Semi 2

• Semi 2 Draw up: there is a bit of sound... - Harrow - 2006-07-15 10:00:06pm
  • That was gross. :P - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:02:36pm

    And great fun! Thanks! :o) I sooo can't wait for the next hour to end!! o))

    • Oh and... - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:03:16pm

      One. :o))

      • Too little, too late! - Yair - 2006-07-15 10:05:30pm

        And some of the song titles here are even more insane than the 1st semi!

        • :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:15:29pm
  • LMAO@the tearing and yelling!!! Interesting titles :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-15 10:05:04pm
  • Super excited about a Generacija 42 AL! Yayyy! [R] - anon - 2006-07-15 10:06:05pm
  • Ahh, still another hour to wait for the songs... *sigh* [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-15 10:07:05pm
  • Any resemblance between Alla and existing Lobo's is purely coincidental!! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 10:11:12pm
  • I just KNEW I'm a whore would come :)) - Geert - 2006-07-15 10:12:28pm

    Interesting titles indeed!

    • And how do you know it's based on -that- song? - Yair - 2006-07-15 10:17:16pm

      The title could very well fit "Autostop", too! :)

      • Iew! [R] - Geert - 2006-07-15 10:18:12pm

Are we gonna do wild guesses? Posted by Geert on 2006-07-15 10:20:27pm Homepage: http://www.geertvg.be Title: Paris Hilton Song Contest

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Promotour is written by Frank and is an ALC on Kate Ryan!

:)

• Go, go, wild guesses! - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:23:05pm

  *stomps on floor*
  
  I could try, but I have no clue. :P I have an inkling about Je T'Adore though. :o))

  • lol We were both wrong. :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 11:04:34pm

• It's difficult, but something tells me - Yair - 2006-07-15 10:28:03pm

  to have my 2002 folder ready by midnight.

  • Some can be guessed, some can't, but in any case - Frank - 2006-07-15 10:30:57pm

    I'm relying on Harrow's mp3 delivery service :)

    • which was prepared last night (except for esnips links, cos then people could cheat!) :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 10:35:32pm
      • providing they know what an esnip is :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 10:37:01pm
      • Huh! As if anyone would be so sneaky and underhanded to try something like that! - Nick D. - 2006-07-15 10:37:07pm

        *blush* :-)

        • I agree...We are far too into fair play to do sth like that! [R] - orionas - 2006-07-15 10:39:02pm
        • lol ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:48:24pm
      • lol To be honest... - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 10:47:42pm

        I've already tried this address... :o))
        
        http://www.partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/s2/index.html
        
        Didn't work yet. :P But you should be flattered, I literally can't wait. :P

        • I knew you would've! I'm surprised you haven't tried alc2006/s2/01.html - Harrow - 2006-07-15 10:52:25pm

          but that still wouldn't work :)

• ALC Semi 2 now up :) - Harrow - 2006-07-15 10:59:21pm
  • Yay! Finally! :o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-15 11:00:09pm
  • Okay, bye for now :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 11:00:14pm
  • :(((((((((((((((((((((((((( [R] - SpLiT - 2006-07-15 11:06:11pm

Now about ALC, why isn't "Je t'adore" Belgium 2006 on the angel - chiara list? Posted by Fulingen on 2006-07-15 11:35:26pm

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What I can see, there are two entries based on that "song"...

nr 17, Pasema, in semi 1, and
nr 16, I'm a whore in semi 2?

• Harrow didn't update the duplicate songs that arrived later. That page was only for warning purposes. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-15 11:37:51pm
  • Ok, sorry, didn't know that! =) [R] - Fulingen - 2006-07-15 11:39:03pm
  • Yep, indeed. Cos I wouldn't have been able to update til after the deadline had passed so it was completely pointless [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 11:41:36pm

• Let's face it, she wasn't an angel, or a Chiara, so :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-15 11:43:46pm
  • LOL! But she sure felt like there were too many of her sometimes! >=) [R] - Fulingen - 2006-07-15 11:46:22pm

So... which semi do you think was strongest so far? Posted by Harrow on 2006-07-15 11:43:09pm Homepage: http://www.partyvision.co.uk/alc2006/ Title: ALC 2006

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I think semi 1 was better, personally :)

• I agree with you, semi one had better entries overall, I only like two entries in semi 2, vs 6 in semi 1. [R] - Fulingen - 2006-07-15 11:44:50pm

• To be honest, I think - Frank - 2006-07-15 11:45:18pm

  I'll have to read semi 2 first :))

  • Tsk, yu're so slow! I finished reading them weeks ago! ;) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-15 11:46:05pm

• Ummmmm...1st, yes. But maybe I'll need a few more reads to let thngs settle in. So far not as many "LOL's" - Jeremy - 2006-07-15 11:51:45pm

  And the few LOL's I did register were astonishment of how awful they are...hmmm
  
  

• I only read half, but - Yair - 2006-07-15 11:58:14pm

  SEMI 1!!!!!!!!!

