Dervish Need To Wear Crazy Masks To Win

[Tom RED]

The Irish entry this year yet again, is a big pile of crap, when will this country wake up that the Eurovision isn't the same contest we won loads of times and stop sending over dull bland acts like Dervish and Brian Kennedy last year.

I dont know who decides on the act and the four songs that were picked but it seems totally elitist and should be opened up to anyone wishing to enter.

Dublins drag queen band Ladyface would be a far more modern and a visually interesting act to represent Ireland. It's obvious now to everyone except RTE that it's more about the image and show than the actual song.

If Dervish or whoever manages them decide to do something really interesting visually and play with the whole Celtic Mysticism theme like Enya or Clannad then we might have a chance.

[Slayer]

rte don't want to win, that's why they keep sending shite acts.

[Tom RED]

That was true before but with the increased licence fee and having got more government funding, RTE could afford to host the Eurovision.

Denmark and the rest of Scandanavia are totally clued up on modern day Eurovision, if only we had an entry like the Danish one. It would show Europe that Ireland is an open and diverse country.

[LittleTimmy]

The words to this year's entry are just the most awful of all time. John Waters should be made to apologise at Croke Park on Saturday - Forget all the talk about Bloody Sunday.

Seriously it is really awful.... Exhibit A

They can't stop the spring

The curtain has been raised
The wall no longer stands
And from Lisadell to Latvia
We're singing as one clan
The curtain has been raised
And Europe's all one stage
And the archipelagic icicles
Have melted like the cage

We don't need no party
Just a party band
A continental choir
Singing hand in hand

They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they'll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can't stop the spring

They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they'll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can't stop the spring

They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they'll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can't stop the spring

At this stage I'm just making
lyrics up, I never thought I'd get to
use words like archipelagic in a song
but they can't stop the spring
so there.
We all know I only won cos I got
so pissed off last year when I Lost!


(guess which verse I made up, though it's really hard to tell. Answers on a Postcard).

[louislestat]

I think Tom Red had a great idea about 'Lady Face'.......now that would be cool!
Maybe we could suggest this idea to Veda and Davina for next year??

Dervish are BOOOOOORING. The lead singer looks like Mary Black after getting a smack off a bus.She sounds no way near as good as Mary,actually she sounds even worse than Frances

[wally]

Oh my God-it's woeful!

[Shiva]

Talking with Eileen Dunne, who is a huge Eurovision head, at the after partry last Friday, she said that the amount of money you generate from hosting the Eurovision is phenominal. Through private sponsers and advertising the contest now generates millions for the host network, which is why so many of the eastern block are fighting like dogs to get it [;-)]
And yes there is nothign special about Dervish or the pile of dribble they are meant to sing this year. Her voice is uninteresting and honestly more suited to warbling out Irish ballards.

[NuMarvel]

Talking with Eileen Dunne... at the after partry last Friday, .

God, I've just lost all respect for you.

Next thing you'll be saying is you were a guest on the Late Late show on Friday...

[:-P]

(I'm joking, I'm joking, please don't hurt me!)

[bi4fship]

[quote=nodolan;75299]Who the hell are THEY?? [:-?].... I agree - tis awful. [:-((]quote]

So it is.

What the fuck does half of it mean anyway? Or perhaps some alternative meanings.

Do the lyrics perchance suggest that we are / could be invaded by Latvians?

"archipelagic icicles
Have melted like the cage"

Firstly, not even icebergs could be classed as isLANDS because you have to have some sart of land involved & not even your archi-paraplegic icicles would be big enough to be classed as an ice sculpture let alone an iceberg.

Secondly, what cage melted? I never saw it happen. Perhaps it was made of chocolate & was hanging above the range in our farmhouses amidst the bogs. Maybe it was gifted to us by the aforementioned Latvians in exchange for refuge in barn of said farmhouse.

"We don't need no party
Just a party band"

Well don't you just have the gift of foresight as you won't be getting one when someone else wins Eurovision, but let's just hope the band are better than you.

"They might scare the blackbird"

Who? Don't answer. I've just remembered it was the Wurzels in their 1976 B-side hit, Blackbird.

"A continental choir
Singing hand in hand"

They're all probably singing in different languages but it doesn't matter as they can at least sing in tune with the aid of the amazing JML pattented holding of hands.

I can't even bring myself to look at the lyrics anymore in order to take the piss out of them. But I think Dervish should withdraw & be replaced with an old classic; 'The Combine Harvester' by the Wurzels, at least that went to number one.

[Shiva]

God, I've just lost all respect for you.

Next thing you'll be saying is you were a guest on the Late Late show on Friday...

[:-P]

(I'm joking, I'm joking, please don't hurt me!)

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[LittleTimmy]

The title of the song is derived from a quote from the time of Tito I think (not the guy from Into The West but the Yugoslavian dictator).

[Bootyzilla]

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I'm what??

Back on-topic, yes, it's a truly horrible song sung by a truly hackneyed, cliched neotrad ensemble of second-rate musicians. That singer can't really sing, her thin and reedy voice is the musical equivalent of that sharp pain you get in your knob when having a pee after sex. Bland baseless bleating... ...with ceól in the background. Frankly, I'd be ashamed to be an Irish supporter in the audience when they go to shame us before God and the Eastern Block.

[LittleTimmy]

...... when they go to shame us before God and the Eastern Block.

in its glorious mutual-exclusiveness.....

[louislestat]

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Hello, Pot speaking. Oh, hey, Kettle! I... no, wait... but...

I'm what??

Back on-topic, yes, it's a truly horrible song sung by a truly hackneyed, cliched neotrad ensemble of second-rate musicians. That singer can't really sing, her thin and reedy voice is the musical equivalent of that sharp pain you get in your knob when having a pee after sex. Bland baseless bleating... ...with ceól in the background. Frankly, I'd be ashamed to be an Irish supporter in the audience when they go to shame us before God and the Eastern Block.

