segovius
05-13-2007, 07:34 AM
Two reasons:
1) They are not in Europe. What the hell are they doing on our Eurovision screens? And in the Euro football qualifying?????
2) Lyrics like last night's abomination: (http://www.sweetslyrics.com/449999.Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202007%20-%20Israel:%20Teapacks%20-%20Push%20the%20Button.html)
The world is full of terror
If someone makes an error
He's gonna blow us up to biddy biddy kingdom come
There are some crazy rulers
They hide and try to fool us
With demonic, technologic willingness to harm
They're gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Having heard this noxious travesty personally I would tend to agree that the popular singing combo Teapacks should indeed be blown to kingdom come but let's try to analyze the above gibberish objectively.
What the Israeli entry is saying appears to be this:
There are some world leaders and there are some demons
Some of these are in league....presumably against Israel
They're trying to fool him but he knows someone is going to 'push the button'.
This seems a bit odd as the enemies of Israel do not actually have any buttons to push - only Israel and their allies do....shome mistake shurely??
Perhaps he is referring to Israel and the US as the demons? Somehow I think not..but on. The lead vocalist of the ensemble then goes on to espouse his desire to sit around doing nothing at all - surely not such a good lifestyle choice?
And I don't wanna die
I wanna see the flowers bloom
Don't wanna go kaput kaboom
And I don't wanna cry
I wanna have a lot of fun just sitting in the sun
But nevertheless
He's gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
But despite the earnest sentiments, the reasons why he cannot continue sitting in the sun and watching flowers because the un-named button-pusher is in full button-pressing mode reamin unclear.
Who is this manic button pusher who has no buttons?
How does Mr Teapack know he is about to initiate the pressing procedure?
All these things are, sadly, far from clearly outlined in the lyric sheet.
The main theme is then reiterated in a variety of languages to maximize the impact for European bretheren of less linguistic capability and then the final stanza rises to a chiiling crescendo with a dire warning - suddenly all becomes clear in a terrifying moment of blood-curdling clarity as the button-pusher is revealed in full awesome horror:
Ulay ze khad miday
Tzarikh lashir shirey dkalim, shirey midbar lelo dgalim
Ani od khay, khay, khay
Ve'im yamshikh lihiyot mafkhid, rak az ani agid:
I'm gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
So.
Eurovision has come to this. Israeli political propaganda and explicit threats to initiate nuclear war. A sad day.
:no:
1) They are not in Europe. What the hell are they doing on our Eurovision screens? And in the Euro football qualifying?????
2) Lyrics like last night's abomination: (http://www.sweetslyrics.com/449999.Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202007%20-%20Israel:%20Teapacks%20-%20Push%20the%20Button.html)
The world is full of terror
If someone makes an error
He's gonna blow us up to biddy biddy kingdom come
There are some crazy rulers
They hide and try to fool us
With demonic, technologic willingness to harm
They're gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Having heard this noxious travesty personally I would tend to agree that the popular singing combo Teapacks should indeed be blown to kingdom come but let's try to analyze the above gibberish objectively.
What the Israeli entry is saying appears to be this:
There are some world leaders and there are some demons
Some of these are in league....presumably against Israel
They're trying to fool him but he knows someone is going to 'push the button'.
This seems a bit odd as the enemies of Israel do not actually have any buttons to push - only Israel and their allies do....shome mistake shurely??
Perhaps he is referring to Israel and the US as the demons? Somehow I think not..but on. The lead vocalist of the ensemble then goes on to espouse his desire to sit around doing nothing at all - surely not such a good lifestyle choice?
And I don't wanna die
I wanna see the flowers bloom
Don't wanna go kaput kaboom
And I don't wanna cry
I wanna have a lot of fun just sitting in the sun
But nevertheless
He's gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
But despite the earnest sentiments, the reasons why he cannot continue sitting in the sun and watching flowers because the un-named button-pusher is in full button-pressing mode reamin unclear.
Who is this manic button pusher who has no buttons?
How does Mr Teapack know he is about to initiate the pressing procedure?
All these things are, sadly, far from clearly outlined in the lyric sheet.
The main theme is then reiterated in a variety of languages to maximize the impact for European bretheren of less linguistic capability and then the final stanza rises to a chiiling crescendo with a dire warning - suddenly all becomes clear in a terrifying moment of blood-curdling clarity as the button-pusher is revealed in full awesome horror:
Ulay ze khad miday
Tzarikh lashir shirey dkalim, shirey midbar lelo dgalim
Ani od khay, khay, khay
Ve'im yamshikh lihiyot mafkhid, rak az ani agid:
I'm gonna push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
Push the button, push the button
Push the bu... push the bu... push the button
So.
Eurovision has come to this. Israeli political propaganda and explicit threats to initiate nuclear war. A sad day.
:no: