Saturday, February 17, 2007
It’s coming home…
Or maybe not.. The public has, however, spoken. And Ireland’s entry for the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest is.. “They Can’t Stop the Spring” as performed by Dervish. John Waters wasn’t happy when his song wasn’t considered last year, but this year his attempt, co-written by Tommy Moran, has made it through.. Lordi it ain’t. All together now.. Crush the flowers.. Crush the flowers..
Pete Baker @ 12:41 PM
I know they are a big group but is it just me or does she sound seriously out of tune.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 01:45 PMJAY-SUS!!!
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 02:15 PMAhem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6289847.stm
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 02:19 PMThe song was inspired by the ‘68 Prague revolution - that’s what you get when you’ve an Irish Times journalist writing the lyrics.
I’ll be generous and suggest the organisers didn’t see last year’s competition winners.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 03:20 PMMy God! That was truly awful. It can’t get much worse. This is a price too high to pay for European unity. Come back, Dana, all is forgiven.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 03:28 PMIs this the same backing track that’s on the Sinn Fein election podcast?
What I want to know is when do Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet come on stage to do a nice little stereotypical jig?
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 03:34 PMIt’s a good song. Probably too good for the Eurovision.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 03:47 PMTruly terrible and reinforcement of the fact that Dervish’s singer wouldn’t be able to sing a decent melody if it slapped her in the face with a wet haddock.
Bring back Johnny Logan
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 06:16 PMMaybe if we all say enough rosaries and light enough candles and complete enough novenas to St. Jude then Father Ted will be posthumously persuaded to return and, instead of this embarrassing dirge, give us a reprise of his immortal Eurovision classic, “My Lovely Horse”.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 06:53 PMUnionists might like the wording he used in the song - IIRC, he was referring to our two islands together, albeit loosely.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 07:12 PMNot a bad effort there. Should do quite well.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 08:47 PMShe is seriously out of tune, the backing is reasonably good, albeit a trifle stage Irish, until it becomes outright Eurovision.
I got my son to write a better song while I was typing this.
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 09:53 PM‘They Can’t Stop the Spring” ‘
*&*#@&*@*********@&*@
I don’t want them to stop the Spring I want them just to start the Spring or even better the Summer :)
Posted by on Feb 17, 2007 @ 10:23 PMI see RTE is still mixing in laxatives with the food for the greyhounds before the big race, as the comments after the song would indicate:
“Well Frank McNamara, what did you make of them?”
“Well, I really liked none of them.”
Everything’s going to plan then.
Who can forget the days when Ireland’s unbridled joy at winning gave way to the contempt of familiarity?
Indeed, I seem to recall one nervous Eurovision during one of the crucial stages of the peace process when everyone was sick to death of winning the damn thing and having no home-produced programmes for another year.
Every “Irlande Douze Points” was like another fatal stab, and Douze Points from Royaume Unis could have ended the entire Peace Process.
Of course, in an act of inspired diplomacy they didn’t.
Posted by on Feb 18, 2007 @ 04:23 AMListening to Eimear Quinn performing “The Voice” during the show reminded me how good we used to be when we would try and win the Eurovision. This politically correct “we are all one now” dirge is just embarrassing and will no doubt land us with a well deserved “Nul Points"…
Posted by on Feb 18, 2007 @ 12:15 PMThis is a beautiful song murdered by a songstress who just plain and simple ‘can’t sing’. She should give it up and instead we should ask Eimear Quinn to sing it in Helsinki.
Otherwise, we may as well throw our hats at it and save ourselves the expense of going there to lose.
Rarely have I heard a worse singer.
Sean.
Posted by on Feb 18, 2007 @ 09:56 PM*barf*
Posted by on Feb 19, 2007 @ 03:51 AMA prediction: this will be in the bottom three. Simply awful - a song lacking in energy sung by a singer lacking in ability. A dirge which will give Terry Wogan and his sense of humour a lot of roo for comedy!
Posted by on Feb 19, 2007 @ 08:25 AMkick her in the gee
Posted by on Feb 19, 2007 @ 04:38 PM
