ALC 2006 <Partyvision.co.uk>

Semi 1

Semi 1 Draw is available... - Harrow - 2006-07-08 10:00:14pm

lol .. some cool, some weird titles - Ben NL - 2006-07-08 10:07:29pm
hard to guess what song they are based on for many! :-)) Only 54 minutes before we find out!
- Indeed! And I bet Michael had fun too :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 10:09:42pm
- Yes... Some are very easy to guess what song they're on, while others - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:09:46pm
  caused me to raise an eyebrow, so many of them in foreign language.
  
  *curious*

Ooooh now I'm really excited!! :o)) - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 10:08:56pm
And that draw was too funny! :P

Hehe...:-) Poor Shiri...:-) 3 boobs and Michael sniffing her ****...:-) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-08 10:10:13pm

That was really innovating, Harrow!!! LOL!! - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 10:32:12pm
And yes weird titles all around! :-)

Semi 1 now up :)) - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:03:26pm
- I think the link doesn't work.. It should be http://www.partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/s1/index.html [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:04:05pm
  - refresh :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:04:55pm
    - it was wrng fr about 3 seconds - trust you to arrive at exactly the wrong time! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:09:08pm
      - I'm fast :) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:13:37pm
- Harrow, little mistake. Diwanit Bugale is Fra96 and not Fra94. [R] - Vishal - 2006-07-08 11:46:37pm
  - whoopsie! Thanks :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:58:58pm

LMAO!!! Congrats to everyone who entered something in this year's ALC! These are just brilliant! :-)) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-08 11:11:09pm
- No, I take it back. Paul's faster! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:17:37pm
  - You betcha baby! :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:35:57pm
- FUCKIN FAB!!! [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 11:18:40pm
- I second all of these thoughts. lol [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 11:23:24pm
  - Only 6 qualify?? *sigh* :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 11:42:53pm
    - Well, Alex, since you're so tall, maybe you can claim a "big four"-exception :-)) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:45:46pm
      And note that I used the word 'tall' :-P
      - lol!! ;o)) - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-08 11:46:43pm
        If only it'd work that way! :P
- I love the layout Harrow, fantastic job, mate!! :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 11:23:55pm
  - Thanks :) It was all looking crap on Thursday, and everything was going wrong - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:28:17pm
    So I went up to Lancaster, got pissed twice, and came back, knocked up some graphics for the links instead, and felt much happier :)
  - And I second this thought :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:41:21pm
- There are the usual entries about failure, the usual entries about sex, - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:26:21pm
  and a few FUCKING BRILLIANT ones I don't know where they had their minds to think of such thing.
  
  And I only read the first few!
  - I think you should claim all credit, after all it must have been your tips that inspired everyone :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:30:00pm
    - And now I will add another tip for the readers... - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:35:46pm
      http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
      
      :P
      - Link added to semi 1 page :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:39:03pm

This is how I'll vote... - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:42:18pm
- This is how i'll vote... - carly in lund - 2006-07-08 10:43:42pm
  rank them 1-10. no fancy organizational systems for me. just go with the gut. (my gut doesn't like things that don't fit with the original though, just so you know)
  - It doesn't? And you're telling me NOW?? :(( [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:47:03pm
  - here's how I'll vote - rich - 2006-07-08 10:56:38pm
    1) begin drinking cafe au lait
    2) begin reading songs
    3) rank songs in order of how far away cafe au lait landed after shooting out of nostrils
    4) if all else fails, throw darts at laptop screen
  - Do you mean the original lyrics to the mp3 supplied, or the lyrics to the original original version of the song? - Harrow - 2006-07-08 10:57:42pm
    Cos people have asked for English versions, alternate versions etc. and there's so many different versions of each song that it's hard to know what the original is often. My mp3s didn't quite fit with a few entries despite me having what I thought was the original.
    - ok ok, with whatever random mp3 Harrow puts up. sorry for the poor wording choice ;-) [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-08 10:58:42pm
      - it's alright! And they're not random, they were all checked :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:01:09pm
- How does one access the titles? All I see is Shiri and the Polish wizard :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 10:49:48pm
  - keep on clicking, Jeremy! [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-08 10:50:15pm
  - Maybe you have a font problem, Alexander had the same with BFC, don't know how he solved it [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 10:50:58pm
    - He transferred the working Flash player from one PC to his. But his was a version fault - Harrow - 2006-07-08 10:52:40pm
      But ALC stuff shouldn't be set to Flash Player 8 like BFC was.
      
