Euphoria
This is the song Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest with. And this is the song you’ll hear on every gay pride parade across Europe this summer. It’s no surprise that Loreen, who was born in Stockholm as the child of Moroccan immigrants, took the cake but she wasn’t Sweden’s only bet in the contest: More than a third of the 42 participating songs were written by Swedish composers who seem to be the top of the class since people like Max Martin wrote hits for acts like the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears.
(Fun fact: Loreen won by a margin that was way bigger than her lead in the melodifestivalen, the Swedish preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest. Some of the strongest competition she got back then came from Ulrik Munther who made it to the third place with his song Soldiers)
Personally I liked Iceland’s song as well even ‘tho it wasn’t just as good as Sweden’s; a certain other milkboys admin, while cheering for Sweden, thought that Cyprus was great, one of the admins of the milkboard thought Serbia might win and Jedward from Ireland were at least pretty cute 
And while the decision to let Azerbaijan host the contest after winning last year was criticised in vain at least some people tried to squeeze in some politics. The Swedish TV host mentioned gay rights, Loreen met with civil rights activists in Baku (and was harshly criticised for doing so by the local regime) and German entertainer Anke Engelke, while presenting Germany’s vote, said: “It’s good to be able to vote and to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you".
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about 12 months ago
ugh, still can’t get over her bad ass airbending moves!
about 12 months ago
Musically, it’s dysfunctional – but so is Europe, so I guess that’s quite appropriate.
about 12 months ago
Most here in the UK view Eurovision as a bit of a joke but it is not a bad dance track :)
about 12 months ago
It’s not a bad song, but it, like many dance tracks, will likely get better with a full set of remixes.
about 12 months ago
Like this?
about 12 months ago
i don’t get it. Maybe that’s why all I hear in the retail stores in Germany is American music. lol.
about 12 months ago
Nice catch
don’t tell it Zuko.
@ESC: Good work Anke! I was impressed, although I don’t like her.
about 12 months ago
did her seizures stop by the time she got the award?
about 12 months ago
@ terry, Come on, play nice…Don’t be a douchebag dude.
about 12 months ago
I’ll admit she has a really good voice, but this seems to be the same overplayed nonsense that gets entered into Eurovision almost every year. I’d expect similar songs from Cher. And here I am in America, thinking I’m cultured! =/
Sadly, the rest of the world seems to want to emulate our poppy musical styles. Seriously? Do you know how much great traditional and folk music we’re missing out on when other countries resort to this?
The side of me that listens to pop music isn’t really complaining, I just think it’s really played out and annoying, and also I suppose I’m a bit biased since I’m an Ulrik Munther fan. But whatever, lol. You can’t expect a lot from Eurovision these days, though they do have some good acts.
Personally, I liked Turkey’s one quite a bit though (but I forget the guy’s name).
about 12 months ago
I have to agree…. if I were in Europe, I wouldn’t want songs like this representing my continent OR country when there is so many far more talented musicians coming out of the continent (esp northern Europe).
From Nightwish to Marduk to…heck even Susan Boyle… there are so many more performers that could knock the socks off of this chick that can’t do any better then a song that sounds like half the crap that gets played on American pop music stations (and needs to fire her choreographer).
about 12 months ago
What many here don’t seem to realise is that Eurovision is not about the best music, it’s about the best POP music, a kind of pop music that is so kitsch that there’s not even an English word (afaik) for the term we use for it (Schlager).
Of course there are hundreds of bands making better music in Europe but complaining about this or that band being better than the ones in this contest is like saying “This metal festival is shit because Britney Spears didn’t play”.
Eurovision is just for one, certain genre. It’s not meant to represent Europe’s musical landscape in general.
about 11 months ago
I just gave it a listen and I had to say that I love her voice. I would go as far as comparing her to a Celine Dion IF properly managed. The music? Nothing new.