• Really Really Gay is Really Really Good :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:15:57am

• I've read about half, and i think... - carly in lund - 2006-07-16 12:18:54am

  Semi 2, thus far, much, much better!
  
  I don't know what you guys are smoking.

  • I'm having a patry at my place right now, you don't wanna know what I'm smoking!!! :))) - javi - 2006-07-16 12:24:12am

    Just came for aquikc read and i THink that semi1 was MUch bertter...
    
    But bakc to paryting now...:)))
    
    Long live beer!!!!!!!!!!!

    • well, i don't trust your judgement right now, frankly ;-) [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-16 12:25:06am
      • And rihghtly so...but some of my firends came to read - javi - 2006-07-16 12:30:35am

        thme and thye agreee wiht me...so im not the onyl one :)))))

        • Party on Javi, I'd join ya if I could. You party animal :-))))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:31:49am
    • BTW, is "Bilbao" two syllables or three? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:34:10am
      • hmmmmm......wita ,im gonna ask.... [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 12:35:53am
        • weeell, two apparetlbnly...but sounds liek one... [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 12:38:49am
      • In English it is pronounced "Bill bowe", so 2 syllables I presume since the entry is written in English? - Harrow - 2006-07-16 12:40:28am

        Does that fit?

        • yes...fitss in teh entry... [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 12:43:25am
        • It's a good entry. I bit problematic match-wise, but one of the better ones :-)) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:44:21am
          • well I got the last mention :) [R] - Harrow - 2006-07-16 12:47:58am
  • Well, I browsed through them now - Frank - 2006-07-16 12:35:59am

    and I'm in two minds.
    There are a bunch of clever and good ones in this semi, but also a higher number that just doesn't want to fit the melody.
    I need to read them properly though.

Sometime an entry comes by with a song I've never heard before and I just love it when I'm hooked on the first read Posted by Jeremy on 2006-07-15 11:56:35pm

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due to clever lyrics and perfect match of word and rhythm.

Bravo to whoever wrote Generacija 1642.

It's not funny as in haha's, but so well written. Kudos! :-)

• Tsk - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:00:14am

  You didn't want their CD when I offered. Fab song and fab album :)

  • Oh, I still hate the song in of itself, I just love what the writer did with it :-)) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:02:20am

well, well, virus of MBoarders losing internet connections is spreading. my DSL at home is caput, they won't repair till Posted by euroUSA on 2006-07-16 12:26:57am

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tuesday, sitting in coffee shop that provides wireless, reading ALCs. 1st one i read was Stickler...sorry dude, no points, it doesn't match anything...sorry.

• I think it's cute :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:30:53am
  • The fact that Alex sits in a coffeeshop to read ALs? :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 12:37:08am
    • LOL! That too, yes :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:43:45am
    • what's so weird about that? - carly in lund - 2006-07-16 12:45:11am

      When I'm home in Madison, 99% of the time I'm on the MB, I'm in a coffeeshop ;-)

      • i can't do manhunt and bigmuscle here, it is not pvt. space!!!! :-) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 12:47:13am
      • I didn't say weird, I said cute :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 12:48:08am
      • i can attest to that... but more interestingly - rich - 2006-07-16 1:21:06am

        When you're home in Madison, 99% of the time you're in a coffeeshop, are you on the MB?

• LOLOL@Llama....how brave! :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:31:08am

• "Invite your ex" fits ;-) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:32:40am
  • Quite a few others fit too...I think our boy is upset someone massacred his pet :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:34:34am
    • I didn't say they're not, but this is the strongest line IMO :)) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:36:11am
  • btw, Yair, that cat that came thru window has been missing week and half! do you have anything to do with it? - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 12:37:14am

    posters are all over. his name was Mickey

    • With all honesty - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:39:40am

      I got the impression that Mickey wasn't happy with his home. Probably found a new one.

      • what did you do with him??? ;-)) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 12:41:38am

• actually, i sang along and had very little trouble with most of it ;-) [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-16 12:33:54am
  • here I come to your aid, darling!...I agree absolutely that it fits [R] - rich - 2006-07-16 1:08:41am
  • hmmm, Caroland is not doing you well Carly. Come back home!!!! :-) i speak original language and it doesn't fit at all. - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 1:22:10am

    listened it again..no fit whatsoever. + lyrics are kind of Sanomian - no sense whatsoever. it was tried last year, sorry

    • Well I don't speak the original language - Yair - 2006-07-16 1:27:48am

      And to my uneducated ears, it pretty much fits.
      
