Melodifestivalen

[mippy.livejournal.com]

Sir Terence of Wogan, on the radio just now:

'Pop music's an anglophone thing. In French or Finnish, it's just not right...'

O RLY? Can you judge Eurovision for anything here? Does all English music sound like Canal Street hi-NRG then? Or is it because the only European music 'we' - 'we' being yr Radio 2, maybe Radio 1 audience - hear is in English, save dancehall shows which I guess are already targeted at a patois-speaking audience, radio-wise. But like I said earlier, I'm musically rusty, and probably don't listen to enough non-English pop save 'Initial BB' and Jacques Dutronc.

Comments

Re: Wogan gaffe

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

He's been getting increasingly annoying even though I can't really imagine it without him. His constant banging on about the bloc votes for instance - YES WE GET IT TERRY. I do find it endearing how his "tips" are always such dreadful no-hopers: "Keep an eye out for this lot" he says of what turns out to be an atrocious Maltese ballad sung by a human yak.

Re: Wogan gaffe

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

it's always the maltese one as well innit. it's like he's some sort of GARY NEVILLE (http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:LttAaJ8kYFIJ:www.maltatourismauthority.com/uploads/483/427/GaryNevillePR_amendedbyAirMalta.doc+gary+neville+malta&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5)...