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Tunahead posted:I hated Sweden's song before it had even started, but then the song started, and then I REALLY hated it.
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May 3, 2016 12:32
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Swedish snacks! Remember that cinnamon buns are officially a Swedish invention, and pancakes and waffles have been around since an ungodly amount of time (longer than a couple hundred years anyway). Remember that you have to eat those with jam and whipped cream. Then there's semlor! Oh and THEN there's minced fried potatoes, you eat that with straight butter and bacon (this is my explanation of raggmunk). Just go to IKEA and buy everything. Fake e: if vodka is to strong for your guests beer is proper Swedish to, but then there is Punch. Getting real Punch is as likely as getting aquavit or OP or Skåne, but it is basically vodka with sugar and arrak. It's fantastic when you're halfway through pancakes i.e. drunk Btw, what was Sweden's song this year? This is normally the point of the year I start caring 'cause... are we going to win again?? 
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May 3, 2016 13:37
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Tunahead posted:I hated Sweden's song before it had even started, but then the song started, and then I REALLY hated it.
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May 3, 2016 13:40
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Darth TNT posted:[urk=http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11575976/eurovision-logo-tv-us-streaming]Eurovision coming to US[/url] Well, Eurovision is basically the gay olympics. Question Mark Mound posted:I really hate Sweden's entry a lot, but I have money on it to win Eurovision so I'm gonna be pretty torn during the points. I don't normally care how a terrible song does because the sheer magnitude of terrible songs every year guarantees that terrible songs will always place in both the top and bottom five, but with Sweden I always hope it does badly because then there will be an entertainingly salty article about it in Aftonbladet the next day. Tunahead fucked around with this message at 14:10 on May 3, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 13:48
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Zombiepop posted:Yeah it's poo poo, we can't afford winning another year. If I Were Sorry is such a wet fart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGZkPQeOaSg This was an objectively better choice.
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May 3, 2016 14:35
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hi why is the welsh flag banned
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May 3, 2016 14:48
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This is Eurovision. You have to imagine dragons.
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May 3, 2016 14:50
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Holy poo poo I didn't realize Eurovision is this close.. Can't wait! Also trying really hard not to listen to too many entries yet.. But those I've seen were pretty bland.
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May 3, 2016 15:23
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Sion posted:hi why is the welsh flag banned Real answer, to avoid any sort of controversy they've banned any flag that isn't an EBU member's national flag (as well as a few movement flags thatshould be uncontroversial like the rainbow flag?). If you want to show your Welsh spirit, you need to do it with the Union Jack. Because the Eurovision is a bureaucratic mire of weirdness, when publishing guidelines on what flags are allowed, instead of showing the limited known set of allowed flags, they got creative and started showing unallowed flags, seemingly equating Wales and the Basque with ISIS.
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May 3, 2016 15:42
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For people looking for Swedish alcoholic drinks, Rekorderlig is possibly the nicest range fruit ciders around. No idea how truly "Swedish" it is but I really don't care!
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May 3, 2016 16:18
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Can't wait to continue the national tradition of ending dead last!
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May 3, 2016 16:57
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Reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3k2MOJOkKg
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May 3, 2016 17:00
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free palestine
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May 3, 2016 17:19
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and kosovo and wales
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May 3, 2016 17:20
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Will there be a sign language stream this year, it's literally the greatest way to enjoy the show? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19P91F6_wcM
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May 3, 2016 18:23
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I don't get Logo on television, and their website and app are such a shitshow. I hope that doesn't block me out of the official Eurovision stream by geographic IP, or I am going to be so pissed. Watching it on youtube last year was so great. No weird plugins, it was on HD on my television...