      
      
      Now since you speak the language so well, will you tell me how should I pronounce "1642" in Serbian? :)

      • hiljadu sesto cetrdeset druga (hee-lja-doo she-sto che-tr-de-set dru-ga) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 1:38:37am
        • Oh dear... [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 1:41:20am
    • I can feel a Tescos USA session coming on ... :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:37:55am

• Brokeback Twist - LMAO, it is very cliche, but very, very funny. - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 12:47:58am
  • Love the lyrics! Pity, though, that it's barely sing-alongable :-/ [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:53:20am

The rest will be hard, but my 12 is an easy decision Posted by Yair on 2006-07-16 12:56:42am Homepage: http://www.ebfu.org/ Title:

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And just like in the first semi, it's not the kind of song I ever thought I'd give 12 to.

• The rest will be hard, but my 12 is an easy decision - Yair - 2006-07-16 12:56:42am
  • That's the beauty of ALC...it can make you love a song you previously hate - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 12:58:36am

    Or make you hate a song you previously loved, which is more common in my case
    
    :-)

    • It is :) However there's one song in this semi - Yair - 2006-07-16 1:01:46am

      that makes me nauseaus every time I hear it, no lyric can save it :S

  • Hmmm, I find it rather hard this time - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:36:58am

    The number of non fitting ones is higher, which is a blessing in disguise, as it narrows it down. But also annoying as some had good ideas.
    Decisions, decisions :))

    • My thoughts to a tee...some of the best ones have severe matching problems. To douze or not to douze :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 1:38:29am
      • That's the question :) - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:47:05am

        Well, I know my answer. As I said, it's a pity, but a man's got to do what a man's got to do :)

        • A man's got to douze, what a man's got to douze :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 1:51:55am
          • ROFL!! Well spoken! - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:55:25am

            I think I'll need a new category for all these good idea ones that don't fit. There were some in semi 1 too and I'm sure there are more to come still.

            • So will I - the very few that actually fit - Yair - 2006-07-16 2:00:08am

              are cliché, not understandable, or full of bla-bla.
              
              My douze, however, is funny, witty AND fitty :))

              • I just came home from an evening meeting friends I hadn't seen in a looooong time - and now this to finish it off! Swell [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 2:04:03am
              • Lucky you :) - Frank - 2006-07-16 2:10:03am

                No such luck here so far, but there's a couple of horses that run ahead of the rest, even if some may have run before :)

                • Yes...my fave has been mentioned (both theme and song) but it's sooo well written and funny :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 2:13:34am
                  • *Starts a frantic search to find Jeremy's fav* [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 2:15:13am
  • After the first reading I don't have a favourite yet. I'll sing them all tomorrow :) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-16 1:59:36am
    • *wants the mp3s* ;-) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 2:01:27am
      • ;-) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-16 2:02:48am

it is very hard to concetrate on ALC while they are playing Posted by euroUSA on 2006-07-16 1:18:46am

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Donna's and Barbara's "on the radio" . HEEEEEELP!!!

• Donna's and Barbara's ? Aah, that kind of coffeeshop? :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:30:47am

• McCaul and Dex? [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 1:38:18am
  • Impossible. The coffeeshop is still open! [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:39:40am

• Promotour is so sweet...mentioning all (or most of)our cities. Gotta reward it :-))) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 1:40:05am

• Generacija is very clever, deserves rewarding :-), but again, it is hard to fit english lyrics to it...i get lost - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 1:48:48am

  several times while trying to match it to the music.
  
  between Harrow, link to listening online leads to semi 1 songs.
  

• I'm A Whore is so juvenile, shouldn't be here really, shame. [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 1:53:39am
  • I don't like it much either, to be honest... [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-16 1:57:43am
  • It's disgusting, but I'm afriad it made me laugh :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 2:03:05am
  • It's cheap and tacky but there are one or two in there that are faaaab! [R] - Niall@work! - 2006-07-17 5:49:18pm

• ROFL, LMAO, LOL, @ Llama!!! BRAVO!!!! [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 2:00:40am
  • It's not my douze, but I have no doubt it'll sail thru [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 2:04:37am

Congrats to I'm no stickler - the writer made something very respectable imo! Posted by [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! on 2006-07-16 2:13:19am Homepage: http://www.sp-studio.de/ Title:

