Once more the UK comes last in ESC
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Hey, I didn't watch through choice, my Missus forced me to watch. But a few beers and snacks made ir bearable.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Dalek Dave wrote:
my Missus forced me to watch.
And my missus loves me enough not to even suggest it. Reading that paragraph sounds as though your missus has torn up your man card and hung your nuts on a necklace.
Dalek Dave wrote:
But a few beers and snacks made ir bearable.
I'd have to be comatose to even be in the same room.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Hey, I didn't watch through choice, my Missus forced me to watch. But a few beers and snacks made ir bearable.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
And here we were facing a huge dilemma: on one channel we had the Eurosong Contest, on another the finals of the QE Competition. Having to choose between two cultural events isn't fair. Fortunately technology came to the rescue. :)
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Yet we will automatically entered next year as we are one of the few countries that actually pay for it. We should pull out. That'll fox them!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Yet we will automatically entered next year as we are one of the few countries that actually pay for it. We should pull out. That'll fox them!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Ah well, we did okay last year and if they hadn't fiddled around with the song so much since we first (officially) heard it when we voted on the person to sing it, then I think we would have done a little better. On another note a lot of countries seemed to take it a little to seriously what with ever'body wearing suits and whatnot, and a lot of the songs seemed incredibly similar to other well known songs... The big surprise was France though, they where actually pretty good, despite being French and all.
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You have plenty of good bands and musicians in UK. Why don't you try to send some of those instead of making a bad joke out of it? <edit>And I agree, why pay for something that's not taken seriously? Then again, are anyone taking it seriously, I'm certainly not!</edit>
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I am a HUGE fan of the music of the British isles, but the only English musician/band in my top 15 is Sting. The others are from the Celtic lands - The Corrs, Cara Dillon (amazing voice), Runrig, Capercaillie, Celtic Woman, Dougie MacLean, The Cranberries, Enya, etc. Sting's lyrics are fantastic though - "Be yourself, no matter what they say".
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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I'm glad we came last. Coming first would have been horrendous - we'd have had to host the sodding horror.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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I am a HUGE fan of the music of the British isles, but the only English musician/band in my top 15 is Sting. The others are from the Celtic lands - The Corrs, Cara Dillon (amazing voice), Runrig, Capercaillie, Celtic Woman, Dougie MacLean, The Cranberries, Enya, etc. Sting's lyrics are fantastic though - "Be yourself, no matter what they say".
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Yet we will automatically entered next year as we are one of the few countries that actually pay for it. We should pull out. That'll fox them!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
And yet music is the one thing the UK has done to a phenomenal degree for decades now. In fact so good is the UK in this respect that it is one of its largest exports and is true to say has influenced music throughout the entire world. Is is a measrue of the seriousnes with which we take our music that we disdain the ESC so completely. If we were ever to take it seriously it would be a die warning indeed!
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I am a HUGE fan of the music of the British isles, but the only English musician/band in my top 15 is Sting. The others are from the Celtic lands - The Corrs, Cara Dillon (amazing voice), Runrig, Capercaillie, Celtic Woman, Dougie MacLean, The Cranberries, Enya, etc. Sting's lyrics are fantastic though - "Be yourself, no matter what they say".
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Sting's lyrics are fantastic though - "Be yourself, no matter what they say".
I always liked the line from Russians "Let's hope the Russians love their children too", and not to mention my favorite Sting song Soul Cages[^].
Software Zen:
delete this;
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Sting's lyrics are fantastic though - "Be yourself, no matter what they say".
I always liked the line from Russians "Let's hope the Russians love their children too", and not to mention my favorite Sting song Soul Cages[^].
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Yup, I always liked the doomsday clock ticking. "How can I save my little boy / From Oppenheimer's deadly toy". Englishman in New York, Desert Rose, A Thousand Years, Fields of Gold, If I Ever Lose my Faith in You, Shape of My Heart - they are ALL good. He's amazing. Another song I absolutely love is Billy Joel's Vienna. I only discovered it a few months ago, from an old sig of our Michael P Butler's. Simply brilliant.
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Yet we will automatically entered next year as we are one of the few countries that actually pay for it. We should pull out. That'll fox them!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should pull out try sending musicians, instead of talentless idiots.
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