Orcs and Elves compete in Song Contest

[Volo]

"Goodbye", not "bye bye".

Again, this competition had nothing to do with music. The neighbouring love effected the most and somewhat the musical styles, though deffinitely not like last year. The point system is pathetic.

But the stuff about Finland between the songs was fantastic!

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by Volo

"Goodbye", not "bye bye".

Ahh... you're right. My bad.

But just to steer this a bit more back to Tolkienish waters. I just started wondering why people think the orcs would love heavymetal -music or be associated with it? That surely wouldn't have been the Prof's mental image of their music as there basically was no heavymetal when the orcs were created...

What kind of music the orcs would have listened / danced / fought with? Some Wagner perhaps? Or "tribal music" (just thinking how things would have been named in the twenties/thirties etc.)?

EDIT / PS.
Or would Wagner fit with Gondor better in the Prof's mind?

[Kath]

I didn't get to watch it this year. Sucks having no TV.

And Lal, the fact that it's a waste of three hours is entirely the point! You watch it every year in the desperate hope that something will be good, that the countries that neighbour one another won't give only 12 points to the person closest to them, that the person you want to win actually does. And every once in a blue moon those things happen, like last year, and it makes it worth watching again the next year.

[Volo]

Originally Posted by Kath

And every once in a blue moon those things happen, like last year, and it makes it worth watching again the next year.

I think something like it happened also this year. How on Arda did Serbia win the thing??? That was a suprise if anything.

...ok, it didn't turn the whole competition upsidedown, but...

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Right now the Eurovision loving part of the Danish population is cursing the easterlings to Mordor and people are actually talking about that Denmark should quit Eurovision and things like "eastern european song-mafia" is being uttered.

[Volo]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Right now the Eurovision loving part of the Danish population is cursing the easterlings to Mordor and people are actually talking about that Denmark should quit Eurovision and things like "eastern european song-mafia" is being uttered.

I bet that's happening everywhere in the west, at least here it is. But ironically that Ukrainian person is now banned from Russia's stages!

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Right now the Eurovision loving part of the Danish population is cursing the easterlings to Mordor and people are actually talking about that Denmark should quit Eurovision and things like "eastern european song-mafia" is being uttered.

Same here! It's being nicknamed the Balkanvision Non-Song Contest

And it would be a shame if Western Europe pulled out, as not only would all the funding be lost so it wouldn't be such a good show, but it's a long tradition. I'm so disappointed because although nothing even remotely approaching 'taste' has been heard since Abba, you do at least always expect a genuine song to win. I'm intrigued to know what Germany thinks as they did make an effort, in contrast to the embarrassing (even in Eurovision terms) rubbish churned out by the UK, France and Ireland.

I don't know what this has to do with Tolkien any more except he will be rolling in his grave to have that lot last night even tenuously associated with him and it deserves to be Assigned To Mordor forthwith!

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I'm intrigued to know what Germany thinks as they did make an effort, in contrast to the embarrassing (even in Eurovision terms) rubbish churned out by the UK, France and Ireland.

I thought Ireland's entry was quite hobbity, actually. Of course, it's completely another question whether Hobbits' taste in music is rubbish ( ), but the lyrics about flowers and blackbirds, and no matter what people might do, they can't stop the spring... it took me right into the Hobbiton. Also, the instruments were mighty similar to Howard Shore's score - even down to the bodhrán.

The theme this year was True Fantasy, and there sure were some songs that fell under that category quite well in my opinion, like Bulgaria's piece (Russia apparently had a fantasy of completely other sorts going on... ), and I kind of liked the Easterling flavour. Anyway, I think it's great deal of the fun that many of the songs are plain hideous, but I was happy for Georgia that was a first timer and did so well.

[Guinevere]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

you do at least always expect a genuine song to win.

Well, I have the impression that in German language, what I consider as "genuine songs" are nowadays only to be found in the contest "Grand Prix der Volksmusik" (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Südtirol)

As for this years Eurovision contest, my favourites didn't even make it to the finals.(Iceland and Denmark.) In my opinion, the winner wasn't that bad, either! But as for # 2 did they get so many points just for weirdness?!