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Some songs for the troops.
"Dave Stallard" skrev i melding
... FYI, "We Built This City" has recently won an award for worst song of all times. Yes, I saw that, too, very interesting.................. |
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Some songs for the troops.
"Inger Skramstad Jørstad" skrev i melding
... one female Palestinian plane hijacker, I think her name is Sheila Andrawi. Her name is Sheila Andrawes, not Andrawi, if anyone should be interested. |
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Some songs for the troops.
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:26:13 +0200, "Inger Skramstad Jørstad"
wrote: "Dave Stallard" skrev i melding ... FYI, "We Built This City" has recently won an award for worst song of all times. Yes, I saw that, too, very interesting.................. I'm not sure it's any worse than "The Final Countdown", but when a hair-metal band calls itself "Europe", the results are pretty much guaranteed to suck. I guess that would apply to anything with "Starship" in the name as well. Please tell me there's never been a metal band called "Scandinavia". And that there never will be. bw |
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Some songs for the troops.
"bdubya" skrev i melding
... I'm not sure it's any worse than "The Final Countdown", but when a hair-metal band calls itself "Europe", the results are pretty much guaranteed to suck. I guess that would apply to anything with "Starship" in the name as well. "Europe" was a Swedish band. The lead singer called himself "Joey Tempest"! And I agree, it sucks. Please tell me there's never been a metal band called "Scandinavia". And that there never will be. I am sorry that I have to disappoint you here, because there IS in fact a band right here in Norway called "Scandinavia"! But, it is musically as far from a metal band as you can possibly get. They play what we here call "Scandinavian dance band music". I guess that you would more or less call it country music in the US, or better still, country music with a touch of both good oldfashioned rock&roll and ballroom dancing. This music also has a touch of traditional folk music in it, and is designed for dancing country style, again with a slight touch of ballroom. It is not my personal kind of music at all, as I prefer more mainstream pop/rock myself. "Scandinavia" is mostly for the middleaged and older in rural districts, while younger people in urban areas here prefer other kinds of music. The biggest name in "Scandinavian dance band music" is the Swedish band "Vikingarna", or "The Vikings". They do covers of among others whats-his-name, the short, balding, chubby one with the big cowboy hat, a major US country singer, I cannot remember his name just now, he is a big US country star, maybe the biggest of them all, but not at all big here. The biggest foreign country star here at the moment is by far Canadian Shania Twain. Another thing, they ("Vikingarna", "Scandinavia", and other bands like them) never ever sing in English, only in their own language, Swedish or Norwegian, so all lyrics are translated, or originally written, of course. They often sing in distinct local dialects, as well, which there are plenty of here in Scandinavia. They do much more than covers, they also have a lot of their own material. But, most definitely no metal, but more the total opposite, I would say. Instruments like accordions, saxophones and keyboards are typical. Another speciality is that all "Scandinavian dance band music" bands wear matching suits on stage, like back in the fifties or something. Most dance band musicians are greyhaired, balding, middleaged and slightly beerbellied, but the "old girls" seem to love them. But, they are not for you, I suspect. This music is VERY Scandinavian. Archetypical Scandinavian, many would say, and equally popular in both Sweden and Norway, and to some extent in Denmark and Finland, too. Now I suddenly remembered the name of the short, balding and chubby one. Garth Brooks, it is, yes, Garth Brooks. Very few here know him. |
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Some songs for the troops.
Well said. The Norwegians will actually be working under US command, not the
UN in Afghanistan. Though I am a third-generation European and sadly my family hails from Inger's country, I must admit that Europe lost their warriors during WWII. They've shown their willingness to roll and general weakness now for years and this enemy will enjoy taking it to them. Radical Islamic fundamentalists want Europe to sit on the sidelines and meekly do what the fundamentalists want. All the while, these fundamentalists will be preaching their radical Islamic views and building a larger and larger following. Then, once again, Europe will come to us and ask for our help in dispelling the radicals--like the crusades. Their jealousy of American power now and an unwilingness to adequately deal with a global anti-west campaign will unfortunately cost them many lives. Lets end this thread and talk about skiing--something we can cross ideological differences with? |
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Some songs for the troops.
ENORD wrote: ... Lets end this thread and talk about skiing Hear hear. |
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Some songs for the troops.
"ENORD" skrev i melding
... Well said. The Norwegians will actually be working under US command, not the UN in Afghanistan. Though I am a third-generation European and sadly my family hails from Inger's country, I must admit that Europe lost their warriors during WWII. They've shown their willingness to roll and general weakness now for years and this enemy will enjoy taking it to them. Under UN command was incorrect, it should have been under NATO command, my mistake, sorry. Amd we are all of us third-generation-something-or-other. It is heavily watered out anyway, so.......... |
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Some songs for the troops.
"Inger Skramstad Jørstad" wrote in message ... The song is all about psychological masturbation (sex with oneself is sex with a person you really love). "I really love myself", la, la, la, la, la, etc. etc. Sickening. I find the latest H2 ad pretty funny. A kid with a Hummer-styled soapbox racer wins a race by cheating his friends (cutting cross-country insead of following the race course) while The WHo sing "Happy Jack" in the background. |
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Some songs for the troops.
Further clarification, the NATO "hat" is in charge overall, but the Norwegians
will be under operational control (OPCON) to the US Joint Task Force. |
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Some songs for the troops.
bdubya wrote:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:26:13 +0200, "Inger Skramstad Jørstad" wrote: "Dave Stallard" skrev i melding ... FYI, "We Built This City" has recently won an award for worst song of all times. Yes, I saw that, too, very interesting.................. I'm not sure it's any worse than "The Final Countdown", but when a hair-metal band calls itself "Europe", the results are pretty much guaranteed to suck. I guess that would apply to anything with "Starship" in the name as well. Does anybody have the complete list? Please tell me there's something by Jilly Blowell in there, like "Uptown Girls", or "Still Rock and Roll to Me", or even "Piano Man". Dave |
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