Thats hilarious [:-))] You really have a way with words. You have to write a book.I can see it now a mixture of Oscar Wilde meets Jackie Collins.

[youdirtybird]

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Hello, Pot speaking. Oh, hey, Kettle! I... no, wait... but...

I'm what??

That singer can't really sing, her thin and reedy voice is the musical equivalent of that sharp pain you get in your knob when having a pee after sex. Bland baseless bleating...

lol....Dam rep spreader limiter....

I thought from the youtube clip it was Mary Black....except she had had some sort of surgery to alter her face....didn't listen too much to the song...tried to block it out

[louislestat]

lol....Dam rep spreader limiter....

I thought from the youtube clip it was Mary Black....except she had had some sort of surgery to alter her face....didn't listen too much to the song...tried to block it out

Yip she is like Mary Black after she got a slap off a bus......but sounds like Frances B on a very bad day. Bless

[chatelaine]

What a load of old shit.

Honestly, with a country famous for its singers and songerwriters, were these four songs the best we could come up with?

The song sounds like its writer looks, i.e. weird and more than a little scary. And bon't get me started on Mary Black-lite and The Elderlies (a.k.a Dervish). Half of Europe will be asking if they'd entered in the mistaken belief it was the 'Live at Three Over 55 Entertainer of the Year' contest.

We'll be mortified on the night!!!

[bo_selecta]

I have it on good authority, from a Eurovision head here in the office, that the song is getting a good reaction from outside Ireland...apparently.

[Bootyzilla]

I have it on good authority, from a Eurovision head here in the office, that the song is getting a good reaction from outside Ireland...apparently.

That's as well may be but that's just an initial reaction to a studio-produced recording - I can't see their live 'performance' actually winning.

[chatelaine]

Did anyone else notice the attractive underarm sweat patches she was sporting on that vile purple 'dress' (I use the word loosely)?

[Invincible]

My god, there's nothing but vitriol and anger!
I liked her dress, and i actually think they're an alright band. They may well be laughed off the stage, but i wouldnt bet on it right yet.

[peachesandcream]

Dervish believe it or not are huge in Europe, this is one of the reasons they were picked to represent us this year.Now when we hear them singing we just want to curl up and die, but apparently they love them in Europe, i can't for the love of me understand a word she is saying (singing), but once word spreads that it is about the spring relvloution the Europeans will lap it up.They are on tv all over the place singing their hearts out for us, so lets just wait and see what will happen, they can't be any worse than that mope last year, whats his name Brian Kennedy down on one knee, muppet.When we hear our own accents on tv or the radio we hate them even though it's how we talk, so when we hear Irish been sung like that it freaks us out, but to the rest of the world it sounds like ,i dunno a babbling brook or a gentle waterfall slowly running down the mountain side.. We will just have to wait and see what happens on the night, but by what i saw on Sunday the rest of the songs will wipe the floor with us. I think Russia's song is fantastic..U.K. is Camp as and as far as the Ukraine goes, he is like a Dame sue pollard gone wrong...[:-D]

[peachesandcream]

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Your hilarious Nolliieee [;-)] [;-)] [;-)] [;-)]

[admin]

I hope we don't end up in the semi finals next year, as I'd imagine it will be hard to get out of it...

[apple]

i have to say i like it, trust me to go against the grain but i have to say i like it and it does have a meaning to it. all about getting independence or something.. ray d'arcy is trying to get all the polish to vote for it as it's somehow connected to poland.

[louislestat]

i have to say i like it, trust me to go against the grain but i have to say i like it.

You really have to get those ears sorted out[:-P] [:-P]

Sorry I couldnt resist [:-D]

[chatelaine]

You really have to get those ears sorted out[:-P] [:-P]

Bear in mind, this is the man who misheard Gail Tilsley as Gail Titley... [:-D]

[Invincible]

I kinda like ireland's song aswell....but we havent a hope in hell of doing well in the final. Last nites semi-final saw NO western european country qualify; not a good omen.

Even though i picked 6 of the 10 qualifiers my favourite 4 did not get thru....how did Denmark not get in?!?!? "I'm your drama queen tonight, all my troubles are out of sight...." - inspired!

Anyway...Russia to win.

[chatelaine]

how did Denmark not get in?!?!? "I'm your drama queen tonight, all my troubles are out of sight...." - inspired!

This very question has been plaguing my hubby for the past 24 hours! He's practically traumatised it didn't get through, but I think he hit the nail on the head when he noted that a lot of the Eastern European countries are very conservative, and the performance may not have sat well with them.

I think everyone knows my feelings on Eurovision as a whole, but I just saw Exposé on TV3 and Dervish performed the song (in the corner of an ice bar) and it sounded really good....

[Invincible]

This very question has been plaguing my hubby for the past 24 hours! He's practically traumatised it didn't get through, but I think he hit the nail on the head when he noted that a lot of the Eastern European countries are very conservative, and the performance may not have sat well with them.

That could be a very valid point...but have u seen the new favourite for this year??? Its an even more bizarre dancing transvestite for Ukraine.
Funny in an awful way.

[peachesandcream]

Denmark's song is so much better than the Ukraine's one, even though the Ukraine's song is very very catchy, Denmark's rocked... But the Ukraine didn't have to go through the semi...

Also I did think that it was a block vote that kept Demark out maybe because of Conservatism or maybe just pure lets-keep-the-strong-ones-out-to-give-us a-better-chance voting....

Just bought the album from iTunes, there are a lot of great songs this year, and a lot of them didn't get through to the final tonight....
I wonder why????


Go Dervish [:-D] [:-D] [:-D] [:-D]