I've just checked this thread, read the rules, looked up who last year's winner was and realised I couldn't possibly participate if I wanted to. I mean, Luxembourg 1965?
I listened to it and listened too to a few other successful examples from the 1960s I didn't remember and come on! Those songs were utterly ridiculous, they had childish melodies and were sung in childish, horrible, hardly in tune voices.
One could of course claim those were the trends of the moment, only they weren't, not really. In those days The Beatles were already singing, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin for god's sake! I mean, what was eurovision doing?!!!
How could anyone even take it seriously?
It's not that today's ESC is high quality or modern at that, but it has came a looong way. How can any esc entry today be compared with that crap? Even this year's macedonia sounds like a masterpiece
Well, have fun anyway!!!
But there are people who do exactly the opposite. A mainstream pop song from the 80s is considered as "classic" while a mainstream pop from the 00s or 10s is considered as cheap by some people.
And we had very few songs from the 00s and 10s in the final last year. I'm totally against banning people who prefer songs from a specific decade as soon as they listen to all the songs and vote fairly. Nobody can dislike all old songs and like all new songs. All people last year voted for songs from all periods more or less.
I'm all for banning people who will come here and vote in the rounds that they have their most favorite song(s) and ignore the other rounds. As well as people who will systematically vote for countries and not songs. But banning someone because he prefers let's say 80s songs and doesn't like 00s and 10s, or the other way around? It's ridiculous.
What kind of people can have brought that to happen, one wonders. I didn't know it, had never heard it before that I remember, but I believe I could have gone on being a much a happier person had I remained entirely ignorant Yes, I can understand that, but the fact remains that Luxembourg 1965 won
I've just checked this thread, read the rules, looked up who last year's winner was and realised I couldn't possibly participate if I wanted to. I mean, Luxembourg 1965?
I listened to it and listened too to a few other successful examples from the 1960s I didn't remember and come on! Those songs were utterly ridiculous, they had childish melodies and were sung in childish, horrible, hardly in tune voices.
One could of course claim those were the trends of the moment, only they weren't, not really. In those days The Beatles were already singing, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin for god's sake! I mean, what was eurovision doing?!!!
How could anyone even take it seriously?
It's not that today's ESC is high quality or modern at that, but it has came a looong way. How can any esc entry today be compared with that crap? Even this year's macedonia sounds like a masterpiece
Well, have fun anyway!!!
Yes, I can understand that, but the fact remains that Luxembourg 1965 won
Whoohooo so excited!
I'd like to emphasize this rule, due to the results last year:
7. The purpose of this tournament is to appreciate and celebrate all songs starting with 1956 all the way to 2013. If you’re a person who only enjoys music from a particular decade only, this may not be the right game for you. It affects the outcome for those who want to give all songs a fair chance.
This time I'll keep statistics for myself, not like last year xsnooty
^ Ehm no. I totally hate statistics! Don't expect anything like that from me!
