Dockertae Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Well we did send Blue, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 They already had a song on American Idol. Might as well go all out and put a song on Eurovision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madjackmcmad Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Why would a band such as Muse subject themselves to a political voting contest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priad-Luabe Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 they should go on, play the starlight hidden track and make a hasty escape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper_chondriac_muser Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Which rock band was it that 'threatened' to be the UK entry for Eurovision (probably as a joke entry) years ago? I can't remember. But I DO think one really indie or even metal-type band should do it! It would obviously be a piss take and quite lolsome next to all the ABBA wannabes (that's no compliment! ) If Muse had done it as a piss take I would have enjoyed it, but that would have only worked in the pre-Absolution era cos they were actually seen to be a heavier, alternative band. Now, their music has too many 'soft' songs, so it wouldn't really be construed as a piss take - unless they played Micro Cuts or something . Eurovision is another thing about Europe I'll never understand. And where the heck is Azerbaijan, anyways? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyraSilvertongue Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 And where the heck is Azerbaijan, anyways? lol. Not in Europe, that's for sure. Somewhere over there *points east* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-museing Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 As much as I love Eurovision, it's no place for a band that wants to be taken seriously, in Western Europe at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmorgan Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Lmfao.... Loving the cookie monster to get the point across..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectvRD Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It has been too long since the UK has put through a real music act into the Eurovision Song Contest. It once had the biggest names in the business being put forward and battling it out across the continent. Names like Abba, Cliff Richard, Lulu. You may laugh, but these were internationally reknowned music artists who sold tens of millions of copies. I believe it is about time the UK once again took this competition by the scruff of it's balls and squeezed as hard as it could, showing the world what real live music is all about. MUSE, would blow away the competition. And MUSE, would be the first act to use the Orchastra which according to Wikipedia.... has not been used since it became optional in 1999. Orchastra is MUSE's backyard, combined with electro-guitar, drum beat and melodic bass and keyboard, heck even backing singers knowing these guys.... possibly the biggest and best performance in Eurovision history. So, I am considering setting up an e-Petition on the UK Government's website formally asking for a debate in Parliament about whether the politicians should formally approach the band and plead they stand forward as the UK's next representative in the campest of all music festivals in the bid to "de-campify" it, and show that we are taking the competition back in to Western Europe forever. Our music is better. Who would join me in signing that e-petition if I went ahead and created it?!?! EDIT: Oh and before you say no... it is another chance to see a live performance of Muse, albeit just one song, perhaps unique and made especially for the occasion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It has been too long since the UK has put through a real music act into the Eurovision Song Contest. It once had the biggest names in the business being put forward and battling it out across the continent. Names like Abba, Cliff Richard, Lulu. You may laugh, but these were internationally reknowned music artists who sold tens of millions of copies. I believe it is about time the UK once again took this competition by the scruff of it's balls and squeezed as hard as it could, showing the world what real live music is all about. MUSE, would blow away the competition. And MUSE, would be the first act to use the Orchastra which according to Wikipedia.... has not been used since it became optional in 1999. Orchastra is MUSE's backyard, combined with electro-guitar, drum beat and melodic bass and keyboard, heck even backing singers knowing these guys.... possibly the biggest and best performance in Eurovision history. So, I am considering setting up an e-Petition on the UK Government's website formally asking for a debate in Parliament about whether the politicians should formally approach the band and plead they stand forward as the UK's next representative in the campest of all music festivals in the bid to "de-campify" it, and show that we are taking the competition back in to Western Europe forever. Our music is better. Who would join me in signing that e-petition if I went ahead and created it?!?! 