      They'll be up in 10 mins anyway :)
      - OK thanks. I'm on a Mac so maybe it's coz of that. I'll wait :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-08 10:54:48pm
        
        Tsk! Macs!! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 10:55:24pm
- I'll do something similar. [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:36:32pm

are we supposed to know German or Spanish to understand some entries?
Posted by euroUSA on 2006-07-08 11:25:28pm

among 1st 7 "Pissadansen" is brilliant.

Use babelfish or smth :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:28:36pm

It is, but it's not the only brilliant one! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-08 11:39:07pm
- I`ve only quickly browsed though and the level seems high. Too early for favs still :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:53:39pm

I think 'Yay for free language' is a masterpiece. [R] - Vishal - 2006-07-08 11:44:53pm

Ha! I spotted a typo! :-) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-08 11:51:44pm
- Does that means one of these is yours? :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:52:37pm
  - Well, since you just wrote a typo too, it may as well have been yours! :-P [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:54:10pm
    - And I wrote a typo when writing about Frank's typo! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:55:04pm
    - Hehe, who knows? :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-08 11:55:29pm
- If it's an error I might've made, let me know please! I already spotted (and corrected) one title "A Little Box" :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:55:46pm
  - Again... same title :-) - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-08 11:57:05pm
    "Mouth looks deeper than a deep blue see"
    - Well that's not my typo, so tough :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-08 11:58:37pm
      - LOL!! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 12:05:33am
- And Everything (The Culinary Remix) is based on Greece (not Spain) 2006, I trust? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:00:16am
  - I was just trying to sing it to Spain, in vain. So I guess so :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:01:12am
  - It says correct on the list-page - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 12:03:08am
    And it was great to Greece 2006 so I think so, yup! :o)
    - It's fixed :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:04:18am
- LMAO@Inflatable!!! [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:00:48am
  - reporting "live from London" tonight? :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:03:31am
    - Hahahaha...can't belive it took people so long to realize :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:05:43am
      - I didn't get it straight away, but still faster than realising that you were Miss Burrito :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:09:48am
- My spreadsheet is ready and waiting :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:04:59am
- Hmm, there's a song there that hardly made any changes from the original... :-\ [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:07:26am
  - Yay For Free Language? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:09:50am
    - LOL!!! That too, though in the good way :)) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 12:53:35am
  - No soup for it ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:10:47am
- LOLOL @ Hertz! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 1:18:47am

Good work everyone involved and excellent job to Mr. Harrow!! Signing off now - c u tomorrow! - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-09 12:05:15am

Indeed! This jury is gonna retire to think of a quotation and workprocedure! - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:08:14am
I think I'll first download all mp3s to make sure I have all the right versions from the start.
And then restore my Alex-inspired BFC scoresheet with points for fit, rhyme, theme and wit. Or something in that style :)

Looking forward to a fun couple of weeks!! :)
- You nly have 1 week to vote :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:10:18am
  - I`ll get there. And I need a 5th column for originality! *stress!* :))) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:13:17am
    - And you always get my votes at the last moment anyway :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:24:33am
      - I know :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:36:19am

So, if I'm not mistaken Tornero takes an early lead in the popularity chart? [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:15:06am
- All angel-chiaras have been split up between the semis as best as possible. - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:18:38am
  A song in this semi could still have 15 more versions, 2 in semi 2, 2 in semi 3 and 10 in the final.
  
  If a song has 2 entries in one semi, it is guaranteed to have at least 4 entries based on it, unless people have asked for special dispensation because of holiday etc.
  
  so read into that what you will :)
  - I know :)) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:23:44am

Gosh! Did our euroUSA write 2 of these....................???? :-))) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-09 12:52:46am
- No-one has 2 entries in the same semi :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 12:54:21am
- This could well be someone pretending to be him, just like last year... Who knows. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 1:00:42am
  - "inspired by him" is the politically correct term :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:11:55am
    - At first sight they might be (if you think of the same as I do), but deeper analysis shows that they are actually... - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:29:12am
      ... quite different!
- i am not saying anything!!! ;-) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:11:23am
- between which 2? [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:15:46am
  - i am not saying anything!!! ;-) [R] - kURt B - 2006-07-09 11:34:08am

What's up with the spelling in "Elena Anthem"? Use spell-check people, or ask Harrow to proof read :-))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:08:39am

