Apparently the Turkish entry that one Eurovision was written by one of the co-writer's of Holly Vallance's Kiss Kiss... which is maybe why it sounded similar and why it won. That and the belly dancing.
Apparently, the British entry was written by a bagpipe being mauled by a stray cat, which is why it got "nil pwa".
Apparently the Austrian entry was about Fluffy bunnies, cats and African Dromedaries. It came 4th I think.
Ah well, at least Terry Wogan was on form...
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the Austria entry was pure genius and got my vote(s)!
you mean people watch it?! :o
woodz
well, most brits watch it for the sarcy comments of mr Wogan, our commentator
I don't watch it anyomore, because the other tv channels have realised that the only reason we watch it is because their is nothing else on, and the reason there is nothing else on is because they think everyone is watching it to actually like it. But now they actually have an alternative. Also, we now have sky, so I just sat and watched Black Halk Down.
Turkey's entry was so bad, it defies logic that it won. Ours was worse though, and the politics at the time.... nil pwa.
Quote from: custard on Mon 26/05/2003 17:28:24
well, most brits watch it for the sarcy comments of mr Wogan, our commentator
Of course, you have to watch it with subtitles, too. Live subtitiles are hilarious as you watch the poor typist trying to keep up with the two presenters making Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood look slick and professional PLUS Terry Wogan's ironic comments over the top.
The song lyrics are translated for you and obviously pre-programmed: however, you can see that the performers sometimes forget the words or sing them in the wrong order!
I thought that the Portugese entry was the best, but it seems that no-one else did.
Estonia was easily the best. Heeeeere come to eiiiiighttttiiies again.
I believe it was Eighties Coming Back - by band Claire's Birthday...
I myself haven't watched Eurovision... I never do actually.
-Mad Guy from Estonia
Heh yeah, the winning song was a complete copy of Kiss Kiss, I'm surprised they got away with it.
Besides, Eurovision can be funny to watch - especially when we end up with Nil Pwa. :D
I thought that song was about some dodgy beer... The 80/- 's coming back... (80 shilling is a strength of beer, by the way).
Here's those Austrian lyrics for those who missed it:
http://www.eurovision.tv/public/words/25197.html
Quote from: CJ on Mon 26/05/2003 17:59:51
Heh yeah, the winning song was a complete copy of Kiss Kiss, I'm surprised they got away with it.
Actually, both were written by Sezen Aksu:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,740391,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,740391,00.html)
EDIT: sorry for the double-post!
Did you hear the song that was an exact replica of Tom Jones's 'Sex Bomb'? It was audacious.
oh man, i wish i had subtitles on :)
Eighties Coming Back
you thought you had it coming
but now you really really just don't know
it seems you make a deal far too big outta this
you thought that you'd done it
jeah you thought that you had heard it all
but the state of things is putting you down now just because
you know they say it's just the eighties coming back
can you feel it’s just the eighties coming back
aw i know it's just the eighties coming
eighties coming eighties coming
eighties coming back
you said let's do it
let's take it out and dance all night
but those deep synthesizer sounds freak you out
now you wake up in the middle of the night
in terror all you do is cry
cold sweat a cup of tea no nothing seems to help you
thru the night
my god
it's just the eighties coming back
can you feel it’s just the eighties coming back
aw i know it's just the eighties coming
eighties coming eighties coming
eighties coming back
jeah you thought you had it coming
but now it looks like you didn't know this
everybody's wearing their hair the way you did 15 years ago
and it makes you wanna cry
it's just the eighties coming back
can you feel it’s just the eighties coming back
it's just the eighties coming
eighties coming eighties coming
eighties coming back
-Mad Guy from Estonia again
Well, I don't like the music, and I'm not exactly jumping out of my seat when the thing's on tv, but it's rather funny to hear some of the participants... (Austria was actually really funny! More oddball entries like that! ;D )
bad thing is though, eurovision will be TWICE next year! qualification then the real deal! god help us all.
Yeah, I don't think they really thought that one through. Once a year is good for sheer comedy value, but twice is pushing it a bit.
Three actually, as there will be a junior Eurovision in November, in Copenhagen.
Oh, and the Cypriot or Greek guy looks like Darius...
Eurovision is crap.
Eurovision is like Ed Woods movies- it's so bad you actually have fun watching those miserable guys&gals thinking they just reached their 3 minutes of fame and glory ;D
I don't know if the concept of sampling is well known [drips sarcasm] but the Holly Vallance song sampled a popular Turkish song. That was well recored in our media at least.
The response that the crowd gave when the Greeks awarded Cyprus 12 points was hilarious though, as is the Israeli's pernnial attempts to be Latino.
forgive me for being the dumb american, but just what is eurovision? is it some kind of international song contest?
It's a European song competition. All songs are sticky and popish, none are good.
A few stars made their name in the Eurovision, like ABBA and Celine Dion.
We forgive you. Eurovision is a celebration of poor quality music from Europe (and... Turkey) which unflaggingly sucks, every year. It's camp and kitcsh and altogether rubbish, but it's hilarious to watch.
Sort of like Pop Idol.
Hey, that's why they try the Latino stuff, they need to prove they're actually European.
don't worry about it! your better off not knowing! its like miss america but with cardboard cut outs
really its a euro singing comp, with very below average music, our saving grace is terry wogan an irish dj/tv host with one hell of a dry sense of humour
woodz
Country representative: (after getting the points wrong)
Oops, I am sorry.....
