Semi 1
Semi 1 Draw is available... - Harrow - 2006-07-08 10:00:14pm
- Hehe...:-) Poor Shiri...:-) 3 boobs and Michael sniffing her ****...:-) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-08 10:10:13pm
- Semi 1 now up :)) - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:03:26pm
- I think the link doesn't work.. It should be http://www.partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/s1/index.html [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:04:05pm
- refresh :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:04:55pm
- it was wrng fr about 3 seconds - trust you to arrive at exactly the wrong time! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:09:08pm
- I'm fast :) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:13:37pm
- Harrow, little mistake. Diwanit Bugale is Fra96 and not Fra94. [R] - Vishal - 2006-07-08 11:46:37pm
- whoopsie! Thanks :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:58:58pm
- LMAO!!! Congrats to everyone who entered something in this year's ALC! These are just brilliant! :-)) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-08 11:11:09pm
- No, I take it back. Paul's faster! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:17:37pm
- You betcha baby! :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:35:57pm
- FUCKIN FAB!!! [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 11:18:40pm
- I second all of these thoughts. lol [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 11:23:24pm
- Only 6 qualify?? *sigh* :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 11:42:53pm
- I love the layout Harrow, fantastic job, mate!! :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 11:23:55pm
- And I second this thought :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:41:21pm
- This is how I'll vote... - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:42:18pm
- How does one access the titles? All I see is Shiri and the Polish wizard :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 10:49:48pm
- keep on clicking, Jeremy! [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-08 10:50:15pm
- Maybe you have a font problem, Alexander had the same with BFC, don't know how he solved it [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:50:58pm
- I'll do something similar. [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:36:32pm
are we supposed to know German or Spanish to understand some entries?
Posted by euroUSA on 2006-07-08 11:25:28pm
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among 1st 7 "Pissadansen" is brilliant.
- Use babelfish or smth :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:28:36pm
- It is, but it's not the only brilliant one! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:39:07pm
- I`ve only quickly browsed though and the level seems high. Too early for favs still :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:53:39pm
- I think 'Yay for free language' is a masterpiece. [R] - Vishal - 2006-07-08 11:44:53pm
- Ha! I spotted a typo! :-) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-08 11:51:44pm
- Does that means one of these is yours? :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:52:37pm
- Well, since you just wrote a typo too, it may as well have been yours! :-P [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:54:10pm
- And I wrote a typo when writing about Frank's typo! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:55:04pm
- Hehe, who knows? :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:55:29pm
- If it's an error I might've made, let me know please! I already spotted (and corrected) one title "A Little Box" :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:55:46pm
- And Everything (The Culinary Remix) is based on Greece (not Spain) 2006, I trust? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:00:16am
- I was just trying to sing it to Spain, in vain. So I guess so :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:01:12am
- LMAO@Inflatable!!! [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:00:48am
- reporting "live from London" tonight? :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:03:31am
- Hahahaha...can't belive it took people so long to realize :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:05:43am
- I didn't get it straight away, but still faster than realising that you were Miss Burrito :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:09:48am
- My spreadsheet is ready and waiting :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:04:59am
- Hmm, there's a song there that hardly made any changes from the original... :-\ [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:07:26am
- Yay For Free Language? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:09:50am
- LOL!!! That too, though in the good way :)) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:53:35am
- No soup for it ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:10:47am
- LOLOL @ Hertz! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 1:18:47am
Good work everyone involved and excellent job to Mr. Harrow!! Signing off now - c u tomorrow! - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-09 12:05:15am
- Indeed! This jury is gonna retire to think of a quotation and workprocedure! - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:08:14am
I think I'll first download all mp3s to make sure I have all the right versions from the start.
And then restore my Alex-inspired BFC scoresheet with points for fit, rhyme, theme and wit. Or something in that style :)
Looking forward to a fun couple of weeks!! :)
- You nly have 1 week to vote :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:10:18am
- I`ll get there. And I need a 5th column for originality! *stress!* :))) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:13:17am
- And you always get my votes at the last moment anyway :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:24:33am
- I know :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:36:19am
- So, if I'm not mistaken Tornero takes an early lead in the popularity chart? [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:15:06am
- All angel-chiaras have been split up between the semis as best as possible. - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:18:38am
A song in this semi could still have 15 more versions, 2 in semi 2, 2 in semi 3 and 10 in the final.
If a song has 2 entries in one semi, it is guaranteed to have at least 4 entries based on it, unless people have asked for special dispensation because of holiday etc.
so read into that what you will :)
- I know :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:23:44am
- Gosh! Did our euroUSA write 2 of these....................???? :-))) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-09 12:52:46am
- No-one has 2 entries in the same semi :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:54:21am
- This could well be someone pretending to be him, just like last year... Who knows. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 1:00:42am
- "inspired by him" is the politically correct term :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:11:55am
- i am not saying anything!!! ;-) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:11:23am
- between which 2? [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:15:46am
- i am not saying anything!!! ;-) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-09 11:34:08am
- What's up with the spelling in "Elena Anthem"? Use spell-check people, or ask Harrow to proof read :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:08:39am
- Great job, mein Junge!!! [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:29:42am
- danke schon (with one of those umlauts) :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:32:02am
- ... mein schöner junge ... [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:33:20am
- Guten Nakt :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:36:25am
- Hey, I just got dressed again - you really want me nude now? [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:37:39am
- 10 points, remember? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:39:53am
- Nil points, remember? :( [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:43:00am
- Mp3s are downloaded, spreadsheet and categories are ready and I still have 6 days!! - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:31:47am
- well done! :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:32:29am
- My strategy is less time consuming ... - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:36:12am
... at first I kick out all entries I don't really like (there are some topic categories I immediately excluse, either because they bore me - and no, sex is not one of them - or because they strive too much for originality (remember, deep in my heart I'm a mainstream person...)- usually, this leaves me with a maximum of a dozen entries I concentrate on.
No points for certain aspects - ALC is a holistic experience for me.
