't trust those filthy Spaniards, they only want to take your country back!
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:14am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Cue orchestra...
Cue Doris Day.....
"Once I had a secret love....."
Ricci, Anne's secret toyboy. [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:21am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Bugger you. >
His dad trained elephants in a circus.He plays good music.Ask gail,
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:24am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | But thanks.We do talk on the phone.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 7:04am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Please give him my regards next time Anne. I'm glad he keeps in touch. John the Greek seems to have vanished off the planet, ditto Solo.
Young men can be so fickle.
Hey, do you remember Ollie from Sweden? And Robert the Intrepid Explorer with his helicopter hat?
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 9:45am |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Wimli (3 MAY 2005 12:03am)
Mainly for the kitch and camp factor of it all! Outlandish costumes, horrible songs and hilarious (for all the wrong reason) performances, the over-the-top drama and hilarious key phrases in a multitude of accents (hiier aa thze pointz of thze belgzian dzury ). The eurovision song contest has a huge worldwide gay following!
I just want to say that I hate eurovision. It's evil, inspidid devilspawned wickedness from beyond the bowels of hell, which twists the minds of all mortal men who's gaze falls upon it... That's all
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 10:05am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Who is talking about Eurovision? [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 11:28am |
| Deleted User | Oh, come on! It's not supposed to be taken seriously. It's best to view it casually with family and/or friends. That way you can all discuss and laugh at the contributions together.
It's so hilarious that everyone gives friendship points to their neighbor countries, regardless of the song. People are annoyed that their own country behaves like that, but get even more annoyed when their neighbors don't give them points.
I'm not a devoted Eurovision fan. Only a casual viewer. Some years I miss it, and I rarely watch the entire thing, as it drags on a bit too long nowadays. I like the way it brings all of Europe together though. In a country like mine, we hardly think about being a part of the European community most of the time, because we are a bit remote. Eurovision is like a chance to see what everyone else is up to. It's fun to watch when the TV production is good and there are interesting, well-produced presentation videos for each country.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:05pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Wolfboy (3 MAY 2005 9:45am)
I just want to say that I hate eurovision. It's evil, inspidid devilspawned wickedness from beyond the bowels of hell, which twists the minds of all mortal men who's gaze falls upon it... That's all
Sooo.... who do you think's going to win?
(I would like to point out at this point that I am not completely obsessed by Eurovision. I won't be able to watch it because I don't have a TV, so I went about looking for the songs online. I started posting my opinions of the songs as I was listening to them, and once I'd done a few I thought I should finish them all. I really started to regret this towards the end. )
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:08pm |
AnneGuild Master
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:39pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (3 MAY 2005 11:28am)
Eurovision is like a chance to see what everyone else is up to. It's fun to watch when the TV production is good and there are interesting, well-produced presentation videos for each country.
And don't forget, you learn to count and name countries in French.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:41pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Actually, I think I learnt everything I know about geography* from Eurovision.
*very little
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 4:48pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By chris156 (3 MAY 2005 2:04pm)
Sooo.... who do you think's going to win?
This year, Denmark
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 5:34pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Eva (3 MAY 2005 3:39pm)
And don't forget, you learn to count and name countries in French.
So true! [smiley=rofl.gif]
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:03pm |
| Deleted User | A funny piece of Eurovision trivia:
There's a Belgian 80's band called Telex that I quite like. They were among the electronic pop music pioneers, along with Kraftwerk, Y.M.O. and others and has inspired many later pop musicians. They take an openly humoristic approach to their music. It's deliberately cheesy, celebrating the idea that pop music is disposable. It used to be very popular on European disco dancefloors.
This band actually entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 and remarkably made it to the finals as Belgium's entry. The song, named "Eurovision" was a joke on the contest itself, with cheerful, banal lyrics about the event they were themselves participating in. All synthesizers.
The audience had no idea of what to think. When the song ended it was completely quiet. At that time, one of the bandmembers stepped forward and took a photograph of the stunned audience. Scattered applause followed.
At the vote-count it quickly positioned itself among the zero-point entries. When the Greek jury surprisingly awarded them three points, the announcer thought she misheard and tried to give the points to The Netherlands. Unfortunately Turkey beat them in the end by taking last place. Still, the irony of it all was perfect for the band's image and it's been joked about on several later Telex albums. On the other hand, it could have become an international breakthrough for them if they had appealed to the masses.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:15pm |
| Deleted User | [smiley=furious.gif] [smiley=furious.gif] [smiley=furious.gif] (I'm just kidding )
Ok - Chris, you are being very "generalizing" and, well to put it plainly, WRONG.
Hebrew is not an ugly langauge, and as much as I rather English (I like it better), some of my favourite songs are written and sung in Hebrew.
There's also another possibility (besides the one that this the first and only song you heard in Hebrew) - That because you don't know the language itself, it just doesn't speak to your ears the same as it would to a native of the language.
In this case, however, you're right. I'm not too crazy about the singer and her style, nor of the song itself. Ever since we won back with Dana International we went down hill. Besides, I don't really like the Euorovision anyway.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:37pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Marney, you may be right. However I also think German is a horrible language to sing in even though I can understand the meaning of the words. I think it's all the throaty "kh" sounds that do it.
By the way, do you consider Israel to be part of Europe?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:39pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Told you so.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:48pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Marney Aka Ana.Is a very bright and passionate Israilite.
Be careful.Be very careful.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 6:53pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By chris156 (3 MAY 2005 6:37pm)
Marney, you may be right. However I also think German is a horrible language to sing in even though I can understand the meaning of the words. I think it's all the throaty "kh" sounds that do it.
Any chance you're confusing German with Dutch?
I forgot my sig.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 7:03pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | No, I'm not familiar with Dutch.
I am familiar with German lessons at school, where the teacher made us practice those throaty rolling "r"s a lot. :
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 7:05pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | That was Scottish.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 7:08pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | No, don't Scots do that rolling r on the tip of their tongues that I can't do to save my life? I think they do that in Spanish, too.
German r's are done with the soft palate and are similar to snoring.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 7:19pm |
KatewalkerfanSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | I vote for Hungary and The Netherlands this year.
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