Eurovision Thread

AJUK said:
Given that the UK has given the world all of the greatest music ever and no country can even come close to the superiority of British music.
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This reminds me a conversation I had with a teacher in my school, a few years ago:

dude: Isn't it amazing, that the whole of internet is English speaking!
pyro: No it isn't :confused:
dude: Sure it is! All the stuff I read is in English!
pyro: Well what other languages do you speak?
dude: Just English
pyro: That's just awesome. :D

Of course you have some damn good groups, but so what? That's only natural because English sounds good, no mater if you are English born and bred or a tribesman from Papua. That doesn't mean that England has the best songs in the world :)
There are so many songs that have as much meaning combined with sounding good, it's just that you as an Englishman are not bothered with them, are you going to randomly start listening to Greek rock? Or French hip hop? The former is not popular at all, because there are only 20 or so million people speaking the language. English, on the other hand has a much more broad audience, so it's much easier for an English, or at least, a band with English lyrics to become famous than a Greek, French or German.
 
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AJUK said:
Given that the UK has given the world all of the greatest music ever and no country can even come close to the superiority of British music. Does anyone suspect that we are deliberately entering crap so that we don't have the expense of running the whole circus?

Any Europhiles that spout their tosh about EU integration and the harmony of the nations of Europe (despite the majority of the contestants aren't even in EUrope :rolleyes: ) should be made to watch the competition so that they finally realise that Johnny Foreigner hates us.

We could have entered The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, The Smiths or Deep Purple and Ireland could have entered U2 and we would have still lost. UK, Germany, France and Spain put up the majority of the money, I say let the former commies pick up the bill in future and we should refuse to take part.

Nothing reinforces my hatred of the continentals more than Eurovision. :D
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Most the bands wouldn't be bothered enough to do Eurovision, a mickey mouse contest for them
 
magick said:
At the finnish boarder? Is this to stop Finland invading and taking over Russia? I wouldn't have thought Finland would be up to the task. Or is it to stop the US invading via finland?
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Russia (or the Soviet Union as it was then) grabbed a fair whack of Finland at the end of WW2 and have never given it back.
 
$loth said:
They have with their vast range of awards and platinum albums which are much higher rated than eurovision.
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Immortal Technique said:
So if your message ain't ****, **** the records you sold; cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck; it just means that a million people are stupid as ****
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:D

Anyhow, it's damn funny seeing how ****** England gets, just because they don't win, I don't care if Greece wins or not, I watch Eurovision for what it is, fun and jokes! :)
 
pyro said:
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Anyhow, it's damn funny seeing how ****** England gets, just because they don't win, I don't care if Greece wins or not, I watch Eurovision for what it is, fun and jokes! :)
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Who is that Immortal bloke?

And for your knowledge the likes of U2, Coldplay and Muse etc. wouldn't be able to enter due to having recording contracts. ;)
 
Amp34 said:
Who is that Immortal bloke?

And for your knowledge the likes of U2, Coldplay and Muse etc. wouldn't be able to enter due to having recording contracts. ;)
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So the rest of the musicians, that are not signed, are talentless? :p
 
pyro said:
Of course you have some damn good groups, but so what? That's only natural because English sounds good, no mater if you are English born and bred or a tribesman from Papua. That doesn't mean that England has the best songs in the world :)
There are so many songs that have as much meaning combined with sounding good, it's just that you as an Englishman are not bothered with them, are you going to randomly start listening to Greek rock? Or French hip hop? The former is not popular at all, because there are only 20 or so million people speaking the language. English, on the other hand has a much more broad audience, so it's much easier for an English, or at least, a band with English lyrics to become famous than a Greek, French or German.
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You know very well that the greatest bands and artists in the world are British and I doubt any Frenchman or Greek could ever hope to achieve the worldwide and universal success that this great island has achieved on the musical front. The only other nation that comes close would be the USA. I could write a big long list of the great artists that the UK has produced, but I won't as you know who they are, and all of which would be recognisible in almost every country on Earth, not because they speak English but because musically they are superior. Ergo, the UK should always win. ;)
 
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$loth said:
How was he saying that? :confused:
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If you are that good at making awesome songs then get one of unsigned, underground groups to win the contest.

