Guest bluesxman Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1682242/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Nooooooo.................Finland's ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Finland sends in the heavy metal mob for its Eurovision challenge Tuesday April 25, 2006The Guardian The trauma of losing the Eurovision Song Contest can do funny things to a country. In Finland, where the words "nul points" are burned into the national psyche, they have decided to take radical action and appoint hard-rocking death metal band Lordi as their Eurovision entry for 2006. A far cry from the breezy folk tunes and ultra-safe pop of traditional Eurovision fare, Lordi have scored hits with songs such as Blood Red Sandman. They wield chainsaws on stage, and never perform or give interviews without wearing their rubber fright masks. Lordi's Eurovision entry, Hard Rock Hallelujah, opens with the lines, "The saints are crippled on this sinners' night/ Lost are the lambs with no guiding light", and goes on to celebrate something called "the day of rockoning". Perhaps unsurprisingly, the choice of Lordi has been greeted with dismay by religious groups both in Finland and abroad. A group of Greek protesters known as the Hellenes have called on the Finnish government to intervene: "We ask the Finnish Commission of the Eurovision Song Contest to cancel the procedure and choose another song. This evil and satanic Finnish band is not welcome in Greece." (This year's contest will take place on May 20 in Athens).Lordi's supporters argue that the band could hardly make Finland's Eurovision record any worse. Since the country began competing in 1961, it has never troubled the top five, and on three occasions Finnish contestants have come home with the dreaded zero point score."It's been a total failure, it is truly a national trauma to us," says Kimmo Valtanen, the managing director of Sony BMG Music Finland, Lordi's record label.Lordi's lead singer, Mr Lordi (real name: Tomi Putaansuu) vehemently denies that his band are satanists. "We have absolutely nothing to do with devil worship," he says. "I mean, Hard Rock Hallelujah! Would a satanic band write a song title like that? No. Our second single was called The Devil Is a Loser. Although we are not a gospel band, either."Putaansuu, an Arctic Laplander, cites classic hard rockers Twisted Sister, Kiss and Alice Cooper among his influences, and admits that he will be surprised and disappointed if his band is eliminated from the competition. "We are bringing rock credibility to the Eurovision song contest," he insists. "I always said that it doesn't matter where you perform. If you do a good painting, it should look the same whether it's on the wall of a museum or if it's on the wall of your toilet." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 i feel less of a man for even watching that video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 "Our second single was called The Devil Is a Loser. Although we are not a gospel band' date=' either."[/quote']If I see a better quote today I will be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooked*smile Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Wow. that was.... amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Lordi in the Eurovision song contest? that is the best news I've heard all year, they're fucking ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MDP Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 i read about that a while ago... i can't fucking wait to see terry wogan's reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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