Sunday, March 15, 2009

Eurovision coming!

On Monday, March 16, I'll talk about the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest on WNYC's Soundcheck. I should be on around 2:20pm EST. You can listen on your radio thingamajig or online. Ain't technology grand?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm liking Turkey best this year, I think, and then France and Ireland. Moldova and Montenegro are also pretty good... Norway not so much. Norwegian boys with violins is a little too Cotton Eyed Joe for me.

Elisabeth Vincentelli said...

Lots of strings on stage this year: sex and violins! The classical-pop crossover is in full force. I'm liking Estonia, Moldova, the second half of Ukraine. But Sweden? Ayeee!

Elisabeth Vincentelli said...

Some of the Eastern European countries are holding on to their languages but I agree, there's too much English overall. There have been entries in made-up languages. There's something about the way esperanto sounds that's just not all that conducive to disco somehow...

Anonymous said...

Loved your commentary on WNYC Elizabeth! I want to figure out how to watch Eurovision on an American Network... Does anyone know? I know you can stream it from eurovision.tv but what about through regular tv? We are trying to get a big early morning party together and I don't think we can fit into my apartment (where I would watch through Polish dish network..). Thanks -k. konopka

Elisabeth Vincentelli said...

Alas it's not broadcast in the US at all, as far as I know. For shame! My mom in France tapes it and sends me DVRs. Before that I bought the official DVDs, but it's more fun to watch an actual broadcast to get the bitchy commentaries. (Jean-Paul Gaultier did it in France last year.)

Anonymous said...

Thanks Elisabeth! What a shame. I'll have to jam everyone in my tiny apartment! -k. konopka