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Comments on MetaFilter post (More Than) 500 Miles Away From HomeThu, 05 Jan 2012 07:05:03 -0800Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:05:03 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60(More Than) 500 Miles Away From Home
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk">American</a> <a href="http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/bare_bobby/artist.jhtml">Country Music legend</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bare"> Bobby Bare</a> (76) <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fprogrammer%2Ftv%2Fmelodi_grand_prix%2F1.7941393">will take part in the</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012">Norwegian</a> <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=no&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=no&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://escnorge.net/index.php/melodi-grand-prix/3510-bobby-bare-skal-synge-med-petter-oien&usg=ALkJrhgweU4YS_aw7GgDXORIRtyt60gLZQ">finals in the</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/103340/Eurovision-2011">Eurovision</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest">Song Contest</a>. <br /><br />If selected, he will be the <a href="http://www.esctodayforum.com/showthread.php/5678-SWITZERLAND-2012-Sinplus-Unbreakable/page6">oldest</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_Assia">entrant</a> in Eurovision history. Maybe he will get the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPmL-_haRac">German</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/81977/Country-Music-not-just-for-Americans">vote</a>?
Importing artists for the ESC is not new. Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1988">1988</a>, representing Switzerland.post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:50:07 -0800ivikenCountrymusicmusicBobbybareNorwayEurovisionSongContestESCJahnteigenoldBy: ocherdraco
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Bare seems to have a strong career in Norway, having toured there at least five times, three in the past five or six years--perhaps this isn't so odd, after all?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113292Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:05:03 -0800ocherdracoBy: Capt. Renault
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<small><i>Aaaaaaand</i> the Dutch have been defeated already.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113296Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:10:25 -0800Capt. RenaultBy: Slack-a-gogo
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Props on the post title - nicely played! Maybe having Bobby in the competition is what it will take for me to finally try to figure out Eurovision.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113340Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:49:44 -0800Slack-a-gogoBy: StopMakingSense
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnAR7FAQ_cA">His version</a> of "Don't Think Twice" is better than Dylan's. Even with the back-up singers. Maybe BECAUSE of the back-up singers? It's hard to tell sometimes.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113345Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:51:27 -0800StopMakingSenseBy: Trochanter
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win hippees git owlder th' harr tuh his showlders turrns grawyeeeecomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113353Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:54:24 -0800TrochanterBy: Ruthless Bunny
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I am absolutely flabbergasted that I have to hook the computer up to the TV to watch the Eurovision Song Contest in the US. Someone should broadcast it here! I've suggested it to Telemundo, Bravo and Logo, but as yet, I've heard nothing.
Also, Olivia Newton John sang probably the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SizajUrdE0s">worst song ever</a>, in the ugliest dress known to man for the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. So lots of times countries will import folks to represent them.
There's also a Junior Eurovision Song Contest, dominated by the Balkin states, but still nearly as much fun as the original.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113364Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:03:34 -0800Ruthless BunnyBy: grounded
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Bring back <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXeqNwAGoSI">Odd Børre</a>!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113440Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:39:10 -0800groundedBy: Jahaza
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American country bears <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Bear_Jamboree'>you say</a>?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113456Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:44:27 -0800JahazaBy: TheAlarminglySwollenFinger
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Norway? Eurovision Song Contest?
Why, that resulted in Father Ted's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg">"My Lovely Horse"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lovely_Horse">
(and on Wikipedia)</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113489Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:59:49 -0800TheAlarminglySwollenFingerBy: spitbull
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Bobby Bare is one of the greats. And Norwegians love their Køntri music.
I hope he does <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO5Y1OuQIxo">"Drop Kick Me, Jesus"</a> as his entry.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113566Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:31:10 -0800spitbullBy: jeffamaphone
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Wow, that was the worse song ever (ONJ '74).comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113586Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:46:39 -0800jeffamaphoneBy: jeffamaphone
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My favorite Bobby Bare song has always been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbhzLEzsD6k">Tequila Sheila</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113595Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:50:02 -0800jeffamaphoneBy: Kattullus
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Is there a video or recording of "Things Change" anywhere?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113597Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:50:34 -0800KattullusBy: delfin
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<i>Maybe having Bobby in the competition is what it will take for me to finally try to figure out Eurovision.</i>
You're not drinking heavily enough.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113606Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:53:53 -0800delfinBy: Capt. Renault
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Indeed. And Eurovision is not something to be 'figured out', so much as experienced. It's a hypo-reality of sorts, a living dream sequence which can be communally shared.
Plus heavy drinking.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4113719Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:43:12 -0800Capt. RenaultBy: iviken
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<em>Is there a video or recording of "Things Change" anywhere?</em>
Not yet, the song will be performed in public for the first time during the Norwegian finals.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4114060Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:43:54 -0800ivikenBy: oneswellfoop
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Too bad his old pal Shel Silverstein isn't around to write him a song for the occasion.
In its stead, definitely "Drop Kick Me Jesus"...comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.111285-4114107Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:59:09 -0800oneswellfoop
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