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shewhomustThis line from the Moldovan entry pretty much summarises what I look for in the Eurovision song contest, and this year's edition offered plenty of it. There were other themes, too. Commentator Graham Norton described the show as "the great Italian shirt-shortage of 2022," and he had a point, there were indeed a number of bare-chested males on display. In the interests of balance, though, I should also note that Spain managed to secure third place by sending their (female) singer out skirtless (and yes, removing her jacket in the course of the song). There were several very emotional men, a category in which I include the UK entry, unmemorable but apparently not embarrassing. Estonia was a cowboy, and Iceland were cowgirls. The obligatory WTF moment was provided by Norway's contribution Give That Wolf A Banana, undermined by my strong suspicion that they were Doing It On Purpose. Here's the beginning of their biography:
But apparently I'm a sucker for those entries which play up the traditional and the folkloric, and am prepared to take them at face value for the duration of the evening at least. There was the French entry, which was Breton: an amalgam of two acts, Alvan, a multi-instrumentalist electro artist and Ahez, three young women who sing. Alvan & Ahez have apparently made it known they want to show that tradition is not something stuck in the past; rather, it is constantly evolving. They do this by singing about some sort of witches sabbat ("Heat and mud, heat, party and mud" - I like the realidm of that mud), with a triskell and much green lighting. Key line (in the translation upplied): "She dances with the devil, so what?"
That Moldovan entry was also an amalgam of two pre-existing acts. If that "Folklore and Rock ‘n’ roll" line weren't explicit enough, they also have fiddle and piano accordion.
The odd thing, though, is the subject matter, which appears to be a plea for the unification of Moldova and Romania; I know nothing about the pros and cons of this, but it's not the kind of politics I expect from Eurovision.
The kind of politics I do expect from Eurovision was supplied by Ukraine, singing, ostensibly, about the composer's mother: no surprise that they won, and I liked their entry enough to feel this wasn't entirely the sympathy vote.
I'd have given them the Best Textiles award without hesitation, and bonus points for strange folk instrument. Then again, I liked their last year's entry (also heavily folklore related) even better, and it came fifth. I see that there is a one-person overlap between the two bands, so presumably that was seen as satidfactory.
We had hoped that F and C would join us for the evening, as we are compatible in matters Eurovisual: but C messaged to say that F had caught Covid, so that didn't happen. The pandemic may be over, but people who are being relatively cautious are still catching the virus, and the potential long-term effects are bad enough that I find this worrying. Get well soon, F!
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But apparently I'm a sucker for those entries which play up the traditional and the folkloric, and am prepared to take them at face value for the duration of the evening at least. There was the French entry, which was Breton: an amalgam of two acts, Alvan, a multi-instrumentalist electro artist and Ahez, three young women who sing. Alvan & Ahez have apparently made it known they want to show that tradition is not something stuck in the past; rather, it is constantly evolving. They do this by singing about some sort of witches sabbat ("Heat and mud, heat, party and mud" - I like the realidm of that mud), with a triskell and much green lighting. Key line (in the translation upplied): "She dances with the devil, so what?"
That Moldovan entry was also an amalgam of two pre-existing acts. If that "Folklore and Rock ‘n’ roll" line weren't explicit enough, they also have fiddle and piano accordion.
The odd thing, though, is the subject matter, which appears to be a plea for the unification of Moldova and Romania; I know nothing about the pros and cons of this, but it's not the kind of politics I expect from Eurovision.
The kind of politics I do expect from Eurovision was supplied by Ukraine, singing, ostensibly, about the composer's mother: no surprise that they won, and I liked their entry enough to feel this wasn't entirely the sympathy vote.
I'd have given them the Best Textiles award without hesitation, and bonus points for strange folk instrument. Then again, I liked their last year's entry (also heavily folklore related) even better, and it came fifth. I see that there is a one-person overlap between the two bands, so presumably that was seen as satidfactory.
We had hoped that F and C would join us for the evening, as we are compatible in matters Eurovisual: but C messaged to say that F had caught Covid, so that didn't happen. The pandemic may be over, but people who are being relatively cautious are still catching the virus, and the potential long-term effects are bad enough that I find this worrying. Get well soon, F!
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Date: 2022-05-28 11:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-05-30 11:31 am (UTC)So which was your favourite? (Did you have a favourite?)