A Song For Europe

[anti_zeitgeist]

With the best bit of Eurovision on the horizon (hooray!), here's my thoughts on what I've seen on YouTube:

*It feels incredibly traitorous, but I found Iceland disappointing in the extreme

Comments

[anonymous]

what is Eurovision?

[anti_zeitgeist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest

I'm surprised you don't know what this is, considering Celine Dion won it in the 80's.

[anonymous]

Yuck. I don't like Celine Dion, especially after her little comment about how she is Quebecois first and Canadian second. And also, how can she compete for Switzerland when she is not Swiss?

Wow, I didn't know Eurovision was so old. I thought maybe it was some new thing.

[anti_zeitgeist]

I'm not sure what the specific rule is, but maybe she has Swiss family. I know that the year ABBA won, Olivia Newton John was England's entry and that she was born there (if memory serves).

[lwebstar]

I thought Olivia Newton John was born in Australia, but what do I know.

[anti_zeitgeist]

No, I'm pretty sure she's Mel Gibson, the BeeGees and any other famous person we claim as a country- born elsewhere, moved to Australia at a young age and then fled the country as soon as possible!

[anti_zeitgeist]

Like Mel Gibson, rather. Wouldn't it be funny if she were really all those people and the Olivia Newton John persona was just a disguise?

[lwebstar]

ah, you have the funnest imagination.