- I'd probably end up with a similar result that way as with what I'm doing now. - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:49:17am
I have categories for theme and originality. They carry less weight than fit and rhyme, but when I don't like a theme or think that the approach is too inspired by a previous entry, then it's unlikely that fit and wit alone will carry it to the top.
Hey, I'm a mathematician, we like our tables and sums :))
- Your wish is my command, producer! [R] - Yair signing off - 2006-07-09 1:33:43am
- signing off? it is time for having sex in van!!! - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:39:36am
hilarious wording, yet it doesn't fit the music, spread sheet will see some points deducted. same with Umladi meni porvavol, great yrics and i hate to deduct because it just doesn't resonate in my head musically!!!
- If only we were all like Ryan, I'm sure his whole life is just one big musical in his head :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:40:50am
- but not an experimental one!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:50:09am
- no musical impossible!!! ;-)) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:57:39am
"If we all sleep with Svante..." ROFL! - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-09 4:28:07am
- Reading and rofling for ALC semi 1. Great stuff. - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 8:44:55am
Good morning all! - Jelena - 2006-07-09 10:00:28am
Don't you love it when you're singing along to an AL
Posted by Alexander-NL on 2006-07-09 12:25:16pm
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but you're laughing so hard you can't really sing along anymore?? :o)) That's my fave part about the whole contest! :o)))
*whipes tears from eyes*
- I agree - it's a warm flame in a cold eurovision year :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 12:29:04pm
I am reading the ALC entries and wooooow!! I think I have a fave already, eventhough i haven't read them all yet :))) - angelos - 2006-07-09 12:32:56pm
- Im a picky one, I hate almost every single entry :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:04:43pm
- lol Niiice! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 1:06:50pm
- Seems Im turning into Frank, no ? :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:18:39pm
- Worse even!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:28:35pm
- Heheheh...tough cookie ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:07:23pm
- thats me :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:14:05pm
- indeed ... waste of time to read on it ! [R] - marco.To - 2006-07-09 1:30:42pm
- Then don't. It's not meant for people who don't know how to smile anyway. [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 3:18:10pm
- i do what i want to do. If Frank like, if Frank doesn't like ? Ok ? - marco.To - 2006-07-09 4:43:55pm
and try to ignore me and my opinionsas I said that day ago. I'm not willing to communicate in this board with YOU and i'm meaning personally you Frank because i have an extremely bad opinion of you. Simple and concise concept. OK ?
Smiling you ? eh eh eh ... i don't wanna learn your way to smile, never.
Can someone explain to me the logic behind writing an entry in a language most of us don't speak or understand? - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:32:57pm
- me too. i don't know what is the purpose behind it. very confused too [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:35:49pm
- Free language rule at ALC :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:36:39pm
- well, next year you'll get one in serbian. - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:41:19pm
then, somebody will know that Un bloody Mary porfavor, doesnt really sound like southern european slavic language, but like central european slavic language.
:)))
- I know, I have ignored it straight off! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:47:06pm
- Jukka, perhaps you could respond to this. [R] - Buzz - 2006-07-09 1:47:21pm
- Don't think so, not at the moment anyway ;-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:58:44pm
- Babelfish stinks as a translator...it doesn't handle slang well at all. - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:03:16pm
But it does produce some very funny results sometimes... a friend of mine got into an argument with a German-speaking guy who cheated him on an E-Bay purchase, so he sent a threatening message syaing something like "You can kiss your ass goodbye." In translation, it came out as "the well-being of your donkey is embraced."
- BTW, in one of the two the German isn't good at all. lol [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:16:23pm
- But I don't think that was the point :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:18:30pm
- lol ;o)) But still good to know, right? ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:21:02pm
- The Spanish bits on Song 1 aren't good either ;) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-09 2:25:05pm
Just skim read the first entries for ALC and I have to say they are all good but 2 faves sprung out .....
Posted by juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! on 2006-07-09 1:46:36pm
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... immediately - and someone mentioned one this year very much in the style of one last year - and that is one of my faves this year as it was last!!!!
I am impressed so far!!!
I'm very, very angry...
Posted by Yair @work on 2006-07-09 2:06:24pm
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...at one of the song lyricists.
Hillarious, intelligent, original but not too bizarre, actually made me like the song which I didn't previously like, and most of all, in perfect synch... Except one line, which, although has the correct number of syllables, does not fit the sentential stress. Such a line would be okay in any other song, but it's way beneath the standards of this one.
I'm tempted to punish it with a 10! (harsh, I know... But Thomas is a bad influence ;-) )
- are you thinking what I'm thinking? - rich - 2006-07-09 6:16:49pm
there is one song that, excepting for one repeating line, could get a 12 from me. Sadder still, that line could be replaced by a very simple alternative that fits perfectly with both the beat and the syllables (in fact, it's a half-rhyme to the original). So I am considerably angry as well.
A 2 point deduction is generous!
- Haha. you're so picky sometimes ;-) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-09 6:55:06pm
I remember last year, when I was reading all this similar talk, I thought some of them was about my entry :-)
Posted by [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! on 2006-07-09 2:34:14pm
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Double the dissappointment, when such was sooo not the case :-)
So I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm this year, but all this cryptic talk makes it very hard indeed! :-)
- LOL, I know that feeling :) [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 2:35:48pm
- Didn't have it last year, but I do have it now! :o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:39:51pm
My votes are in....
Posted by Richard_CT on 2006-07-09 2:48:45pm
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... and all I'll say is that on my 100-point system (25 each for "humour," "fit," "rhyme" and "subject"), and after listening/reading to each song three times, the gap between the top 4 and the rest was wide.
