Eurovision Again...

[23doves]

At the same time in May every single year, I don't leave my house. It doesn't matter if I'm invited out, if there's an interesting event on, or if somebody is holding a party. The Eurovision Song Contest always takes priority, and I won't move for anyone or anything. Generally speaking, I'll invite a bunch of people around to watch and try to

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[80s_child]

I so can't recall at all how long we've been LJ-connected...so in case you didn't read this, you might wanna skim this through http://80s-child.livejournal.com/53714.html

...and I did watch the EV now again after a few years break. I was a bit bored with it since the sucky songs tended to win all the time. But...I was interested.

And I am proud over my history involving childhood in Sweden, and I like the stuff they do. But this year I did for the first time EVER consider their song kinda lame, and even worse then the Finns! Weird. Anyway, I didn't have money to vote for anything, but if I'd had that I'd've voted for Bulgaria. It was amazing. I loved it.

[23doves]

Yeah, I read that entry at the time. I actually liked Lordi's effort, strangely enough, but then my music taste is really quite diverse, and it did have a strong anthemic pop strand running through it which I think a lot of people ignored in the rush to scream "A HEAVY METAL BAND HAS WON EUROVISION!!!" It didn't break any Eurovision rules melodically. You could wave a flag or a banner to that chorus easily.

I also disliked Bulgaria this year quite deeply, in that I felt the different styles clashed nastily and just jarred on my ears. Then again, I acknowledge the fact that saying "A Eurovision entry has just jarred me and made me feel uncomfortable" probably makes it a lot more alternative and leftfield than Lordi's effort.

My favourites? France, Sweden, Israel, Andorra and Georgia, really. I'm probably the thousandth person to say this, but the Georgia entry was decidedly Bjork-ish. Albeit Bjork circa 1993.

[80s_child]

Well yeah. I'm not a hater of Lordi, but that whole "MGWTFBBQ!!"-thing kinda got on my nerves. I also have a very diverse taste in music (even if most people identify me as an 80's synthpopper which is not so much the main case anymore)

I can't really remember anymore which my faves were, except for the only two that got full points from me: Bulgaria and Georgia. One friend of mine who has a similar taste in music as me, surprisingly enough thought that Georgia was too mainstream and wondered why I liked it :S But heck. I love Björk, so maybe that explains something.