Eurovision Song Contest 2007

[Ingvina Freyr]

[...]the results of the huge nordic comparative sexology survey? [...]males have a homosexual experience[...]

How do they define "homosexual experience"? I mean, watching the Eurovision Song Contest can be regarded as having a homosexual experience!

At Eurovision, this year, we have a really, really, really, really, really stupid entry!!

Please tell me what you think about it!

In an ocean of bubble-gum pop it is always nice with an ethnic touch to a song. The song is not in my taste but I have to give it an ok, I guess. The part of the lyrics I could understand was terrible though.

 

[Verbose]

How do they define "homosexual experience"? I mean, watching the Eurovision Song Contest can be regarded as having a homosexual experience!

In the context of the survey, it was very much sexual.

 

[Urederra]

At Eurovision, this year, we have a really, really, really, really, really stupid entry!!

Please tell me what you think about it!

(apart from the grammar in English )

I like how the guitar sounds. The music is quite good for Eurovision. The lyrics are stupid, but hey, there are loads of stupid lyrics around. They want to gain the sympathy and votes of the jury by singing in tongues, but then some countries might not vote them because their language is not used in the song.

I don't like how the song ends, though.

 

[Kyriakos]

This year's choice by Greece was worse even from older times. Typically something crawling inside the sewer gets to be sent, musically wise, but at least previously it was the best selling one in that genre. Now someone quasi-uknown was sent :/

Nothing will ever top this 2002 entry though :
click if you dare

 

[nivi]

Can someone translate the french part of push the button?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Can someone translate the french part of push the button?

Too fast for me. "Regime fanatique" and all I get.

But anyway, I think we have a winner here. I love it

 

[Mirc]

:/

Nice, simple. I actually liked it.

I agree. Compared to the other songs, this is brilliant. Not saying much, but I can actually watch it without cringing and sorta enjoy it. Nice tune, pleasant voices, and interesting all in all.

How do they define "homosexual experience"? I mean, watching the Eurovision Song Contest can be regarded as having a homosexual experience!

In an ocean of bubble-gum pop it is always nice with an ethnic touch to a song. The song is not in my taste but I have to give it an ok, I guess. The part of the lyrics I could understand was terrible though.

Whoa, I'm surprised. Well, very good then. I actually hate the ending too. It's not as stupid as the other ones, I agree.

But yes, the lyrics are stupid:

Spoiler :

[English]
Everywhere around the world, "I love you", it means the same
Every day and every night only you can touch my flame
So take my heart, take my soul, everything of me
Everywhere you go, my baby, even Italy

[Italian]
Non devi essere speciale, "io ti amo" è sempre uguale
Lo puoi dire come vuoi, sei da solo, con i tuoi (Guagli&#242
E qui non esistono frontiere, l'amore non ha barriere
In città o in campagna, lo stesso in Spagna (Señorita)

[Spanish]
Por todo el mundo, "te quiero" es lo mismo
Cada día y cada noche solo tú me das amor (¡Arriba!)
Aquí está mi sol, te lo doy, todo lo que soy
Si te vas, te buscaré en Rusia se (Locomondo)

[Russian]
Где-то там, кто-то там, тебя любит, не забудь
Скажи да любимая, люби, люби ты меня
Где бы ты не находилась, где б не побывала
Буду ждать, любимая, сегодня и всегда

[French]
Mademoiselle, partout au monde, un "je t'aime", c'est la même chose
Chaque jour, chaque nuit, toi, tu reste ma seule rose
Prends mon coeur, prends mon âme, ma vie, ma chérie (Vas-y)
Appelle-moi où que tu sois, même en Roumanie (Yo)

[Romanian]
Undeva cineva te iubeste, nu uita
Spune da, iubita mea, stii cum e cu dragostea
Oriunde ai fi, oricat ai sta, te voi astepta
Inima spune ea, aicï e casa ta

[International]
Everywhere around the world, "io ti amo" è sempre uguale
Cada dia y cada noche, люби, люби ты меня
Prends mon coeur, prends mon âme, ma vie, ma chérie
Inima spune ea, aicï e casa ta (Ho... hey, hey)

Everywhere around the world, "io ti amo" è sempre uguale (Hey)
Cada dia y cada noche, люби, люби ты меня (Hey)
Prends mon coeur, prends mon âme, ma vie, ma chérie (Hey)
Inima spune ea, aicï e casa ta (Hey)

¡Ole! ¡Arriba! (Hey)
Locomondo (Hey)
Everybody, viva l'amore (Hey)
Sing with me baby,
Hop si-asa (Hey)

Which means:

Spoiler :

Everywhere around the world "I love you" it means the same
Every day and every night only you can touch my flame
So, take my heart, take my soul, everything of me
Everywhere you go, my baby, even Italy.