- I'll probably do a system with 27 vases and a bunch of roses :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 2:52:26pm
- Which will probably be as good as any other system! [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:53:57pm
- Polle, the last of the great romantics!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:54:10pm
- Aawwww... that or I've got a good deal from my local florist! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:04:09pm
- Shirnobyl and Michael are happy to offer their services :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:54:23pm
- No throwing dishes this time Polle? ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:54:28pm
- My last housekeepster resigned because of that! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:03:45pm
- OK, I am decisive and sent my votes!!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:40:57pm
- I hope you've given lots of votes to AX-NL's entry!!! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:47:32pm
- LOL, how the hell should I know???????? [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:48:15pm
- Ah the power I have :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:49:30pm
- :-)) Tssss... you dissappoint me Julie! ;-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:57:39pm
- Well I have never had a clue which entry is whose! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:01:18pm
- OK, I am decisive and sent my votes!!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:40:57pm
- I hope you've given lots of votes to AX-NL's entry!!! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:47:32pm
- LOL, how the hell should I know???????? [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:48:15pm
- Ah the power I have :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:49:30pm
- :-)) Tssss... you dissappoint me Julie! ;-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:57:39pm
- Well I have never had a clue which entry is whose! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:01:18pm
Well.. just read the ALC's entries in Semi 1
Posted by bkr on 2006-07-09 3:58:36pm
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And all i can say is Congratulations to everyone - so many great entries with many different ideas and themes.
Good luck to everyone cause it's simply difficult to award the points.
- What ALC has begun?? Where can I help my friends to win ALC???:) [R] - Bobborotterdam - 2006-07-09 4:04:53pm
- the usual link to the website www.nepartypas.tk [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:05:49pm
- ERm ...... that's not really the idea!!! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:06:41pm
- Yeah, but supposedly none knows who wrote what [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:07:54pm
- Oh yeah, Like no-one know who was who in BFC ;-)) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:53:54pm
- There's no rule against knowing, just as long as it doesn't affect the impartiality of your votes :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:56:21pm
- Harrow, who can vote? Anyone? Or just the entrants? Might have a read myself. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:57:01pm
- I didn't! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:58:18pm
- None of them? I worked out about half a dozen and was most surprised at how many were right. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 5:00:21pm
- lol I only guessed one myself, my suspicions on a couple of others were wrong too :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 5:03:02pm
- partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/ [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:08:56pm
- Incidentally, I don't think we've seen the winner in this semi!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:14:16pm
- Don't know but a particular entry has great potential of winning I think [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:17:38pm
- your own one? :))))) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 6:10:03pm
- I think we've seen a couple of candidates :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:17:50pm
- Well if the winner is here, the standard is down on last year! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:18:37pm
- I guess you're right. I can't spot a text with a universal enough appeal. [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 4:31:56pm
- nah, two or three gems there are .. :-) [R] - Ben NL - 2006-07-09 4:32:21pm
- In terms of gems, I might have seen 2! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:38:44pm
- How was the barbie? ust done my first ever one, but it was a gas one so I suppose that's cheating a bit. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:54:53pm
- Great thanks!! In the end we needed to get home so we'll do lunch next time!!! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:56:26pm
- Yes, or even have another one here now I know how the damn things work :-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:59:29pm
- OK, you're on!!! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 5:09:00pm
- I'll tell you when we've read the other semis and final :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 5:54:59pm
- there's one entry that i love and that will get my douze!! not sure if it is the winner though :) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 6:10:47pm
Hmm ... another ALC entry dissing a MBer - and could it be addressed to the same as 2 years ago?
Posted by Thomas singing on speed on 2006-07-09 7:29:14pm
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<crossed out>
- You mean Mr. A? LOL...it's rather good, well written :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 7:37:21pm
- Oooh, which one? I want to read that one first :-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 7:42:55pm
- FOrget that, the title kind of gave me a hint :-))) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 7:47:50pm
- LOL...nuff said eh? ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 7:52:01pm
Beans on toast that is :)
Btw I've already recieved 12 sets of votes!!! :))
- I want Thomas streaking! [R] - Ben IT - FORZA AZZURRI - 2006-07-09 7:51:48pm
- Not til after my beans please, I need to eat! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 7:52:14pm
- Streaking or stroking? ;) [R] - Thomas ... ready for ALC!!! - 2006-07-09 7:52:43pm
- I want Nana! :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 7:56:39pm
- Sent! [R] - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 7:59:48pm
- Receiving! :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 8:03:10pm
- It's rough!!! Your cats might enjoy it ... [R] - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 8:04:02pm
- beans on tost? you gotta be kidding me ;) [R] - aysun - 2006-07-09 7:55:44pm
- lol i second that :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 7:57:12pm
- I'm a student and male, it is my favourite and cheapest meal, and the extent of my culinary skills :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 8:27:31pm
- The ones with the little sausages in them! Yumarama :-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 8:31:28pm
- ew no! I was addicted to them when I was a kid, but now it's plain Heinz or nothing :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 8:38:13pm
- And I've already quoted 4 songs!! :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 7:56:20pm
- LOL. People are so quick! I havne't even read all of them yet! [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-09 7:58:50pm
- Ah, the beans ... the ballad version of "At the Tesco" ;) [R] - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 7:58:53pm
- now you've recieved 13 sets of votes :))) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 8:04:15pm
- You'll get mine when I return to NY on Wednesday :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 8:05:45pm
OK, finally read all the ALC entries :-) Well done, people! :-)
Posted by Jonas on 2006-07-09 8:09:39pm
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I've had quite a few ROFL's the last hour ;)
Well, sure, some of them were total stinkers (it's better to be honest) but at least all of them were entertaining in their own ways ;) And there were also, of course, loads of really funny and smart and great ones :) No clear favourite at the moment. And with many of them I'm a bit torn :) There were some that were just a bit over the top in rude-ness and/or porn-ness, but I still couldn't help myself enjoying them. And some will hve to be read some mroe times before I can totally "get" them I think. So no quick voting for me! :)
- You can always join Yair and me in the race for last voter :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 8:19:32pm
- It's *not* a race! :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 8:20:15pm
- Ohhh....good idea ;-)))))) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-09 8:22:32pm
- Don't bother! I have GMail, I can send in the last millisecond, and still make it :) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 9:29:11pm
- my criteria for the "rude" ones was - rich - 2006-07-09 8:35:51pm
- could they have been written by a 12 year-old? if yes, 0 points for you!
