Friday, May 11, 2007

Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind

My compliments to Ray Charles for the fitting lyrics

My favourites for this year's Eurovision made it through the admittedly weak competition in the semi-final, and will be pitted against some decidedly strong contendors in tomorrow's final. I don't hold out much hope for a victory - the music's way too good to have any hope of garnering the popular vote - but there is a small spark of light in the selection of semi-finalist winners. At least two of the other contestants going through can lay claim to a semblance of musical integrity, and many of the strong favourites - inadulterated pop acts all - have been ousted in their favour. Maybe the Eurovision audience is ready for musicians in the competition. If so, then it's "Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through" for me.

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