tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post2948275345273096237..comments2024-03-28T09:36:06.579+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Stranger things are starting to beginJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-7510691791785755832011-03-03T14:58:23.611+00:002011-03-03T14:58:23.611+00:00Thanks, Tris - that's very funny! I never tho...Thanks, Tris - that's very funny! I never thought of Angela Rippon as having comic timing.<br /><br />I agree with you about the language rule. Fortunately there are a small number of countries (like Portugal and Serbia) that have held out against the tide, and usually perform in their own language. Indeed, a Serbian-language song won four years ago, so that shows it can still be done.James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85145743292388761782011-03-03T10:47:47.550+00:002011-03-03T10:47:47.550+00:00I think it was a mistake to allow songs in English...I think it was a mistake to allow songs in English. I realise it is all about winning, and it's a contest so why not, but I think we lose something by having all, or at least many, of the songs in English. Homogenisation may make it a more level playing field, but it loses something along the way.<br /><br />I came across <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrNNS3pNRU" rel="nofollow">this</a><br />light satire on the contest from sometime in the 1980s which I thought you might enjoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com