Obviously there are a couple that were rude but smart. Then again, the same can be said for Silvia Night, and you know how well she did ;)
- Indeed! Filth isn't always good, but some containing the odd naughty word or two are divinely witty [R] - Camilla dSC, Islington - 2006-07-09 9:59:20pm
Now back to ALC ... 12 entries competing for my votes tonight ...
Posted by Thomas singing on speed on 2006-07-09 10:42:02pm
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... including some of them from categories I usually do not vote for ;).
6 clear favourites:
- One is an obvious bait for my douze
- Five are MB favourites and have been mentioned here before.
Nuff said ... ah, and I found a great link to a Plaza del Torro glossary! ALC is so instructive...
- i had 2-3 clear favorites and 3-4 songs that were pretty good :) Have already voted ;)) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 10:44:10pm
- Almost exactly 24 hours since voting began, and 16 sets of votes submitted already :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 10:46:03pm
- I have 10 exactly that I think deserve votes. 4 that stand out.... [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-09 10:48:48pm
- My list is ready, but will submit the votes tomorrow :) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-09 10:59:36pm
- I've had 8 "direct" qualifiers and two more entries were just a bit more lucky :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 10:59:42pm
Well, I'm ploughing my way through the ALC entries, and so far I'm very, VERY...
Posted by Nick D. on 2006-07-09 11:22:37pm
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...hungry!
- Well don't eat coz some others will make you bring the food back up ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 11:33:10pm
- But I want beans! And brains! And tasty moussaka! Damn you all, you're runing my diet! [R] - Nick D. - 2006-07-09 11:35:40pm
- Oh and re the thread below, I also have a late bloomer that is an absolute gem when sungwith the original :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 11:47:26pm
Reading ALC entries now...
Posted by Joanna on 2006-07-10 8:03:48am
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quite a few of them are really, really good IMO. A very promising start to ALC as I see it :)
So well done everyone that has an entry in semi 1! I think reading your entries cured my hangover a bit :)
- I think so too!!!! :))) Not everyone agrees, though...but hey...tastes differ... [R] - javi - 2006-07-10 8:07:44am
One recurring theme in this semi is clearly sponsored by Mattel :-) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-09 9:16:16pm
ALC: I've voted for...
Posted by [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! on 2006-07-09 11:03:54pm
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10 different entries from the first Semi! :-)
And I just discovered a strike of genius I had formerly overlooked ... - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 11:06:43pm
... a very subdued entry which got me in tears now that I've sung it.
There is some incredibly good stuff in there.
- Intrigued! I hope you're gonna give me the usual commentary.. the submissions so far have been rather ordinary :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 11:08:06pm
- Of course I will! [R] - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 11:11:15pm
- grrrr... stupid anonimity! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 11:17:55pm
- Well, as for me ... that's the best part of it ;) [R] - Thomas ...singing on speed - 2006-07-09 11:18:57pm
LMAO at "Yay For Free Language"...brilliant!!!! but Harrow, why do u have British flag in the front of it? - euroUSA - 2006-07-10 12:53:43pm
- I hate it :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-10 12:56:49pm
- ... of course - you supported Italy yesterday! This is obviously one for the French league ... [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 12:59:12pm
- It bypassed me too. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-10 1:03:52pm
- Be honest, you didn't bother to sing it ... ;) [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 1:07:10pm
- ohhh, that term describes it perfectly! :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-10 1:10:29pm
- I don't hate it, but I don't think it is the best entry in semi 1 either [R] - Joanna - 2006-07-10 1:27:50pm
- I second this... :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-10 1:30:13pm
- lol ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-10 2:10:51pm
- Neither do I, I think it's the second best ;)) [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-10 2:03:07pm
- Because I'm not perfect (honest) :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 1:51:06pm
Re: The themes in ALC discussion
Posted by Yair @work on 2006-07-10 2:12:23pm
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I agree with what some said below. Some themes are getting tired, especially ESC failures. A song would have to be extremely innovative and intelligent in this theme for me to like it rather than saying "oh no, not another song about failure...". Such was "My unbearable scream" last year.
Same about the food theme - and yet, there is one food-related song in this semi that does it for me. Innovative, refreshing, contains words that resemble the original in a surprising and hillarious way... And actually makes me hungry.
I've been humming it all day :)
- I have a feeling that this one is the one I gave my top marks to! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-10 2:16:54pm
- Btw this semi seems to be particularly top-heavy in some themes, so don't worry too much:) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 3:03:00pm
are these the real voices of Tinka & Christine (if you click on the pictures), or are these just some blonde bimbos Harrow hired to do some pr-work ? :-)
- How rude! Only the real thing is good enough for me :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 3:00:29pm
- ah, ok. :-) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-10 3:06:38pm
- of course they are bimbos Harrow hired to do pr :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-10 3:03:19pm
- Tinka did it for free. She figured that after Siegel, ALC was a big step up! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-10 3:06:32pm
- It's a big step up for anyone! Even I'd consider waiving my six-figure appearance fee for the honour of endorsing ALC... [R] - Pete D - 2006-07-10 3:10:43pm
- I've told you before, stop charging in Indian Rupees :-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-10 3:23:41pm
- If you'd looked at the cards in any phoneboxes around La Scala recently, you'd notice I now charge in yen... [R] - Pete D - 2006-07-10 3:49:45pm
- A phonebox! A public phonebox!! And one of them is? [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-10 4:57:48pm
- I must say... - Harrow - 2006-07-10 3:16:11pm
I emailed every ESC 2006 artist who had an address on their website, and these 2 were the only ones to reply. Fabrizio's manager said he'd do it if I contacted him after ESC, but after his result I was too scared to, and Ich Troje's manager told me they were on a promotour but would try their best.
- LOL Priceless!!!! :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-10 3:18:58pm
- I sooo think fabrizio might have even gone for it! LOL! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-10 3:26:44pm
- I might see if he'll record a personalised message for the final :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 3:27:41pm
I love this Hertz one
Posted by Pete D on 2006-07-10 4:40:13pm
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absolutely fabulous! Great story, too. Well done to whoever did it.
