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I'm still sifting through Eurovision back catalogue, it's a formidable task... as I just got into it about 5-6 years ago. I ran across this for the first time. Good Lord, my mind is blown. 

This is perhaps the gayest routine I have seen in ages.... I love it more than words can say. Liza is eternal!!

1 hour ago, OzFrog said:

 

Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK and Portugal were my personal favourites from 1982. And while everyone has different tastes (of course), it was quite the memorable win for Germany that year, being their first of two victories at Eurovision. It is indeed one of my favourite winners to listen to.

 

Tomorrow night we finally get Iceland’s song, and also Sweden will have their final of Melodifestivalen! @I Am A Swede who are you picking to win?

 

Meanwhile, here’s Latvia...

 

 

That song is utterly awful. She's got a hell of a voice, though!

1 hour ago, I Am A Swede said:

 

Don't knock 1982! It was a good year for Eurovision.   

Israel, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, UK, Austria all had very good songs.

Nicole's winning song for West Germany is no personal favourite of mine though. It's very competently written and performed, but it's just too saccharine.

Oh... in my world, sounding like the past is the best thing you can do! LOL

1 hour ago, OzFrog said:

Poland is here! And Latvia will be out within the next couple of hours...

 

 

Sounds like something striaght out of 1982. 

17 hours ago, OzFrog said:

And here’s North Macedonia...

 

 

I’ve also just done a quick refresh of the first post with all the official videos for the songs from the Eurovision Youtube channel, so they’re the latest up-to-date version of the songs.

Oh. My. GOD!!!! This is amazingly beautiful, Beautifully crafted song, amazing singer... this is EVERYTHING. This song made me cry. Long time since a new song did that to me. 

2 hours ago, Huntress said:

The entry from Belarus will most likely be disqualified because of its political lyrics.

 

United Kingdom:

 

 

I've been hearing much about Belarus today as well... looks like the axe is about to fall. Then again, as much as Eurovision claims to be non political, you have things like Turkey getting ONE point in 1975 after it's invasion of Cyprus in 1974. You'd think that composers would have learned by now to give political lyrics a WIDE berth in regards to the contest.  The UK song is not bad... it would be much better without that nasty autotune on his voice. 

12 hours ago, OzFrog said:

And today we had a surprise drop from Belarus - this is already causing controversy as this group is known to be strongly sympathetic to the oppressive Lukashenko regime. Indeed the 2020 entrants VAL were removed from contention for 2021 after having voiced public support for the Belarusian opposition during their election protests. Anyway, here’s the song...

 

 

The song istelf has good structure... it would be alright in the hands of someone who could actually sing. 

On 3/6/2021 at 8:40 PM, OzFrog said:

And another couple of incredible choices from national finals tonight. Portugal have for the first time ever chosen a totally English-language song to represent them, and Italy selected a heavy-rock band in their Sanremo contest!

 

Portugal...

 

 

 

And Italy...

 

 

Now THIS I like!!!! Beautiful melody, great vocals. This is now my favorite so far. 

On 3/6/2021 at 5:29 AM, OzFrog said:

 

And that’s the beauty of Eurovision - the diversity that is on offer. I guarantee that for every female vocalist you don’t like, there will be many people who do like them. Everyone’s tastes are different, and that’s exactly what should be celebrated. There is no one correct way to sing

To me, the lack of diversity is the problem. Such a high percentage of these girls that sing in this bizarre, auto-tuned cursive singing... they more or less all sound alike  (with a few exceptions). If you think about past singers, such as Abba, Lulu, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Diana Ross, Olivia,  etc... they couldn't be more different from one another. 

I literally HATE the way all these female singers sound. I don't even know how to describe it. Anxhela is the only one I like so far. Her voice is beatiful. 

It will interesting to see who they choose at Melodifestivalen, I ran across this song from a few years ago, and LOVE LOVE LOVE it... so disappointed it didn't get to go to the contest. 

On 2/28/2021 at 3:29 PM, OzFrog said:

Albania will release a revamp of Karma tomorrow night at 20.00 CET. It has not been unusual for Albania to do this with their entries in the last number of years, especially as a number of their songs from their national final will generally be longer than the required 3 minutes.

THIS song I really like!!! 