Back from my date and checking the entries - obviously, another case of someone fishing dramatically for my douze ... - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:27:19am
... pulling all the right triggers including a favourite vice of mine - and here we go again!
- You're to ALC what Julie's handbag is to BFC :) [R] - Frank - Go Wizard of Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:29:31am
  - LOL ... because I'm such an easy target ... - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:31:09am
    ... for those who know! ;)
I'm going to bed (so should you Yair!) so enjoy however many you have left
Posted by Harrow on 2006-07-09 1:28:35am

Homepage: http://www.partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/
Title: ALC 2006
And remember there'll be another 28 in less than a week, so get a move on! :)

Great job, mein Junge!!! [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:29:42am
- danke schon (with one of those umlauts) :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:32:02am
  - ... mein schöner junge ... [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:33:20am
    - Guten Nakt :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:36:25am
      - Hey, I just got dressed again - you really want me nude now? [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:37:39am
        
        10 points, remember? :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:39:53am
        
        Nil points, remember? :( [R] - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:43:00am

Mp3s are downloaded, spreadsheet and categories are ready and I still have 6 days!! - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:31:47am
- well done! :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:32:29am
- My strategy is less time consuming ... - Thomas - who will fish me? - 2006-07-09 1:36:12am
  ... at first I kick out all entries I don't really like (there are some topic categories I immediately excluse, either because they bore me - and no, sex is not one of them - or because they strive too much for originality (remember, deep in my heart I'm a mainstream person...)- usually, this leaves me with a maximum of a dozen entries I concentrate on.
  
  No points for certain aspects - ALC is a holistic experience for me.
  - I'd probably end up with a similar result that way as with what I'm doing now. - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:49:17am
    I have categories for theme and originality. They carry less weight than fit and rhyme, but when I don't like a theme or think that the approach is too inspired by a previous entry, then it's unlikely that fit and wit alone will carry it to the top.
    
    Hey, I'm a mathematician, we like our tables and sums :))

Your wish is my command, producer! [R] - Yair signing off - 2006-07-09 1:33:43am

signing off? it is time for having sex in van!!! - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:39:36am
hilarious wording, yet it doesn't fit the music, spread sheet will see some points deducted. same with Umladi meni porvavol, great yrics and i hate to deduct because it just doesn't resonate in my head musically!!!
- If only we were all like Ryan, I'm sure his whole life is just one big musical in his head :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:40:50am
  - but not an experimental one!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:50:09am
  - no musical impossible!!! ;-)) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:57:39am

"If we all sleep with Svante..." ROFL! - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-09 4:28:07am

Reading and rofling for ALC semi 1. Great stuff. - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 8:44:55am
- hihi...I'm rofling here too... - javi - 2006-07-09 8:59:23am
  ...some brilliant stuff there!!! Genious!!...
  
  Are you ok sweetie?
  - Not. - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 9:11:15am
    I wanted to escape the heat yesterday, and took a ferry to a nice island where I spent the day sunbathing. But when I was leaving I slipped and fell and sprained my ancle. Walking was difficult and I missed the last ferry back to mainland. So I've slept last night on beach under my towel, my ancle hurts like hell and it's practically impossible to move :(
    - Ouch, sorry to hear that :( [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 9:15:30am
    - Oh.... - javi - 2006-07-09 9:19:47am
      sorry to hear that...:(((
      
      Hope it improves soon!
      
      Hugs.
    - Owww, painful! - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 11:05:03am
      Ancles can hurt very much. And then with such a night as a result :((
      Did you go see a doctor?
      - Haven't seen one yet, can't manage to get to doctor at this moment. [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 11:08:35am
        
        Will it be alright until you can? [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 11:15:43am
        
        It has to be, even walking to my kitchen is practically impossible. I really could use some help :( [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 11:17:12am
        
        Honey, why don't you call the hospital so they go pick you up? You can't be like that...:( [R] - javi - 2006-07-09 11:26:41am
        
        Oh, not good :(( - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 11:27:34am
        Can't you get the emergency doctor to come and have a look at it?
        I used to do my ancles in quite often when I was young (and it still shows). That hurts like hell. Cooling it with ice may ease the pain somewhat?
        
        Cooling gel seems to help a bit [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 11:36:55am
        
        I was at the hospital about once every 6 weeks with a sprained ankle so I know too!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:23:17pm
        Turns out there is a medical explanation for the condition no one knew anything about then!!!!
        
        Marianne, surely you can get someone to take you to the hospital, sounds like this needs sone sort of support to help it heal!
        
