Eurovision 2016

[zbd1960]

Shudder - I haven't watched it since I was about 14 back in the 70s and I have no plan to resume anytime soon

[timmo]

I haven't watched it since the one that had Dita Von Teese on some song. Can't remember the year

[BassTractor]

Probably the best thing to watch is the national finals, as it is there that the fun music normally is squeezed out.
Here's a contagious little tidbit for my tastes, which got the bottom place in the second semi-final in '14:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ixkdkbieU&index=4&list=LLLqv73ZIM4nvLJAFStggJsg

[Rich]

I'd rather watch Nick watching Bubinga's cat having a 5hit.

[Norris]

What a fantastic set and light show. Fairly formulaic stuff nowadays but I did like Georgia. You don't get the quaint regional songs any more

[Agwin]

Next year look out for Canada and Tonga taking part too

[ChrisF]

What happened ?? The scoring was all jogging along nicely..... And then BAM!!! We end up with some dross coming from nowhere and winning.

[Stance]

Was there a Eurovision contest!?!??

[SICbass]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1463260910' post='3050067']
I'd rather watch Nick watching Bubinga's cat having a 5hit.
[/quote]

Now that's just sick 🤓😉

[wombatboter]

Although it smells like Another one bites the dust "my" country had the best bass line in the competition !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMZH2w7IfhM

[Asambique]

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1463301213' post='3050200']
Although it smells like Another one bites the dust "my" country had the best bass line in the competition !

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMZH2w7IfhM"]https://www.youtube....h?v=IMZH2w7IfhM[/url]
[/quote]

That tune reminded me of this too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JZ4pnNtyxQ

[wombatboter]

Hadn't heard that before but you have a point...especially the brass section is a copy

[CamdenRob]

Well that's the fun over for another year... Love everything about Eurovision, especially people complaining that the reason we don't win is that we don't put good enough songs in...

Here's hoping the US get a go next year so at least there is one country in it everyone hates even more than us...

[arthurhenry]

Never thought I would see Yngwie on the Eurovision Song Contest.

[Highfox]

I don't enjoy the musak but what great light show's.. was blown away by all that.
I almost managed to watch all the songs this time.
Forgot to add that, "real" instruments seem to be very out of vouge.Maybe 3 or 4 tracks I could hear hear something close to an electric bass

Edited May 15, 2016 by Highfox

[bubinga5]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1463260910' post='3050067']
I'd rather watch Nick watching Bubinga's cat having a 5hit.
[/quote]id rather watch Rich watching Nick watching my cat have a sh*t. That would take time to organise. take from that my dislike.

[RhysP]

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1463305144' post='3050264']
Never thought I would see Yngwie on the Eurovision Song Contest.
[/quote]

Yeah, that was a surprise!

[sunburstjazz1967]

Well they weren't last.

[ColinB]

All 10 of us had a great time, dressing up, having fun, eating a lovely meal (thanks MrsB) and drinking too much beer/ wine. Not to mention the Friday evening in the pub and the Sunday morning walk round the lake. The music was incidental to being with old friends and enjoying life. The music's rubbish - the atmosphere is brill. There's an off button for those who'd rather watch their cat.

[Earbrass]

I never watch the songs, but I quite enjoy watching the voting.

My recipe for improving it would be:
1) Restrict entrants to European countries
2) Require all songs to be sung in (one of) the indigenous languages of the country
3) Real instruments and performances only: no miming, no backing tracks, no use of samples
4) All entries must be versions of traditional songs from the country.

I think the result could be a genuine celebration of the rich musical culture of Europe, would help to preserve that culture from the ravages of ghastly homogenized all-pervasive trans-atlantic "pop", and would be much appreciated by me and the other seven people who would tune in to watch.

[ColinB]

I agree wholeheartedly with 2 & 3.

[RhysP]

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1463397773' post='3050949']
I never watch the songs, but I quite enjoy watching the voting.

My recipe for improving it would be:
1) Restrict entrants to European countries
2) Require all songs to be sung in (one of) the indigenous languages of the country
3) Real instruments and performances only: no miming, no backing tracks, no use of samples
4) All entries must be versions of traditional songs from the country.

I think the result could be a genuine celebration of the rich musical culture of Europe, would help to preserve that culture from the ravages of ghastly homogenized all-pervasive trans-atlantic "pop", and would be much appreciated by me and the other seven people who would tune in to watch.


[/quote]

Have you heard of WOMAD?

[toneknob]

I quite liked the Georgian entry, especially the middle bit with the electronica/effects pedals bit. I wanted to see what he was using so put the youtube on full-screen and used the quarter-speed setting to see what was going on. Turns out he's playing through cakes, or possibly plasticine.

Ffwd to about 2m07s for the close-up zoom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rviE2-9eiTI

[Dad3353]

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1463412174' post='3051121']... the middle bit with the electronica/effects pedals...
[/quote]

It looked, and sounded, to me as if he'd accidentally trodden on the wrong button and spent the rest of the number desperately trying to get it back to something credible, at least, in which (again, to me...) he failed. I'm all for innovation, but any random noise in a storm leaves me a bit cold, I'm afraid. Our eldest uses 'un-guitar' sounds a lot, but there's a certain coherence needed to pull it off, I reckon. Still, if it worked for some...

[Dave Vader]

Stopped taking myself so seriously many years ago and decided Eurovision is in fact a good deal of fun.
Because it is.
I watched the whole thing on iPlayer last night, as I was out on Saturday, I even avoided spoilers like those kickyball fan people do when they have to watch it later.