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Favourite Music Artist – M

I actually do have several artists all vying for position, some a little embarrassing to admit to, but hey, why can’t I have eclectic taste?

So here goes…laugh if you will at some of the choices.

Madonna (I know – not so much the modern stuff – I hate that bloody “4 Minutes” thing with JT) pre 2001 really. I stopped liking her after the Music album.

Kylie Minogue (I know!)

George Michael (Yes!!!)

Morrissey. I love the man’s voice. There’s a melancholy to it that I love.

Manic Street Preachers.

Some Steven Patrick Morrissey for you to enjoy. This song speaks to me…

[youtube=http://youtu.be/GFDzQD-LR80]

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Just HAD To Add This!

Just finished watching Team America: World Police and went straight to YouTube to get this video. I know it’s juvenile, but I love it!

[youtube=http://youtu.be/SXQ8unERVTE]

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Favourite Music Artist – L

I love, love, love her…

k.d. Lang!

Also love John Lennon (I SSSOOO coulda gone Beatles for “B”) and Led Zep. But my heart belongs to k.d.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/KjwR86IOQfo]

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Favourite Music Artist – K

I think this’ll have to go to Kaiser Chiefs.

Instead of adding a Kaiser Chiefs song, I thought I’d add this. I saw it as it went out on air, and it tickled me, so thought I’d share it. (No, it isn’t the Kaiser Chiefs but Ricky Wilson is present)

[youtube=http://youtu.be/eEPnKAHx25Y]

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Favourite Music Artist – J

I found this a really hard one to come up with someone. I’ll no doubt think of an act more worthy later on (like I did with C), but until such time, I’ll be an 80’s anorak and put…Howard Jones.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/QE61Bz7IHKg]

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Favourite Music Artist – I

I’m going to “cheat” here, because I can’t separate out 3 acts.

Iggy Pop

Icehouse

INXS (til Michael Hutchence’s death)

Here’s Great Southern Land for all those expat Aussies out there…

[youtube=http://youtu.be/3mkidP2OUCk]

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Eurovision 2nd Semi-Final

More entertaining than Tuesday night with the added bonus that the UK got to vote for its favourite acts (hence Croatia and Latvia getting through).

Here’s a rundown of the good, the bad and the SSOO bad it’s good!

First off, I have to say I exercised my right to vote and voted for Turkey. A good traditional rock sounding song. They sung in Turkish but it sounded good. The music style was a but Manic Street Preachers. Quite good.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/riMSxOc7ZyA]

Something else not traditionally Eurovision was Bulgaria’s entry. I liked it, but I think it got a little lost in the mix.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/MLLkumF7EkE]

Lithuania was BAD BAD BAD!!! The guy looked like a cross between Potsy from Happy Days and Nick Cave! He belted the song out like Meatloaf and a had a mullet that I haven’t seen since 1988!! Awful awful awful. BE WARNED!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/NDz92qPVTsI]

The Czech Republic did a song called “Have Some Fun”. Probably the most incorrect song title of the night. I won’t even tortue you with a video.

Georgia got through to the final with a song sung by a blind Shirley Manson lookalike called “Peace Will Come”. It was sung in English which (I know I shouldn’t take the “piss” out of someone’s grasp of English, but…) made the song title sound like “Piss Will Come”, which had me in stitches. Tiny things pleasing tiny minds and all that…
[youtube=http://youtu.be/rVMFZu39tmY]

At least the song had a political slant and wasn’t just another boring love song.

Now the “so bad it’s good” category. This belongs to Latvia and Croatia. A haaaarrrrr me maties! Here’s Latvia’s entry! Avast!!! Pieces of eight, pieces of eight!!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/zHLqfkU_0xA]

Croatian entry. 75 cent, you rock!!!!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/KkHL5tULoWw]

Onwards to the final…

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Eurovision 1st Semi-Final.

Well there wasn’t as many “gems” as I was hoping for. Of course there was Dustin from Ireland. I don’t think I’ll spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen the semi yet by telling you he didn’t get through 🙁

Estonia was a stand-out. They were singing a song called “Leto Svet”, which by the English translations we were getting on the TV screen was all about having too much food and enjoying the summer light.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/2r2LrMaAquE]

Another stand-out was Bosnia and Herzegovina with a song called Pokusaj by a guy called Laka. Really WEIRD presentation of the song, but the song itself was catchy. I watched a clip of it in English, but it wasn’t as catchy as it was in the native tongue.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/FHlKhhNLo4w]

Belgium’s was a bit funny. The song was done in a “non-language” (IE: gibberish), but it was sort of catchy.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/X5F8ZNMCRB4]

Azerbaijan – I think they thought they were Linkin Park or something. Not my cup of tea. The presenter kept saying one of the guys singing looked like a TV presenter here in the UK, Jonathan Ross. I LOVE the guys window-shattering falsetto at the start of the number though. The presenter last night said something like “If you have pets around at the moment, you might want to watch out”. Amazingly – they got through to the final!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/eo0VrY5C-ow]

I don’t know what was going on with the Finnish entry. I think they were trying to recapture the win they had in 2006 with Lordi. Lordi were a heavy metal act in full masked costumes. They did a song called “Hard Rock Hallelujah” and it was brilliant. This year Finland went for heavy metal again, without make-up and singing in their native tongue. It didn’t really work.

Russia’s song was awful. The guy looked like one of our “pop idol” serial wannabe’s Darius Danesh. They got in the final, but only (I think) from the help of Evgeni Plushenko skating around the stage!

That’s it for now. More gems in the days to come I’m sure. Including the Spanish, Croatian and Latvian entries.

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Favourite Music Artist – H

An Oz act now – Hoodoo Gurus

I absolutely loved them in the 80’s. Probably one of my all-time favourite 80’s acts. Here’s a YouTube clip of one of my fave song of theirs.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/QD9JjwWhAoY]

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It’s Eurovision Time!!

Man, I love this time of year! Two of my most favourite TV events happen each May. The start of Springwatch, but before that, this weekend is the Eurovision Song Contest. 

Guaranteed to be gayer than Elton John in his Marie Antoinette costume at his birthday. Camper than a row of tents, Eurovision highlights the world of cheesy pop like no other festival can!

It all kicks off tomorrow night. In the UK the first semi-final airs tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 8pm on BBC3. The second semi-final is on Thursday night at 8pm on BBC3. And the final is on Saturday on BBC1 at 8pm. 

In Australia coverage is on SBS all weekend. Friday and Saturday nights have the 1st and 2nd semi-finals on at 7.30pm, with the final airing on Sunday at 7.30pm. 

For those of you wanting to see the show but haven’t got any TV channels in your area showing the contests there will be live webcasts at Eurovision.TV

Anyone having a Eurovision party over the weekend? Have a hoot!

I’m really looking forward to Ireland’s entry.