Eurovision Song Competition 2011

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,LDT
Date: 16 May 11 - 09:25 AM

They'll have Simon Cowell on the judging panel next.
;)

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 May 11 - 09:53 AM

My son's band was playing in a pub on the night of the show. Had a great night - he reckons it was helped by the presence of refugees from Eurovision.

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 16 May 11 - 09:55 AM

I rather liked Iceland's entry

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,LDT
Date: 16 May 11 - 09:58 AM

So did I. Kinda like a Icelandic Beatles.
I thought the story behind the song/band was quite sweet too.

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 May 11 - 10:24 AM

'This show is not conducted on a level playing field!'

No its a television studio. ===

Good joke, Al ~~ except that this year it actually did take place on a playing field ~ Dusseldorf's football stadium, which the team had lent for the purpose and which had been roofed over and adapted for the occasion: the best part of the show was a speeded up film showing the whole of this process in 3 minutes.

Always terribly grieved to spoil a good joke: but into every life a little rain must fall!

~M~

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MikeL2
Date: 16 May 11 - 11:31 AM

hiu alan

I didn't watch it...busy celebratin Man U's 19th.

<"However, I love the irish dimension to this competition. The irish have made this their main contribution to world culture - dwarfing ireland's puny efforts in the fields of folk music, poetry, literature, and drama.

What's Another Year, The Rock and Roll Kids, Dustin the the talking turkey, Riverdance, My Little Horse, All Kinds of Everything (but nothing too mucky), Dana,,,,, Jedward!">

Surprised you missed out Johnny Logan here. In Ireland he is known as Mr Eurovision having won it twice as a performer and twice as a composer.

Perhaps it was something to do with him having been born in Australia ??

Not surprised that Jedward beat Blue.....typical.

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 11 - 05:36 PM

'Always terribly grieved to spoil a good joke.....'

no you're not...!

No MikeL.2 - nothing against the Australians, or the Irish. I was rooting for Jedward -not enough to actually watch Eurovision - but I like those guys.

Some people (MGM springs to mind) are mean enough to say what Jedward do, isn't really folk music. can you believe that sort of small mindedness?

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 16 May 11 - 06:43 PM

I reckon we ought to get Bellowhead to do next years.

I was thinking along those lines, too!

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 16 May 11 - 07:17 PM

Nah - too good surely! And it would completely go over the heads of those who cannot celebrate more that one thing at a time:-)

DtG

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 May 11 - 11:38 PM

Some people (MGM springs to mind) are mean enough to say what Jedward do, isn't really folk music. can you believe that sort of small mindedness? =====

Who's MGM? Who's Jedward?

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 17 May 11 - 12:11 AM

=== 'Always terribly grieved to spoil a good joke.....'

no you're not...!
===========
i am i am i am i am

you horrible nasty brutal beast i hate you

boohoohoohoohoohoo

now look what youve made me do


i hate you

:~{§

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 17 May 11 - 02:50 AM

Moldova and the Bosnian entry is the kind of music being played in some of the local Bristol pubs at the moment so I was hoping that most of the votes would go to them. For a moment I did think that Jedward was in with a chance not because of their talent but because of the talent of the backing singers and the graphics. Considering that Jedward are the most irritating 'stars' around they did really well. However whoever is successful or unsuccessful it is not always great for the star thereafter. There are very few who go on to be outstanding memorable performers Abba, Celine Dione and I suppose Bucks Fizz although it is not my cup of tea. Olivia Newton John's saving grace was that she landed the role of Sandy in Grease I bet not many would remember her entry in the Eurovision, something to do with The Salvation Army?

Anyway it is over for another year thank goodness.

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 17 May 11 - 03:06 AM

Puppet On A String did Sandy Shaw's career good service, tho she was already pretty distinguished.

Best song I can ever recall from Eurovision; so good that it won thru quality, not group-voting, for once.

~M~

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 17 May 11 - 03:18 AM

... "Puppet", though, another example of the widespread 'invisible writers' syndrome on which there have been several threads. Took me a lot of googling to establish that "Sandy Shaw's" 'Puppet on a String', as practically every entry called it, was acually the work of Bill Martin & Phil Coulter'

According to wiki, btw, Sandy Shaw in fact hated it ~ liked it least of all the 5 songs she trialled for the competition, but it was the one voted for:
'"I hated it from the very first oompah to the final bang on the big bass drum. I was instinctively repelled by its sexist drivel and cuckoo-clock tune." She was disappointed when it was selected as the song she would use to represent the country, but it won the contest hands down'.

~M~

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 17 May 11 - 04:45 AM

I remember Dervish representing Ireland a few years ago. Not a huge success. The song wasn't much good for a start but then Cathy Jordan sang terribly flat. She's not in the habit of doing that so I suspect she couldn't hear herself. Seemed to be a lot of that going on on Saturday as well.

I thought Jedward did great. Fair play to them. My favourites, though, were Spain and Iceland. I liked Iceland because it was basically six fat middle-aged blokes having a laugh. I liked Spain because the song sounded Spanish and the singer was gorgeous and also able to actually sing.

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 17 May 11 - 08:03 AM

I forgot abount Sandie Shaw, that was of the first of it's kind and the difference was that everyone seemed to be whistling or singing it if I remember rightly. I believe it also got to number 1 here too. She was a guest of Desert Island Disks a short while ago and she mentioned 'Puppet on a String' saying that she hated the song but will now sing it. Ironically, Callodagh Rogers had an attempt at a similar song 'Jack in the Box' which wasn't so successful, she actually preferred the song that had been runner up on the Song for Britain show. Perhaps that might be an answer find the songs that had been runner up and re-do them especially where the singer had doubted the selection in the first place. Just a thought.

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 17 May 11 - 09:07 AM

I `ad that Sir Terry Wogan in my cab the other day. Sun tan, golf clubs and `is copy for `is article in "The Sunday Telegraph".
I said, "Morning M`lord. Cor luvvus, your comments were missed on that European Song Contest the other night. I was looking forward to a laugh and all I got was that pseudo mincer, Graham Norton, and "Match of the Day"".
`e said, " I know Jim, there was so much risible stuff on tap but they didn`t make the most of it. I could have `ad fun and games with some of those dodgy presenters, and those geezers in pointed `ats, well I never".
I said, "Maybe be they`ll do better next year".
`e said, " Yeah, I did `ear they are all going to be riding uni-cycles instead of just the Totty in silver!!".

Whaddam I Like??

Subject: RE: Eurovision Song Competition 2011
From: melodeonboy
Date: 17 May 11 - 10:19 AM

Jim, you're my favourite poster on Mudcat. You never fail to make me laugh!