        There was? I never knew. They just told me to put my feet down properly :( [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:27:56pm
        
        Well yours may not have been the same but I am now told I have over-flexible joints and ..... - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 2:09:19pm
        ... that would have caused all those sprained ankles when I was younger!
    - This sounds awful and scarry! Couldn't you phone anyone? Don't they check the place during the night? - S - 2006-07-09 11:25:27am
      Really scarry, you could have been seriously hurt and nobody would have known till the following morning???!!!
      
      Go to the emergency room immediately, don't wait till tomorrow!!!
      - Well phoning would not have helped since I know no-one who owns a boat - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 11:31:18am
        And well there is also a camping area on that island, so I was not the only one staying in there. The rest were just better equipped to stay in those conditions :-/.
        
        Besides, my mobile phone batter was dead :( [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 11:36:39am
        
        Still, you hurt yourself and somebody should have helped you! - S - 2006-07-09 11:38:40am
        Now go to the emergency room immediately, please! Is there anyone who can give you a lift or can you phone the ambulance? Whatever you do, don't wait till tomorrow!
        
        I agree, Marianne, you have to have it seen to. You can't stay like that till tomorrow! [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 11:43:02am

Good morning all! - Jelena - 2006-07-09 10:00:28am

Hey Jelena!!! - javi - 2006-07-09 10:06:47am
There are truly some gems there, I've already found the masterpiece of this semi!!! :)))
- not really sure about any gems in this semi, most - Jelena - 2006-07-09 10:08:54am
  entries are much worse compared to last years and there are even some htat i personally loath.
  
  :))
  - Gee, you're a tough judge! :))) - javi - 2006-07-09 10:14:12am
    I think the overall level is very high thanks to some entries...but hey, we still have 2 more semis to come, so who knows what we will be reading next week and the following one!!! :)))
    - indeed. well, I do - Jelena - 2006-07-09 10:16:17am
      know where humour ends and rudeness begins, unfortunately some people obviously dont.
      :))
      - Yeah well, about that... - javi - 2006-07-09 10:20:32am
        it's all a matter of interpretation, I think. I don't think anyone was out to intentionally offend...but rudeness can have a target for this kind of contests, obviously...:))))
        
        People are not the same anyway, I wouldnt dare to write - Jelena - 2006-07-09 10:34:41am
        something some people wrote, even if i ment it, since i differ right from wrong.
        Of course, cant demand people to differ it too.
        
        Well, that's a tough thing to say... - javi - 2006-07-09 10:55:55am
        I think everyone here can tell right from wrong, it's not like we are lunatics, Jelena.

Don't you love it when you're singing along to an AL
Posted by Alexander-NL on 2006-07-09 12:25:16pm

but you're laughing so hard you can't really sing along anymore?? :o)) That's my fave part about the whole contest! :o)))

*whipes tears from eyes*

I agree - it's a warm flame in a cold eurovision year :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 12:29:04pm
- You thought it was a cold eurovision year? - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 12:48:18pm
  I meant the best part of ALC, not Eurovision. ;o))
  - No, it wasn't :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:16:11pm

I am reading the ALC entries and wooooow!! I think I have a fave already, eventhough i haven't read them all yet :))) - angelos - 2006-07-09 12:32:56pm

I've read them all once and have an early fav. But not saying anything :) - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:37:11pm
Nor on any of the others, hard as it may be :))
- me either, my lips are sealed :)) But i have reserved my douze point already :)) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 12:40:18pm
- I second all of these thoughts - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 12:45:12pm
  Kind of bummed we have to wait so long for new ones, but first it's gonna be a tough job to hand out points for this group.
  - exactly :) i am selecting my top-15 now and will then make a top-10 out of it the coming days! tough job indeed!! :) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 12:50:52pm
  - Yes, it'll need a couple of more rounds of reading and singing - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 12:55:21pm
    and adjusting my spreadsheet :)
    - I haven't found 10 with a good match to the original when I sing along....mebe I'm being too picky ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:56:53pm
      - You haven't? - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 12:57:45pm
        I've found worringly many! :o))
        
        I'm very strict with matching the lyrics to the original "beat" :-)))) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:00:04pm
        
        i am strict to :) and... - angelos - 2006-07-09 1:04:21pm
        i value more an entry that has a good matching (and whose lyrics i like) than a funny/good one with lyrics that don't match at all with the melody :)
        
        Exactly the same here ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:05:50pm
      - no u aren't picky at all - angelos - 2006-07-09 12:59:37pm
        seems like most of them don't match (at least not the syllables) at all to the original lyrics, unfortunately!
        
