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hildigunnurWhat does one do when one could be writing an essay, a fic, reading a book or something else that is useful? One watches Eurovision videos.
And then one updates one's LJ with ramblings about the videos.
Am not commenting on every country competing
Bulgaria
Very funny lyrics ... all about "Lorraine in the rain". Interesting rhyming there.
Croatia
The song is called "Wolves die alone" but was entirely in Croatian so I didn't understand a thing. So in my mind the song is about Remus mourning Sirius. The singer was vaguely Remus-y and wore funeral clothes.
Estonia
Interesting lyrics.
C'mon girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud
Contestant #1 in "Which lyrics are the ones who are most obviously written by a non-native English speaker?"
F.Y.R. Macedonia
It’s plain to see
I’m not the man to be
Your cuddly toy
I’m the boy
Who will break up with you
To be free
Contestant #2 in "Which lyrics are the ones who are most obviously written by a non-native English speaker?"
Hungary
Sung by a scantly-clad girl surrounded by dancing Orthodox Jews. Very interesting.
Ireland
A boy and a girl singing. The boy looks and sounds like he's twelve which he probably is. Can't say that was a wise choice.
Latvia
Cute boys who play guitars. And the lyrics are vaguely pacifistic. I liked them a lot.
Moldova
Obviously ripped off the Turkish song from last year. (Folkish-reggae).
Norway
OMGWTFBBQGLAMROCK!?!?!?
Kind of fun and kitsch but I'm not sure if everyone will get the joke. The song was OK.
Russia
Interesting lyrics. About school-shootings in America.
You deny the truth, you just having fun
Till your child will shoot your gun
Don’t you dare to say, her reaction’s dump
Cause she had no place to run.
Serbia & Montenegro
Cute boyband with a folk song! I kind of liked it. (Must remember not to tell Romana that 'cause she's not very fond of Serbs).
Spain
Kind of like Las Ketchup or whatever they were called and they even have a special dance for the video.
Sweden
Leather trousers!!
Mmm, kind of didn't notice the song, was about Las Vegas I think.
Switzerland
Heh. They took a girl punk band (called Vanilla Ninja) and Eurovision-ed them.
Ukraine
A very rare things. A song in the Eurovision that actually means something. From what I hear (and saw in the video), it's about the orange revolution. That's cool.
UK
Some vague Eastern influences. Really, if they had just had the gust to put a proper Bhangra tune in the Eurovision, now that would have rocked.
Btw. I think the Icelandic song is pretty cool. Love the video though it makes me homesick like hell because it's mostly shot in my neighbourhood.
1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, guessed by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
newmaryjane, taintedrocky, obopolsk, ifihadameadow and jazzqueen.
2. 'What do they see in it, eh? What do they see in it?'
Leslie Pearson, Senior Representative (Airport Reception) of Travelwise Tours plc, surveys the passengers swarming in the Departures Concourse of Heathrow's Terminal Four with an expression of mingled pity and contempt.
This would be Paradise News by David Lodge. Go and read it for it's good or just any other David Lodge book for he rules.
3. It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, guessed bypinkfluffyllama.
4. Shadow had done three years in prison.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, guessed bytaintedrocky, obopolsk and jazzqueen.
5. On August 16, 1968, I was handed a book written by a certain Abbé Vallet, Le Manuscrit de Dom Adson de Melk, traduit en francais d'après l'édition de Dom J. Mabillon (Aux Presses de l'Abbaye de la Source, Paris, 1942).
Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, guessed bylokrur.
6. In ancient times, in a land where the sun shone day and night in summer, then disappeared for much of the deathly cold winter, lived the Gwich'in.
This would be Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis. Awesome book.
7. On the night that Ronia was born a thunderstorm was raging over the mountains, such a storm that all the goblinfolk in Matt's Forest crept back in terror to their holes and hiding places.
Ronia The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, guessed byifihadameadow and jazzqueen.
8. There was a man called Mord Fiddle, who was the son of Sighvat the Red.
Njals saga, guessed bylokrur.
9. Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on ..."
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, guessed bytartanboxers and ifihadameadow.
10. Autumn has arrived and the trees are turning yellow, red, brown; the small spa town in its pretty valley seems to be surrounded by flames.