Wogan: It's alright love, you're fired.
I saw Eurovision because the Spanish candidate is very know as the winner of a famous contest. I think the spanish singer does not sing very well, her voice is too broken, but she likes many people, what can I do :P. My favourite song was the Irish, but... The Austrian song and how they did the performance was brilliant! Very funny and new for Eurovision. I laugh a lot, I was sure it was going to get a lot of votes. If all the songs in Eurovision are going to be like that I´ll record it and I´ll see the tape once a week, at least.
P.S. The Turkish song was just average, not even good, I think there are many political matters involved in that contest.
Quote from: Las Naranjas on Mon 26/05/2003 22:22:10
I don't know if the concept of sampling is well known [drips sarcasm] but the Holly Vallance song sampled a popular Turkish song. That was well recored in our media at least.
The media didn't really make a point of that over here, mostly because everyone already recognised the song as it had ben used in an advert for an extremely popular talk-show (I for one can remember what the Turkish original sounds like pretty well despite it being a pretty forgettable advert, but the Holly Valance one seems to have slipped my mind - wonder why).
I watched a Miss America sort of thing on one of the spanish channels I get today. Very funny, like a kindergarden birthday party...
QuoteOf course, you have to watch it with subtitles, too. Live subtitiles are hilarious as you watch the poor typist trying to keep up with the two presenters making Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood look slick and professional
i just had to answer this ;)
you know that they know what theyre going to say long before that day right?
Well, that and they suck.
I don't know about everyone else's opinion on this, but here's mine:
Any concert that gives a prize to a schoolgirl lesbian act is DEFINATELY worth watching!
So Eurovision is kinda like Europe's answer to 'The Gong Show'?
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QuoteSort of like Pop Idol.
You mean American Idol? I think it's called Pop Idol over there.
I think it's funny, that through a huge system of contracting and sub contracting TV franchises, Pop and/or American/Australian Idol is actually a third generation licence of popstars that appears on rival networks.
I also liked the Austrian grabbing his stomach because crotch grabbing was not allowed.
Quote from: Synthetique on Tue 27/05/2003 01:15:22
QuoteOf course, you have to watch it with subtitles, too. Live subtitiles are hilarious as you watch the poor typist trying to keep up with the two presenters making Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood look slick and professional
i just had to answer this ;)
you know that they know what theyre going to say long before that day right?
Of course, but the typist obviously wasn't informed and Terry Wogan's comments aren't scripted.
It's all a coincidence!
It's not our fault the Cyprus song is ALWAYS the best one.
Anyway I was to bored to watch the competition, and unfortunately missed the Austrian entry which had to be worth it. I also missed our singer who certainly earned the best boobs award this year.
We got the same place as last year which is a shame, because I think that moving from Gay-space-knights who wink all the time to a shameless display of amazing boobs should be rewarded...too bad.
The gay space-knights last year were the best thing on. This year, I liked Estonia's real band, it was catchy and fun and they were obviously pretty talented guys. For sheer Eurovision comedy, I think Poland takes the biscuit though - I had a few belly laughs at the translated lyrics when they were singing that.
I wish I were an astronaut
I could watch the Earth from above
Everyone who has been there at least once
Says
It’s wonderful
There is peace and bliss and happiness
Everything that is there
Hardly exists any more
One sees with innocent child’s eyes
How we, people
Are small on Earth
Chorus:
No borders
No flags
From there, from above
The world seems so beautiful
No countries
No nations
No wars
Can be seen from above
Everyone should go there at least once
To realise
This struggle doesn’t make sense
He may forget about his stupid megalomania
And instead of talking
Will start to live again.
Chorus:
No borders
No flags
From there, from above
The world seems so beautiful
No countries
No nations
No wars
Can be seen from above
No borders,
No borders,
a world without flags
a world without flags
From above one sees no borders
No borders
No borders,
No quarrels, no explosions, no war
From there, from above
The world is just beautiful.
The 'stupid megalomania' line is the best.
*smirk*
It's like "From a distance" and "Imagine"'s deformed love-child!
Do you think that the megalomania was a George Bush reference? I think that sending him into space would have been a good idea...
PIIIIIGS IN SPACE!!!
Strangely enough, a dominatrix was not much more popular than synthers dressed in icehockey protection gear. This surely points towards the contest being fony. On the other hand, musical quality has since long been second priority to the pure Flesh exhibition, and perhaps the gents did not dare rush to the phones infront of the laydays after that display. Better to wait to the slighly lesser baring bellydancers? Secondly, riots when Greece gives Cyprus 12, but when Sweden give Norway 12 then (an act impossible to comprehend nor defend)?
And MAN! I missed the Austrian fella. I didn't see the contest, just a fraction of the re-run.
Mental note,' see the english broadcast'.. you lucky bastards have a funny commmentator?! What do we have? A closet-gay-bore..
Man, it seems I missed out on a great show!
The gay knights from space last year were a riot. What did we send this year?
One of the best things about watching Eurovision in the UK is Terry Wogan's commentary, he can be pretty damn funny, he just makes fun of the whole thing. I won't repeat his jokes here as it won't work without his delivery, but if you can get the English broadcast, do it...
Helm-Breasts