- it is very well done indeed, an example of how lyrics with faul language can be funny [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-10 4:58:11pm
- foul language? Yikes, I take it back, *never* come to the North of England :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 5:10:55pm
- foul yes, typo...don't worry, have no intention. i told you before London is all i care in England :-)) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-10 5:18:14pm
- I think it´s a great old-school ALC entry. Chapeau. [R] - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-10 5:17:08pm
So ALC Semi 1 was quite ok - 11 got 0 though!!!
Posted by Niall@work! on 2006-07-10 6:27:45pm
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2 that stand out by miles for me :)
- 2 for me too, wonder if it's the same 2????? [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-10 6:28:16pm
- maybe :) [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-10 6:28:56pm
- It's so annoying how we all must be so secretive ;-)) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-10 6:55:28pm
- it's killing me far more than BFC ever does :) [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-10 6:58:06pm
- Two for me as well and I suppose we have at least one in common. [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-10 6:43:32pm
- I still can't decide which of my 6(!!!) favourites will run away with the douze ... - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 6:36:12pm
... I got exactly 10 worthy of points (even though No. 10 is a boarderline case).
The good ones are great, though, so it's a much better than expected semi 1 and better than last year's semi 1 and 2.
There is just one semi song from last year's selection I still rate higher than the top 6 in this year's semi 1 ... or did I turn gentle with age?
- you are probably right quality wise - it's just 11 0's is quite a lot!!! lol [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-10 6:39:13pm
- The beauty of my six category system is that noone ends up with a zero! I'm such a softie! :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-10 6:42:50pm
ALC:...is it just me, or...
Posted by Jonas on 2006-07-10 6:42:13pm
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...is it really diofficult to find a 12 pointer?!
I have about 10 songs that I think are worthy to be in my top 10, so that's no problem, but even though many of them are really good, none of them really stands out as a clear 12 pointer...There's lots of songs I would want to give 10 and 8 to though ;)
I guess Julie was right when she said this just sin't the semi where the winner will come from :)
- I agree, Jonas...my 12 was kind of 12-by-default...the best, but not, you know, fantastic [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-10 6:43:38pm
- I would have agreed on Sunday but I no longer do. There is an obvious 12-pointer after all, it just needed to grow first [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-10 6:45:57pm
- please enlighten me ;-)) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-10 6:54:02pm
- You'll see eventually... :o) [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-10 7:00:26pm
- It all depends, I guess. - Frank - 2006-07-10 6:47:31pm
I have a few that I'll gladly give my 12 to in this semi, but whether they will still get it in the final all remains to be seen, depending on what is still to come.
I suppose that none of the 89 jurors thought of Rock Me as a surefire winner, until they heard the others :)
- i found my 12pointer very very easy :)) Harrow knows which one I mean ;)) hehe [R] - angelos - 2006-07-10 7:56:14pm
- I do indeed :)) That's what I love best about ALC, I read the entries first, and I get to know the winner first :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 8:00:10pm
- Sure, rub it in! [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-10 8:42:19pm
ALC, how do you rate entries that are "objectively speaking" good but in practice mainly fail to make you laugh?
Posted by Timoteus on 2006-07-10 7:15:30pm
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There's one entry in particular that is written technically well and in a humorous manner but in reality it's not as funny as it pretends to be. The text has its moments but mostly it tries to be funny so desperately that it's blatant and seems almost engineered. Yet the merits of the text can't be denied. It's currently struggling to get any points from me in the semi but I feel bad about having to rate it far lower than some "objectively speaking worse" entries. :|
Oh, and by the way, if you think you know which text I'm talking about, leave it. You're probably wrong.
- if it doesn't make you laugh, and that's what it's aiming for, it failed, imo [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-10 7:16:34pm
- I often prefer those who make me smile instead of those who make me laugh :-) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-10 7:19:48pm
- smile, laugh, whatever ;-) [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-10 7:23:08pm
- Haha. I have the same problem with one of them... - Jonas - 2006-07-10 7:18:15pm
...I know it's *supposed* to be funny, and it's very well written. Smart and clever, and the rhymes are all good and that... but it fails to make me enjoy it for some reason.
Although, the song I think I'll give my 12 pointer isn't exactly either a song that makes me laugh out loud, but one which is very smart and clever, and funny in a more hidden and rather non-obvious way.
- That's where my categories come in :) - Frank - 2006-07-10 7:25:59pm
"Funny" is but one of my categories and if it scores well in most others, which an entry like the one that you are describing would, then it's bound to do well in my final list.
I have the opposite problem, actually. There is an entry, with an original theme and very funny, but it fails to fit the melody constantly. It probably won't score.
- One stands out for me, and it's not about food at all, nor is it in a foreign lingo ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 7:50:43pm
Harrow, you have votes! My guess:
Posted by Yair on 2006-07-10 9:59:43pm
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My top 4 will also be the semi's top 4 (not necessarily in the same order), the other two qualifiers will be more random.
- Thanks :) Enjoyed reading your comments :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 10:01:42pm
- I think it's rather easy to guess the 3-4 certain qualifiers. Doesn't mean I'll vote for them :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 10:09:22pm
- Btw, we supposed to supply commentary too? Will it be published? [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 10:10:52pm
- No, it's purely for my entertainment :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 10:12:21pm
- Oh. Well here's free commentary: "Big fat zero for these coz I'm too bloody lazy to start translating them" ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 10:13:55pm
- Exclusively for you - last year's semi 1 comments to Harrow ... - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 10:24:05pm
"1 point: Song No. 5 "Who Said I Would Win?" ... a worne out story, but told with considerable charms.
2 points: Song No. 14 "Such attire" ... making the best of a bad song and situation
3 points: Song No. 20: "Y asì (Coma La Chica) ... works wonders with the music, a real summery appetizer!
4 points: Song No. 18 "Rent Me Tonight" ... professional piece of calculated fun, but not as much as the other one, imho
5 points: Song No. 11 "Throwing The Fish" ... what a hilariously absurd imagery it provokes - and what a bittersweet story!
