I Love Lithuania!
May. 21st, 2006 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityofoneUgh. Ugh. Ugh. I hate writing papers. So far I have 2,402 words of this piece of dreck--which, out of 3,500, isn't so bad, but it's painfully slow-going and I had to do a whole section on economics and just...yeah. Yuck. However, one of my main sources is named Daniel Snowman, so I get to write a lot of fun sentences that start, "According to Snowman..." or "As Snowman asserts..." Which, when you've been working on a paper for six hours, is really funny and diverting.
Last night was awesome, though. I went over to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
siriaeve's house and watched the Eurovision contest. It was my first Eurovision--a very special occasion indeed! For those of you in America or other non-European parts of the world, I wish I could convey the utter cracktastic awesomeness of the Eurovision experience. toft_froggy has a great post with some of the highlights here. And, thanks to the wonder of YouTube, you can experience it for yourself. Here's a short guide.
The first thing you need to understand is that everyone who performs for Eurovision is really, really bad. No serious artist would go anywhere near it. I think the most famous person to perform a song in the Eurovision contest is Céline Dion--that pretty much sums it up right there.
Here, for example, is an act of pretty typical badness: Shame, Spain! That should give you a general idea of the direness of the proceedings.
Or, take Ireland. I was actually rooting for Ireland, for obvious reasons, and Ireland does indeed hold the record for most Eurovision wins (it's also the only country to have won three years in a row). But this year's entry was, shall we say, dismal? It was Brian Kennedy performing "Every Song Is a Cry For Love." (Right of the top of my head: like, say, "Psycho Killer"?) I can't find a clip of his live performance, which was mostly very dull and very, very green, but to give you an idea of the utter, utter cheese, here's the music video. *snerk*
But there were some shining stars. One was the winner, Finland. I...don't actually want to say anything about this. You just have to watch it: unspoiled, utterly surprised. So, just remember that most of the acts were in the same vein as Spain's entry or Brian Kennedy's pap, and then watch this.
They totally deserved to win. Still, I think my heart belongs to the cheeky Lithuanian monkeys responsible for this. See? Now that's awesome. That's taking the piss. Ireland appreciates piss-taking ability: we (see how possessive I've gotten?) gave our largest percentage of votes to Lithuania. So why are we stuck entering greasy dullards like Brian Kennedy? Yeesh.
Still. Everyone knows that this is the greatest Eurovision entry ever. Pure Irish glory, that. *vbg*
Last night was awesome, though. I went over to
siriaeve's house and watched the Eurovision contest. It was my first Eurovision--a very special occasion indeed! For those of you in America or other non-European parts of the world, I wish I could convey the utter cracktastic awesomeness of the Eurovision experience. toft_froggy has a great post with some of the highlights here. And, thanks to the wonder of YouTube, you can experience it for yourself. Here's a short guide.The first thing you need to understand is that everyone who performs for Eurovision is really, really bad. No serious artist would go anywhere near it. I think the most famous person to perform a song in the Eurovision contest is Céline Dion--that pretty much sums it up right there.
Here, for example, is an act of pretty typical badness: Shame, Spain! That should give you a general idea of the direness of the proceedings.
Or, take Ireland. I was actually rooting for Ireland, for obvious reasons, and Ireland does indeed hold the record for most Eurovision wins (it's also the only country to have won three years in a row). But this year's entry was, shall we say, dismal? It was Brian Kennedy performing "Every Song Is a Cry For Love." (Right of the top of my head: like, say, "Psycho Killer"?) I can't find a clip of his live performance, which was mostly very dull and very, very green, but to give you an idea of the utter, utter cheese, here's the music video. *snerk*
But there were some shining stars. One was the winner, Finland. I...don't actually want to say anything about this. You just have to watch it: unspoiled, utterly surprised. So, just remember that most of the acts were in the same vein as Spain's entry or Brian Kennedy's pap, and then watch this.
They totally deserved to win. Still, I think my heart belongs to the cheeky Lithuanian monkeys responsible for this. See? Now that's awesome. That's taking the piss. Ireland appreciates piss-taking ability: we (see how possessive I've gotten?) gave our largest percentage of votes to Lithuania. So why are we stuck entering greasy dullards like Brian Kennedy? Yeesh.
Still. Everyone knows that this is the greatest Eurovision entry ever. Pure Irish glory, that. *vbg*
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Date: 2006-05-21 05:56 pm (UTC)The song was kindasortamaybe okay, especially for Eurovision standards, but you're so right about the live performance. A lot of our participants have that problem. Strange.
(Also, please tell me I'm not the only one with flashbacks to The Ketchup Song. Damn you, Spain, for bringing that up again! :D)
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Date: 2006-05-21 06:13 pm (UTC)I only heard it handful of times, so I'm lucky that way :D
The song was kindasortamaybe okay, especially for Eurovision standards, but you're so right about the live performance.</>
I didn't even know it was an EV entry, and then I saw Kate Ryan... In that awful dress, moving like she had a stick up her... bum :) Although, after watching the rest of those so called artists, I still gave her some chances. (And I missed Finland and Lithuania in the semi-finals, 'though I laughed and laughed at the Iceland performance.)
Also, please tell me I'm not the only one with flashbacks to The Ketchup Song.
You kinda sorta actually are... ;D *hides*
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Date: 2006-05-21 06:30 pm (UTC)Ahahaha, you're so subtle. Yeah, she expected to make it to the final round, at least, but it wasn't meant to be. *shrugs*
As soon as I saw the monsters, I wanted them to win. :D I missed Iceland, but I just watched it on youtube, and umm, WOW!? (...)
*hides also* It's something out of my childhood I don't really talk about. :|:|
ps: can I ask where you are? I'm curious.
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Date: 2006-05-21 06:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-21 09:33 pm (UTC)I'm sure we excel in many things, but Eurovision music isn't one of them.