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It's the first one I read - Sorry Harrow, I'm doing my own draw here :-))

Sense A Two: Do we need a password to be able to read the ACTUAL lyrics?? - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!!! - 2006-07-16 2:19:28am

Sense a two, sense a two, de sentir-me en el cel he anat a l'infern... ;)) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-16 2:22:46am

Easy for you, you've got the accent! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 2:24:58am

LOL! ;))) [R] - Jortsu - 2006-07-16 2:25:31am

ALC Semi 2 ... Posted by Thomas No Sex! No Sports! on 2006-07-16 12:23:50pm

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... no comment, otherwise Sild will strangle me with his tie - and deservedly so ;)

• Really? I find this one far more entertaining!! - Sild - 2006-07-16 12:27:41pm

  At least two that really took me by surprise with its originality!

  • Scrolling down I already noticed that I'm not up to par any more with latest ALC trends and fashions ... - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:31:16pm

    ... I definitely need what Jeremy had yesterday night to be able to vote!

    • hehe... - javi - 2006-07-16 12:35:45pm

      Look closer and have some of what *I* had....:)))
      
      but yes, voting might be difficult...:))))

      • I was already wondering, indeed ... ;) [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:41:20pm
    • Straightness? :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 12:51:51pm
      • lmao How rude!! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 12:53:25pm
  • I was surprised as well - Frank - 2006-07-16 12:37:57pm

    by the high number of entries that need a rewritten melody to fit the rewritten lyric. And annoyed at the fact that that includes some that would otherwise have been in for some good points.
    Still, that's what semi's are for, I guess.

    • That might be, I've only read through about half of them so far, without the melody - Sild - 2006-07-16 12:43:45pm

      to get a certain feel of the themes and which deserves extra attention - and some might of course loose a few points if not fitting to the melody. Still, I'd rather reward an original idea and set of lyrics with some musical errors than a musically flawless, but lyrically predictable, entry.

      • Read them without the melody? - Yair @work - 2006-07-16 12:46:46pm

        This approach could explain why your opinion is so different than most others'...

        • I do that at first (but of course, the melody is in the back of my head) - Sild - 2006-07-16 12:49:30pm

          as I think the lyrics themselves are the most important part.

      • I'm the other way around - Frank - 2006-07-16 12:50:57pm

        The basic idea of ALC is to fit new lyrics to the songs. If they don't fit, then they fail the basics and don't deserve points.
        I can deal with predictable themes if the new version is a perfect fit and has some good twists and strokes.

        • Well, I'll be the Maltese jury, then - voting for the ones nobody else does :o) [R] - Sild - 2006-07-16 12:56:16pm
          • Someone has too :) - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:00:05pm

            Those non-fitting funny ones would have made great BFC entries :)

      • Well, original themes are ok, sure.. - javi - 2006-07-16 12:58:11pm

        but fitting the melody is just as important, imo. And reading the entries with the music from the beginning is too, but well, if you're going to do it afterwards...

    • Oh, sure ... I am just spoilt by semi 1, I suppose. [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:43:56pm
  • Yes it is Sild, I find a lot of entries from semi 1 pretty disgusting ;))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-16 12:38:23pm
    • LOL, you shouldn't say that, I practically had my head chopped off yesterday for doing the same ;o) - Sild - 2006-07-16 12:46:01pm

      I find this semi more diverse with more original ideas than the first one, which was harder to judge as many of the entries were quite similar.

      • LOL , like I would care. There are some things - Jelena - 2006-07-16 12:48:04pm

        in Semi 1 and some in Semi 2 of course that I find totally unacceptable.
        If somebody can find those things funny and humours, well, I cant!

        • I must admit Jelena, there's a word or two in one entry in particular ..... - juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! - 2006-07-16 8:38:58pm

          ... I see no need for!

• Imo Semi 1 was much better...I could actually see a song from Semi1 wining the whole thing. [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 12:30:58pm
  • Absolutely! [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:31:41pm
    • Yeah same here, the overall level was much higher in semi 1 and I agree with Orio!!!! :))) [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 12:33:30pm

• I also think Semi 1 was better overall - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 12:34:16pm

  Here it seems that the lyrics that fit the melody seem quite unoriginal and the ones that are original don't fit the melody at all... lol There are some exceptions though, which I will reward. ;o)

  • My feelings are the same - Yair @work - 2006-07-16 12:43:45pm

    And this semi has exactly 6 songs that deserve to go to the final, and I bet they all will.