        Guess *I* am not picky enough! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 1:00:12pm
        
        I'm extremely picky when it comes to that, - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:13:07pm
        but I had the impression that on general the fit was better than last year.
        Then again, the real scrutinising hasn't started yet :))
      - I haven't gotten round to the singing along properly part for all.:) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:01:20pm
        
        If one or two lines are not matching enough is fine, but not more than that (then it gets a minus from me) :P [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 1:03:06pm
        
        Same here....some have no resemblence whatsoever to the original :-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:05:00pm
      - I think some people fitted to lyrics, others fitted to sound - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:04:48pm
        So even perfectly-matched syllable lyrics might be difficult to fit in. But there are some that do not fit yes. :)
        
        2 sets of votes in so far, one from a participant and one which will be compiled with thers t make the non-participant vote.
        
        That was extremely quick, to put it mildly :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:10:01pm
        
        The voter assures me they took their time, and dedicated sleeping time to reading and singing :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:11:28pm
        
        Lol! Can't argue with that :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:13:59pm
- I have an early fave too,but I'm a bit disturbed by it because it's very similar in its theme to another successful - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 12:46:11pm
  entry last year...which kind of ruins it for me, even tho it's brilliantly written
  
  Some are pretty graphic too...LOL
  
  :-)))

Im a picky one, I hate almost every single entry :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:04:43pm
- lol Niiice! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 1:06:50pm
  - Seems Im turning into Frank, no ? :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:18:39pm
    - Worse even!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:28:35pm
      - lol, you have created a monster!!! :))) - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:43:15pm
        and by that, i dont mean chiara-angel!!! :)))
- Heheheh...tough cookie ;-) [R] - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:07:23pm
  - thats me :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:14:05pm
- But everyone has different senses of humour and taste - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:08:11pm
  after all, you like Sakis ;)
  - two or three entries are worth, the rest is pure, rude crap. - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:12:54pm
    ask the ones who saw Sakis live, he is hot :))))
    and listen to his live album, you;ll be surpized.
    - I guess you'll never like the entries you see as "rude" - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:18:37pm
      and I'll neve like Sakis, trust me :)
      - LOL, well some things never change :))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:22:33pm
      - I haven't found a rude one yet!!!!!! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:48:07pm
        
        but that's cos you're a rude peasant yourself :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:49:47pm
        
        Well one woman's rudeness is another peasant's truth!!!! ;) [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:51:43pm
    - I saw Sakis live - foisted on us more than once by ERT! He is sssoooo not hot ..... - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:20:07pm
      ... he's a damp squib!
- indeed ... waste of time to read on it ! [R] - marco.To - 2006-07-09 1:30:42pm
  - Then don't. It's not meant for people who don't know how to smile anyway. [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 3:18:10pm
    - i do what i want to do. If Frank like, if Frank doesn't like ? Ok ? - marco.To - 2006-07-09 4:43:55pm
      and try to ignore me and my opinionsas I said that day ago. I'm not willing to communicate in this board with YOU and i'm meaning personally you Frank because i have an extremely bad opinion of you. Simple and concise concept. OK ?
      Smiling you ? eh eh eh ... i don't wanna learn your way to smile, never.
      - Suits me fine - Frank - 2006-07-10 3:18:10am
        Communicating with a twofaced creep who posted one of the most sick "jokes" ever on this MB is not something I care for.
        I won't ignore your insults towards other MBers though, no chance.

I've found two clear faves and about six that are nearly certain to get some points from me. Funnily... - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 1:24:14pm
...the goodies seem to be kind of clustered in the draw. There are a couple of very enjoyable runs of consecutive entries. Not all my faves are in those clusters though, of course. %-)

Can someone explain to me the logic behind writing an entry in a language most of us don't speak or understand? - Jeremy In London - 2006-07-09 1:32:57pm

me too. i don't know what is the purpose behind it. very confused too [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 1:35:49pm

Free language rule at ALC :) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 1:36:39pm

Susprised me too, to be honest - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 1:38:40pm
I can speak German and French, but my Spanish is a bit "mwah mwah". lol But overall it's not a smart move at all.

Someone who wants to use a language they know better, and don't care too much about the result? - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:39:24pm
I did tell them hardly anyone would get it, hell even I struggle with most of it, and I did German at A-Level, but they wanted to keep it in.