'Were' being the defining word. And ABBA weren't British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Already a eurovision thread so I am going to merge this with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectvRD Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 As much as I love Eurovision, it's no place for a band that wants to be taken seriously, in Western Europe at least. Incorrect, Eurovision had the biggest names in the music business and was responsible for creating some of the biggest music acts this planet has ever seen. It has only been since the Eastern Bloc was introduced that the quality of the music acts dive bombed, and I can guarantee if one single year the following happened: UK - Muse Germany - Rammstienn France - Daft Punk Italy - Area Spain - Enrique Iglesias Sweden - Adromada It would suddenly see the Eatern Bloc reversing the disaster they turned this competition into and sending in their own heavy weights. If global news was to announce Muse would be approached, and it would be global news, then people in the rest of Western Europe would simularly demand the same because they see Eurovision as becoming a charade in the last two decades as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Incorrect, Eurovision had the biggest names in the music business and was responsible for creating some of the biggest music acts this planet has ever seen. It has only been since the Eastern Bloc was introduced that the quality of the music acts dive bombed, and I can guarantee if one single year the following happened: UK - Muse Germany - Rammstienn France - Daft Punk Italy - Area Spain - Enrique Iglesias Sweden - Adromada It would suddenly see the Eatern Bloc reversing the disaster they turned this competition into and sending in their own heavy weights. If global news was to announce Muse would be approached, and it would be global news, then people in the rest of Western Europe would simularly demand the same because they see Eurovision as becoming a charade in the last two decades as well. Adromada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectvRD Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 'Were' being the defining word. And ABBA weren't British. Very true, but these people are no longer trying to be the world beaters. And true, Abba are not british... but they are probably the highest selling pop group of all time and influenced several genre's that still feature in Top 10 charts today. Dance, Trance, Pop-Rock, Progressive Rock. Electro Pop and suprisinly, even R'n'B. Is a competition that used to attract that sort of calibre a joke? Or simply going through a bad phase thanks to the Eastern Bloc. If the west of europe was to start sending it's big hitters again, it would quickly regain it's place as the worlds highest respected music competition and make no mistake, in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's it was by far the most highly respected music competition that Planet Earth had ever created. It has been said many times, as soon as one global name was to announce they take part again... the others from other nations would follow. It just needs that first announcement to reset it all back to normality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectvRD Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Adromada? Sorry, meant Andromeda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry lips Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Germany - Rammstienn Uhm, I'm pretty sure it's spelled Rammstein... And Jetro, just let it go. Let it go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Very true, but these people are no longer trying to be the world beaters. And true, Abba are not british... but they are probably the highest selling pop group of all time and influenced several genre's that still feature in Top 10 charts today. Dance, Trance, Pop-Rock, Progressive Rock. Electro Pop and suprisinly, even R'n'B. Is a competition that used to attract that sort of calibre a joke? Or simply going through a bad phase thanks to the Eastern Bloc. If the west of europe was to start sending it's big hitters again, it would quickly regain it's place as the worlds highest respected music competition and make no mistake, in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's it was by far the most highly respected music competition that Planet Earth had ever created. It has been said many times, as soon as one global name was to announce they take part again... the others from other nations would follow. It just needs that first announcement to reset it all back to normality. Were, did, was, had, can you see the connection? Eurovision is a done chapter. And I don't think that anyone wants Muse to become an even bigger best-selling pop band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sorry, meant Andromeda. Andromeda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Andromeda? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(Swedish_band) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDomDom Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 As much as I love Eurovision, it's no place for a band that wants to be taken seriously, in Western Europe at least. This. I don't think anybody would take Muse seriously in Eurovision, according to my mum, who watched ESC when ABBA won, she said that nobody took them seriously, and they're still huge, right? So I think that Muse wouldn't get taken seriously in ESC competing against pop songs. And for some, their music is or would be hard to understand and hard to like after a first listen (of course there are exceptions), and the first listen is always the important listen to many viewers of Eurovision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QubiQ Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Cannot believe this thread is still going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Cannot believe this thread is still going on. Don't bump threads with posts like this, and it'll sink on it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QubiQ Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Don't bump threads with posts like this, and it'll sink on it's own. Oh, sorry, btw I like your new siggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh, sorry, btw I like your new siggy. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Andromeda? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(Swedish_band) ... My point being that it's not an incredibly famous band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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