    • I hope I will spot them tonight! ;) [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:44:20pm
    • You found that many? I didn't. :( - Timoteus - 2006-07-16 12:50:04pm

      Though I only went through the first verse and chorus (or thereabouts) of each of them, didn't have 28 x 3 minutes available right now. I didn't yet even provisionally rank them and I have no idea which texts I end up voting for.

    • Well, I've went through all of them once, and... - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 12:53:06pm

      I could already take off 15 I was certain I wouldn't vote for. Last week, I took off 8. :o))
      
      But you know, better chances for moi. :o)))

      • You have an entry in this semi? :-) [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-16 12:56:44pm
        • It's generally considered a worse field than the first one - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 1:25:35pm

          *Of course* I have an entry! :P

          • Very diplomatic, yet funny answer :-)) LOL!!! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 1:26:46pm
            • ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 1:27:55pm
            • That's our AX!! :) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:31:28pm

• Semi 2 is miles better. - Jelena - 2006-07-16 12:37:12pm

  Some dogs , of course and childish and insultive entries too, but overall , much better.
  Healthy sense of humour prevails in Semi 2, and Semi 1 was horrible.

  • Horrible? It was almost as good as last year's final ... - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 12:43:30pm

    ... and there is hardly anything that works on both levels, lyrics and matching the melody, in semi 2.

    • I agree Thomas...In semi 1 there were quite a few songs i could easily give them 12 points - orionas - 2006-07-16 12:46:21pm

      In this semi i must really think what to give where!

    • All that can be erased by rudeness and insultive lyrics. - Jelena - 2006-07-16 12:46:25pm

      Cant wait to see who wrote which entry, that will make the whole picture about some, im sure.

      • Don't take ALC so seriously...I'm sure the entries you are referring in Semi 1 - orionas - 2006-07-16 12:50:55pm

        about rudness etc etc were not made to insult or to sound bad...Just to be different and add a pinch of dirtiness to a contest that is not made to be taken so seriously

        • I dont like it at all. [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-16 1:12:49pm
      • But that's not fair Jelena... - javi - 2006-07-16 12:54:45pm

        ALC is about fun and no one was out to intentionally offend anyone, only to *try* to make us smile...One entry doesn't define a person, there's so much more to us than just that...

        • Couldn't have put it better... - orionas - 2006-07-16 1:04:59pm

          When posting here for long you probably start to know the other people...An ALC entry shouldn't change your opinion about someone...

          • Oh boy, you have a pretty wrong pic about someth ings, but if you like it - Jelena - 2006-07-16 1:14:30pm

            you like it.
            I dont :))

            • You know in my life i never swear...And i mean never! - orionas - 2006-07-16 1:53:03pm

              And it is very wierd in a country where the word as*hole is the most common way to address to others...i find it really bad to swear at people or use dirty words when you can use regular ones but when it comes to art swearing can be fun if it comes the right time...That is why i don't think these entries or insulting or offensive...But of course tha is only my opinion

          • I agree! [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:32:29pm
        • Well, if somebody doesnt have intention, then better not write it. - Jelena - 2006-07-16 1:13:29pm

          sorry, I think some of entries are pure rubbish.

          • Not Sense A Two, surely :-) [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 1:21:21pm
            • Sense a Two made me giggle :)))) [R] - Jelena - 2006-07-16 1:29:14pm
              • Moi aussi! [R] - Sild - 2006-07-16 1:49:24pm
              • Had the same effect on me as "My Song;)" last year - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 1:52:38pm

                One look at the lyrics - hilarious... But from there, not that funny anymore. :P

                • The effect was very instant, if you ask me.... - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 2:20:09pm

                  Very instant, in that if I give it a third look (which I will), the effect has passed by already.

                  • In my case it was *too* instant...never had an effect... [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 2:50:49pm
      • *Some* people are taking this slightly too seriously... - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 1:51:16pm

        You don't know what or who is behind the entry and you could just as well have taken it the wrong way. I'd wait with judging people before you know what you're talking about. Are you also going to judge the people who have voted for those entries? They could be your best MB friends! Not only are you taking away a lot of fun for yourself, you're doing the same for others.
        
        I thought some lyrics were really quite sick, mean, or whatever, but some people have that sense of humour and enjoy that. I'm not going to judge them and say my sense of humour is better or "healthier" as you put it. It's just a difference of opinion.
        
        So let's just enjoy the contest, and don't let the people who have insulted you - without ever having the intention to do so, I'm absolutely 100% certain - ruin the fun for you or anyone else, okay? Cool. :o)

        • I agree, again :) - Frank - 2006-07-16 1:56:31pm

          I think all entries were written with the best intentions and not to insult or anything. Some may use a different humour than others, but that's only normal. At the end of the day it's just an attempt to entertain and it doesn't say anything about the person behind it.