Let's call it the Jukka of ALC :)
- lmao! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 1:39:57pm

well, next year you'll get one in serbian. - Jelena - 2006-07-09 1:41:19pm
then, somebody will know that Un bloody Mary porfavor, doesnt really sound like southern european slavic language, but like central european slavic language.

:)))

I know, I have ignored it straight off! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 1:47:06pm

Jukka, perhaps you could respond to this. [R] - Buzz - 2006-07-09 1:47:21pm
- Don't think so, not at the moment anyway ;-) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:58:44pm

The translation tool isn't exactly enough anyway. How am I supposed to know how French is pronounced? - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 1:53:59pm
It's a bit difficult to evaluate a song text if you don't know how it sounds like. Is there a web translator from major European languages to some kind of phonetical symbols? :-o
- lol good luck with that! :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 1:56:33pm

Babelfish stinks as a translator...it doesn't handle slang well at all. - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:03:16pm
But it does produce some very funny results sometimes... a friend of mine got into an argument with a German-speaking guy who cheated him on an E-Bay purchase, so he sent a threatening message syaing something like "You can kiss your ass goodbye." In translation, it came out as "the well-being of your donkey is embraced."
- Well you should know there are no European translations for "kiss your ass goodbye" - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:09:51pm
  cos we talk normal :)
  - And being Welsh myself, I talk tidy! [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:13:11pm

BTW, in one of the two the German isn't good at all. lol [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:16:23pm
- But I don't think that was the point :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:18:30pm
  - lol ;o)) But still good to know, right? ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:21:02pm
- The Spanish bits on Song 1 aren't good either ;) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-09 2:25:05pm
  - That kind of makes it easier to guess in which song the German isn't correct... lol - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:29:41pm
    But I really don't want to trash a song or ruin its chances, so please don't let this influence your vote, thanks! :o)
    - LOL! ;)) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-09 2:32:13pm
    - Who ever wrote the text must have known the task was very difficult. - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 2:47:12pm
      There are not many people who are fluent in all those four languages and it's very difficult to write credible lyrics in a language you aren't fluent in.

I'm surprised too, but I guess he/she had a point in doing so :) - Jortsu - 2006-07-09 2:22:16pm
I can't even sing those songs, so... ;)

Just skim read the first entries for ALC and I have to say they are all good but 2 faves sprung out .....
Posted by juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! on 2006-07-09 1:46:36pm

... immediately - and someone mentioned one this year very much in the style of one last year - and that is one of my faves this year as it was last!!!!

I am impressed so far!!!

I'm very, very angry...
Posted by Yair @work on 2006-07-09 2:06:24pm

...at one of the song lyricists.

Hillarious, intelligent, original but not too bizarre, actually made me like the song which I didn't previously like, and most of all, in perfect synch... Except one line, which, although has the correct number of syllables, does not fit the sentential stress. Such a line would be okay in any other song, but it's way beneath the standards of this one.

I'm tempted to punish it with a 10! (harsh, I know... But Thomas is a bad influence ;-) )

As a 'punished', don't do it! :) (Have you dloaded the version n the site?) - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:08:39pm
But he/she'll just reward you with 0 like I did to Thomas :)
- *on. I told you about my "o"s :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:08:58pm

My veredict after reading (and listening to) Semi 1 - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-09 2:13:03pm
5-6 songs are very good
5-6 more are ok

A semi with 12-15 songs would have been nicer
:-)
- Indeed it would, but would 6 semis be nicer too? :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:17:52pm
  - We'd start calling it Harrowifestivalen then :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:20:57pm
    - No you wouldn't, cos I wouldn't be doing it if there were 6 semis! :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:22:13pm
      - Then we'd call it Harromemorialfestivalen!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:24:50pm
        
        LOL [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 2:34:28pm
  - LOL, ALC would last 6 months then :) [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 2:22:15pm
- Tsk! You SO should read better my posts! - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-09 2:33:01pm
  12-15 songs I LIKE in each semi!
  :-P
  - ah ok! But only 6 can qualify, so it's good that you have a clear 6 in a way :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:35:29pm

LOL! Do remember though - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:13:36pm
that some people (or was it person?) last year stressed the winning title differently than the writer intended! :)
- And I still gave it 5 points! :o)) - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:17:30pm
  I have this weird suspicion which he's talking about... Don't know why! :o))
  - The "okay in any other song" bit seems to limit the possibilities... - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 2:25:57pm
    ...but the number of them is still greater than one. :-|

are you thinking what I'm thinking? - rich - 2006-07-09 6:16:49pm
there is one song that, excepting for one repeating line, could get a 12 from me. Sadder still, that line could be replaced by a very simple alternative that fits perfectly with both the beat and the syllables (in fact, it's a half-rhyme to the original). So I am considerably angry as well.

