Eurovision yay

[winter]

Eurovision wasn't nearly as fun as last year's (the first time I actually voted \m/), but it was entertaining - sometimes in the fun way, sometimes with actual fun.


The French guys apparently had costumes designed by Gaultier. Meh, seen better :P

I think the Ukrainian entry is easier to understand when you know the guy is making a living dressing up as a stereotypical Ukrainian peasant woman and performing in Russian nightclubs.

Someone should tell the Swedish guys that while the song is nice, the glam rock theme was O.o

I was quite amused by the Russians - rock-style girlsband, but they did have fire to them.

Belarussian guy can't sing particularly, but I still watched because his backup dancers deserved to win. Total pros.

The Slovenian girl actually made me gape - song is forgettable though nice, but she has a coloratura soprano and showstopping vibrato.

But I gotta admit my favourites were the Latvians. 7 tenors singing in Italian, what's not to love?


Of course, Serbia won. So? Still was fun to watch all the ways people tried to top Lordi \m/

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[b-a-n-s-h-e-e.livejournal.com]

So you actually speak some Russian? That's cool. I'm sure your Russian is better than my Polish (used to know "Our Father" in Polish and forgot). And I have mostly selections of art in my lj, some articles about Victorian era and some rather silly fanfiction.

Master and Margarita rulezzz! My favorite Russian book, really. Hope you like it - may be we can talk about it once you are done. BTW, they have recently made TV series based on it.

I personally am not a great admirer of Moscow Romeo and Juliette. It seemed a bit to soggy to my taste. Nothing like the Hungarian version :)

[winter]

Not speak as much as understand ;) I can get through most films and such all right, though, and get a lot of Russian operas, plus read Cyryllic though it takes concentration. And I've actually read Master and Margarita in Polish many times; it's my favourite book ever.

I'm still waiting for a proper version of both to compare :) Guy who sent me the Russian version managed to bollix up the sound on my copy. From the quick browse-through, Tybalt looked interesting, and a lot of the voices (what little I could hear of them...)

[b-a-n-s-h-e-e.livejournal.com]

:) Yay, definitely with you there! It is trully a perfect book, both hilarious and romantic and very very deep. Some scenes never fail to squeeze tears out of me.

Have you watched any movies based on it? I know there is a Polish and an Italian version, and Webber thought about making a musical out of it but gave up the idea. In Russia we have two versions - more recent TV series that many dislike and an older movie, considered to be really good but totally failing my expectations. Have you seen any of those? I have the older movie on my computer and could try uploading it if you are interested. It was never officially released.

Do you have an audio of Russian R&J? I've actually never seen teh video but the lyrics just did not tickle my fancy :)