          • You agree?? *feels Frank's forehead* - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 1:59:35pm

            :P

            • You know I always do - Frank - 2006-07-16 2:05:51pm

              when you talk sense :)))

              • lmao ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 2:07:28pm
        • Well said. [R] - Yair @work - 2006-07-16 2:11:31pm
        • Oh how I agree with you!!!! Amen to all that. Very well put. [R] - javi - 2006-07-16 2:49:02pm

• OT: Who´s the laziest here?
  Posted by LoboinMadrid on 2006-07-16 3:25:22pm
• Whoever wrote Je T'adore (the ALC version) :-)) - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 3:40:50pm
  • That's what i'm reading now...i can't say though that the original writer of the song was less lazy! [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 3:42:48pm
    • I think they'll share the result, though [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 3:43:53pm
  • Lobo wrote it, then? :-) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 4:52:22pm

Thanks! A quixk whizz through has unveiled an absolute bloody corker!!!!!! Posted by juliejWHAMBAMBOOM!!!! on 2006-07-16 4:15:01pm

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I wish I was that clever!!!!!!

I reckon our douzes are going the same place again ;) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 4:51:41pm

"Brokeback Twist" Posted by LoboinMadrid on 2006-07-16 4:29:13pm

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Why oh why..!!!
:-(
It could have been...!
:-(((

• it is full of cliches, but it is funny..me likes. [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 4:30:16pm
  • it has some fantastic lines, but it's got some frustrating aspects as well... [R] - carly in lund - 2006-07-16 4:30:54pm
    • Yes, that´s what i mean [R] - LoboinMadrid - 2006-07-16 4:32:42pm
    • I agree... - Joanna - 2006-07-16 4:33:48pm

      but still, it's really not the worst entry in semi 2.
      
      I'm having trouble matching more than one AL with the music in this semi, I don't like that. Maybe it's just me though, but when it comes to one entry in particular I think it's impossible to get the AL to fit the music :(

      • No, that's not just you. - Frank - 2006-07-16 4:38:43pm

        There's a substantial number that doesn't fit. Still, it makes voting easier :)

        • glad to hear that :) - Joanna - 2006-07-16 4:43:43pm

          I think there is more than one case too, yeah, but with one AL in particular I really don't see what the person who wrote it was thinking. And no, it doesn't make the voting easier... because I actually like some of the songs with that "problem", a lot even. But now I don't know if I should give them anything at all...
          
          

          • For me it depends how much out of the melody is one entry - orionas - 2006-07-16 4:46:16pm

            If there are only 2 or 3 phrases out of the melody i don't really have a problem...if there are a lot of words out of music then Houston we do have a problem...

          • I'm a simple person - Frank - 2006-07-16 4:49:46pm

            A lyric should suit the song, an alternative lyric as well. :)

            • well yeah, but I am an even simpler person - Joanna - 2006-07-16 5:25:18pm

              I have to ask myself "could I have done it better?" and in most cases, the answer is "NO!" so I can't be too harsh ;)
              
              But I agree!

      • I counted four that fit the music perfectly - Yair - 2006-07-16 5:07:06pm

        When are you in Israel? I'll sing them to you if you like :)

        • My count too :-) [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 5:08:27pm
          • Not including the bla-bla song, that is. [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 5:13:14pm
            • LOL....no. That's in a class (or lack thereof) of itself [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 5:16:02pm
        • haha, that would be good (and I haven't forgotten about the banana milkshake! ;) - Joanna - 2006-07-16 5:27:27pm

          I leave tomorrow evening, get there early on Tuesday morning. If everything goes according to plans, that is, flying with Austrian Airlines through Vienna again :)

          • Be safe Joanna!! - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 5:42:30pm

            Troubled times there, so please stay away from Tiberias, and stay alert
            
            :-))

            • aww, thanks :) - Joanna - 2006-07-16 5:54:02pm

              but I don't *always* go to Tiberias, you know (surprised you still remember that in the first place!), and I will probably be way down south (near Eilat) for at least half of my time there, so I should be okay. And I won't be too far up north the rest of the time either :)

• Oh sure, *now* you like a cowboy themed story! - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 4:44:54pm

  Pft! :P

  • Yours was a cowGIRL themed story :)) [R] - Frank - 2006-07-16 4:52:36pm
    • But it fit the melody!! :P Well, most of it. :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 4:53:15pm
    • and as such targeted wrong audience :-)) [R] - euroUSA - 2006-07-16 4:53:40pm
      • lol I do think I elaborated on how sexy the cowboy was though! :P [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 4:58:13pm
      • LOL!!!! [R] - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-16 5:54:56pm
    • Read the last two lines of Brokeback Twist :)) [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 4:55:41pm