A 2 point deduction is generous!
- I don't think so, in my case it's not repeating - Yair - 2006-07-09 6:22:31pm
  It could have been the first ever 100% perfect ALC entry, but noooooooo. It's 99.99999%.
  
  That's why I'm angry :))
  - that's okay yair, let me know which line - rich - 2006-07-09 6:23:35pm
    and I'll change it for the reprise :P
    - 40th from the top [R] - Yair - 2006-07-09 6:27:16pm
      - oh THAT line.. - rich - 2006-07-09 6:34:16pm
        i won't change it! i wrote it specially for my mommy :P
        
        *wonders which of the lewd songs belongs to Yair*

Haha. you're so picky sometimes ;-) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-09 6:55:06pm

I remember last year, when I was reading all this similar talk, I thought some of them was about my entry :-)
Posted by [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! on 2006-07-09 2:34:14pm

Double the dissappointment, when such was sooo not the case :-)

So I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm this year, but all this cryptic talk makes it very hard indeed! :-)

LOL, I know that feeling :) [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 2:35:48pm

I know what you mean - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:37:36pm
maybe we should try to avoid talking too much about it until afterwards, hard as it may be :)
- Noooo that's not what I meant! :-)) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 2:38:41pm
  - But it's what I meant :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:40:57pm

Didn't have it last year, but I do have it now! :o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:39:51pm

I remember one case last year where such a description, if taken literally, could only have referred to my text but I... - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 2:43:56pm
...was pretty sure it referred to another. Sadly, I was right. :-o
- Hehe just checked your last year's mails, and remembered about that :) - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:55:23pm
  And you provided your full final ranking. Interesting to see where Estonian Cowgirl was :)
  - In my mind it ranked 11th in everyone's ranking but Aviad's. ;o)) - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:59:46pm
    So that's fine. lol
  - Eleventh, it was eleventh!!! ;)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 3:01:24pm

My votes are in....
Posted by Richard_CT on 2006-07-09 2:48:45pm

... and all I'll say is that on my 100-point system (25 each for "humour," "fit," "rhyme" and "subject"), and after listening/reading to each song three times, the gap between the top 4 and the rest was wide.

I'll probably do a system with 27 vases and a bunch of roses :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 2:52:26pm
- Which will probably be as good as any other system! [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:53:57pm
- Polle, the last of the great romantics!! :)) [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 2:54:10pm
  - Aawwww... that or I've got a good deal from my local florist! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:04:09pm
- Shirnobyl and Michael are happy to offer their services :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 2:54:23pm
- No throwing dishes this time Polle? ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-09 2:54:28pm
  - My last housekeepster resigned because of that! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:03:45pm

...you'll f*cking win... - angelos - 2006-07-09 2:54:22pm
(lol)!

already??

I am still telling apart the EXCELLENT entries from the really BAD ones (YES there are plenty of them)! :)
- Had to do it quickly, Angelos... - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 2:56:39pm
  ... tomorrow I'll receive a 50-page report that I have to edit by Wednesday, and on Thursday I'm going away for 4 days. So the "window" for getting my votes in was very small on this semi.
  - I see :)) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 2:59:45pm
  - Which sometimes can be better than having heaps of time! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:05:56pm
    - It certainly kept me busy last night and this morning... [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-09 3:13:56pm

my votes too ... and yeh a comparable situation here - Ben NL - 2006-07-09 3:34:02pm
I did not use a complicated point system, just the virtual laugh-o-meter ... five songs really made me rofl ... the rest got just a lot or less lol's :-)
- Rofls and lols on their own won't get any of my votes. [R] - Frank - Go Oz! - 2006-07-09 5:46:06pm

OK, I am decisive and sent my votes!!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:40:57pm
- I hope you've given lots of votes to AX-NL's entry!!! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:47:32pm
  - LOL, how the hell should I know???????? [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:48:15pm
    - Ah the power I have :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:49:30pm
    - :-)) Tssss... you dissappoint me Julie! ;-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:57:39pm
      - Well I have never had a clue which entry is whose! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:01:18pm
- i had better things to do this morning, will do later tonight, go over entries again (with music on again) - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 3:52:26pm
  and give plenty of points to No XXX Impossible :-))
- I'm so going to beat Frank in this ALC - Yair @work - 2006-07-09 3:56:52pm
  ... at being the last to send votes!
  - Please don't even try :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:57:43pm

