Eurovision Song Contest 2021

doc22 · 25-05-2021 04:42PM

Pussyhands wrote: »

Our song wasn't bad, it's just Lesley Roy sounded like when you try to sing when you have a terrible cold and sore throat. The auto tune was clearly carrying her. I never heard of her before eurovision.

I think if we sold our identity to the europeans we might do alright, have a modern song with some accordion or violin played into it. Have a hot ginger girl sing it and have a little solo where she does some Irish dancing.

Don't think that works.....

tv3tg4 · 25-05-2021 04:49PM

I would send the walls or the frank and Walters.

We need a pop tune with heart.

Eivor · 25-05-2021 04:55PM

doc22 wrote: »

Don't think that works.....

I think the problem with those 2 is that they are awful songs.

Eivor · 25-05-2021 04:57PM

I think someone like Roisin Murphy would be great for us but I don’t think she’d do it.

saabsaab · 25-05-2021 05:07PM

Get Bob Dylan hasn't he some Irish connections?

Elmo · 25-05-2021 05:09PM

saabsaab wrote: »

Get Bob Dylan hasn't he some Irish connections?

You don't need Irish Connections to Write or sing the song for Ireland or any country in the Eurovision.

AFAIK the singer for the UK wrote one of our songs.

Welsh Megaman · 25-05-2021 05:26PM

Three days on, and I’m starting to like the German song more than I should.

captbarnacles · 25-05-2021 07:16PM

Pussyhands wrote: »

Our song wasn't bad, it's just Lesley Roy sounded like when you try to sing when you have a terrible cold and sore throat. The auto tune was clearly carrying her. I never heard of her before eurovision.

I think if we sold our identity to the europeans we might do alright, have a modern song with some accordion or violin played into it. Have a hot ginger girl sing it and have a little solo where she does some Irish dancing.

Listen to the Irish song and then the French song afterwards. The gap in ability is ridiculous.

Strazdas · 25-05-2021 07:57PM

captbarnacles wrote: »

Listen to the Irish song and then the French song afterwards. The gap in ability is ridiculous.

This happened even in the semi. Ireland was followed straight after by Cyprus (Elena - 'El Diablo') and the gulf in class was so obvious - and that's a song that didn't even make top 10 in the final.

Speakerboxx · 25-05-2021 08:13PM

The song that won eurovision was pure scutter.

It also shows that having naked and sexy women in knee high boots doesn't win it either. Trying to find the perfect balance will be a mystery.

patscott27 · 25-05-2021 08:45PM

Its only a what if but let's say we did sneak into the final does anyone think we would have ended up on nul points like the UK?

External Association · 25-05-2021 08:58PM

I've listened to the Ukraine again to see could I 'get' it. I can't, it's horrendous, screeching, her look, the green feathers. An awful ethnic/gypsy eastern European vibe that sounds primitive, like human's first attempt at making music.

Italy at least sounds a little like the Arctic Monkeys- I bet that you look good on the dance floor.

Capt'n Midnight · 25-05-2021 08:59PM

fryup wrote: »

you know for a country that has given us the best pop/rock artists in the world their eurovision success has been very mediocre at best...how come they never sent Right said Fred, Rick Astley, Lisa Stansfield, Spice Girls etc etc...they have loads of singers & songwriters to choose from

Spice Girls live ?

AFAIK Their records were assembled from the best bits of multiple takes down to the point of assembling word by word in some cases.

saabsaab · 25-05-2021 08:59PM

We should send a song in our own language.

External Association · 25-05-2021 09:01PM

patscott27 wrote: »

Its only a what if but let's say we did sneak into the final does anyone think we would have ended up on nul points like the UK?

A lot of recent Irish songs are better off they went out in the semi, spare them the embarassment of the final.

Molly Sterling- Playing with Numbers in 2015 should have made it through.

We're 13 years post Dustin, so it's more a case of poor songs with the odd exception in the last decade.

bladespin · 25-05-2021 09:04PM

External Association wrote: »

Italy at least sounds a little like the Arctic Monkeys- I bet that you look good on the dance floor.

