Eurovision song contest

[gisli]

Here I go again again. For some strange reason I am a big fan of this contest (don´t ask why) and tomorrow is the day of the semi-finals, the finals are next saturday.
This event is a big....let me refrase that...a huge event her in my country and when aired you can barely see any human movement outdoors, even though nobody (human) admits too (officially) watch this event.
Well I am all excited and do think that "our" song will finally get us to the finals......what do you think? Does it have a chance???? http://www.ruv.is/heim/vefir/english/song and then click on "watch the video".

[aabram]

Sorry Gisli, but I con't share your views. I try to avoid this as much as I can, and I do TRY to like the songs, honest, but I find that SSSSSOOOOO HHHHHAAAAARRRRRDDDDD!!!!!! :( I sometimes think it's funny :eek: that Norway sometimes comes away with "Nil Points" :rolleyes:

Annabel

[gisli]

I sometimes think it's funny :eek: that Norway sometimes comes away with "Nil Points" :rolleyes:

Annabel

Ahaaaa so you do admit that you watch it. Only an expert would know that Norway usually gets "Nil Points".

Another secret admirer of Eurovision Song Contest comes out into the open.

[aabram]

Correction...I USED to watch in the days of ABBA and Waterloo.... :D The songs I just find abit hard to like. :D

[Bat]

It's a great song, Gisli...I hope it wins. I like the tune, the lyrics and the singer. Best of luck!
It was very interesting to hear the lyrics while reading along...very interesting language you have there, though totally incomprehensible to this untrained ear. Is Icelandic related to the Skandanavian languages (Norse), or Finno-Ugric? Fascinating to hear spoken, too, as in the newscast about the new 'street geyser' (Something Strange is going on). In my next life I would like to be a linguist!

[gisli]

Is Icelandic related to the Skandanavian languages (Norse), or Finno-Ugric?

Thank you Bat for your kind words towards "our" song.

Yes, Iceland is related to Norwegian language, so related actually that it is Norse, Old-Norse to be precise. The first settlers here where from Norway and because of the isolation of our country, the language did not change or evolve as it did in Norway. The people of Faroe Islands speak almost the same language as we do so alike that we understand one another quite well. Not sure if the first settlers there where from Norway or Denmark, but they also where isolated habitans for a long time.

So you are right, you have quite the ear to be a linguist.

[gisli]

Correction...I USED to watch

......thats what they all say. Just admit it, you are a devoted fan.

[aabram]

......thats what they all say. Just admit it, you are a devoted fan.

Nah......sorry!!!!! :D

[Darlene]

I listened to the song and read the lyrics very carefully. I still don't fully understand the message. What I think the meaning which doesnt matter a whole lot. But anyway hear goes: what is going on in Iceland is what is going on all over. We are destroying our wastelands and the animals have nowhere to go thus the tiger in a cage because he has nowhere else to go. His habitat is gone. Because of the of the pollution the rain the it becomes toxic. No grapes, no wine, something that is enjoyed and drank with such pleasure. People with their silk blouses have their eyes close to what is going on. The stage is set it is time to go. I can't figure if the rock and roll will close or shuts off his mind to the extent that he can't hear or fell anymore. Or that that the music will help his efforts to try to stop what is going on. That the music will give him the strength to carry on and stop the horrible things that are going on in his country. Good Luck Guys! Darlene

I'll let the music play
while love lies softly bleeding.
In heavy hands on shadowlands.
As thunder clouds roll in
sunset is receding.
No summer wine - no Valentine.
A tiger trapped inside a cage.
An actor on an empty stage.
Come see the show!
Rock ‘n' roll can heal your soul
when broken hearts lose all control.

Some rivers still run dry
and jungles burn to embers.
Gold autumn days, must fade to grey.
There is a reason why
a haunted man remembers
one frozen night - his darkest day (oh...)

A tiger trapped inside a cage.
An actor on an empty stage.
Come see the show!
Rock ‘n' roll will heal your soul
when broken hearts lose all control.

Passion killed by acid rain.
A rollercoaster in my brain.
But, how would you know!
In your satin, silk and lace...
Another time another place.

A tiger trapped inside a cage.
An actor on an empty stage.
Come see the show!
Rock ‘n' roll will heal your soul
when broken hearts lose all control.

A love let loose and painted black.
A train stuck on a broken track.
I'll let it go!
Rock ‘n' roll has healed my soul.
The stage is set - on with the show!


Lyrics: Peter Fenner

[aabram]

Well good luck with the song, Gisli. The lyrics are beautiful. Perhaps the songs have improved since I stopped watching it though :p

Annabel

[Bat]

Many words in our English dictionary are credited to "Old Norse", so that explains why I feel I should understand your language, but I don't. Maybe it would be easier for me to pick up than, say, Hungarian, though! LOL
Your English is very good, Gisli...did you study it from early childhood?
Since there aren't many who still understand the old language, it was a very good idea for the Icelanders to learn another more universal language. I think that it probably would have been French a hundred years or so ago, but that has been supplanted by English, which is a good thing for me! :D

[aabram]

Iceland is certainly a country I would like to know more about. I don't want to go through the rest of my life without having travelled a LITTLE bit :) This calls for a PAID job though :p

[Eva]

Gísli, I don't know about the songfestival. Maybe if I have nothing better to do. To be honest, I don't even know for sure who the Dutch candidate is. And I have no idea what the song sounds like.

Bat, Hungarian isn't all that difficult. Really. It only sounds difficult if one is not used to it. Once people are a bit familiar with how things are pronounced (always the same rules for that), it is possible to understand a lot and to have little conversations. Ask David! He learned Hungarian when he was already an adult (I was raised bilingual, so that's different) and I must say that he speaks it beautifully.

Eva