Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6777 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish
| Message 137 of 261 24 May 2009 at 8:58pm | IP Logged |
JS-1 wrote:
Estonia was my favourite, although I liked Bosnia too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5InsOMjClxk
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Same here. Estonia was my favorite, too. And I thought Bosnia was good, too. The thing about songs in Serbocroatian is that I understand just enough for me to think the lyrics may be profound, and at the same time I don't understand enough to be disappointed.
I also liked Portugal quite a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNYBYH3bZFI&feature=related
JS-1 wrote:
It's hard to believe that decent performers and song-writers used to enter the
Eurovision before it became the silly celebration of tackiness that it is today.
FRENCH:
This became famous as an easy-listening instrumental. It was originally a Eurovision
song from 1967 sung by Vicky Leandros for Luxembourg, who astonishingly enough came
fourth.
Vicky Leandros L'Amour est bleu video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIH7mjqhkiw
Contest footage of the same song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4ib9-laGY
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I know this song from Sicko, Michael Moore's latest movie. This song is used in one of the scenes where he discusses health care in France.
Anyways, I think there were several decent song this year - it was probably a pretty good year for Eurovision in terms of music content.
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Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6777 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish
| Message 138 of 261 24 May 2009 at 10:39pm | IP Logged |
Some recommendations for RUSSIAN:
Kino - Хочу перемен! ("I demand change!"). The following video has this late-80s song translated into sign-language - and performed over the closing credits of a recent movie. It is kinda cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dpPdbnTHA&feature=related
ДДТ (DDT):
Ленинград ("Leningrad"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvF261iUf0c
Метель (Snowstorm):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGM66VMojs
Это всё (That's All):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvNoctAa6HI
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Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5823 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic
| Message 139 of 261 28 May 2009 at 10:36pm | IP Logged |
I don't know if it's been posted here already, but I recently stumbled across the Swedish musician Håkan Hellström, and I really like him!
Kom igen Lina!
En vän med en bil
^^My two favorite songs
Nun kan du få mig so lätt
För en lång lång tid
*Oh, and I just found another - and man is it catchy =D
Kristian Anttila - Smutser
Edited by Lindsay19 on 29 May 2009 at 9:58pm
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kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6005 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German
| Message 140 of 261 29 May 2009 at 5:04am | IP Logged |
Lindsay19, you are by far my favorite person of the day. Yay Swedish music!
Has anyone else noticed the propensity for Swedish music to be either super happy and gleeful or some of the heaviest metal?
I mean, contrast Suburban Kids with Biblical Names with Amon Amarth (both sing in English, unfortunately [except SKWBN has one song in Swedish]). You'll see what I mean.
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mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5926 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
| Message 141 of 261 29 May 2009 at 10:25pm | IP Logged |
kottoler.ello wrote:
Has anyone else noticed the propensity for Swedish music to be either super happy and gleeful or some of the heaviest metal?
I mean, contrast Suburban Kids with Biblical Names with Amon Amarth (both sing in English, unfortunately [except SKWBN has one song in Swedish]). You'll see what I mean. |
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Yes, I've noticed this same propensity; but you can find melancholy Swedish pop if you're willing to really look for it.
I know Säkert has already been mentioned here, but here is another song by them that is definitely not happy or gleeful at all Säkert! - Det var tre månader sedan idag. If you know any Swedish or can find a translation of the song "Vi kommer att dö samtidigt, du och jag" (I think there is a link to it in somewhere in this thread, but it's a few pages back)you'll notice that the title means "we will die at the same time, you and I". This can hardly be called cheerful, though the song is more humorous than depressing.
Here's another example Vapnet Plötsligt händer det inte. This one seems to be more contemplative, and probably more like what is called "indie pop" in the US.
Edited by mick33 on 20 November 2009 at 9:09pm
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kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6005 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German
| Message 142 of 261 30 May 2009 at 8:23pm | IP Logged |
That's true, but even "Vi kommer att dö samtidigt" sounds sooo poppy and happy (although the music video is a little disturbing).
But that's right, I was forgetting Säkert!.
Yah, if it has a glockenspiel, it's definitely indie pop here in the US.
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Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5911 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese
| Message 143 of 261 01 June 2009 at 11:20pm | IP Logged |
Here's another one in Swedish: Björn Afzelius, "Tusen bitar" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-ZcFgDj-4
He was one of my mum's favourites in my childhood so I've heard this a million times and heard him mentioned again today, beautiful song...
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GuardianJY Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5687 days ago 74 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Italian, Swedish, French
| Message 144 of 261 01 June 2009 at 11:45pm | IP Logged |
No one has mentioned Basshunter or Opeth recently? Both are Swedish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6K8-axf3U
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