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May 3, 2016 18:53
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Toplowtech posted:Will there be a sign language stream this year, it's literally the greatest way to enjoy the show? The Swedish telly will be doing a stream, I guess you can hook up to it internationally? There was already a little row over if the folks doing the signing are allowed to take their shirts off while live  
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May 3, 2016 19:05
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Post your Eurovision party plans plz I'm usually on my ownsome because Mr Boods in variably falls asleep after our annual pre-show of the Father Ted Eurovision one. Fortunately, I have his old cat for company, so as my poor former kitty and I did the last time Sweden hosted, I plan to get out all of my blingy hair jewelry and fake hair pieces, and me and the cat will have another hair-styling party thing. And because it's broadcast in the US this year, a buddy back in the States plans to take the afternoon off work and exchange snarky messages with me for the duration. Yeah, I'm  but me and the cat will look faaaaabulous by scoretime.
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May 3, 2016 19:42
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My normal Eurovision watching buddies will be out of town that weekend. Worst case scenario, I'll watch the competition on one screen and the IRC chat on another, crying into a thing of potato chips.
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May 3, 2016 19:54
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Ms Boods posted:
post pics of the cat on the night and I promise to show them at the party I'm having 😁
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May 3, 2016 20:13
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Watching the full line-up of promo videos for the ESC is a bit like being young again, opening birthday or Christmas gifts. Let's see what we got this year! Albania: The lyrics seem slightly less uplifting when you consider the symbolic significance of motionless clockworks, a stairway leading up into the clouds, and a woman swinging from a tree. Armenia: Basing your music video on the infamous drug-rush imagery from Requiem For A Dream seems a little grim for Eurovision. Australia: The most remarkable part of this song is that the second line of verse is an Apple advert. Austria: A low-key, all-French song with the same four lines repeated ad nauseum? Sounds like an ESC winner all right !! Azerbaijan: Gonna take a miracle not to be hypnotised by her mouth. Belarus: Belarus plays it safe and just sticks all of this year’s popular elements together: wolves, flat-shaded polygons, prominent synths, flight-themed lyrics, and, er, couch-potato fashion sense? Belgium: A not-half-bad disco song cobbled together from probably half a dozen other songs. Bosnia & Herzegovina: What appears to be a bald woman with a fake beard, dressed in the cheapest polyester suit imaginable, joins a normal singer, another woman with a cello from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and a hilariously misplaced and heavily-bearded ethnic rapper, to bring you an otherwise unremarkable ballad-esque song. Bulgaria: This song’s passionate message is undermined somewhat by having a lesson in basic, unfeeling logic for a chorus. Croatia: From what I can tell, a mid-‘90s cyberpunk girl has just woken up from some drug-addled stupor to find herself on an empty road in the middle of the night, has an out-of-body experience where she’s in space, thinks she’s Irish or just generically Celtic, and is promptly arrested for obvious reasons. Cyprus: I know, I know, I know this is a very catchy mix of rock and electronica, only slightly marred by the fact that the lyrics are slightly too furry-friendly for comfort. Czech Republic: Picture the opening scene for Lynch’ Dune, but crossed with one of Peter Gabriel’s old stop-motion videos, the video for Somebody I Used To Know, and one of the million modern indie Asteroid derivatives, but instead of interstellar feudalism in the far future, it’s about bombastic daddy worship or something. Denmark: Army recruitment songs should be banned from the ESC. Estonia: Yes, let’s send a kid who cannot dance and erroneously believes he has the timbre and volume to pull of a booming, low voice, so that the audience sees a bow-legged boy aching to do a #2 and only barely hears a forced monotone over a decent Amy Winehouse B-track. F.Y.R. Macedonia: Yes, the bullet-time effect in The Matrix was very impressive at the time, but that was almost 17 years ago and it also loses it effect somewhat when you omit the slow-motion part and film it against a completely unconvincing and unnecessary green-screened opera house. Finland: In the nightmarish, lawless dystopia that is modern Finland, one plucky lady and her quartet of mute party girls rediscover the fabled, long lost electronic piano and trumpet from 1992. France: Electric triangles, black Billy Elliot, and the taekwondo equivalent, one presumes, of the girl from Million Dollar Baby, all set to a cheerful pop/dance tune. Germany: Not even a forest of lasers can save singing this dire. Greece: Of all the old FYAD things to reference, the word “lond” sure is an odd and obscure one. Georgia: Part Oasis, part Garbage, all doomed to fail at the ESC. Hungary: A hipster troll troglodyte struggles to enunciate something vaguely New-Agey, while a ballet monk wails on a giant yet wholly soundless drum, presumably in a vain, metaphorical attempt to inject a heartbeat into this dismal song. Iceland: The Human Mop is beset by terrifying giant shadow creatures and