http://www.politicalpenguin.org.uk/2007/03/the-british-have-absolutely-no-taste-in-music/ Still under development Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.politicalpenguin.org.uk/2007/03/the-british-have-absolutely-no-taste-in-music/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Political Penguin Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:39:52 +0000 /?p=136#comment-163 Hi Moonraker. Not sure that last year's winners could be put into the category of Finland not taking it seriously. Not sure what you know about Lordi but they were a well established band that have been going since the mid-early 90's and although some outside interpretations of them were that they are a novelty band or something dreamed up to send off to Eurovision is incorrect. The presence of their costumes has even brought them criticism from within the rock community itself but I personally wouldn't agree. I know that there were some interesting discussions that went on when Finland were deciding last years entry and there was a strong belief that where as previously Finland had plumped for traditional folk or rather crappy Abbaesque clones, there was a real desire to try something different particularly of a rock variety. Finland has been a hotbed for rock in the last few years producing some excellent music, particularly of the gothic variety. The genre has strong roots in Finland and there was a clear campaign within the rock community to send a rock band to Eurovision, that it was Lordi was probably more coincidental as they were the one rock band that were invited to take part in the preliminary competition. That said, there were plenty of detractors, particularly on the more conservative side of Finnish society who claimed that sending a rock band to Eurovision would bring shame on the country. The contrary seems to have been the case after their emphatic win and this years competition is seeing a bit more rock music being put forward and it seems the strength of the rock supporters in Finland has ensured another entry from the genre. This time not quite as explosive as Lordi but it is a very good song. Hi Moonraker. Not sure that last year’s winners could be put into the category of Finland not taking it seriously. Not sure what you know about Lordi but they were a well established band that have been going since the mid-early 90′s and although some outside interpretations of them were that they are a novelty band or something dreamed up to send off to Eurovision is incorrect. The presence of their costumes has even brought them criticism from within the rock community itself but I personally wouldn’t agree.
I know that there were some interesting discussions that went on when Finland were deciding last years entry and there was a strong belief that where as previously Finland had plumped for traditional folk or rather crappy Abbaesque clones, there was a real desire to try something different particularly of a rock variety.
Finland has been a hotbed for rock in the last few years producing some excellent music, particularly of the gothic variety. The genre has strong roots in Finland and there was a clear campaign within the rock community to send a rock band to Eurovision, that it was Lordi was probably more coincidental as they were the one rock band that were invited to take part in the preliminary competition.
That said, there were plenty of detractors, particularly on the more conservative side of Finnish society who claimed that sending a rock band to Eurovision would bring shame on the country. The contrary seems to have been the case after their emphatic win and this years competition is seeing a bit more rock music being put forward and it seems the strength of the rock supporters in Finland has ensured another entry from the genre. This time not quite as explosive as Lordi but it is a very good song.

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