Post by nick on Jul 29, 2015 0:09:27 GMT 1
to a handful of old contests and "Kedvesem" is still my absolute favorite song from ESC. It's all a matter of taste and if you prefer older stuff like the ballads of the 60s and pop of the 70s and 80s, then go for it. But no one should feel forced to listen to a bunch of by WordShark"> songs that they don't particularly care for.I also don't think it's really cool to insinuate that just because something is older means that it's better.
(As a pop-punk fan, going through old Eurovisions when I did it was hellish because it was by WordShark"> hard
for me to get interested in 12-18 of the same kind of ballad. If you like ballads, then you're gonna love Eurovision 1963 but I don't so I didn't.)
, and I'm not saying that older is better (in fact, I think that the contests of the 1950s were the worst, since any songs with a hint of life got tossed to the curb, and the winner would usually get twice as many points as the runner up).12-18 of the same kind of ballad. Of the early contests that I've seen, there have been some ballads that I prefer over others, and I can see many differences in each one.
And don't get me wrong, I still love the recent contests, but I'm just saying, one can't really say that their all time favourite Eurovision song is one from a recent edition when the recent editions are all one has seen
Of course there are differences between individual songs, but if you're not interested in ballads to begin with, identifying unique characteristics of multiple ballads in a row is definitely an unpleasant task. I mean, I *could* go and listen to all the songs from a random old year and come up with meaningful comments for all of them, but it would feel like a chore. Hence the reason I don't do that and haven't for a long time, and also why I don't think people should feel obligated to so or feel shamed for not doing so.
Finally, most people's all-time favorite song is one they have a personal attachment to that goes deeper than just liking the music. And it's certainly easier to connect to a song that you've known for a while and "experienced" (saw it at the NF, then ESC, then after ESC) rather than one you listen to randomly. Of course, it's different for every person, but that's how it is for me, and that's why I can't fathom any other song replacing "Kedvesem" as my all-time favorite.
Latvia's flag is brown
2015 is a bop
NVSC · 
FC · 
BMF · 
YND · 
EoF
OESC · 
OASC · 
OAfSC · 
OAmSC · 
OUSC
US).
Dutch is a really beautiful language.
Belgium 2017 and 2018 are both really bad and overhyped.
Valencian is not a language. It's a dialect of 
Catalan.
Latvia's flag is brown
irish flag?
irish flag?
Poland's flag is pink