The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

Good job Europe and Australia for voting the right way.

Moldova is my favorite song, close second is Norway.

Mika's pauses are too long.

[celedhring]

Yeah, Norway was my favorite as combo of catchiness/zaniness - with Moldova also up there. Serbia was also oddly mesmerizing. UK was... okay? It felt a bit too polished and controlled for my Eurovision tastes, but it was a well crafted and performed song.

[celedhring]

Incidentally, I thadn't checked the Ukrainian song before today and when they started playing it I recognized it instantly from dozens of combat footage videos 

[The Larch]

For me the zany award had to go to Moldova, after a bunch of boooooooring ballads their song was the necessary weirdness/catchiness that was needed. I felt great seeing that they got a ton of support from the popular votes.

[Josquius]

Russias reaction to eurovision

https://mobile.twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1525736863591550976



#gowokegobroke

[CountDeMoney]

Wait a minute...you guys were serious about this Eurovision thing?  It's a real thing?

You people can never talk shit about American television ever again.  Ever.

[Sheilbh]

The best take is from when the Swedes hosted a couple of years ago and showed how to do the perfect Eurovision song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tgnx6jTQ

I think American TV has tried their own version, but because it still aspires to a heterosexual audience my impression is it's not been that great - but I could be wrong.

[celedhring]

The best take is from when the Swedes hosted a couple of years ago and showed how to do the perfect Eurovision song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tgnx6jTQ

I think American TV has tried their own version, but because it still aspires to a heterosexual audience my impression is it's not been that great - but I could be wrong.

You know, I was having a debate with my friends yesterday about which is the perfect Eurovision song. Not the *best* Eurovision song, mind you.

My take was Rise Like a Phoenix - controversial, over the top anthemic, completely earnest, and it hits like a freight train. I listened to again and I realized would be a kickass Bond theme.  Actually "could you put this in front of Bond?" is probably a good way to rate a song for Eurovision.

[Admiral Yi]

The perfect Eurovision song was Waterloo.  Everything else has been dreck.

[Eddie Teach]

Most of the best and the worst television is American.

[Sheilbh]

You know, I was having a debate with my friends yesterday about which is the perfect Eurovision song. Not the *best* Eurovision song, mind you.

My take was Rise Like a Phoenix - controversial, over the top anthemic, completely earnest, and it hits like a freight train. I listened to again and I realized would be a kickass Bond theme.  Actually "could you put this in front of Bond?" is probably a good way to rate a song for Eurovision.

Yeah there may not be too much overlap between best and best Eurovision - totally agree on Rise Like a Phoenix and Bond though. And a great choice. It's genuinely iconic Eurovision. I think there needs to be a staging gimmick too (and I really remember with Conchita how clever the staging was because in the last chorus even though she didn't move it gave the impression that the platform was rising).

Because the others ones that spring to mind for me is Fairytale and Heroes from Mans both of which had big stage gimmicks/ideas (admittedly a violin and graphic of a stickman ).

[Admiral Yi]

Out of the three ceremonial family gatherings by far the most boring has to be the graduation.

[Josquius]

Out of the three ceremonial family gatherings by far the most boring has to be the graduation.

It's the longest I guess.

I was thinking on this stuff earlier - increasingly these days people get married on paper and forego ceremony. Could this be done for a christening?

[Sheilbh]

Graduation is a ceremony for the parents - and getting photos. That's it.

Marriage - massive party. Funerals - very context specific. Don't think I've been to many as an adult and not many of my friends are having kids - but the last one I was at had the vicar drunkenly shouting at a boat "I'm the vicar - and these are all my tarts!"

[celedhring]

My graduation at a Spanish uni lasted 2-3 hours. My graduation at an American one lasted the whole fucking day