You do not need to be special, "I love you" is always the same
You can say it as you like it, either alone or with your folks
And here there are no frontiers, love is boundless,
In the city or in the countryside, it's the same in Spain.

For the whole world, "I love you" is the same,
Every day and every night, it's only you who gives me love (c'mon)
Here is my soul I 'm giving it to you, everything that I am,
If you leave, I'll search for you in Russia.

Somewhere there, somebody loves you, don't forget,
Say "yes", my darling, and love me.
Wherever you are, wherever you might go,
I'll be waiting for you, my love, now and forever.

My dear, in the whole world, "I love you" is the same
Every day, every night, you are my only rose,
Take my heart, take my soul, my life, my darling,
Call me, wherever you are, even in Romania.

Somewhere, somebody loves you, don't forget it,
Say "yes", my love, you know what love is about
Wherever you are, no matter for how long
I'll be waiting for you
My heart tells me here is your home.

Everywhere around the world,
"I love you" is always the same
Every day and every night
Love me, love me,
Take my heart, take my soul, my life, my darling,
My heart tells me here is your home.

 

[nivi]

Never mind, search around to web netted me this.

Spoiler :

כפתור אדום / Push the Button
מילים, לחן והפקה מוסיקלית: קובי אוז lyrics and music: Kobi Oz

The world is full of terror
If someone makes an error
He’s gonna blow us up to biddy biddy kingdom come
There are some crazy rulers they hide and try to fool us
With demonic, technologic willingness to harm

They’re gonna push the button
push the button push the bu push the bu push the button

Il ya plein de souffrance
Dans les rues il y a trop de violence
Et on a beaucoup de chance d’être vivant même pas blessés
Avancement tactique de régime fanatique
Situation tragique qui me met les larmes aux yeux

Translation:
There is so much suffering
The streets are filled with violence
How very lucky we are
To have survived this far without even getting injured
As this fanatical regime
Gets more tactical
A tragic situation that
my eyes with tears

end of translation
And I don’t want to die
I want to see the flowers bloom
Don’t want a go capoot ka boom
And I don’t want to cry
I wanna have a lot of fun
Just sitting in the sun

But nevertheless

He’s gonna push the button
push the button push the bu push the bu push the button

מסרים מתפוצצים עלי
טילים מתעופפים וגם נופלים עלי
שוטרים וגנבים מתרוצצים עלי
והם קופצים עלי מתקרצצים עלי
אללי אללי תענה לי אלוהי הי
הסיוט הזה ארוך מדי
כשאני בקושי חי וכולם מכוונים אלי זה מוקדם לשיר אולי
שנתתי לך חיי
ווי ווי - המשטרה
וויאוו וויאוו - צוות הצלה
הנה זה בקדם שיר ללא סלאם
אדום זה לא רק צבע זה יותר כמו דם
שוב עוצר בלב את הנשימה
שלא תפרח עכשיו הנשמה
הנה מלחמה הנה הנשמה
בום בום זה מה שקורה עכשיו
בין רקטה למצ'טה בין צופה לכתב
בין מחטף לנחטף בין גשום לשרב
הסלמה במדרגות עולה ותופסת קו
כלום כלום זה מה שכולם עושים
קיצונים מקצינים וקצינים מרצינים
התמימים מתמתנים ממתינים לנתונים
ועונים: שכולם חסרי אונים

עולם כולו דמונים שאנחנו סתם פיונים
ושמפיונים עם ז'יטונים מחליטים מה שיהיה
ניהול בעצלתיים, אוניה מלאה במים
וכולם שותים לחיים וטובעים זה לצד זה

אולי זה חד מדי צריך לשיר שירי דקלים שירי מדבר ללא דגלים
אני עוד חי חי חי ואם ימשיך להיות מפחיד
רק אז אני אגיד

[Translation of the Hebrew:]