hands trying to grope her as if she’s trapped in a Japanese subway from hell, while a rejected theme song for the Brazil Olympics plays in the background. Ireland: You know what would really stand out in the sun? Jedward. Come on Ireland. You know you want to. You know we want to. Stop playing these silly games. Israel: This run-off-the-mill ballad sung by an escapee from a New Romantics video seems innocuous enough until he starts launching a veritable fleet of drones into the air, positioning themselves across the night sky, pretending to be stars rather than a very sinister network of flying cameras. Italy: Italian Christina Ricci is trapped in augmented reality. Latvia: You have to be a real fucker to wear a bad knockoff of the iconic jacket from Beat It while singing to a generic deep house track lacking any discernible melody. Lithuania: I’ve been waiting for the return of the *finger snap*. Malta: A very pretty lady is upstaged by a guy who, in the process of performing some kind of ultra-elaborate bird’s mating dance, takes the concept of hover-handing to the next level! Moldova: I think she’s trying to rope someone into a suicide pact, and she’s real chipper about it, too. Montenegro: The real thing is apparently something that reminds me of that one song by The Rasmus, and has a superfluous and embarrassingly out-of-fashion dubstep bit in the middle. The Netherlands: For someone doing as little and looking as disinterested as Douwe is in this video, slowing down further just seems as lazy as his song’s uninspired guitar chords. Norway: Norway updates the age-old tradition of publicly shaming convicts for the 21st talent-show-ridden century, by making them dance on national television. Poland: Thankfully, at least one of the former Eastern Bloc countries carries on the proud tradition this year of submitting an unintentionally comical, pseudo-intellectual sensitive song, delivered in strongly accented English. Russia: Welcome to CyberRussia, where everything looks as grey, barren and inhospitable as the real thing, but at least the beat and synths are very solid. San Marino: Serhat more like Sir Hat haha geddit?? Anyway it’s a 1970s disco song sung by ESL Leonard Cohen, and not bad at all. Serbia: I for one think it’s very admirable that Serbia is letting a Parkinson’s patient sing its entry this year. Slovenia: Blue is blue, red is red, this is a fun pop-country song, it’s a costume change but the audience are dead. Spain: Best/Biggest Hair In Show. Fun song, too. Sweden: You should be sorry for inflicting your horrible affected English accent on everyone. Switzerland: I’m going to go out on a limb and claim that a ballad at the ESC in 2016 hardly qualifies as the last of its kind, but at least it differentiates itself from all the rest by being real heavy on the synths. Ukraine: Depressing, minimalistic, public intoxication – yes, it’s a former Soviet state. United Kingdom: The thought of being in this together with these jokers is particularly disheartening. I'd have to say that Cyprus' entry is my favourite song this year. I also rather enjoy Georgia's, Spain's, and - somewhat shamefully - Switzerland's songs.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:post pics of the cat on the night and I promise to show them at the party I'm having 😁 Noted! The year I did it with my late kitty The Beans, Mr Boods must have woken up during part of it, because the next morning he asked, 'Were you and the cat dressed as Yeoman Rand while a falsetto vampire sang on the TV?' The cat and I were trying to emulate the fabulous be-butterfly-jazzled hairdo of the Swedish hostess (Petra Mede), and yes, Cezar was amazing If we're posting Eurofaves, my favourite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gigZJYHJwM Paul Léger
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May 3, 2016 22:09
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French minister for the Francophonie is mad because the chorus of the French song is in English
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May 3, 2016 22:22
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Does anyone have any of the gifs from previous entries? I'm too scared to type 'turkish manboat' into google. Also Russian Nanna's was Eurovision at its best why aren't there more like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOTBIJCAnKE&t=55s
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May 3, 2016 23:38
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Tambaloneus posted:What's some good Swedish snackfood/cakes? I usually try to serve food from the country hosting each party and last year was a glorious feast of cakes, pastries and chocolate but ... wtf am I going to do it was hard enough the first time. These look pretty good though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punsch-roll I will have a go at those for sure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrRvHkZLNtY
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May 4, 2016 03:02
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Who was the guy that made a ton of .gifs last year? Also somebody else made a giant, hand drawn collage of all the 2014 acts which was really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ920cN2HmA
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May 4, 2016 12:05
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Kurtofan posted:French minister for the Francophonie is mad because the chorus of the French song is in English I also saw that they're bitching and moaning because the official French team song for Euro 2016 is a KISS cover (which naturally, is entirely in English). And it ain't even a GOOD song from KISS, it's I Was Made For Loving You.
