Is it a Eurovision

I’m going off line here to discuss a certain European song contest. Music being my focus.

I watched the Eurovision song contest yesterday evening. My main reason was to be entertained by the commentary of Terry Wogan.

Those of you outside Europe may not know this competition, but within Europe, it’s always been a big deal.

The overall result was of little surprise to me. With neighbour countries having a habit of casting votes for each other. None more that what I like to term as Eastern Bloc Europe. So Russia were the victors this time around. How surprising!

I had to laugh when one judge said “The best song in Europe”, and one of the judges unknowingly got very close to the truth when they said it was a “Great concert”, because a concert is pretty much all it was. It’s not what I would call a fair competition any more. Terry Wogan said something like that. He is even considering not commenting on the competition next year, I mean concert

Am I sore that the British entry came joint last with votes from ony 2 countries? No, I’m shocked though, because it was in my top 5, and I know a bit about cutting edge music.

It’s even more astounding if you look at all the European music charts. There’s always British and American songs in there somewhere. And why is that? Well, because it’s cutting edge.

I thought it was a toss up between Turkey and Norway for the title. Turkey’s song was modern sounding, and shared similarites with a great band called Muse, and for great songwriting skill, I had to go for Norway. Well at least those two got into the top 10. The British song was a pretty good song, and also deserved to be in the top 10. My sympathy to Poland and Germany too (The Polish entry was pretty good) who were holding up the table with us. I wonder when Europe started seeing them as politically close to the UK? Political, you hear me cry?

That’s what I said. I’ve come up with a new name for the competition. The Eurovision Political Popularity Contest. Well, it’s certainly not about the merits of the compositions. I think that was made blindingly obvious last night.

So what do I think of Europe?

I adore it, and would love to travel to all the European nations in my life, and enjoy time with indigenous population. I’m just a regular guy who enjoys meeting people and doesn’t colour them for the actions of their fellow citizens.

You can accept or refute my views. I’m not really qualified to comment on such an event. After all, I’m just a Songwriter