Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 22 May, 2012, 09:52:38 pm
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So excited! Can't wait!
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Favourite for me so far is Austria with their 'Fuck him in the popo' lyric.
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This is the technical challenge of the year. The best commentary is from Ken Bruce on Radio 2. The TV picture is digital, I've got a number of digi boxes, but does the delay on digital TV match the delay on digital radio. Why o' why doesn't the BBC broadcast the Ken Bruce commentary on the red button?
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I was watching it at work, whilst trying to sort out what was happening with a slightly weird rsync using ftp.
I think this years award for strangeness (so far) has to go to Russia with their troupe of singing grannies.
Albania was rather weird (almost a prerequisite for Eurovision I realise), Israel seemed a bit camp, but I quite liked the Facebook song, done by San Marino, which had to become the Social Networking Song, because of Eurovisions ban of any commercial message in songs.
I thought Jedward were actually a bit meh, and not half as nutty as they seem to have been in the past, or maybe I'm just getting used to them and desensitised!
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London members are invited to my place in Limehouse. Let me know if you wanna pop down. It'll be on a BIG screen with a BIG sound system for full effect.
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YOU ARE ALL MAD ;D
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I thought Jedward were actually a bit meh, and not half as nutty as they seem to have been in the past, or maybe I'm just getting used to them and desensitised!
Loved the comment last night likening Jedward to a golden shower.
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Is it tomorrow?
What time?
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Do we need to find a TV? ;D
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We could visit Valiant :D
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We could.
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Apparently the Spanish don't want to win because they would be able to afford to host next year. Wonder how they going to get on with the 19bn euros bailout of Bankia?
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We could visit Valiant :D
:thumbsup:
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We could visit Valiant :D
:thumbsup:
You be in good company along with a few other fellow yacfers.
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Just know the Russian Grannies are gonna win it...
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Just know the Russian Grannies are gonna win it...
I reckon Austria are in with a shot. That lyric is superb. ;D
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Just know the Russian Grannies are gonna win it...
I would hope so. They are trying to raise money for their church.
As far as I understand Jedward are doing it in order that no part of the western world remains oblivious to their lack of talent/self-respect.
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Just know the Russian Grannies are gonna win it...
I would hope so. They are trying to raise money for their church.
As far as I understand Jedward are doing it in order that no part of the western world remains oblivious to their lack of talent/self-respect Ireland doesn't win as the country can't afford to host Eurovision.
FTFY
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Just know the Russian Grannies are gonna win it...
I would hope so. They are trying to raise money for their church.
As far as I understand Jedward are doing it in order that no part of the western world remains oblivious to their lack of talent/self-respect Ireland doesn't win as the country can't afford to host Eurovision.
FTFY
LOL! Bring on tonights festivities and oddities. I do feel that Graham Norton is growing into his role.
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Engledink's hair is terrible.
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Well he got the high notes.
:thumbsup:
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Russia is probably one of the few countries that can still afford to host it.
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Who are this lot? I have the red button subtitles on and it covers the name of the country. They're like some sort of Eurovision Blue, and that's not a good thing.
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Hungary
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Hungary, did Gary Barlow write their song?
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This one's Albania Kirst.
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Presumably they don't want to host it either?
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I've turned it off. I am enjoying the dramatic tragedy of Albania without knowing what she's on about. I like her Disney evil queen collar and her loaf of bread hair, if not her singing.
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Yikes! The dog just left the room.
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Sparkly blindfold. Haven't seen one of those on Eurovision before.
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That was horrible.
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Looks like the fashion of the season is Disney Evil Queen.
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Go you Russian grannies!
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That was fantastic!
;D
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I think I'll be voting for Mother Russia!
I get a sense that Iceland would like to slit all our throats as we sleep. Pretty dresses though.
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Yup, black is definitely the new black.
This one is reminding me too much of Camoflage.
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Sparkly blindfold. Haven't seen one of those on Eurovision before.
A sparkly gag would have been nicer.
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Cyprus - Club 18-30 holiday music. La la la la.
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Have all the dancers got DVT or is the support sock a fashion item in Cyprus?
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Quite liking France so far, like the corset, but she forgot to put her skirt on over her slip.
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Not too sure about the metal pants and those gymnasts are just a blatant gay vote grab.
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France was fracking awful.
Oooh Italy, helloooo
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Oh FFS, Amy Winehouse-lite.
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Italy - dull, wannabe Lily Allen, and I don't like the mullet of the dress.
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Lalalalala a popular lyric tonight.
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Everyone has suddenly stopped tweeting.
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If Estonia suddenly goes disco in the middle, I will like it.
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"I'll say goodbye to love..."
Oh, sorry wrong words.
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Estonia chap is rather good.
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Norway reminds me of a young Morten Harket. More please.
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You can usually rely on Norway but this one looks and sounds like Peter Andre's younger and less talented sibling.
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My mum said that. I was distracted by the cheekbones.
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I've given up this year.