• Great lyrics, very poor match with the music. Pity [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 4:59:45pm

• You just have to go R&B singing it and it works ... most of the time! [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 8:10:35pm

There is a cheap song in semi 2 which will get a lot of points from me, by the way ... Posted by Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! on 2006-07-16 8:56:45pm

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... who knows! ;)

• LOL! They're all pretty cheap in semi 2 methinks! :-) [R] - Luke - but you can call me Vlad - 2006-07-16 9:00:24pm

• Are you talking about the one people have been sort of bashing? [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 9:03:15pm
  • No ... but one of the songs people have been bashing is the one masterpiece in semi 2 ;) [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 9:10:41pm
    • You kind of lost me there...but still all we'll be revealed in 2 weeks or so! [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 9:12:34pm
      • I've got no hopes I will be able to push it towards the final, though ... - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 9:16:33pm

        ... but I admire the writer and her / his braveness to come up with something great which is bound to bomb.

        • And by great you mean dirty great or bla bla great?!! ;-)) [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 9:19:27pm
          • Neither ... nor! [R] - Thomas ... No Sex! No Sports! - 2006-07-16 9:24:39pm

my votes Posted by rich on 2006-07-16 10:13:42pm

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...are being sent to Harrow soon. But I thought I'd share some semi 2 opinions I have. Maybe let Harrow have his fun trying to figure out which comment goes with which vote.

Of the songs that will receive votes from me:

* One is a perfect fit... except for one line. In a semi of many poor fits, it is worth noting that there are some exceptions. However, lack of difficulty lowers the point score.

* One was supposed to be funny, I guess, but it turned out to be more "enjoyable" than funny. Which is still a good thing. And of the many name dropping song, this is the one of the few whose droppings weren't brown and stinky.

* One took on an incredibly difficult song, and far surpassed every other song in the past 2 semis in the amount of quality per unit of difficulty. Difficulty aside, it wasn't the best fitting. On the other hand, the misfit was hardly noticeable, what with being distracted by sustained fits of laughter. Fit of laughter vs. fit to the original... hmmmmm.

* One was a good match with excellent rhyming. Only compromised by a bland topic and a couple of lines that were real stinkers. Of course, there were a few lines that were the complete opposite--definitely point-earning material.

* One mostly fits, but its lack of substance and inability to deliver the haha's belied its potential. Such a good title, too :(

* One got a points added for effort and a few deducted for the careless use of a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.

* One was Effin brilliant! It is currently my pick to take it all, despite the lukewarm response to the semi so far. Credit needs to be given where credit is due. Someone with a good ear must have really spent their time getting a feel for this difficult song... and then they nailed it. Not only witty and clever, but executed with great technical merit. One odd thing I noticed is that some lines are easier to read than to sing along to ;) ... not sure that's a good thing. But I managed to avoid some of the uncomfortable misfits by not trying to sing along. It worked. Besides, I far prefer the ALC over the original song! Well done and good luck to whoever wrote it!

* The others getting points squeeked through, but not necessarily on merit. They were mostly harmless point-getters by default.



...finally, it ain't over till you get a few scathing comments. Here are random comments that I made as I listened to songs not commented on above.

"Doesn't really fit... and an off-putting topic. Not the worst."
"This is funny. Too bad ALC requires you to match those funny little lyrics to the original song. A poor waste of hillarious lyrics and a fun idea… alas, further doomed by the driving rhythm of the vocals in the original. Could have pulled this off with a meandering, shapeless ballad, I'm sure. Best to just make up your own tune for this one, as it's one of the poorest matching in the entire contest."
"One line fits. Well done. Now what about the rest?"
"I am confused. In the category of coherence, this takes second only to Ulysses. If you read the words backwards and mix the lines up randomly, it seems to make a bit more sense."
"No" / "Blah" / "Meh"
"I guess I need some help with this one. So I'll wait for the help to arrive and won't give it any points for now."
"I'm sure whoever wrote it thought it was funny. I hate to burst their bubble. Thank goodness for anonymity and shifty deidentified comments."
"Can't you be disqualified for having a 12 year old write your ALC entry for you?"
"Even *I* listened to the song while reading the entry--you'd think the author would have as well."
"So uninspired that it fails to inspire a scathing comment."

• I must say even though you say so much and someone could say you reveal a lot i don't think you reveal anything! - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:24:43pm

  Instead of enlightening us you kept us in the dark! Well done!

