WE won the eurovision!!! WE! FINLAND!

Started by Tuomas, Sat 20/05/2006 22:56:36

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ManicMatt

Dude, it's the Eurovision song contest. Who cares?

Although still, I'm glad metal beat pop. (I didn't watch any of the program except when the metal band were on and I entered the living room and thought "GWAR? Slipknot? Mushroomhead? Who the heck are they?"

PS- I didn't really think it could be Slipknot or Mushroomhead. I'm just prodding at those funny looking type of bands yo.)

Tuomas

Slipknot? Never heard!!! Hmm, I guess your opinion is understandable, we can't all win, and I do feel sympathy on the countries that LOST, while we WON, ie were BETTER, as in, SCORED HIGHER POINTS, or as one might say, were MORE LIKED.

Ishmael

Hail from the land of the thousand lakes, where the true heart of Metal lives :)

And I decided I'll stay here, - 300-or-what'sit celcius is a bit too much for me. -250 would've been good.
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Tuomas

actually approximately 187 888 lakes that is. Just think of it, you open a roadmap, and almost half of it is blue :D

ManicMatt

If you must know Tuomas, earlier on my dad came in my room and said "You know that metal band that came on Eurovision and you said you hope they win, well guess what? They did!" and I laughed out loud.

Goodness knows what pitiful stench of an entry Britain had. I also suspect that "Lordi" are not the best that Finland has to offer either!

Ghormak

This is hilarious and great.

It is... grelarious.
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Haddas

Quote from: ManicMatt on Sun 21/05/2006 00:17:07
I also suspect that "Lordi" are not the best that Finland has to offer either!

Choose

http://www.finnmetal.net/

EDIT: Next year, Teräsbetoni...

Tuomas

Matt: Yeah, you're right. Oh and the British song, well, how do I put it.... well, the chorus was good imo, but the rest was bs, as with most.

Ok, the reason I voted for Ukraine, the thighs:

the song was good too, did i say this already?

2ma2

Well let's face it, Lordi is oldschool metal, the singer former head of finnish Kiss-army, and this is now publicly accepted enough to compete in the first place and therefor win since nothing could be compared with it. My mom protested vividly and so did my grandmother (which stem from the northen forests of Finland). I and my little sister along with her friend were in total agreement - Finland should win. They have had enough of sad tangos and melancholy, the only musical prejudice left to be presented to Europe was metal. But did Lordi win by music or show? Metal fans across Europe may have found this their cup of tea, but I doubt it. Musicwise, Lordi aint much hard rock, not in my ears anyway. Having experience with monster makeup, I highly appreciate their effort in masking so my vote were for the show rather than their musical efforts.


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+15°C Ã, 
Does not get warmer than this in Finland.

+10°C
The french tries desperatly to get the central heat up.
Finlanders plant their gardens.

+5°C
Italian cars refuses to start.
Finlanders cruise in a cab.

0°C
Destilled water freezes.
The water in Vanda gets slightly thicker,

-5°C
Californians nearly freezes to death.
Finlanders grill the last sausauge for the season.

-10°C
Englanders put on the heat in their houses.
Finlanders puts on a flannel shirt.

-20°C
Aussies flee from Mallorca.
Finlanders stop celebrating midsummer - autumn has arrived.

-30°C
Greek people dies.
Finlanders starts drying the laundry indoors.

-40°C
Paris cracks. Finlanders cue at the kiosk.

-50°C
Polar bears evacuate the North Pole. Finnish army postpones their winter survival training due to lack of proper winter weather.

-60°C
Korvatunturi freezes. Finlanders rents a movie and stays inside.

-70°C
False Santa moves South. Finlanders gets frustrated that they can't store Koskenkorva outside. The finnish army starts their winter survival training.

-183°C
Microbs in food does not survive. Finnish cows complain that their milker's hands are cold.

-273°C
ALL nuclar movement stops. Finlanders start saying "Perkele, it's cold outside".

-300°C
Hell freezes over
Finland wins ESC

Pumaman

I haven't been this excited since the time I was offered a job as Chesney Hawkes' personal assistant.


Ishmael

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MrColossal

Who said anything about their music?
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Hammerite

im glad a half-decent band won for a change but i have no respect for them because theyre a metal band at the bloody EUROVISION ARSING SONG CONTEST, the worst of all things musical related.
What they need is a kind of special Eurovision for the best GOOD alternative music thatd kick ass and keep all the old people from spending their pensions on the tickets.
i used to be indeceisive but now im not so sure!

SSH

Quote from: Hammerite on Sun 21/05/2006 07:13:54
What they need is a kind of special Eurovision for the best GOOD alternative music thatd kick ass and keep all the old people from spending their pensions on the tickets.

You mean one that no-one wold watch? That sounds like it would be a commercial success!
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Nostradamus

I don't give a crap about the eurovision but I'm really happy a metal band won over all the crappy sugar pop of the eurovision. now they should think about this competition style again.



scotch

They have shows of a lot of alternative, or non alternative music, at music festivals. Ã, Eurovision would be a lot less fun if it was about musicianship... and voting on that would be a lot less fun. Ã, Art probably shouldn't be a competition, but silly stage shows with cut out cactii and monster costumes, and awful but enthusiastically delivered pop songs? These are things everyone can understand and vote on just fine, and for most people it seems highly amusing.
Lordi isn't a triumph of metal or anything, but it was nice to see something that wasn't the same as everything else winning... the novelty entries are what make or break eurovision.

Helm

QuoteMetal fans across Europe may have found this their cup of tea,

haha no no not at all. Posers. But as Gore said in a private conversation, compared to the rest of the competing songs, Lordi were FUCKING METAL so that's kind of funny.

I didn't watch by the way.
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Pet Terry

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Finland has been taking part in the Eurovision song contest for 40 years and has been pretty much the last one every time. This yeard Lordi were asked if they would like to put themselves up for a candidate. I think their actual agreement came as a surprise for many. (Here's an actual interview with Mr. Lordi himself, where he explains how it all happened.) Many people probably voted for Lordi just as a joke, the idea of sending a bunch of monsters to represent Finland in Athens was just so tempting. Of course, there are hell lot of actual Lordi fans who voted for Lordi because they thought it was the best candidate in their opinion.

And then Lordi and went and won the whole thing, making Eurovision history.

I agree that not everyone who voted for them necessarily liked their music, but because the contest is so full of crap they probably thought something completely different from the usual should win.

Personally, I like Lordi's music, but part of the enjoyment comes from the whole monster thing. I couldn't imagine Lordi performing without their costumes, it just doesn't feel right. If you like horror movies, by the way, you might want to check some music videos by Lordi. Great stuff.

I don't usually watch Eurovision, because, like I said, it's usually full of crap. However, I sat through the whole thing last night only to see Finland's success. I must say that the few highlights of the night were the British announcer showing horns while giving Finland 12 points (I lolled), and Mr. OX's signs he showed to camera everytime Finland scored 12 points. ("mitäs tilasitte?" Haha, genius!)

On the other hand, calling the winning band "shit" or "gay" on their own forum after their winning is the lowest of low. It's a shame that not everyone can take losing.

Another thing I noticed was that hell lot of songs seemed like they were inspired by Ruslana's winning song from some years back. Does this mean that next year the contest is full of rock/hard rock/metal songs? Who knows, it should be interesting to see what happens.
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