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aquaangel Level 10 Posts: 860	Off The Wall Stuff May 12, 2017 18:10:08 GMT via mobile polgara likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aquaangel on May 12, 2017 18:10:08 GMT Didn't really know where else to put this:
	"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."- BTVS

ayanami Level 10 Posts: 2,467	Off The Wall Stuff May 12, 2017 20:28:42 GMT aquaangel and polgara like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ayanami on May 12, 2017 20:28:42 GMT May 12, 2017 18:10:08 GMT aquaangel said: Didn't really know where else to put this: I see yours and raise you this:
	"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."

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Off The Wall Stuff May 13, 2017 16:02:28 GMT aquaangel likes this

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Post by ayanami on May 13, 2017 16:02:28 GMT

Toniht is the annual Eurovision Song Contest - or as I still like to call it, the Grad Prix Eurovision de la Chanson - here in Europe, a music contest that dates back to the 50s. It used to be a very old-timey even with what we here in Germany call "Schlager" music, but in the last decade or two it was modernised a lot and now features a wide variety of pop music, the occasional rock and some really off the wall stuff. I think it might even be broadcast in the US, so if any of you guys get the chance, give it a look; the show is a hoot!

Tonight the contest takes place in the Ukraine, last year's winner, which, given the current civil war in parts of the country, is pretty remarkable in itself. The show's charta actually contains parts that forbid any political statements of contestants, etc, but we'll see if everyone adhers to that tonight. They did already ban the Russian candidate from appearing...

Politics aside, though, here are some of the past winners, to give you just a small taste of what kind of music gets featured during the ESC:

Winner 2016:

Winner 2015

Winner 2014:

Winner 2010

Winner 2006

Last Edit: May 13, 2017 16:07:52 GMT by ayanami

"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."

aquaangel Level 10 Posts: 860	Off The Wall Stuff May 14, 2017 1:37:27 GMT via mobile polgara likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aquaangel on May 14, 2017 1:37:27 GMT I love Lordi! Especially HRH! Freaking awesome song! Going back to the earlier Star Wars theme:
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Hari Seldon Level 10 Posts: 1,411	Off The Wall Stuff May 14, 2017 3:21:18 GMT aquaangel and polgara like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Hari Seldon on May 14, 2017 3:21:18 GMT May 14, 2017 1:37:27 GMT aquaangel said: I love Lordi! Especially HRH! Freaking awesome song! Going back to the earlier Star Wars theme: Don't forget:

polgara Level 10 Posts: 700	Off The Wall Stuff May 14, 2017 5:34:56 GMT beren44 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by polgara on May 14, 2017 5:34:56 GMT
	"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

polgara Level 10 Posts: 700	Off The Wall Stuff May 14, 2017 5:40:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by polgara on May 14, 2017 5:40:18 GMT
	"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

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Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 4:48:35 GMT

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Apr 15, 2017 2:51:10 GMT DoTheMath said:

Apr 15, 2017 2:38:21 GMT polgara said:

DoTheMath

Have you seen this version?

Awesome. They're amazing; but since they've gone mainstream, I tired of 'em. They've done some pretty weird stuff; if they'd stick to doing covers like this I'd listen to 'em more.
Thanks for this. It was nice to hear good a capella.

I came across this today and wasn't sure where to post it, but it's too good not to share and at least it goes with the song.

"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

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Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 6:21:52 GMT

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May 14, 2017 5:40:18 GMT polgara said:

Whoa, Falco? Okay, that is not an artist I had expected to see here!

Last Edit: May 26, 2017 6:22:47 GMT by ayanami

"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."

polgara Level 10 Posts: 700	Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 8:58:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by polgara on May 26, 2017 8:58:31 GMT May 26, 2017 6:21:52 GMT ayanami said: May 14, 2017 5:40:18 GMT polgara said: Whoa, Falco? Okay, that is not an artist I had expected to see here! This was a hit over here during my college years.
	"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

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Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 19:48:13 GMT polgara likes this

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Post by ayanami on May 26, 2017 19:48:13 GMT

May 26, 2017 8:58:31 GMT polgara said:

May 26, 2017 6:21:52 GMT ayanami said:

Whoa, Falco? Okay, that is not an artist I had expected to see here!

This was a hit over here during my college years.

Huh, I didn't know he was famous even outside the German speaking region, but I just read that Rock Me Amadeus was actually the only German language song at the top of the Billboard charts ever. Cool! Falco's big days were actually a bit before my time (I remember reacting to the news of his death with "who?"), but I really like some of his songs and they're still being played on the radio occasionally.

As for German songs you US folk might know, how about this one:

(Knowing it just from the Watchmen soundtrack doesn't count!)

Last Edit: May 26, 2017 19:49:14 GMT by ayanami

"Sooner or later, humans will kill all the Aen Seidhe. All dwarves and gnomes. Then they'll start murdering one another. Your kind knows no other way. It's in your genes. You keep killing each other until only one remains. The strongest among you. A thousand years from now, a dim-witted human barbarian will climb to the top of a pile of bones, sit down and proclaim: "I win"."

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Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 19:58:29 GMT

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May 26, 2017 19:48:13 GMT ayanami said:

May 26, 2017 8:58:31 GMT polgara said:

This was a hit over here during my college years.

Huh, I didn't know he was famous even outside the German speaking region, but I just read that Rock Me Amadeus was actually the only German language song at the top of the Billboard charts ever. Cool! Falco's big days were actually a bit before my time (I remember reacting to the news of his death with "who?"), but I really like some of his songs and they're still being played on the radio occasionally.

As for German songs you US folk might know, how about this one:

(Knowing it just from the Watchmen soundtrack doesn't count!)

I've always loved this song, both the German and English versions

"Reyna? She's manipulative, dangerous, deceitful. We had good times." -Cal at his finest

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Off The Wall Stuff May 26, 2017 20:21:30 GMT polgara likes this

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Post by beren44 on May 26, 2017 20:21:30 GMT

Oh, polgara and ayanami , this thread has slipped by me for weeks. I love Young Frankenstein's version of 'Putting on the Ritz'! And also, 99 Red Balloons..it always reminds me of this song, by 4 Non-Blondes, a song that my dear friend from Austria played amazingly well, on my back porch, when they visited

thanks for the memory..hard to believe that was 10 yrs. ago, already!

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Off The Wall Stuff May 27, 2017 0:46:43 GMT

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May 26, 2017 19:48:13 GMT ayanami said:

May 26, 2017 8:58:31 GMT polgara said:

This was a hit over here during my college years.

Huh, I didn't know he was famous even outside the German speaking region, but I just read that Rock Me Amadeus was actually the only German language song at the top of the Billboard charts ever. Cool! Falco's big days were actually a bit before my time (I remember reacting to the news of his death with "who?"), but I really like some of his songs and they're still being played on the radio occasionally.

As for German songs you US folk might know, how about this one:

(Knowing it just from the Watchmen soundtrack doesn't count!)

I knew this long before Watchmen came out. It's another song from my college years.

"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"

polgara Level 10 Posts: 700	Off The Wall Stuff May 27, 2017 1:12:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by polgara on May 27, 2017 1:12:08 GMT ayanami and beren44 Another hit by a German band from my college years.
	"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"