On 2/25/2021 at 12:02 PM, Huntress said:

Germany's entry ... I'm so embarrased for my country.

 

 

I feel your pain, Huntress! That song is some kind of bizarre, Tiny Tim fever dream. 

2 hours ago, Khan said:

Hallmark: When you care enough to ask for your damn money back.

 

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article248424220.html

Hallmark, what a douchcanoe of a company. They fired my mother for being pregnant, and then fired my brother's best friend 2 weeks before he was eligible for his retirement. 

On 1/6/2021 at 7:28 PM, Khan said:

 

Oh, that's easy:

 

(1) they were white,

(2) they were white, &

(3) they were white.

THIS, I totally agree with. 

Well... my bother in law's best friend just died Monday night. Big Trump lover, posted memes over Thanksgiving saying that he was not going to be afraid to live his life. Looks he didn't make it till Christmas, I wonder if he felt regret when they put the intubation tube in, and then had to lay there and suffer for 12 days until he finally expired. What a complete dumbass. And I wonder how many other people he infected when he first came down with it?

On 11/7/2020 at 1:10 AM, amybrickwallace said:

 

Agreed. The dialogue is often so clunky and preachy. The acting is fine, but maybe they should hire a couple of new writers to snap up the dialogue.

I find even during Roseanne's season 10 and it's still true... the show lost a degree of spontaneity, the lines are "performed" and don't appear as natural. Poor Roseanne, she seems to be descending into madness on her recent podcasts. I just ran across this again, and damn... I know your'e not supposed to laugh at the mentally ill, but this is comedy gold that just never gets old. 

1 hour ago, victoria foxton said:

 

  

He's also in the hospital. At least it will keep his triflin ass out of the courtroom until after the Electoral College votes.

My brother in law's best friend from high school has just been moved to ICU and put on a ventilator. 62, about 100 pounds overweight, oxygen level 72%. Massive Trump lover that posted 8 weeks ago that although he thinks the virus is real, he's not afraid, it is all exaggerated to destroy Trump,  and is not going to let it stop him living life. Well... looks like COVID is going to get the last laugh on him. What a nincompoop. 

On 12/1/2020 at 11:25 PM, SoapDope said:

Or trailer trash.....LOL She did give Paul VD.  I can picture her wearing a tube top, satin short shorts while getting high with Paul out by the school dumpsters and then making it with him in the back of his Van and/or Trans-Am. 

 

 

Hauser was trashing his time on Y&R in the 90's and complained that he went shirtless on the show once, and then was never asked to do so again. He said they show probably did not like what they had seen.....LOL The late 70's and early 80's had some questionable casting choices on soaps. I guess that explains Anthony Geary. 

I can't stand Hauser. I hated him the day he appeared, and my opinion hasn't changed. They were never really able to recast Greg properly. Brian Kerwin only lasted 6 months, and Howard McGillin didn't last much longer. Wings Hauser just has the face of a ferrett and such a ham-fisted scenery chewing acting style that made me cringe every time he was on. 

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

What's this guy's point?

 

Black Men's votes increased for Trump by 6 points over 2016. 

Black turnout is embarrasingly low. I knew Kamala wouldn't energize them, because she's married to a white man. 

11 minutes ago, Wendy said:

I wish I had the means to leave this hellhole country. (I don't.)

Do what I do... just ignore him and much as possible, and personally... everyone other than family who supported Trump, I'm cutting them out of my life. 

I keep telling people, and time and time again I am proved right, A woman on the presidential ticket is ELECTORAL POISON. Stop trying to be PC and start trying to WIN. 

24 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Miami didn't vote for him. He underperformed compared to Clinton 4 years ago.

That's because Miami is full of Cubans, and they hate Mexicans more than Trump. 

7 minutes ago, Vee said:

I can't stand Kornacki's always giddy enthusiasm for Republicans to win, treating it like a game.

 

Biden takes CO.

He's enthusiastic because he's good at his JOB. 

12 hours ago, Khan said:

No doubt, if/when Biden loses, the far left and the media will ignore the rampant voter suppression and say the Democrats ran yet another weak, flawed candidate against Trump.

If he does lose, it will prove one thing for certain... a woman on the ticket is electoral poison.