Archive for February 24th, 2008

Ireland elects a second turkey

Grandad February 24th, 2008

For the first time ever, I took part in a phone-vote last night.

I hate phone-votes, because they have led to a cheap, tacky format of television programming.  I won’t watch any program that involves a public vote, including all those horrendous ‘celebrity house’ type fiascos and those ‘you’re a star’ cattle markets.

But last night was different.  Because for the first time, I was effectively voting against that very kind of programme.

I remember watching Butch Moore singing “Walking the streets in the rain” back in 1965.  The good old days of black and white!  I watched it in a neighbours house because my mother wouldn’t have a television in the house.  Ireland came sixth, which wasn’t bad for a first entry.

In the early days of the Eurovision, it was a song contest.  There was a resident orchestra, which meant that it was a very level playing pitch.  Gimmicks weren’t allowed.  The song stood on its lyrics and the music.

Now, it’s a fiasco.  It’s a stage event.  The “songs” take back stage to the visual gimmickry  and flashy production.  There are semi-naked dancers and pyrotechnics which have nothing whatsoever to do with singing.

Personally, I couldn’t give a shite.  It’s only a television programme, when all is said and done.

Last night, I watched five contestants offering up their usual bland [sorry, lads and lasses] crap that wouldn’t stand a snowball’s chance of winning.  And I watch Dustin.

dustin
Ireland’s contestant in Eurovision 2009.

Dustin is the perfect send-up of what the Eurovision has become.  If they want to play silly-buggers, then we will show them how it should be done.

Musically, Dustin is crap [despite having loads of hit singles and albums under his belt/feathers].  The lyrics are a send-up of the song contest itself.  Visually it is car crash television.  It is perfect!  He is the ultimate two fingers to the whole of Europe.

I think Dustin has a good chance of winning.  They won’t know what hit them.  They are going to have to vote for a turkey that is demanding that they give Ireland ‘douze pointe’.

I have only two things to say….

Don’t mess with the Irish!

G’wan ya good thing!