Eurovision! When United Europe fragments once more into little fiefdoms based on awful songs. Serbia was the winner this year:
with Marija Serifovic, who looks like the Balkans' answer to k.d. lang.
Switzerland - Europe's bastion of peace, freedom and neutrality, and home to the 80's electronic act Yello ("Oh Yeah", as in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the Duff-Man Song), brought out DJ Bobo this year. The lyrics are haunting, eerie as one might expect for a song called "I Am A Vampire".
I am a vampire, I'm a slave
A slave to the daylight, hence my grave
Lithuania, famous for last year's "We Are The Winners" effort, brought out an act at this contest called 4Fun (bah, rip-off of 4 Non Blondes) and a song called "Love or Leave". Listen to the opening bongo solo and tell me it's not a rip-off of Dido's "Thank You".
Europe still has many countries that aren't entrants to Eurovision including, but not limited to:
1. Chechnya
2. Sealand
3. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
4. The Vatican
Come on, Pope Benedict XVI, do your new country proud. He could pump out some old German-language hits like Kraftwerk, Falco or "Who Do You Think You're Kidding Mr Hitler".
Molvania's entry to Eurovision
History corner! South Australia had the winning entry for the for the 1898 Australian Colonies Vision with Chunky Custard (below)
3 comments:
Nooooo! I've been avoiding the newspapers, tv and radio all day so I wouldn't find out who wins Eurovision.
Read your post and found out the winner 8 hours too early. Better luck avoiding the media next year I guess.
Nah the Russian ladies should've won: check out their lyrics (better than the lesbian TATU shite Russia entered with a few years back)
Oh! Don't call me funny bunny
I'll blow your money money
I'll get you to my bad ass spinning for you
Oh! I'll make it easy honey
I'll take your money yummy
I've got my bitches standing up next to me
So come and check it
So come and check it
So come and check it
My bad ass spinning for you (2x)
More lyric gold here
Good Lord! Russian music has gone a long way downhill since Tchaikovsky. (Prokofiev doesn't count. I'm so fucking sick of Peter and the Wolf, and I assume anyone else who had to listen to it as a music student is as well.)
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