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Luís wrote:Still no topic this year, so I decided to create it
You can listen to all the songs here.
So, which ones are your favorite?
Патрислав Андреевич wrote:big points to Romania, Montenegro (hvala Crna Goro!), Portugal, France, Italy, and Spain for singing in their own languages (technically the English-speaking countries, too).
Yasna wrote:Shame on Russia and the German speaking countries for not choosing songs in their own language.
IpseDixit wrote:Why shame only on them and not on all other countries which have decided not to use their language?
Yasna wrote:IpseDixit wrote:Why shame only on them and not on all other countries which have decided not to use their language?
For countries like Estonia I could understand that they might feel bad about singing in their own language because only about 1% of the viewers would understand the song. For medium sized languages like Polish I can understand them going either way. But for languages like Russian and German, there is no excuse.
Levike wrote:It's just a song contest, not a "let's promote our culture" contest.
Levike wrote:I don't mind if they all sing in English, as long as they don't make it sound weird.
I mean as long as they don't have a phony pronunciation.
razlem wrote:I have mixed feelings about singers singing in English if it's not their native language. A lot of times the lyrics and prosody are just cringe-worthy (*cough* Estonia's entry) .
IpseDixit wrote:Well, I don't know. Is the lyrics that important, especially considering that many of them are just a bunch of banalities? Also, how much expressiveness are those singers losing for not singing in their mother-tongue? And how many people are really able to follow the entire English lyrics throughout the song anyway? Y'know, the majority of Europeans actually aren't really proficient in English.
And in any case wouldn't it be nicer if ESC promoted linguistic diversity rather than homogenization?
Levike wrote:It's just a song contest, not a "let's promote our culture" contest.
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