Unlimited
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 11:59:52 GMT -5
Yes, it's that time again, that time when 25 countries come out with the with the worst 25 songs ever heard on national TV in the hope that they won't win it and have to fit the expense next year, all the while listening to a Welshman mock them and all that they stand for. Ah, good times, you don't know what you're missing in the US.
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Post by Sir Paul on May 15, 2004 13:35:21 GMT -5
Oh Yea? We'll, we have Nascar racing, when rednecks make left turns for 4 hours, and after one of them wins, we get to listen to white southern males talk about aerodynamics and their sponsers.
Anyways, it's a good time had by all, with the crashes, intelegent commentary (boogity-boogity-boogity!), and heros and villians. Bakersfield's own Kevin Harvick is the hot-headed young punk out to prove something, and Jeff Gordon is that Yankee Rainbow bastard hated by every true redneck and hillbilly. Our hero, of coarse, is Dale Earnhart Jr. The son of the Intimidator is hailed by all, and if you see your local 'necks in a good mood, it's because he won the last race. With that kind of drama and excitement, you Europeians don't know what you're missing.
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 13:58:09 GMT -5
Well, admittedly, that sounds petty good. But do you get women in skimpy costumes winning Nascar, who later has to admit she's actually a pre-op transvestite??
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Post by Sir Paul on May 15, 2004 14:08:43 GMT -5
No, but we have beer commercials, which are just as good.
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 14:15:32 GMT -5
Well we get Turkish presenters making hideous attempts to speak english.
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Post by Sir Paul on May 15, 2004 14:17:49 GMT -5
Have you heard rednecks trying to speak english?
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 14:20:21 GMT -5
Have you heard Eurovision contestants try to sing?
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Post by Sir Paul on May 15, 2004 15:05:17 GMT -5
No, but we do get Toby Keith:
Justice will be served And the battle will rage This big dog will fight When you rattle his cage And you'll be sorry that you messed with The U.S. of A. 'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass It's the American way
Hey Uncle Sam Put your name at the top of his list And the Statue of Liberty Started shakin' her fist And the eagle will fly Man, it's gonna be hell When you hear Mother Freedom Start ringin' her bell And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 15:08:03 GMT -5
.....you win.
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Post by Kandarin on May 15, 2004 18:46:44 GMT -5
American pop singers do not need a special occasion to come out with the worst songs ever heard.
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Post by Unlimited on May 15, 2004 18:54:42 GMT -5
Ah, but these arn't just pop singers, these are completely unknown (ven in their own countires) Estonian pop singers.
Does it not make it all the more special when the song is out at one of the worst events in history along with 24 of the other worst songs around?
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Post by Antigone Memorial on May 15, 2004 19:35:21 GMT -5
Personally I think Terry Wogan is the best thing about the program. That guy just completely mocks them and it's so funny!
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Post by Mammothistan on May 16, 2004 1:19:36 GMT -5
Americans have the first episodes of American Idol every season. Admittedly, it's an exported British television show but they don't have any Houstonian singers in Britain. While Rupert Murdoch is Australian, he still holds American citizenship and Americans gave the rest of the world any show ever aired on FOX, which are uniformally crap. "Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay", "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance", "Cops". We're all white trash here.
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Post by Antigone Memorial on May 16, 2004 6:20:06 GMT -5
Futurama's a Fox program though. and I think it's one of the best shows ever!
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Post by SuuKyi on May 17, 2004 9:55:20 GMT -5
Being a regular reader of the BBC Service I am acquainted with this event. Last year two girls from Riga (Tatu?) were projected to win it and they were controversial even by European standards. They did not do nearly as well as expected for some strange reason that harks back to Tonya Harding's performance issues. I believe a Turkish lady won it last year and many felt that to have a political connexion with the EU. The "Worst of the worst" if I recall went to the British entry "Gemini." Don't know why exactly but then I did not hear them sing.
I miss my old "Ku" and "C" band satellite dish which had such a wide variety of interesting international stuff as well as "standby" video news feeds of idle reporters scratching their posteriors and picking their noses practicing their "live" reports. The new digital satellite accesses have many channels but are more expensive and lack the truly free wide scope of casually sampling raw feeds from all over the planet.
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