Are you saying that all albums that go platinum are because the people who buy them are idiots?
And the awards that I was refering to?

Who was that 14 year old that Greece had singing?
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I didn't say anything, that's Immortal Technique saying it, I merely quoted him. What I mean, is that indeed a song can have no real meaning, or even sound good, but people will buy the record since everyone is talking about it, everyone is listening to it, because the artist's manager knows how to push the song.

I don't know, I was supporting Ukraine, the rest I didn't care for. Was he hot?

AJUK said:
You know very well that the greatest bands and artists in the world are British and I doubt any Frenchman or Greek could ever hope to achieve the worldwide and universal success that this great island has achieved on the musical front. The only other nation that comes close would be the USA. I could write a big long list of the great artists that the UK has produced, but I won't as you know who they are, and all of which would be recognisible in almost every country on Earth, not because they speak English but because musically they are superior. Ergo, the UK should always win. ;)
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So you solely count songs on how many sales they get? :o

Do you think an Opel Corsa is a better car than a McLaren F1? Corsa sold more cars! :p
 
pyro said:
I didn't say anything, that's Immortal Technique saying it, I merely quoted him. What I mean, is that indeed a song can have no real meaning, or even sound good, but people will buy the record since everyone is talking about it, everyone is listening to it, because the artist's manager knows how to push the song.

I don't know, I was supporting Ukraine, the rest I didn't care for. Was he hot?
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Of course crap can sell, look britney spears and eminem. And I was supporting Ukraine too ;)
 
pyro said:
If you are that good at making awesome songs then get one of unsigned, underground groups to win the contest.



I didn't say anything, that's Immortal Technique saying it, I merely quoted him. What I mean, is that indeed a song can have no real meaning, or even sound good, but people will buy the record since everyone is talking about it, everyone is listening to it, because the artist's manager knows how to push the song.

I don't know, I was supporting Ukraine, the rest I didn't care for. Was he hot?



So you solely count songs on how many sales they get? :o

Do you think an Opel Corsa is a better car than a McLaren F1? Corsa sold more cars! :p
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Would you rather drive a Beatle or a Mouskouri? :D
 
$loth said:
Of course crap can sell, look britney spears and eminem. And I was supporting Ukraine too ;)
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Hi 5! :D

AJUK said:
Would you rather drive a Beatle or a Mouskouri? :D
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Cars are lame, give me a bike any day! And of course I wouldn't ride a Beatle, I am not gay, Mouskouri, well, if I had no other choise... :(

AJUK said:
Name a foreign band and I will name a superior British equivalent, lets see who runs out first. ;)
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Name me half a band that comes close to the tunes of Astral Projection or GMS...there are none. Yes you have some pretty cool rock bands, but there is nothing in God's world better than Israeli Goa. Nothing.
 
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pyro said:
Name me half a band that comes close to the tunes of Astral Projection or GMS...there are none. Yes you have some pretty cool rock bands, but there is nothing in God's world better than Israeli Goa. Nothing.
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Astral Projection ROCK!!!!!!! Never heard of GMS though. Are you from Israel pyro?
 
pyro said:
Name me half a band that comes close to the tunes of Astral Projection or GMS...there are none. Yes you have some pretty cool rock bands, but there is nothing in God's world better than Israeli Goa. Nothing.
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Lol.
 
magick said:
Astral Projection ROCK!!!!!!! Never heard of GMS though. Are you from Israel pyro?
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Glowing Mad Scientists, what the initials stand for, they are amazing, it's hard to find venues that do play this kind of music as Goa is not that commercial...thank God I guess! I am from Greece actually :)
 
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