Thought Rage against the machine myself, some EV songs are just bad copies of others.

External Association · 25-05-2021 09:04PM

saabsaab wrote: »

We should send a song in our own language.

Ceol an ghrá 1972. Came second or third.

https://youtu.be/DJzhQz4V2CU

doc22 · 25-05-2021 09:16PM

Speakerboxx wrote: »

The song that won eurovision was pure scutter.

It also shows that having naked and sexy women in knee high boots doesn't win it either. Trying to find the perfect balance will be a mystery.

Well, look at popularity on youtube and voting and imagine the Irish version of say 'El Diablo'....Being young pretty and visually appealing helps.

CruelSummer · 25-05-2021 09:26PM

One thing that’s a mystery to me is Malta’s placing in the final. Looking up semi final 1 results, it was at the top of the 10 that qualified there. Being placed 6th in the final almost certainly affected the public vote.

Pussyhands · 25-05-2021 09:39PM

doc22 wrote: »

Don't think that works.....

Ah well, Dervish is too much diddly aye.

Kasey Smith one was kind of along the lines but not sure about the kilts, very scottish. And she was dressed like a Pharaoh. I think something like the Corrs "runaway" with the violin having a prominent role.

saabsaab · 25-05-2021 09:44PM

Something like this updated?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELLh0BnY0fc

doc22 · 25-05-2021 09:52PM

Pussyhands wrote: »

Ah well, Dervish is too much diddly aye.

Kasey Smith one was kind of along the lines but not sure about the kilts, very scottish. And she was dressed like a Pharaoh. I think something like the Corrs "runaway" with the violin having a prominent role.

So one of Ireland's most popular acts most popular songs 20 years ago....

What makes you think that genre would be popular in Europe now when it's not even popular here and very bland much like maps this year, I don't think a violin would save it:pac:

fryup · 25-05-2021 09:54PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Spice Girls live ?

AFAIK Their records were assembled from the best bits of multiple takes down to the point of assembling word by word in some cases.

Perfect for the eurovision then

Ash.J.Williams · 25-05-2021 10:00PM

We need an Irish rammstein

iffandonlyif · 25-05-2021 10:00PM

saabsaab wrote: »

We should send a song in our own language.

We already do.

ACitizenErased · 25-05-2021 10:04PM

We need to send something modern and current. People like Allie Sherlock have massive youtube followings and write their own songs. Send one of them. Already known, have a European fanbase. Maneskin are massively famous on the continent and look what happened.

ACitizenErased · 25-05-2021 10:05PM

Would love to see Chasing Abbey or Wild Youth sent.

iffandonlyif · 25-05-2021 10:27PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

We need to send something modern and current. People like Allie Sherlock have massive youtube followings and write their own songs. Send one of them. Already known, have a European fanbase. Maneskin are massively famous on the continent and look what happened.

That’s actually a fairly good shout. With the greatest of respect to Allie Sherlock, she’s a busker who doesn’t have credibility to lose. As a sixteen (or whatever) year old, a Eurovision appearance is a perfectly credible early career move for her.

Strazdas · 25-05-2021 11:53PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

We need to send something modern and current. People like Allie Sherlock have massive youtube followings and write their own songs. Send one of them. Already known, have a European fanbase. Maneskin are massively famous on the continent and look what happened.

Yes, Allie would be a very interesting choice. She has a quite massive following on social media and might well be up for it. She's a bit rough around the edges vocally but with the right song and perhaps a bit of vocal coaching, she could make an impact.

If not her, perhaps Sibéal with a song in Irish or even someone like Denise Chaila.

25-05-2021 11:57PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Yes, Allie would be a very interesting choice. She has a quite massive following on social media and might well be up for it. She's a bit rough around the edges vocally but with the right song and perhaps a bit of vocal coaching, she could make an impact.

If not her, perhaps Sibéal with a song in Irish or even someone like Denise Chaila.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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