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May 5, 2016 19:42
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I unironically like Australia and want to see them win just because somebody forgot to pull them out of the competition for not meeting the win requirement last year.
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May 6, 2016 02:59
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Australia sent a decent song last year, which automatically makes me like them better than the UK.
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Incoherence posted:Verka Serduchka has to share room in my heart with the Dubstep Astronauts. Still my favorite ever. Who See was fabulous. In this year's notes...is Ukraine doing another anti-Russian song again? Risky. Annoyed by Romania not being there, I actually liked the song. Estonia seemed like the worst ballad. I liked Cyprus and San Marino, sadly they're too small to host, much less win.
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May 7, 2016 04:33
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 One of the best things about Eurovision are all the tragic outsiders who enter their national contests each year but never make the grade. There are so many to choose from, but the most determined has to be Sasha Bognibov who has been contending for Moldova year after year. He's the Moldavan Christian Grey Nothing Else https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUXZ2VShkXw He is willing to open his soul to the world Wounded Swan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArZVuh3MLZM He knows how Eurovision really operates Insane (Against Corruption) [2016] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDc0nMoRuLg He understands the power of an inspirational anthem Alone [2016] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luvmR59vlIo He was singing about sexual equality and gender fluidity longer before Conchita grew her beard: My Lesbian Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaIYcfFuw7U And his seminal work, which I guess is about loving kids I Love The Girls of 13 Years Old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_02lGxggCc
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May 7, 2016 06:03
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May 7, 2016 09:34
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Remember that time that Azerbaijan tried to fix Eurovision by the satallite feed conveniently going down during Armenia's entry, and Azeris who voted for Armenia getting arrested? I think super petty poo poo like that is hilarious. The rest of the world thinks Eurovision is pretty campy and dumb but the Azeri government views it as a huge national pride issue.
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Casimir Radon posted:Remember that time that Azerbaijan tried to fix Eurovision by the satallite feed conveniently going down during Armenia's entry, and Azeris who voted for Armenia getting arrested? I think super petty poo poo like that is hilarious. The rest of the world thinks Eurovision is pretty campy and dumb but the Azeri government views it as a huge national pride issue. Most countries in the European periphery hold Eurovision in extraordinary regard because of the possibility of gaining recognition for your National Culture and that's reason enough for inane and insane shenanigans. Even god drat Finland only loosened up about the ESC after winning it in 2006, before that it Finland's poor record was considered a cause for national shame and every contestant was burdened with the expectations of Winning Glory for Millions of Bogmen. Too bad that never reflected on the quality of the entries themselves, here's the infamous Zero Points Kojo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUoKFwc3U8c
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One of my favorite bad entries, although it did get 7 points in total. I think Mossad uses this song to torture Hamas operatives nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uNfhj66GOo
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May 7, 2016 15:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2OEd4pLMOI Obligatory
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May 7, 2016 15:12
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Really not looking forward to Stockholm this next couple weeks, working in tourism in the city is going to suck
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May 7, 2016 21:53
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Please Finland, send more Reggae songs next time instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31k3YDH7Qvg E: obligatory Finnish accordion at 2:40
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ZombieJesus posted:Really not looking forward to Stockholm this next couple weeks, working in tourism in the city is going to suck gently caress Stockholm for getting it another year! Gothenburg would like a chance to show the world that we are not the gay bashing capital of sweden.
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