6 points: Song No. 12 "This Song Is Shite" ... another one I love to watch my inner mind's movie to. Rougher and wittier than its hyped contender - the kind of trash that fits the Agurbash
7 points: Song No. 3 "My Unbearable Scream" ... did nothing for me when reading it but shot to the heights of irresistible weirdness when I imagined Glennis' actually singing it
8 points: Song No. 22 "Whale Girl" ... ok, it IS predictable, it just HAD to be written, but so what ... it's BIG fun! A hit!
10 points: Song No. 8 "Bagel" ... another hoot, but with the extra of a nice build. Just like a true poem!
12 points: Song No. 9 "What Kind of Ban" ... a masterpiece of discreet humour. All I wanted to express with "Greece Is The One" and failed. In word-by-word-to-note perfection. Adorable!!! Got no idea who wrote it(certainly not Nelly), but whoever it is, I will be madly in love with her/him
for the rest of the season!"
- Lucky Harrow! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-10 10:31:34pm
- ... and lucky you ;) [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 10:32:43pm
- cos he's still in love with you, you mean? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 10:32:57pm
- ROFL!!! A few more BFCs, and you'll catch up... [R] - Yair - 2006-07-10 10:34:24pm
- Not now I know how to turn him off :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 10:39:42pm
- Thomas, in case I didn't thank you: Mwah!! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-10 10:51:01pm
- Well, I love yours even more than I did back then ... [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 11:00:21pm
- Awwwww... *heart warms up fast* [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-10 11:20:34pm
- *relieved* ;)) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-10 10:17:58pm
- but I think you should repeat some of your compliments to the writers once you know who they are :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 10:20:08pm
- Will do :) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-10 10:21:29pm
- Not all my secret passions have to turn into rules, don't worry .... ;) [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-10 10:12:40pm
Okay ... I will send my votes NOW! And I have to say, it's almost tragic how few of the semi 1 songs ....
Posted by Thomas singing on speed on 2006-07-10 11:22:35pm
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... will reach the final. This has turned into a truly tough contest, respect to my top 7 - sheer class! And those of you who have an entry about other MBers in there, a song about food or a song inspired by an artist - you can't count on my nil points any more!
- Yayyyyy :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 11:30:30pm
- I will listen/read my 12 pointer again (which gets better with each reading) and go to sleep. Good night! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-10 11:33:30pm
- Mine too! Wonder if it's the same :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-10 11:35:51pm
- I guess my 12 pointer is either the same or you wrote it ... as usual. [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-11 12:29:17am
- I'm happy with my top 10 :) - Jortsu - 2006-07-10 11:33:53pm
Though I had to leave 2 songs out that would have gotten points also. Anyway, my points this year don't count as much as last year, so...
But I really had fun, especially singing, that's for sure. Can't wait for second semi :)
- Joy! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-10 11:35:18pm
- I see ... hard to spot you, though! ;) [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-11 12:30:32am
- Jetzt? Wo? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 11:36:31pm
- ok i presume you're still writing the email itself :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-10 11:59:24pm
- I've been writing comments, comments, comments ... just for you! [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-11 12:28:47am
- very interesting and much appreciated :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-11 12:53:24am
- So I can go to bed in peace now ... good night! [R] - Thomas ...back & forth & a kiss - 2006-07-11 12:56:19am
Oh no! I just found a fatal flaw in my 12-pointer in Semi1...
Posted by Richard_CT on 2006-07-11 5:37:34pm
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... Harrow, can we revise our votes?
- Erm... no, sorry [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-11 5:41:37pm
- OK. I'll just have to revise my votes if this one makes it to the final. [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-11 5:45:43pm
- LOL, what are you? Indian giver? [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-11 5:45:18pm
- A missing syllable? A false rhyme? A line that doesn't settle with the main story line? Entirely not in English? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-11 5:49:29pm
- None of the above. [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-11 5:50:33pm
- I'm intrigued too what could be so 'fatal' :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-11 5:50:34pm
- Well, it's about - Richard_CT - 2006-07-11 5:52:50pm
a G7^^7Jh 7JH%@"7@7J$!~
- ah I see :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-11 5:53:30pm
- And if anyone breaks that code, please keep it quiet until after the results are in! [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-11 5:54:53pm
- What's more unsettling me: hardly any ALC-postings? - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-11 9:06:50pm
- Most of us already sent our votes and now eager for the next semi :) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-11 9:17:52pm
- Yeah, we could actually move towards that stage if it wasn't for some who'd rather wait until the very last moment! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-11 9:31:39pm
- Sorry. :-( [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-11 9:32:27pm
- *raises hand* :o) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-11 9:35:59pm
- Who wants to be most of us? :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-11 9:43:17pm
- Frank, you're just being mainstream in being upstream :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-11 9:46:06pm
- Can I still vote for ALC. I must help the better lyricists!:) [R] - BobboRotterdam - 2006-07-11 9:55:15pm
- Still till Saturday 1PM. :o) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-11 10:17:56pm
- There's still at last 9 sets of votes yet to come :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-12 12:13:52am
- *at least :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-12 12:16:34am
- Tomorrow, probably :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-12 12:25:26am
- I'll believe it when I see it :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-12 12:29:12am
- They may even come with an extra :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-12 12:33:39am
- ooh - exciting :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-12 12:39:07am
Mr. Producer, asleep or awake, sober or drunk, you have votes and more. - Frank - 2006-07-12 1:24:51pm
- Is Mr Producer ever sober?? ;))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-12 1:28:09pm
- With the extra :) of course :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-12 1:28:33pm
- Of course! He's so demanding! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-12 1:30:47pm
- that is it, roll on second semi!!! [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-12 1:28:48pm
- It's still 3+ days till the next semi... *MUCH* too long... lol [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-12 1:53:08pm
Some ALC Semi I trivia...
