tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4462116254751081882..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Countdown to EurovisionPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-36168862659297965242009-05-13T08:45:00.000+01:002009-05-13T08:45:00.000+01:00I also liked Bistra Voda, my capitalist coeur was ...I also liked Bistra Voda, my capitalist coeur was tickled by its lyrical communism ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-49893224311798106802009-05-11T14:12:00.000+01:002009-05-11T14:12:00.000+01:00I used to do a spreadbetting thig maongst my comra...I used to do a spreadbetting thig maongst my comrades but alas, I am away in the carribean on my hols.<br /><br />My money is on Georgia...Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23550191636286203792009-05-10T23:19:00.000+01:002009-05-10T23:19:00.000+01:00Cheers!
Will you be indulging Eurovision next wee...Cheers!<br /><br />Will you be indulging Eurovision next week?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-80596126205699278482009-05-10T23:01:00.000+01:002009-05-10T23:01:00.000+01:00As promised, I'll be around here often and sending...As promised, I'll be around here often and sending you some linkage juice for all your advice regarding the self-obsessed, deluded, mentally challenged coward.<br /><br />Peace!Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35579161518448998332009-05-10T17:06:00.000+01:002009-05-10T17:06:00.000+01:00Yet more nationalistic rant on the British Road To...Yet more nationalistic rant on the British Road To Socialism! Lol.Closet tankienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-9255446387066847722009-05-10T16:01:00.000+01:002009-05-10T16:01:00.000+01:00Like you wouldn't believe!Like you wouldn't believe!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53651727931215580252009-05-10T16:00:00.000+01:002009-05-10T16:00:00.000+01:00Having previewed all 42 entries...Another busy day...<I>Having previewed all 42 entries...</I>Another busy day Phil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-81751418251299363522009-05-10T15:53:00.000+01:002009-05-10T15:53:00.000+01:00Andy and Rob - you're both dead right in my book. ...Andy and Rob - you're both dead right in my book. Sadly we'll see the same old crap rear its head after this contest.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-76270575289739753552009-05-10T15:28:00.000+01:002009-05-10T15:28:00.000+01:00My problem with what Wogan is saying is that it ha...My problem with what Wogan is saying is that it has a mildly racist type of here comes the red tide of foreigners tinge to it. Moreover, there's an assumption embedded in what he says that whilst 'we' Western Europeans don't take Eurovision seriously, all these tribal Eastern Europeans are motivated solely by their politico-tribal loyalties.<br /><br />But surely an equally legitimate reason for Eastern Europeans to vote for Eastern Europeans is that they like the same type of music? I mean, none of us can claim a priveleged insight into people's reasons for voting, but doesn't the more likely explanation simply seem to be that people vote for what they like, and people coming from a similar cultural milieu like the same stuff.<br /><br />Wogan can't acknowledge this because he takes his particular - Western European - conceptions of what constitutes 'good' music and then treats them as if they are a universal framework. On this reading, people can't <I>possibly</I> be voting for Eastern European music because they like it, because it doesn't like up to the objective, universal standard of Western European music.<br /><br />Now, the reason I suspect this goes unsaid is because it reveals the true logic of the Wogan position. Essentially, the problem is simply that a hoarde of foreigners has been 'let into the club' and they are voting for their inferior(?) culture. <br /><br />I think the victory of Lordi kind of militates against the Eastern Europeans vote politically for other Eastern Europeans thesis.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570084990430000647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-241439058554603512009-05-10T15:13:00.000+01:002009-05-10T15:13:00.000+01:00Sureluy the reason that Eastern Europenas states v...Sureluy the reason that Eastern Europenas states vote for each other is that they share a lot of culture?<br /><br />It has alsways struck me as a rather unpleanat sense of entotlement that has led the UK to assume that we woudl get votes, despite entries not tuned to the cultural preferences of the voters.andy newmanhttp://www.socialistunity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45609721864139385622009-05-10T14:43:00.000+01:002009-05-10T14:43:00.000+01:00I don't know about Graham Norton narrating the con...I don't know about Graham Norton narrating the contest. He did used to be funny but he's about as challenging as a Blue Peter presenter. Good job we have twitter this year to supply some alternate commentary.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-39942712183005360462009-05-10T14:20:00.000+01:002009-05-10T14:20:00.000+01:00Nothing will ever top Guildo hat euch Liebe. Fines...Nothing will ever top Guildo hat euch Liebe. Finest Eurovision moment ever, mad hairy German clambering over the balcony...Anton Vowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954959652278081079noreply@blogger.com