Eurovision 2009 (Russia)

[robbie]

dradeel, omg! Thank you so much!

[dradeel]

You're welcome, robbie

[spyretto]

Originally Posted by fanoff

That was a joke!I knew that she wasn't gonna win with that messy show after all there were much better acts And that's true,we will never get bored of Eurovision and watch it every year no matter who wins

Rybak himself said it was his favourite and a lot of people were tipping it to do very well, not only you. At the end of the day my musical tastes are similar to the mass public - that's probably not a good thing but I do acknowledge that many songs were very respectable - Iceland for example was exactly the right song and a fabulous voice, France and the UK were not bad at all etc. This year, in fact there was a 50-50 split in the semis between the rubbish songs and the good songs. If the rest of the countries who sent jokey songs make an effort next season and if somehow Italy joined it'd be the perfect Eurovision.
Still it was a great show and the appearance by Tatu a nice touch ( though Katina gained weight again ).
My friend thought the best were Israel and Romania and Finland so I guess people like different things. But even those were not bad. So I retract my position about the contest getting worse, I guess I was listening to the wrong ones, it's probably the first time in ages that I'm left with a positive musical feeling this time around and as many acts decided to do a minimal or simple stage presentation and concentrated on the merits of the songs itself I can feel it's becoming more of a musical contest again ( that's what a lot of the media reported in the UK also ).


And I'd like to add that the song was a worthy winner, in fact the best song in terms of simple songwriting with a little sing along melody, that's why Europe loved it. I think it will go down well in history as a worthy winner compared to gimmicky acts such like Ruslana, Naumova, Lordi etc that people hardly remember any more or remember it with disdain. People will remember this as a decent song that won the contest, I don't buy along the idea that he won because he's cute.
I think only Serbia had perhaps a more powerful song in recent years than this one.
Before we had all those acts winning on the merit of the performance and the song itself was always secondary, at least this time around it was more about the song than anything else.

[QueenBee]

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robbie, sorry I was too late to translate! Great job dradeel

Birsta City is some sort of huge mall in Sundsvall (where he's heading) so I guess he was planning to visit it in order to really experience the city

And what a copy cat he is! I had pancakes yesterday and the day before!

[forre]

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Originally Posted by QueenBee

And what a copy cat he is!

In his blog he sounded more like a drama queen. Too bad he'll be entering Melodifestivalen for another 10 years now... Gosh!

[dradeel]

Originally Posted by spyretto

gimmicky acts such like ... Lordi etc that people hardly remember any more or remember it with disdain

I beg to differ. I remember it, and it will go down in my book as the best winner of Eurovision ever. I think Lordi will be pleasently remembered by many because they did something outrageously special and memorable. Most winners, however, are forgotten. Sure, I can name some 90s winners, but do you remember any winners after Y2K except Lordi and (obviously) Alexander Rybak? Cuz I don't. Okay, I can slightly remember 07, and I was reminded by 08 this year, but 00-02, 04 and 05 are completely lacking from my memory (remember winner of 03 because of who came in 3rd, hehe)... but 06, damn 06 surely is fresh in my memory. Whether you like the song or not is of course a matter of taste

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Originally Posted by QueenBee

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Great job dradeel

Birsta City is some sort of huge mall in Sundsvall

Thank you! And roger that. Then it makes much more sense. Hehe.

[FiorE]

dradeel congrats, you`re hosting the next eurovision! , well your country

anyone have norway`s song to download ???

[EstBoy]

British midweek chart:

Singles

1 Dizzee Rascal 49.3k
2 Black Eyed Peas 25k
3 Tinchy/N-Dubz 16.2k
4 Alexander Rybak (Norway) 14.8k
5 La Roux 14.2k


Top 10
Dan Merriweather

Top 15
Soulja Boy

Top 20
Jade Ewen (UK)

Top 30
Paolo Nutini
Yohanna (Iceland)
Star Pilots
Green Day

Top 40
Keri Hilson (KYD)
Eminem (Beautiful)
Shontelle

Top 50
Alicia Keys

Top 60
Kelly Clarkson
Alex Swings Oscar Sings
Taylor Swift (TOMG)

Top 70
Michael Jackson
Waldo's People
Lady GaGa (Paparazzi)

Top 80
Urban Symphony (Estonia)
Honey Ryder
Killers

Source: Haven

[EstBoy]

Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Promo CD Single)

1. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (3:03)
2. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Dj Sensor Dance Remix) (3:26)
3. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (instrumental version) (3:03)

http://narod.ru/disk/8892708000/Alex...ytale.rar.html


Urban Symphony - Randajad (Promo CD Single)

1. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Radio Version)
2. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Club Mix Edit)
3. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Lazy Drumbeat Mix)
4. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Instrumental)


http://narod.ru/disk/8893577000/Urba...ngle).rar.html


http://le-lik.blogspot.com/

[FiorE]

Originally Posted by EstBoy

Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Promo CD Single)

1. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (3:03)
2. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (Dj Sensor Dance Remix) (3:26)
3. Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (instrumental version) (3:03)

http://narod.ru/disk/8892708000/Alex...ytale.rar.html


Urban Symphony - Randajad (Promo CD Single)

1. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Radio Version)
2. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Club Mix Edit)
3. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Lazy Drumbeat Mix)
4. Urban Symphony - Randajad (Instrumental)


http://narod.ru/disk/8893577000/Urba...ngle).rar.html


http://le-lik.blogspot.com/

Thank You very much EstBoy, really apreciate it.
*donwloading*

[AshMcAuliffe]

Originally Posted by dradeel

it will go down in my book as the best winner of Eurovision ever. I think Lordi will be pleasently remembered by many because they did something outrageously special and memorable.

i totally agree with you on this. They were unique!

Thank you for the Urban Symphony single. It's wicked awesome and you've made my day!

[AshMcAuliffe]

according to that UK midweek chart listing how the HELL is Waldo's People higher than Urban Symphony?!!?!? WTF?!

[fanoff]

Originally Posted by forre

In his blog he sounded more like a drama queen. Too bad he'll be entering Melodifestivalen for another 10 years now... Gosh!

Didn't turn out that way But we have other MF losers now