Israel’s Eurovision Entry
Aussie Dave | May 22, 2006 | 4 comments
Israellycool reader Dan has requested that I post the song that Israel’s Eddie Butler sang at Eurovision. This one’s for you, Dan:
Not a bad song, and probably too good for Eurovision.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
I’ve heard worse, but to be honest, it’s still pretty bad. Nowhere near the level of last year’s entry by Shiri Maimon. What’s worse, it’s a song with a “message”- a good message, yes, but I am reminded of the word of a certain Hollywood producer- “If you want to send a message, send a telegram”.
Oh and these identically dressed black ladies on the background are SUCH an American Christian thing. I’ve missed the Eurovision itself, but if he had these old dears on stage as well, I can see why he got so few votes. That kind of thing couldn’t possibly sit well with the Europeans.
Now the UK’s entry, which also go a laughable number/value of votes, had a gimmick of throwing a bunch of papers in the air. Each had a flag printed on it leading to everybody’s flag lying on the ground to be stepped on. In the UK we don’t have much respect for our flag anymore, but I can think it would have upset a few nations to see their flags walked on.
Brian
He’s no Kobi Peretz, but it’s not horrible. And I agree with Womble: the “choir” in the background is such an American staple, it’s weird to see it in a foreign video. Could have been better, but it certainly could have been much much worse.
Thanks a bunch Dave. Thank goodness this crap didn’t win. This belongs on the gospel channels not in Israel. And I heard this dude was converting to orthodox Judaism too, at least thats what I got from Wikipedia