The Spectre is Haunting Europe
Manolo says, old Europe is in trouble: governments teeter on the edge of collapse, unemployment is at the record highs, social unrest grows. Dark days loom!
And yet, all of this is the mere sunny walk in the park compared to the true disaster barreling down the road towards the continent…. The Eurovision Song Contest!!!!!
Ayyyyy!
Yes, it all starts out so innocently…
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With bizarre Belurusian human-butterfly genetic mutations!
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To be countered by glittery Maltese bird men, hovering ominously behind Justin Beiber-esque divas.
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But this is the mere prelude to the true atrocity, the one which, no matter whatever precautions may be taken, inevitably makes its disastrous appearance at the Eurovision…
The Accordion!
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Comments
Jane2 14 years ago
The Jane2 agrees that the Eurovision song contest is a spectacle that will surely lead to the modern Fall. However, the accordion should not be lumped with this media abomination. Think of the cuartetos (the Jane2 warns, do not think of the La Mona, however), the merengues, the cajun/zydeco music to name a few. The accordion deserves the noble place in musical history if only for them.
Popartrockgirlyeah! 14 years ago
It was particularly awful last year. After about 20 minutes I couldn’t take any more!
theDiva 14 years ago
Ayyyyyyyyyy!
angelhair 14 years ago
Let’s add klezmer to the list of great musical genres that feature accordions.
Europe has indeed fallen upon hard times. The continent that gave us Cervantes, Vermeer, Mozart and Michelangelo now offers up this. It’s always good for a few laughs, at least.
Cara 14 years ago
The strange thing nobody listens to this music on a daily basis. Eurovision pops up, shows its strange blossoms for a night of delightful weirdness, then it disappears again, winner and stars almost never to be heard of again.
Shoesnotblues 14 years ago
C’mon, the Eurovision is fabulously terrible and camp beyond words, but there every now and then a truly wonderful gem appears: like Elena’s I Would Die For You or those Serbian songs Lane Moje and Molitva.
Theresa 14 years ago
And to think – I could have been there LIVE this year! Alas, the tickets were $125 – 250 . Would that have been worth it for the butterfly mutants? Probably…