Blog of Musicness, as inspired primarily by Eurovision

Evening!

Well, it was that time of year again, where all that is wrong in Europe can fight it out through interpretive dance, ROCK!, or strange dances.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is my take on the 2008 Eurovision.

Starting in Serbia, with the act of the hybrid child between Harry Potter and Hiro Nakamura from Heroes... who, in fact, beat some awesome men in tin foil last year (Ukraine was robbed last year, and we shall never forget that. *stands and salutes* sieben sieben EINS ZWEI DREI! TANZEN!)

...ahem.

Anyway, the acts of which one can't really forget include Bosnia & Herzegovina, with their mad-man-(and-women) antics with... CLOTHES LINES! Latvia and their PIRATE SONG! Finland with their rather awesome rockiness (Lordi really influenced them for the better, because that's the third year in a row they've been rocking it). And who can forget the Spanish entry - BAILA EL CHIKI CHIKI! ("dance the chiki chiki") - which i had actually heard on the Spanish trip; this group of guys were singing it in this park in Segovia, i believe.

But it's ritual that i vote for my personal favourite. And what could have been better than... FRANCE! seriously, what could be better than some really awful singer riding a golf caddy and bursting an inflatable globe? i mean, come on!

So, *SPOILER ALERT* who won? Russia. Yes, Russia won the EUROvision. the song contest for EUROPE. Top marks there, mister organiser. Now Greece came 3rd, and good for them. The song... wasn't to my taste (it's hard to make the words "secret combination" sound attractive, and the attractive Greek singer actually didn't do much wonders to it for me) but it's nice to see us Greeks up there anyway. And Turkey! That was a valiant effort on their part.

(Fittest female singer has to go to... BOSNI--aaah! No! :P naaa... it's gotta be the singer of Armenia, with those three dancing men perving up her skirt...)

Needless to say, the UK got a staggering 14 points - significantly more than usual - and came JOINT LAST! That Andy bloke's a good singer, but HE IS NOT EUROVISION MATERIAL!

Thanks a bunch, Malta. NOT.

And so ends my euroblog. Now onto other music i like. And yes, i am one for video game soundtracks sometimes, and if all else fails, a bit of heavy rock.

Lately, one soundtrack i've been admiring is that of a cruelly neglected game known as Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It's not that bad at one-player! Really! Sure the endgame drags on, and it's a bit cheesy... but playability-wise it's a sufficiently good enough game. With an awesome soundtrack.

Want a peek? On Youtube, look up "Treasure Sleeping in the Sand" (theme of the desert level) or "Across the Divide" (theme of the final fully playable dungeon). They are pretty dang awesome tracks. For the more serene of you, "Departure" works well.

Out of soundtrack-land, and i've come across an old yet awesome band, known as the Barenaked Ladies. Download "One Week" for some of the most random lyrics known to man.

Well, i'm all out of titbits of wisdom for the evening. Take care.
Jimbob xxxxxxxx

PS: sorry i haven't replied to either of my two viewers' comments. it's that when it asks for my username, i don't actually know it :S