Posted by Yair on 2006-07-12 5:16:41pm
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Languages used in Semi I:
American English
English
French
German
Norwegian
Sanomian
Spanish
Swedish
MBers mentioned in Semi I:
Harrow
Jeremy
Jonas
Mr. A
Viagra
- What about Belarussian English? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-12 5:18:45pm
- The original song was in Pigeon, but this one's in English. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-12 5:20:29pm
- but Martin counts as an MB:er too no? :) [R] - Joanna - 2006-07-12 5:24:18pm
- Hmm, I thought I wrote him... [R] - Yair - 2006-07-12 5:30:28pm
- unless he is the last one for some reason that is unknown to me, you didn't :) [R] - Joanna - 2006-07-12 5:33:13pm
- I should think so!! But then again I'm always overlooked!! ;) [R] - Martin-DK - 2006-07-13 1:30:55pm
- More trivia! - Frank - 2006-07-12 5:36:19pm
More than half the songs (14) are from 2006. There are 4 from 2004, two from 2005 and 1995 and one each from 2005, 2001, 1996, 1984 and 1982 :)
- What short memories we seem to have in the ALC! [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-12 5:40:45pm
- The ultimate proof that we are human :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-12 5:45:28pm
- You forgot 3 songs from 2003... [R] - orionas-back-in-basics - 2006-07-12 5:51:33pm
- The ultimate proof that I'm human too :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-12 6:24:33pm
- LOL!!!Yes you are human too!!! [R] - orionas-back-in-basics - 2006-07-12 6:37:31pm
Voted! Thare are some very good ALC entries! - SpLiT - 2006-07-12 6:31:21pm
- I agree, I thought my entry was pretty good, but if this is the overal level for the rest of the entries,... [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-12 7:11:33pm
- I agree ... ALC is moving faster than me ;) - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-12 7:15:32pm
No final, again ...
- aww don't worry I'm sure you'll get some points :) [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-12 7:27:13pm
- Oh, sure ... some ;) - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-12 7:31:39pm
But I've already entered my non-ambitious phase, just enjoying others' creativity ;).
I hope I will throw some points into your direction this year - needless to say, so far you are impossible to spot! At least for me...
Hmmm...putting together my ALC votes. I have a list of 6 songs that are worthy of points
Posted by Jeremy on 2006-07-13 12:44:46pm
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Eeeek...time to lower the qualification barrier :-(
- I've had like 8 'direct' candidates but only one or two of them I really really like :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-13 12:46:46pm
- Well I had 9 definites and agonised over the final placing - - David in Hull - 2006-07-13 7:09:43pm
I think the standard was high - so don't understand the criticism raised!
True, several entries did not fit to the original lyrics (I was guilty of this last year, as a novice). But I have tried harder this year - but not convinced I totally succeeded.
Only one song I considered to be poor - but that was based on my loathing of the subject more than anything else, probably!
Educate yourself
Posted by Yair @work on 2006-07-13 1:43:37pm
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with this year's ALC 1st Semi entries in Wikipedia (in entry order):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_bladder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussaka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_doll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulin_toxin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culinary_profession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Again...Off_Again
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harrassment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugliness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose-picking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz_Corporation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Turkish_relations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._A
- LOL!!! The things ppl do when they have time on their hands :-))) **Summons a BFC 07 meeting** [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 1:48:36pm
- LOL!! You really need something better to do with your spare time ;-)) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-13 1:49:08pm
- Tsk at you two! Is it that obvious? :) [R] - Yair @work - 2006-07-13 1:51:49pm
- Priceless Yair, priceless!!! ;))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-13 1:51:06pm
I thought ALC was for new lyrics!!
Posted by Geert on 2006-07-13 3:53:31pm
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Song 25 just copy pasted the real lyrics!
- I like it but its theme is a direct copy of an exact entry from last year [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 4:05:29pm
I'm facing an opposite problem to that Jeremy expressed below...
Posted by Yair on 2006-07-13 5:07:53pm
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Maybe there aren't 10 songs worth points in this semi, but there are 3 masterpieces I can't see myself not voting for in the final.
If the standard remains in the next two semis, it means 3x3=9 songs I must give points to in the final, before reading the direct final entries.
Since surely at least some of the direct finalists have entered something as good or better than last year, this will leave several 10/10 masterpieces without points from me at all :(
- Hey....let me have that problem when we get to it. So far I don't see it happening :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:09:40pm
- Aww, I barely found my top 10 ! [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-13 5:15:58pm
- I'll worry about that when we get there. I'm taking it one step at a time :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-13 5:16:48pm
How do you feel when you see people commenting on an ALC entry and
Posted by orionas on 2006-07-13 5:23:27pm
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you understand that they probably talk about yours but you can't really say anything or comment on their comments because it will probably give you away?
- Haven't had such a problem yet....can't say more :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:24:16pm
- Oh, it depends on how they comment ... - Thomas ... singing on speed - 2006-07-13 5:25:58pm
... excited, ashamed, furious, touched. Or a feeling between worried or relieved, if they don't comment at all (most frequently experienced case ;).
- the best thing is not to take things way to personal, i think :) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-13 5:29:21pm
- Oh, I would never take em personally. The only thing I *do* take personally is blantant and repeated cheating :-/ [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:32:59pm
- of course Jeremy!! [R] - angelos - 2006-07-13 5:43:38pm
- Of course i don't mean that one should be offended by comments.. - orionas - 2006-07-13 5:35:35pm
It's just that you may feel the need to explain your way of thinking, why you chose specific lyrics, that lyrics do indeed match the music in your way of singing the song etc etc...or you may even wanna thank people that they might have actually mentioned how many points they gave you...
- I think quite a few here "plant" threads in an attempt either to see where the wind blows or to explain their entry [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:36:36pm
- LOL ... I actually did that once - and noone reacted! [R] - Thomas ... ALC makes me go mmmh! - 2006-07-13 5:38:13pm
- Yeah...I was going to do that with BFC, but I realized pretty early on that people knew who I was :-)) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:40:43pm
- It's only natural I think. You're curious and want to know how people think of this and this entry... [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-13 5:39:40pm
- either way good or bad it's not important .....I'd be just glad they liked it enough to comment on it :) [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-13 5:32:48pm
- Comments can be misleading - Yair - 2006-07-13 5:38:02pm
Last year hardly anyone talked about Chernobyl (I think only Joanna, Jeremy and Alp said something), so I expected it to qualify, but not get very far.
