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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 24, 2021 9:16:08 GMT
We’ve tried camp before. Scooch came 22nd out of 24.
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Post by n1david on May 24, 2021 10:16:47 GMT
Right Said Fred are camp enough for Eurovision and are popular in eastern Europe (my brother went to one of their concerts in one of the Baltic states). Are they still performing? Unlikely to be chosen at this stage given their participation in anti-lockdown protests, anti-mask position and their statement that Covid vaccinations are a farce. |
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Post by emsworthian on May 24, 2021 10:22:21 GMT
Right Said Fred are camp enough for Eurovision and are popular in eastern Europe (my brother went to one of their concerts in one of the Baltic states). Are they still performing? Unlikely to be chosen at this stage given their participation in anti-lockdown protests, anti-mask position and their statement that Covid vaccinations are a farce. OK. I'd lost track of what they have been up to. |
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Post by cherokee on May 24, 2021 11:39:13 GMT
Blue aren't really camp enough for Eurovision though. Steps would be more fitting. Was the voting political? I'm not a Eurovision fan but... maybe. Other countries don't like the UK, but at the same time everyone wants to live here. Bit of old-fashioned begrudgery maybe. Not sure we should mess around with Steps. Ed Sheeran, Adele, Coldplay or nothing The problem is we're locked into a vicious circle. We keep submitting mediocre songs sung by weak, inexperienced singers who have little stage presence and give them poor staging or tacky gimmicks. Therefore we routinely end up last or nearly last. As a result, no self-respecting artist or song writer wants to submit themselves to the likelihood of doing poorly and being humiliated on an international stage.* So we end up submitting a mediocre song sung by a weak singer... Repeat ad nauseam. * This is also why you wouldn't get Adele or Ed Sheeran touching it with a bargepole. To be honest you'd probably struggle even to get Right Said Fred even if people wanted them to do it!Also, in terms of going back to the rule that countries should have to sing in their native language. Well, English is the universal language of pop music. Why should other countries be penalised by not being allowed to sing in English? It certainly helped the UK in the period when that rule did exist, but it's hardly fair on everyone else. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 24, 2021 12:26:22 GMT
Not sure we should mess around with Steps. Ed Sheeran, Adele, Coldplay or nothing The problem is we're locked into a vicious circle. We keep submitting mediocre songs sung by weak, inexperienced singers who have little stage presence and give them poor staging or tacky gimmicks. Therefore we routinely end up last or nearly last. As a result, no self-respecting artist or song writer wants to submit themselves to the likelihood of doing poorly and being humiliated on an international stage.* So we end up submitting a mediocre song sung by a weak singer... Repeat ad nauseam. * This is also why you wouldn't get Adele or Ed Sheeran touching it with a bargepole. To be honest you'd probably struggle even to get Right Said Fred even if people wanted them to do it!Also, in terms of going back to the rule that countries should have to sing in their native language. Well, English is the universal language of pop music. Why should other countries be penalised by not being allowed to sing in English? It certainly helped the UK in the period when that rule did exist, but it's hardly fair on everyone else. Didn't Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran both say they wanted it? Let's bang their door down. Or failing that get Brotherhood of Man or Abba |
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Post by Ruby Sue on May 24, 2021 14:01:19 GMT
I saw a few news articles with Bill Bailey saying he'd throw his hat in the ring for next year!
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