This would be Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera. A beautiful book.
And then one updates one's LJ with ramblings about the videos.
Am not commenting on every country competing
Bulgaria
Very funny lyrics ... all about "Lorraine in the rain". Interesting rhyming there.
Croatia
The song is called "Wolves die alone" but was entirely in Croatian so I didn't understand a thing. So in my mind the song is about Remus mourning Sirius. The singer was vaguely Remus-y and wore funeral clothes.
Estonia
Interesting lyrics.
C'mon girls sing along that song
Shake the house till the early morning
Boring yesterday is gone
So let's get loud
Contestant #1 in "Which lyrics are the ones who are most obviously written by a non-native English speaker?"
F.Y.R. Macedonia
It’s plain to see
I’m not the man to be
Your cuddly toy
I’m the boy
Who will break up with you
To be free
Contestant #2 in "Which lyrics are the ones who are most obviously written by a non-native English speaker?"
Hungary
Sung by a scantly-clad girl surrounded by dancing Orthodox Jews. Very interesting.
Ireland
A boy and a girl singing. The boy looks and sounds like he's twelve which he probably is. Can't say that was a wise choice.
Latvia
Cute boys who play guitars. And the lyrics are vaguely pacifistic. I liked them a lot.
Moldova
Obviously ripped off the Turkish song from last year. (Folkish-reggae).
Norway
OMGWTFBBQGLAMROCK!?!?!?
Kind of fun and kitsch but I'm not sure if everyone will get the joke. The song was OK.
Russia
Interesting lyrics. About school-shootings in America.
You deny the truth, you just having fun
Till your child will shoot your gun
Don’t you dare to say, her reaction’s dump
Cause she had no place to run.
Serbia & Montenegro
Cute boyband with a folk song! I kind of liked it. (Must remember not to tell Romana that 'cause she's not very fond of Serbs).
Spain
Kind of like Las Ketchup or whatever they were called and they even have a special dance for the video.
Sweden
Leather trousers!!
Mmm, kind of didn't notice the song, was about Las Vegas I think.
Switzerland
Heh. They took a girl punk band (called Vanilla Ninja) and Eurovision-ed them.
Ukraine
A very rare things. A song in the Eurovision that actually means something. From what I hear (and saw in the video), it's about the orange revolution. That's cool.
UK
Some vague Eastern influences. Really, if they had just had the gust to put a proper Bhangra tune in the Eurovision, now that would have rocked.
Btw. I think the Icelandic song is pretty cool. Love the video though it makes me homesick like hell because it's mostly shot in my neighbourhood.
1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, guessed by
newmaryjane, taintedrocky, obopolsk, ifihadameadow and jazzqueen.2. 'What do they see in it, eh? What do they see in it?'
Leslie Pearson, Senior Representative (Airport Reception) of Travelwise Tours plc, surveys the passengers swarming in the Departures Concourse of Heathrow's Terminal Four with an expression of mingled pity and contempt.
This would be Paradise News by David Lodge. Go and read it for it's good or just any other David Lodge book for he rules.
3. It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, guessed by
pinkfluffyllama.4. Shadow had done three years in prison.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, guessed by
taintedrocky, obopolsk and jazzqueen.5. On August 16, 1968, I was handed a book written by a certain Abbé Vallet, Le Manuscrit de Dom Adson de Melk, traduit en francais d'après l'édition de Dom J. Mabillon (Aux Presses de l'Abbaye de la Source, Paris, 1942).
Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, guessed by
lokrur.6. In ancient times, in a land where the sun shone day and night in summer, then disappeared for much of the deathly cold winter, lived the Gwich'in.
This would be Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis. Awesome book.
7. On the night that Ronia was born a thunderstorm was raging over the mountains, such a storm that all the goblinfolk in Matt's Forest crept back in terror to their holes and hiding places.
Ronia The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, guessed by
ifihadameadow and jazzqueen.8. There was a man called Mord Fiddle, who was the son of Sighvat the Red.
Njals saga, guessed by
lokrur.9. Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on ..."
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, guessed by
tartanboxers and ifihadameadow.10. Autumn has arrived and the trees are turning yellow, red, brown; the small spa town in its pretty valley seems to be surrounded by flames.
This would be Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera. A beautiful book.
