Troisnyx 2013-05-16 12:01:35

Funny how *you* are saying that when the BBC's been treating the Eurovision like a joke for decades now, sending in people like Jemini and whoever entered in 2011. Engelbert Humperdinck was a sombre change to what was being sent in, and at least got some points, but finished second-to-last (although his song was my favourite in all of last year's competition). And as for Bonnie Tyler..... no way is she standing a chance. At least we can be comforted by the fact that she's not our worst entrant; Jemini had NUL POINTS. The irony is that the BBC are funding the competition too!

That being said: I *loved* Niamh Kavanagh's entry in 2011, even though it scored third-to-last, and that was my favourite song of the entire contest.

Eurovision aside.... out-of-place bodhran player right here, halp? D: (misspelling intended)

Troisnyx 2013-05-16 12:26:30

Poor student that I am, I won't be able to go immediately, but I definitely do want to. :D In it goes into my bucket list of things to do throughout my lifetime. I happen to live in the more unfortunate England, and (especially in the southeast) trad sessions are few and far between. Even in the parish I attend, which has a sizeable Irish population, no-one even knows of a tin whistler, and I happen to be the sore thumb! Thus far, I've been using the bodhran for the backing rhythm for a few songs, and you might just hear some more...

(there's even an improv' I did with it, you'll know when you find it, and I think you should judge it -- I don't know what to say about it anymore)

Kavanagh was a former Eurovision champion (she won in 1993); and I think you're quite right, Ireland did win twice in a row once. Ireland's had the most victories in the Eurovision from its starting till now. But yeah, EV is about politics these days rather than good music... France also suffered from this -- I think it was in 1996, they had a Breton entry 'Diwanit Bugale', which is also one of my all-time favourite songs, and I made a cover of it here on NG. Diwanit Bugale fared mediocre.... which is sad considering how beautiful that song was.

Troisnyx 2013-05-16 17:31:56

Nice to meet you. :D Do you happen to be a French-speaker by any chance?

Troisnyx 2013-05-16 22:42:54

Parce que je parle francais (couramment), moi aussi.

Troisnyx 2013-05-16 23:18:16

Pratique, oui, sauf que jusque la, je ne suis JAMAIS encore allee en France.

Troisnyx 2013-05-18 14:00:28 (Updated 2013-05-18 14:30:18)

Well, Eurovision has had one or two good acts -- I enjoyed Niamh Kavanagh, Dan ar Braz, Engelbert Humperdinck, but most people don't, and some of the people getting top spots each year are "wailing banshees dressed like toilet roll dollies", so to speak. If anything, the *one* reason why I investigate Eurovision is simply because I want to hear that stunning song in the sea of mediocre ones, even if that song will not place anywhere on top (perhaps even in the bottom).

And I guess I can see where you're coming from when you say life is a dream -- life is fleeting, just like dreams are. Months pass and then we look back and we wonder, where did all that time fly to? Just like those hours we spend sleeping and dreaming. But that's the good thing about dreams, is it not -- that we can believe in them, just like we believe in life. I've had that dream of being an accomplished drummer for years now, and I've had to put up with rejection and refusal and lack of support all round. As a bodhran player, it's just a little worse, because you hardly find anyone to accompany or anyone to accompany you for trad sessions when you happen to live in England! (If it were in Ireland, different story!) But I do not want to cease believing -- if I hadn't believed, I wouldn't have persisted to the point of being finally able to drum. I can now share the depths of my heart and soul with everyone. <3

Troisnyx 2013-05-18 15:00:41

Oh, the winners of the 2006 episode! I'm not very much a metal person (I'm more into prog/acid rock, if I had to pick a rock/metal subgenre). I just relistened to Humperdinck's song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF Nv9pjqZkk which is my favourite entry of all time (finished 2nd last in 2012), and might I say: when I listened to it, in nearly all cases, I cried my eyes out. Some say it's beyond his time and his genre, but I say this is one for the ages. Again, you probably know that there are very few highlights around...

And I will <3

Troisnyx 2013-05-18 15:40:49 (Updated 2013-05-18 15:50:31)

Humperdinck's awesome <3 Just wish he had better publicity than what he was given. Also, The Poodles -- they're awesome too! Just listened to it: the vocal harmonies are what really hooked me in. So many entries (rock entries especially) don't do this; they seem to be a cut above. : )