Messages are blowing up on me,
Missiles are flying and falling on me,
Cops and robbers running around on me,
And they're jumping on me, bothering me.
My god, my god, answer me god,
This nightmare is too long,
When I am barely alive and everybody is aiming at me it might be too soon to sing,
That I gave you my life.
Wee Wee - the police,
Weeoo Weeoo - rescue team,
Here it is in the Kdam (the pre-Eurovision contest) a song without Salam (peace in Arabic).
Red is not just a color, it's more like blood, [reference to kassam attack codename "red color"]
Stopping my breath again,
So my soul won't pop out,
Here is war, here is the soul [or: here is war, here is a resuscitation]
Boom boom this is what is happening now,
Between rocket and machete, between viewer and reporter,
Between underhanded opportunism and kidnapping, between rain and drought [reference to ******ed codenames for operation launced after soldiers were kidnapped]
Escalation rises up the stairs and takes a (front) line.
Nothing is what everybody does.
Extremists getting more extreme and officers acting serious,
The naive turn to moderation and wait for information
And answer that everyone is helpless.

A world full of demons, and we are only pawns,
And champions with poker chips decide what will be.
Things are run slowly, a ship full of water,
And everybody is drinking l'chaim, drowning next to each other.

Maybe this is too blunt, maybe we should sing about palm trees, [reference to previous israeli eurovision song]
Sing about a desert without flags. [another previous israeli eurovision song]
I'm still alive alive alive, and if it continues to be frightening,
Only then will I say:

[End of translation, the rest is in English originally]

I’m gonna push the button
push the button push the bu push the bu push the button

 

[ktsk]

I'm eagerly waiting for some more scandals (or "scandals") to surface. So far it has been pretty quiet.
Never mind the songs, as long as the show is good.

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

All the finnish finalists... If you feel like wasting time. I already did by digging these from youtube.

After long consideration (not really) I have decided to cast my vote as follows:

Beats & Styles - See the signs !Warning! this is truly horrible! Somebody kill me please! :suicide:

Humane - Plane away No, run away!

Laura - Take a chance Un point

Katra - Tietäjä Deux points. I tried to imagine this song with a decent singer. The music isn't all that bad.

Thunderstone - Face in the mirror Trois points

Lovex - Anyone, anymore Quatre points

Kentala - Left my heart behind Cinq points. Anyone here on this forum could've sung this song better. What waste!

Jan Wilde & Rose Avenue - Rock&roll dreams Six points

Jani & Jetsetters - Musta sulhanen Sept points

Johanna Kurkela - Olet uneni kaunein Huit points. I'm sorry Johanna, but nothing is going to happen with that guy, even when sitting on top of him in a bed.

Jukka Kuoppamäki - Levitä siivet Dix points

Hanna Pakarinen - Leave me alone Douze points. This is the only song that escapes the waste bin, and I actually think it's quite good.

EDIT: Links to the songs are in Rheinmetall's post on page five.

 

[ktsk]

Jukka Kuoppamäki - Levitä siivet Dix points

I really need an explanation to this! Unless they are sarcastic points.
For more Jukka-torture, see the song that wasn't chosen to the Finnish final:Pikajuna. Unfortunately, some of the horridness is lost if you don't understand the words... really terrible crap about a train going by blablabla...

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

Ok, here's the explanation:

The song is not good, it's just that the others are worse. Especially if you also consider the quality of the artists. Jukka can at least carry a tune. I also tried turning my head away and just listen to the music and then imagening a good artist performing it. I then felt that the song had more potential than I did at first.

 

[ktsk]

The song is not good, it's just that the others are worse.

That's an excellent point.
I wonder when the contest will have a voting option "none of the songs were good enough" or just leave the 12 points undecided. Earlier with the jurys this could have been done buti guess now the phone vote has ruined the possibility...

 

[Tykinruoka]

Jukka Kuoppamäki - Levitä siivet Dix points

This is traditional crappy finnish folk rock that only over 40yrs old finns listen.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

If Ingvina wants we can give him more Finnish music!

 

[Tykinruoka]

How about some Tapio Rautavaara?

Or how about this? http://youtube.com/watch?v=0uj9QeNX6G4

Ok, enough offtopic?

 

[Masquerouge]

The Romanian song is actually quite okay.

 

[Zuffox]

I'm just hoping for the Lordi effect (TM) to happen again with our - Denmark's - proud contestant: the transvestite singing Drama Queen!

How's that for national branding.

 

[nivi]

I'm just hoping for the Lordi effect (TM) to happen again with our - Denmark's - proud contestant: the transvestite singing Drama Queen!

How's that for national branding.

How original.

 

[Kyriakos]

For those who have not yet seen the greek entry for ESC, here is the abominable thing:

Sarbel