I hope that I am still allowed to express my opinions in this humble Yorkshire blog. After all, I do not want to be "cancelled" or "blacklisted" or whatever is done to curmudgeonly old fellows these days.
Last night, the 69th Eurovision Song contest was held in Basel, Switzerland. I must admit that I always greet Eurovision with a degree of revulsion. I scorn the razzmatazz but above all I dislike the shallow, forgettable songs and have zero respect for the second rate performers who broadcast them to the world. The whole thing induces a kind of nausea.
Sad really when songs can be so meaningful and memorable and simply good for us - but not Eurovision songs. They are all and have always been utter rubbish.
This year's winning song came from Austria and was performed by a young man called Johannes Pietsch under the stage name "JJ". The title of the winning song was "Wasted Love" and in my opinion it was bloody awful. You are entitled to your opinion but I repeat that I found it terrible. For your aural reckoning, here it is. Get your ear plugs ready...
If I never hear or see JJ singing "Wasted Love" again I shall be immensely grateful.
That style of vocalizing has become very popular and it grates on my nerves. The melody could be pretty if not for the voice. And although I like opera, the loud part of it was indeed awful.
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DeleteYou didn't convince me to give the song a listen. I have heard similar comments from other years.
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DeleteFortunately, nobody HAS to watch the contest or listen to those songs if they don‘t want to… and I am one of those who have stopped watching in the late 1970s/early 80s, when it was still a kind of family event with all four of us gathered round the TV, platter of sandwiches on the coffee table, listening to a glamorous Barbie-like lady announcing „Germany: Douze points“.
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DeleteI didn't even know it was on over the weekend. Missed it..again.
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DeleteI don't watch Eurovision, haven't done for many years, but I did a channel hop at about 9pm and caught the end of the Brit entry, and the beginning of JJ....I quickly hopped off again to watch the end of Beat the Chasers before 1% club ! My son told me that JJ won!. What on earth were the rest like?
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DeleteThe Eurovision Song Contest has become a farce. I stopped watching it years ago as it was always the case of countries voting for their neighbours in some sort of political allegiance rather than voting for the best song. The songs became weirder and the costumes and settings stupid. I did tune in for the last 10 minutes this year as I was channel hopping but that was enough. As for the winner..... *@%¥^$#**
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DeleteI have long since given the contest a miss. The last song I remember winning was "Waterloo", by some Swedish group called Abba - I think they went on to do quite well after their win! Can't say the same for any of the other singers.
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DeleteWritten like a true old person. I didn't like the song either, but it is not just about the songs. It's about the occasion, the excitement, the spectacle and the competitiveness between countries. As I wrote elsewhere, I don't know why Australia is allowed to compete, but some Australians just love it. There are very late night parties and very early morning parties as it is broadcast here at some absurd hour, maybe 5.00am.
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DeleteWhat about the awful VAR decision/s at the prestigious English cup final YP?
ReplyDeleteWhat you mean when Dean Henderson handled the ball outside his box? The ref didn't even give a free kick and VAR overlooked it. Never mind. Everybody wanted Palace to win.
DeleteI made it through one minute of that and then turned it off. In the past Eurovision had some good singers and good acts, but these days it all seems to be about the "show", costumes and special effects seem to be more important. I haven't even bothered to find any of the performances on youtube this year.
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DeleteI haven't watched more than "snippets" of the Eurovision Song Contest in decades either. (Even in my youth I wasn't crazy about it, but back then we only had two TV channels...) These days I literally cannot watch it because I can't visually cope with lightshows. The Swedish contribution has been "hyped" here so I did watch that in the semi-final (but ended up just shaking my head...) I heard a snippet of the winning song on the news and was convinced it was sung by a woman - so was in for a surprise when clicking on your video now! (Watched it to the end but ended up shaking my head at that too.) I think I'll settle for being old enough now to just stubbornly keep listening to my old favourites...
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DeleteNever watched it but listened to the above, it was terrible. Wasn't there always a rumour that voting wasn't about the song more about the country. That is why we are always low down in the marks.
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DeleteOnly gays in Eurovision.
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DeleteI saw the first half hour and thought the Israeli song was good, despite being politicised.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Israel was in Europe. I thought it was in Asia. Shouldn't they be competing in Asiavision instead?
DeleteMaybe all of the cats voted for it? Without the title, I would never guess that the words were "wasted love." But I am a woke old curmudgeon with failing hearing.
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DeleteP.S. I agree 100% that you are a woke old curmudgeon just like me!
I don't think the winning song was awful, but it is clearly a one-and-done listen.
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DeleteI guess the fourteen seconds I watched that is more Eurovision than I've ever seen before.
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DeleteI didn't watch it, but I've enjoyed the Eurovision contests I've seen in the past. You just can't take it too seriously. It's fun pop music and the shiny new thing of the moment -- it has nothing to do with greatness.
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DeleteI'm in Canada and I haven't figured out how to watch the Eurovision songs, although there is probably a way to achieve it. However I started watching the video you posted, and had to stop halfway because it was so horrid. Was that a girl singing? Not exactly something to hum along to on a summer road trip.
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DeleteI started to listen to it, and I didn't think it was that bad until the "opera" part began. I had to stop listening.
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DeleteI want to like it, I think I ought to like it …….im not that bothered
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ReplyDeleteI never watch the Eurovision song contest. It started as a way to prove that European and British television could work together. Songs were thought to be a better test than a test 'sound.'
ReplyDeletei can't lie.... i do enjoy the eurovision spectacle!!
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