Comments on: Eurovision 2009 – Blogging the Final Live http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/ Language and Culture of the Swedish-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amir Thompson http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Amir Thompson Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:30:00 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=206#comment-2237 The song reminds me of some track by another composer that I really enjoyed hearing , can't remember which one is it :\ does anyone happens to know what track I am referring to? The song reminds me of some track by another composer that I really enjoyed hearing , can’t remember which one is it :\ does anyone happens to know what track I am referring to?

]]> By: natasha http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/comment-page-1/#comment-714 natasha Tue, 19 May 2009 20:37:50 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=206#comment-714 Anna, this post is hilarious. I felt like I actually watched the final. :) Anna, this post is hilarious. I felt like I actually watched the final. :)

]]> By: Olga http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Olga Mon, 18 May 2009 07:36:33 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=206#comment-713 Hi Anna! Let me just quote you twice: "I may not like the song, but I’ll vote for it anyway. Oh, the things we do for the glory of Sweden…" And: "predict it will get high votes from the UK (lots of Lithuanian immigrants over there), Ireland (lots of Lithuanian immigrants over there) and a few former Soviet republics (bloc voting at its finest)." See what I mean? aren't we all human? ;) (I'm also slightly confused: what's difficult about the name "Bilan"??) Hi Anna!

Let me just quote you twice:

“I may not like the song, but I’ll vote for it anyway. Oh, the things we do for the glory of Sweden…”

And:

“predict it will get high votes from the UK (lots of Lithuanian immigrants over there), Ireland (lots of Lithuanian immigrants over there) and a few former Soviet republics (bloc voting at its finest).”

See what I mean? aren’t we all human? ;)

(I’m also slightly confused: what’s difficult about the name “Bilan”??)

]]> By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Anna Sun, 17 May 2009 21:53:29 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=206#comment-712 Hi Kat! As far as I and most of my Swedish friends are concerned, Sweden finished third - after all Arash is Swedish too. ;) The British song was OK, but what bothered me about it was the blatant conflict of interest that Anglopole so aptly described in her comment - how can a song's composer be also involved in the judging process? The song was there because the UK qualified automatically to the final and because it had a "name" attached to it. If it had to sail just on its own merit (like the Norwegian entry) it would have flopped as usual. And when did Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's career fall so low that he had to get involved in the Eurovision song contest? Or is Jade his new Sarah Brightman type? ;) Hi Kat!
As far as I and most of my Swedish friends are concerned, Sweden finished third – after all Arash is Swedish too. ;)

The British song was OK, but what bothered me about it was the blatant conflict of interest that Anglopole so aptly described in her comment – how can a song’s composer be also involved in the judging process?
The song was there because the UK qualified automatically to the final and because it had a “name” attached to it.

If it had to sail just on its own merit (like the Norwegian entry) it would have flopped as usual.

And when did Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber’s career fall so low that he had to get involved in the Eurovision song contest? Or is Jade his new Sarah Brightman type? ;)

]]> By: Kat http://www.transparent.com/swedish/eurovision-2009-blogging-the-final-live/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Kat Sun, 17 May 2009 09:29:03 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=206#comment-711 Well...I certainly do not agree with 'The UK - a song composed by Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber. Must have been one of his rejects then.' It was a very good song, sung well, perhaps a bit dodgy in places but still good. I think you may just be annoyed that it was going to do better than sweden...and im sure the new voting annoyed you as it meant you were not going to get 12 points from all the countries round you. Nae luck! Well…I certainly do not agree with

‘The UK – a song composed by Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber. Must have been one of his rejects then.’

It was a very good song, sung well, perhaps a bit dodgy in places but still good. I think you may just be annoyed that it was going to do better than sweden…and im sure the new voting annoyed you as it meant you were not going to get 12 points from all the countries round you.

Nae luck!

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