tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post4805808544139266919..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Eurovision – The Good Old DaysTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-14270909978299764692013-05-21T11:10:54.850+01:002013-05-21T11:10:54.850+01:00@2
Well, we can't blame anyone else except ou...@2<br /><br />Well, we can't blame anyone else except ourselves for the race to the lowest common denominator.<br /><br />If it isn't unmemorable, the UK's entry has all too often been cheap and cheesy.<br /><br />And that didn't start with the Brotherhood of Man or Buck's Fizz: check out the time we first won, in 1967 in Vienna. Compare our winning song with the one that came fourth (and became one of the most recorded and covered songs ever).Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-9754850579974551252013-05-20T23:06:52.201+01:002013-05-20T23:06:52.201+01:00There's a theory going round that European cou...There's a theory going round that European countries don't vote for the UK at Eurovision because they all hate us. If that was true, European pop/rock charts would be free of British musical acts instead of being full of them, like they are at the moment and have been for the entirety of my lifetime. No, the reason they don't vote for us is because we persistently send truly terrible songs to the contest. Just sending a fairly well known act ain't enough. You have to send him/her/them with a decent song. Bonnie was sent to Sweden with a song that is so unmemorable that even Brits don't like it. It's currently residing at Number 93 in the charts, three places below Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car', which has been out for a quarter of a century. If people in Bonnie's own country don't like her song, why should we expect people anywhere else to like it?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Audacityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958563106296633913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-72154096596165879582013-05-20T13:45:45.772+01:002013-05-20T13:45:45.772+01:00There's always been an air of Channel 5 about ...There's always been an air of Channel 5 about the contest - even before Channel 5 existed! Why not let them take over the UK entry and see if Dirty Des can do any better.SteveBnoreply@blogger.com