It's too disappointing these days - too many smooth chests, young faces, cheesy lyrics, the obligatory modulation...
I think I'll have a cup of tea and read a book instead.
(Can you tell I'm now 40!)
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I've given up this year.
It's too disappointing these days - too many smooth chests, young faces, cheesy lyrics, the obligatory modulation...
I think I'll have a cup of tea and read a book instead.
(Can you tell I'm now 40!)
I'm 41 and I love it.
Azerbaijan have sent the non-evil Disney queen, I see.
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Obviously Hump's turned his hearing aid down. My nan used to do that too when the radio was too loud.
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AH, don't give up, I'm 46 and I still love it, the cheesiness is the best part.
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That wailing bloke really need to see somebody about his earache.
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Pugh Pugh Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble and - bagpipes?
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WTF Romania? Like a weird version of the Black Eyed Peas.
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Romania missed a trick there, they should have replaced the bagpipes with a kazookelele.
Anyway, they clearly can't afford to put the show on, they couldn't even buy the back of her dress.
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Sorry Woolly, but Denmark is pure dead boring. I think it might have been a Sheryl Crow b-side.
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Denmark were put together in a student flat, drugs were involved, but not enough of them.
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It's a bit dull so far this year, apart from the Russian grannies. No pirates, no Lordi, nobody on iceskates, no garden gnomes. It's like Europe's trying to win.
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Denmark were put together in a student flat, drugs were involved, but not enough of them.
Please ban us (Denmark ) from eurovision the next decade, so we can make a proper song :demon:
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But we don't want a proper song. We want garden gnomes.
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Oh gods, Sweden's even worse, do you think she's spent a too much time in her room in the dark with only her Kate Bush DVDs for company?
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Denmark were put together in a student flat, drugs were involved, but not enough of them.
Please ban us (Denmark ) from eurovision the next decade, so we can make a proper song :demon:
Do we have to supply the drugs as well?
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Graham Norton does fill tels shoes rather well..
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OK, Turkey has just rendered me speechless. Has Sacha Baron Cohen managed to break in?
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Er well Gus, you could take comfort from this, at least you are not Turkish.
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Turkey are like Take That if they were miserable teenage goths, plus Ben from Curiosity Killed The Cat.
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Holy crap. we've got no chance now Turkey have enlisted Borat!
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I think he forgot the words (I'm certain he forgot the tune)
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A singer with a voice - the Spanish Carol Carpenter...
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Spain are so poor they just gave her a sheet and said "make a toga."
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Denmark were put together in a student flat, drugs were involved, but not enough of them.
Please ban us (Denmark ) from eurovision the next decade, so we can make a proper song :demon:
Do we have to supply the drugs as well?
No we will settle down in Christiania, so drugs will be the least of our problem. But we might need help finding
some cycling garden gnomes that can throw knifes while yodeling
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Someone on Twitter said Spain was "Snow Patrol with tits."
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Unicycling garden gnomes Gus, they have ti be unicycling.
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Germany is dead boring and I don't like his hat. He'd go out in week 3 in X Factor.
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He certainly is standing still, but it is quite a catchy tune.. He could have dressed for the occasion
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Germany is dead boring and I don't like his hat. He'd go out in week 3 in X Factor.
I thought there was the seed of a decent song in there, but it wasn't helped by the singer being as flat as a pancake
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Jamie Cullum wrote it and it shows.
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Are those rapha gloves? Forget snow patrol, this is geek patrol.
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Unicycling garden gnomes Gus, they have ti be unicycling.
Unicycling nekkid garden gnomes , unicycling throwing knifes and yodeling.
That way we don't have to make a song, nobody will notice it's missing.
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This is the night, good night..
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Well Malta were definitely enjoying themselves - thought it was quite good
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Cansomebody just put her out of her misery, please?
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Electric strings and short skirts are so noughties...
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I think Malta nicked that footwork from Racey.
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I thought her voice was very nice.. can sing far better than the last few..
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Bonnie Tyler lives on!
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I thought her voice was very nice.. can sing far better than the last few..
I agree
Oh God, here come Jedward!
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Oh please spare me.
Not that I'm watching of course..
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They forgot the cyberman helmets.
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WTF :o :o :o
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Or is it the tin man and his twin brother from the emerald
isle city
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*not a fan of Jedward*
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Did somebody feed them espresso and Haribo?
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Er ??? ??? ???
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Golden showers on Eurovision courtesy of Jedward! Hahaha! Brilliant! :D
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Just as Eskimos have 120 words for snow, so Jedward followers have 120 words for shit.
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Serbia were very nice, starting to get into it nicely till he opened his mouth..
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What happened to that nice Johnny Logan? Can't Ireland get him back on for them?
Oooh look, a wandering clarinettist.
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There's something "My heart will go on" about that intro.
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I'm sure the tune for the Serbian one is from the Visit Scotland ads
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I wanted the lurking clarinettist to do an huge atonal PARP in the singer's ear.