Dwarfs, however, was talked positively by many, so I was sure it would be my highest ranked entry - but ended up with almost half the points of Chernobyl.
- Last years voting was just too funny....all I was interested in was the 1-10 points, the 12 being obvious :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:39:47pm
- <blushing> [R] - Yair - 2006-07-13 5:40:53pm
- So it was a chain of Greece-for-Cyprus-votings for you then :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-13 5:42:39pm
- Yup.....but with one small difference - I was delighted :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:43:32pm
- LOL!! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-13 5:44:22pm
- Hehe, haven't seen many comments on mine to be honest ;-) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-13 5:41:05pm
- perhaps becuase it hasn't been in yet??? ;) [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-13 5:41:55pm
- perhaps, perhaps not ;-)) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-13 6:40:25pm
- I wish they would, it'd make me think I'd have a shot! :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-13 5:44:32pm
- I do have a minor suspect, in your case, by the way ... ;) [R] - Thomas ... ALC makes me go mmmh! - 2006-07-13 5:47:06pm
- Harrow is so having a ROFLMAO over all these comments, you know :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-13 5:48:33pm
- Then keep 'em coming say I. He's done such a good job :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-13 5:50:31pm
- He has, and he's done most of it by himself, I had very little duties as a host. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-13 6:00:28pm
- Yes, so very true!! [R] - Frank - 2006-07-13 6:29:46pm
- Well, he gets these comments in full flesh every week now ... but he has deserved to have some fun, too. [R] - Thomas ... ALC makes me go mmmh! - 2006-07-13 5:54:03pm
- I haven't the faintest idea - and there's always one MB'er which I don't take into account who ends up having written it [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-13 5:51:54pm
- Ooooh! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-13 5:52:41pm
- Minor! ;) [R] - Thomas ... ALC makes me go mmmh! - 2006-07-13 5:57:29pm
I'm guessing more barbies, more food, maybe the odd MB-inside joke and lots of other, unspeakable topics :-)
- Maybe some more recipes. That moussaka was yummy, but I want a wider variety :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-14 5:39:06pm
- And this one was without beef - I hope the next recipe will follow trend :)) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-14 5:45:14pm
- Another 26 hours .... tap tap tap - Frank - 2006-07-14 7:59:51pm
- That's exactly one hour to read and analyze each song from Semi 1 (except yours). Get to work! :) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-14 8:02:56pm
- And if you don't have an entry, you're allowed to skip one [R] - Yair - 2006-07-14 8:07:05pm
- Will there be a quiz afterwards? :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-14 8:12:18pm
- Of course! - Yair - 2006-07-14 9:43:45pm
Here's one of the questions:
Your rented Yugo is stuck outside a bar and you need to take a piss. Gay zombies are chasing you, and you must cross the street and enter the bar (which is serving a tasty moussaka tonight). To your right there's an ugly girl on speed having sex in a van with her inflatable boyfriend. What will you do to distract the zombies?
1) Scare the zombies with your nose
2) Stab them with your banderilla
3) Send them to sleep with Svante
4) Confuse them with Sanomian
5) Confuse them even more with German
- ROFL!! :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-14 9:49:01pm
- To the 2 people yet to vote (you know who you are) you have just over 11 hours left - Harrow - 2006-07-15 12:45:54am
- Gosh, people that are even slower than me! A disgrace!!! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 12:50:29am
- Just 4 participants who can still vote fully left now :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 3:52:00am
- Der Countdown lauft! [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 4:08:33am
- I refuse to talk any more German on the MB after Thomas' insults afterlast time :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 4:11:03am
Yay the last jury's votes are in! Still half an hour left if the 2 non-participants left or anyone else wants to vote :) - Harrow - 2006-07-15 11:31:30am
- I just read that tonight we'll only see the Semi II entries and *not* the Semi I qualifiers. Bummer - Jeremy - 2006-07-15 2:39:04pm
- hehe, me,I found the recipe for cherry sauce!!! :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-15 2:43:53pm
- You go and pick cherries and stamp on them with your little foot? :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 2:49:02pm
- LOL Frank, are you aware how cute sounded what you've said ? :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-15 2:51:24pm
- hehe :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 3:27:16pm
- I'm eager to see the results too, but then again, It's only fair this way. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-15 2:48:10pm
- True [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-15 2:56:42pm
- And it's hell for me too!! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 2:58:55pm
Alexander .... five!!!!! - Frank - 2006-07-15 6:00:52pm
- Ljungberg? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-15 6:13:36pm
- No, hours! :o) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 6:17:27pm
- lol I know!! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 6:16:18pm
Harrow, can't you spill a bit on the first semi voting?
Posted by Alexander-NL on 2006-07-15 7:15:13pm
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How many voters total? Was it close between #6 and #7? Was there nil points?
Anything?? :o))
- Did we have a faraway winner? Was there a close battle between songs? Do tell!! [R] - orionas - 2006-07-15 7:19:44pm
- Ok: - Harrow - 2006-07-15 7:20:30pm
all 27 participants voted on time
all but 2 of the remaining 18 participants vted
10 non-participants voted, comprising one jury between them.
The last set of votes decided the 6th place qualifier, any one of 4 stood a chance on the last day of making it.
There were pretty much always a clear top 10, but it was tight throughout, with many songs exchanging places in the qualifying places and outside of them.
That good enough? :)
- No! - Frank - 2006-07-15 7:24:48pm
It makes it worse :)))
- Hehe well you didn't have to read it :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 7:25:21pm
- So the first 5 songs were quite ahead of the others ah? [R] - orionas - 2006-07-15 7:43:29pm
- not really :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 7:51:08pm
- Three now, two for you! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 8:00:09pm
- Thanks! :o) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 8:00:52pm
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