Bloody Eurovision song contest!

[Marco]

Ok, just had a quick listen and I'm afraid the Portuguese winning entry does nothing for me, sorry... Dreary, slightly effeminate, sleep-inducing pap! Not helped, I suppose, by not liking many male vocalists performing ballads...

For me, that's mostly a female thing, or perhaps rather that I prefer the female voice performed in that way, which brings us to Luísa Sobral. Now, that's more like it!

And yes, I also like Bebel Gilberto

Marco.

[rigger67]

Lol... The 'campness' is one of the things I hate about it, as I'm just not into that at all. However, cheers for the links - I'll have a listen now!

Marco.

Oh.
I'm very LGBT friendly - rainbow nation and all that - and my favourite pub is actually a gay bar.
It's a brilliant place to meet women because they feel safe and secure and just talk to you immediately

I know what you mean about the male vocal - I generally prefer women singers too - and that's why I found their duet version way better !
I'd never have known Luisa was an artist in her own right unless my mate Nelson had pointed it out to me.
I only know him because we're both Subbuteo nuts and "met" in another forum - you gotta love the internet

[Marco]

Oh.
I'm very LGBT friendly - rainbow nation and all that - and my favourite pub is actually a gay bar.
It's a brilliant place to meet women because they feel safe and secure and just talk to you immediately

I *totally* get that, and you're spot on

I've got nothing whatsoever against gay people, indeed some of them can be really funny, but I'm just not into 'camp TV', or music, for that matter. When occasionally watching the X-Factor, for example, and you get the ubiquitous gay boy-band act, and they start flouncing around the place with their ridiculous antics and overtly 'showy' homosexuality, it just turns me off!

I know what you mean about the male vocal - I generally prefer women singers too - and that's why I found their duet version way better !
I'd never have known Luisa was an artist in her own right unless my mate Nelson had pointed it out to me.

First I'd heard of her until you mentioned it.

Apart from the classic crooners such as Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, etc, who all had real SOUL and EMOTION (essential traits if you're to sing and portray ballads correctly), only Michael Jackson, and George Michael really did it for me. Ironic I know, as he was gay, but he didn't come across that way when he sang.

The sweet-sounding 'sultriness' of the female voice (along with previously stated traits) is generally for me what makes them better at singing ballads, and which allows me to 'connect' more with the words and whole meaning of the song, if you get me?

Marco.

[rigger67]

The sweet-sounding 'sultriness' of the female voice (along with previously stated traits) is generally for me what makes them better at singing ballads, and which allows me to 'connect' more with the words and whole meaning of the song, if you get me?

Marco.

Completely agree.

Best gig I ever saw : Anita Baker at Wembley Arena
Best tattoo I ever got : Susan Tedeschi's beautiful signature on my left forearm after she signed it with a Sharpie
Best singer of all time : Ella Fitzgerald

In fact, now you've got me started, here's my thoughts on the best female vocalists of all time : https://tinyurl.com/ms5sp8b

[Marco]

Quality, mate... Ella was the all-time queen of vocalists. Our tastes, in that respect, are in virtual alignment

Getting back on topic, for me, the heyday of Eurovision was in the 70s and 80s (and the 60s before it, but that was pre my time). I actually quite liked it then, when it was more of a simple singing contest (largely minus the 'gay fanboy' aspect) than anything else. You can't beat the Buck Fizz entry for giggles!

Marco.

[rigger67]

Yeah, it was good fun that routine - plus the petite singer (Jay Aston) was a knockout

[stairpost]

Yeah, it was good fun that routine - plus the petite singer (Jay Aston) was a knockout

I was always a Cheryl Baker man

[rigger67]

I was always a Cheryl Baker man

I'm really not that fussy .. either would've done

[Marco]

Or preferably both (at the right party)!

Marco.

[rigger67]

Or preferably both (at the right party)!

Marco.

I guess that saves all the hassle of making your mind up