What's Gone Wrong In Estonia?
Monday 31 March 2008 | Labels: Estonia, Kreisiraadio, Leto Svet | |
"The small Baltic state of Estonia regained its independence in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. It was one of the Eastern European nations that joined the European Union in 2004."Hannah's view
Whittaker's World of Facts - Russell Ash
I don't like this. It is a joke entry, and a bad one at that. These men can't sing. They are like drunk mates that decided they could do well in a karaoke contest. The plain truth is; no - you can't.
But it's not just the singing that bugs me... its the lyrics. Its more like a shopping list than a song. In English, most of the verses just say, 'beans pods, cake, lobster, that's enough, that's enough.' I'm sorry... but what kind of song has that utter RUBBISH in its lyrics, let alone making its lyrics up OUT OF that rubbish. Its ridiculous. I don't like it.
Nathan's view
So the song is called Leto Svet (Summer Light) but it's about food... Confusing, or what? We stole the esctoday podcast title for their Estonian chat but to be honest, it fits. They won with the only song since the turn of the millennium that I don't remember. I loved Sandra Oxenryd's entry in 2006 and Gerli Padar's entry last year wasn't that bad but this... well it's indescribable. I hate it... I really do.
well... actually this song was made with a help of Serbo-English dictionary. All those words were taken randomly.
You are not supposed to look a message in this song. It is just a idiotic song what represents Estonia in a idiotic song contest. That's all.
If you are a big Eurovison fan, then don't take it seriously. For sure, You will not like this song, but... who cares... Life goes on!
Who said pop lyrics were supposed to make sense? Look at the Beatles, singing about semolina pilchards climbing up the Eiffel tower. Food!
A Eurovision song if there ever was one.
As an Estonian, I'm a bit perplexed at why the dancers are waving the Estonian flag on stage, though.
It's a typical Estonian humor that no one can understand outside.
I don't know whether it could be a "revenge" for our first song that didn't do well due to very eastern European style of semifinal. Song itself was very beautiful but it could not fit in the taste of it's jury.
What for sure these boys are trying to say is that anybody can make a song without a meaning and present the song for great audience and this is it. It's a laugh at the format and conditions that allow such things. They must enjoy what they are doing.
Now you will probably say something like "but nobody makes such a humor". Yeah, that's why Estonians survived under the Soviets. Many are still stuck in this style and that's why it's popular. If you can't say things in a normal way, then you say the other way.
By the way, I'm not a fan of these boys (they have a humor show in Estonia), I don't like much of absurd.
Hey Hannah!
Well you nailed that one..
"Its more like a shopping list than a song." As a matter of fact, it w a s their intention. However, I don't like the song either. Here in Estonia only 13-year-old teens tend to care about that competition. And that's why this kind of jolly actually won. So my advice is to not take this Eurovision thing so seriously.
"We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine..." this is rock-n-roll, baby! Don't take it so seriously... I don't like the song either, but I do remember when Finnish won the contest with that band "Lord", then nothing surprise me anymore.
Yellow submarine song had a serious point in it...what else can be in a yellow submarine-shaped little pill than some narcotics???
no wonder that if´d you take this kind of pills you sing about things noone else understands...
Whatever it IS about, Leto svet is certainly not about drugs.
This song is a protest against Balkan countrys, who gives the points only to his neibours. The Eurovision is no longer a song contest, but some kind PR event.
If you both knew Estonia, then you'd know that they're comedians and that's all.
They didn't mean to go there and sing, it's mockin the politics and everything that's connected to it.
Get your facts straight!;)
Thanks for all your comments!
We just comment on the song in our opinion, but I did realise that it is a joke entry, that much is obvious.
We just couldn't work out what they were singing about... lol.
We know Eurovision is about politics which is why Russia or Serbia will win, and this year people are also sending joke entries, so Ireland, Spain and Estonia will finish high.
Expect some drama this year!
Thanks for your comments everyone, we really appreciate that as this is all about people's opinions. (stress on PEOPLE'S OPINIONS)
Sorry if we maybe pissed you off, but it would have been useful if the fact that these blokes were comedians was more widely publisised. Just saying that would have been a bit more helpful, not that they are not famous in Estonia. (did that make sense? Becasue I'll be the last one to know!)
By the way, hello to who ever said hi to me!! I don't know who you are but, hey!
As Hannah and I were saying this weekend, if we knew they were comedians it would make much more sense.
We now know why the song is so... strange.
Hey, leave Estonia alone. I am an estonian. We are that kind of people, who likes to enjoy ourselves. Is that a crime ? And for example. Last years song, where there was a man, dressed up as a woman and said only olallalaa. Was that any better then? And they got high points.
Our song this year is just as good as their song last year! So back off