The Eurosceptics were voting in full force on Saturday as after a nucleur bomb (possibly before actually) this is the most awful thing we can send in to Europe:
Scooch are representing the UK in the Eurovision 2007
You can listen to a clip of the victorious song here but I am not responsible for any seizures caused by it.
I can't wait till May! Everyone in Europe bow to the the greatness that is Britain or we'll send Carol Voderman and Ricahrd Madeley next...
Last night we had the most perfect weather for an outdoor concert! We went to Kedleston Hall to see Il Divo - actually the second time I have seen them this year but being a picnic concert this had a totally different feel than the highly staged arena show.
I will be writing a 'proper' review about the show for BBC Derby and will link to that when it is live, in the meantime this is just a 'bring you up to date' blog post!
I love outdoor concerts and especially ones in the ground of stately homes which are another love of mine. In all last night had all the right ingrediants for a lazing Sunday evening, good food, beautiful location, nice weather and a great band.
A word about Hayley Westenra - what a fanastic voice the young New Zealander has. You can't help but think back to Charlotte Church....before she got all dirty ;o).
There was certainly a core of very, ahem, passionate Il Divo fans (and another ahem) of a certain age. You could almost sense the collective strain of tena ladies as Il Divo took to the stage. Some will no doubt appear in an ITV documentary 'When HRT Goes Bad'. I mean fair dues to them for enjoying the band but we were talking about banners and swooning like ye olde days of boy bands. There used to be a joke, whats got 100 legs and no pubic hair? The front row of a Take That concert. What's got 100 legs, 4 plastic hips, 50 hot flushes etc etc! But hey, they had a good time so if you can't beat them...
I went down to the front one to be nosey and two to try and get some decent-ish shots to send in with my review. Here's my photo album from the evening. After I used the memory card up I retreated to the relative sanity further back and parked myself in a camp chair and enjoyed the picnic hamper feast.
The band put on a great show, there is simply no denying the quality of their voices even if the overall package isn't your cup of tea. Personally I love it. Yes I know I am eclectic, I adore my Cradle of Filth but even an old metalhead like myself has to mellow now and then! It takes all sorts to make the world go round, and I am all sorts!
(I actually wrote a first version of this post yesterday but the computer ate it, grrr)
Last night I tuned in to the Eurovision Song Contest, a pan-European (+ Israel) screech-fest with an extra touch of excitement for me this year. For the first time ever there was a band which I had not only heard of but had already seen live - the eventual winners Lordi
I saw them at last year's Download Festival and thoroughly enjoyed their uber-theatrical 'monster metal' show. Sadly, before they even took to the stage at Eurovision, their detractors were out. If the Da Vinci Code didn't turn us from the path of righteousness, Lordi would.
I can confirm that when i saw them last year I was very amused for half an hour on a summer's afternoon. I have not sacrificed a chicken or painted my house black since seeing them.
Their latex costumes are nothing more than Gothic pantomime yet this was enough for church leaders to denounce them as satanists whose influence would seep through the tv and turn us to the dark side. What a blinkered view - it would appear the accusation is based purely on the perception of the physically grotesque as evil, nice view, huh? I worry more about the effect on children from the overtly sexualised slips of girls consistently singing about fairytale love than a Finnish man in a Lord of the Rings castoff.
I'm sure the same people will think i am at risk again this year as I am looking forward to seeing, for the first time, Cradle of Filth at Download 2006.
'The Filth' seem to have been fodder for comedy writers lately with both The It Crowd and Think The Unthinkable making reference to the black metal mongers for comedic effect. Now, now comedy 
Here chickie chickie chick chick....
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