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Just back from a recital of 16th Century French church music at the local cathedral by Harry Christopher's group 'The Sixteen', so from the sublime to the ...........
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Yeah this one is ridiculous
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Not so much a toadstool skirt as a shaggy ink cap..
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Suddenly it's 1988.
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The digital Ukrainian dancers have strangely stuffed trousers.
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I like whatever is going on in the background, but I'm sure this is an M People song.
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Do like the morph backing dancers.. Oh, it has turned into a crowd :(
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Nice graphics. shame about everything else.
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I love Moldova already.
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They certainly win the best frocks contest.
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Is he a blacksmith or a farrier? It's hard to tell.
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I like their shambolic dancing.
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OK, I like the moldova song.. song, music, scatty dancing. Like zombies on speed..
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Moldova for the win!
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Moldova would be my second choice, but I voted for Russia. They had an oven on stage. They have to win.
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Wow, cyprus really were Bam-Bam and Pebble's teenage pop group..
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Did the Russian's have cake?
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I think they were pasties
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That'll do.
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Russia - going for the audax vote.
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I'm voting Ireland. Putting a golden shower on the Eurovision stage? Pure genius. ;D
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Wow, cyprus really were Bam-Bam and Pebble's teenage pop group..
Teen Pebbles was hawt.
May have voted for Greece. :demon:
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Russia, Ireland and Moldova for this household.
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The greek song is catchy, like a Kylie song. It's growing on me. Moldova, Russia, Greece so far.
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For visual impact, the Turkish "Lucky Pierre" act is edging it for me.
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I didn't know Andrij could play whatever that stringed instrument is.
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I didn't subject MFWHTBAB to watching it, so I've only seen the snippets they just showed for the voting. That, combined with this thread, has nicely got the atmosphere over... ;)
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Wow, what a transition from the intro into the song. With all the grace and elegance of a train derailment. It's a bit like going to a fancy restaurant with all the bells and whistles and then being served something really disappointingly ordinary that has just come out of the microwave.
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It's all a bit 80's Sci Fi/Fantasy B movie.
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Interestingly, my Amazon impulse buy of the night was this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Putumayo-Presents-Arabic-Groove/dp/B00005J6WU/ref=pd_ybh_1
Possibly a reaction to Jedward, I don't know.
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It's all a bit 80's Sci Fi/Fantasy B movie.
Crossed with Rihanna's Umbrellaellaella.
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Ok, now for he good bit!
Eeerlond, nul points...
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Do we think the Hump is humping the Russian grannies?
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Well the hump has a point
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Well the hump has a point
Is he violating the Russians with it?
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I've had to ask Dez to turn it off. I couldn't stand that constant thrumming noise.
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C'mon ref, that was never offside.
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I've had to ask Dez to turn it off. I couldn't stand that constant thrumming noise.
I hadn't noticed it until you mentioned it. Curse you.. it is almost as bad as the background noise from a Wii menu.
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I've turned off through terminal boredom. It was OK for a while.. :)
Besides, Nia Parry is teaching Lucy Owen and Lucie Jones welsh on S4C. No brainer.
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Who is the swedish 'woman'? A scandinavian Edna?
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Well the Fins livened up the points a bit ;D
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Poor old Singlepoint Humperdink.
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He's got 8 now
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Are they employing the Duckworth-Lewis Method?
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Eurovision party in Stockholm next year! ;D
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Are they employing the Duckworth-Lewis Method?
You can still get pregnant with that.
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Are they employing the Duckworth-Lewis Method?
You can still get pregnant with that.
I bloody hope not, Vernon and I would create something fucked up enough to bring it home for Royaume-Uni.
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Is there really any shame in NOT winning the Eurovision Song Contest?
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I thought *not* winning was generally a huge relief!
I'm pondering whether coming second to last is more humiliating to coming last. We weren't even best at being worst.
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Jan Teigen!
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I didn't know Andrij could play whatever that stringed instrument is.
Huh?
On a related note, the bagpipe bloke looks just like one of my mates. He was not amused when we pointed that out to him. Repeatedly. ;D
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Is it racist to say that (almost) all the entries sounded the same? (and have done for years now)
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Is it racist to say that (almost) all the entries sounded the same? (and have done for years now)
If you'd said that a lot of the entries are a bit 'samey' I can't believe that even the most insanely 'right on' members on here would have construed that as racist. Perhaps you need a prolonged sojourn in the real world.
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Not racist at all. Quite the opposite... it's all inclusive!
I do think there's a euro club/pop/beat sound that many of the Eurovision entries seem to go for. A kind of synth-pop, clubland, dance floor sound. When I hear it, I'm reminded of the UK 80/90s, bands like Erasure etc (those big in the gay club scene). That at least to me seems to be a touch point for the europop/eurobeat sound, though which influenced the other, I don't know.
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I tend to like the more folk-y ones myself.
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Perhaps you need a prolonged sojourn in the real world.
Maybe ...
Will the music be better?