OK, I am decisive and sent my votes!!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:40:57pm
- I hope you've given lots of votes to AX-NL's entry!!! :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:47:32pm
  - LOL, how the hell should I know???????? [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 3:48:15pm
    - Ah the power I have :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:49:30pm
    - :-)) Tssss... you dissappoint me Julie! ;-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-09 3:57:39pm
      - Well I have never had a clue which entry is whose! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:01:18pm
- i had better things to do this morning, will do later tonight, go over entries again (with music on again) - euroUSA - 2006-07-09 3:52:26pm
  and give plenty of points to No XXX Impossible :-))
- I'm so going to beat Frank in this ALC - Yair @work - 2006-07-09 3:56:52pm
  ... at being the last to send votes!
  - Please don't even try :)) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 3:57:43pm

Well.. just read the ALC's entries in Semi 1
Posted by bkr on 2006-07-09 3:58:36pm

And all i can say is Congratulations to everyone - so many great entries with many different ideas and themes.

Good luck to everyone cause it's simply difficult to award the points.

What ALC has begun?? Where can I help my friends to win ALC???:) [R] - Bobborotterdam - 2006-07-09 4:04:53pm
- the usual link to the website www.nepartypas.tk [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:05:49pm
- ERm ...... that's not really the idea!!! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:06:41pm
  - Yeah, but supposedly none knows who wrote what [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:07:54pm
    - "Supposedly"???? Well if anyone knows and just votes for their friends they are as bad as ........ - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:09:11pm
      .... chiara-angel!
      - lol - yes, that's the spirit [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:10:41pm
        
        Any signs of cheating will be investigated by the ALC secret police. [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:28:17pm
        
        Scary ;) [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 4:29:48pm
      - hey! :-( [R] - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-09 4:34:53pm
        
        She's just jealous ;)) [R] - suomigirl - 2006-07-09 4:38:11pm
    - Oh yeah, Like no-one know who was who in BFC ;-)) [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:53:54pm
      - There's no rule against knowing, just as long as it doesn't affect the impartiality of your votes :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:56:21pm
        
        Harrow, who can vote? Anyone? Or just the entrants? Might have a read myself. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 4:57:01pm
        
        Anyone. All votes from non-participants will be compiled to make one jury :) - Harrow - 2006-07-09 5:00:30pm
        The more voters the better - it's an MB competition :)
        
        I shall have a read this very evening then. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 5:01:14pm
      - I didn't! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:58:18pm
        
        None of them? I worked out about half a dozen and was most surprised at how many were right. [R] - TomofEngland - 2006-07-09 5:00:21pm
        
        lol I only guessed one myself, my suspicions on a couple of others were wrong too :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 5:03:02pm
- partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/ [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:08:56pm

Incidentally, I don't think we've seen the winner in this semi!!!!!!! - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:14:16pm
- Don't know but a particular entry has great potential of winning I think [R] - bkr - 2006-07-09 4:17:38pm
  - your own one? :))))) [R] - angelos - 2006-07-09 6:10:03pm
- I think we've seen a couple of candidates :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:17:50pm
  - Well if the winner is here, the standard is down on last year! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:18:37pm
    - I couldn't call it to be honest :) I could see any one of 20 winners - Harrow - 2006-07-09 4:23:10pm
      and it'll probably be a different one lol :)
- There is one song I'd be very happy if it wins - Yair @work - 2006-07-09 4:24:03pm
  Then again what do I know, what I considered the best songs last year ended 5th and 6th.
  - :-))) [R] - Jonas - 2006-07-09 6:53:13pm
- I guess you're right. I can't spot a text with a universal enough appeal. [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-09 4:31:56pm
- nah, two or three gems there are .. :-) [R] - Ben NL - 2006-07-09 4:32:21pm
  - In terms of gems, I might have seen 2! [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:38:44pm
    - so we might actually agree? I think - Ben NL - 2006-07-09 4:40:47pm
      you're right the general level of the first semi isn't all that but the few that are brilliant could go all the way (but I'm sure something more brilliant is still to come)
      - I hope so, because if not I am going to rue not completing mine ;))))))))))) [R] - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-09 4:42:33pm
- How was the barbie? ust done my first ever one, but it was a gas one so I suppose that's cheating a bit. [R