  • it was a fun read indeed - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:28:56pm

    and not revealing at all IMO.
    
    But to think Harrow is the only one "figuring out which comment goes with which vote" is a bit naive ;)

    • this comment is my fave: - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:30:42pm

      "Can't you be disqualified for having a 12 year old write your ALC entry for you?"
      
      I'm mean, I know :)

      • So we are all thinking the same entry, aren't we? [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:31:34pm
        • who knows? :) [R] - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:32:50pm
          • Harrow?! ;-)) [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:34:16pm
            • LOL, but he's not here, is he? And he never says anything anyway! - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:36:38pm

              he doesn't know what I think about the entries actually, I haven't voted (yet) :)

              • Are you going to vote or will you be on holidays when final comes? [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:37:27pm
                • I hope I will - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:39:53pm

                  I am having trouble finding enough entries to vote for in this semi to be honest, but I doubt that will be the case in the final (I hope so anyway!), so I'll probably be voting (even though I am on holidays at the time) :)

                  • So you are going to combine holidays and ALC final! Nice!!! [R] - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:41:36pm
                    • indeed, it can't get any better than that! :) [R] - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:48:07pm
                      • It can't - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:48:57pm

                        get any better if you already have good company! ;-)))

                        • oh I do! :) - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:51:20pm

                          and some books I've been looking forward to read for ages to read at the beach too, if I get bored of the "good company" ;)

                          • You do, - orionas - 2006-07-16 10:55:11pm

                            you do, you do?
                            Nice to hear that...So what's left for me is to wish you not to need the books at all!!

                            • thank you! :) - Joanna - 2006-07-16 11:03:48pm

                              (I hope I will manage to read at least one of them, though, but hey, I can always do that on the plane I suppose)

    • I should clarify: Harrow won't get these comments matched to my actual votes. - rich - 2006-07-16 10:58:41pm

      He gets to guess which points correspond to which comments, if he so desires ;)
      
      As for "revealing or not" the last thing I wanted to do was to bias the contest, so I'm glad that you agree that my poker hand is still hidden. Nothing wrong with a bit of table talk, though, eh?

• Ooh! *reads carefully* [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 10:27:35pm
  • Ok, your votes are impossible to decipher, but... - Yair - 2006-07-16 10:44:40pm

    ROFLMAO at your scratching comments!!!

    • they were great indeed - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:48:35pm

      but I feel like such a meanie for enjoying that part the most :)

      • You'll feel less like a meanie if you think... - Yair - 2006-07-16 10:51:58pm

        "would I still enjoy those comments if one of them was about my own entry"?
        
        I would!

        • hey, that's a very good point! - Joanna - 2006-07-16 10:53:08pm

          I feel much better now :)

          • My favourite comment, actually, is... - Yair - 2006-07-16 10:59:56pm

            "One line fits. Well done. Now what about the rest?"
            
            
            A true gem of a comment, and such a sharp one too.

            • yeah, that one was great! - Joanna - 2006-07-16 11:04:44pm

              And the best thing is, I can so recognize that feeling, yet I couldn't put it into words, he could!

  • when Yair is reading carefully... - rich - 2006-07-16 11:08:21pm

    ...one suspects that he is paying special attention to the long, lauditory comment :P

    • Fffffpt!! [R] - Yair - 2006-07-16 11:24:35pm

• lol!! Thanks for that! - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-16 10:27:45pm

  I have a lot of comments with "Meh" myself, but I never get that sarcastic. :P

• Good read...I think I can guess 2 or 3 of the entries the positive comments apply to [R] - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 11:16:12pm
  • I'll clarify - the most positive remark is reserved for, and I guess - Llama. The only genuine stinker of a song with - Jeremy - 2006-07-16 11:24:03pm

    fab lyrics
    
    :-)

    • Maybe, but - Yair - 2006-07-16 11:42:14pm

      Shhhhhh! Rich's comments are best left undeciphered ;))

      • and rich will not confirm or deny suspicions ;) [R] - rich - 2006-07-17 12:30:59am

ALC Semi 2... Posted by Richard_CT on 2006-07-17 2:15:08am

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Well, my "failsafe" scoring system failed badly this time. I got a six-way tie for first place. That said, none of these songs would even have scored 5 points in Semi 1.

Disappointing.

• Just give Alexander-NL the twelve points and I'll settle for the ten! - [PL] supporting AX-NL!!! still!! - 2006-07-17 2:45:55am

  There - that's one third of your problem solved :-)

  • lol... if only it was that easy [R] - Richard_CT - 2006-07-17 3:13:24am
  • lol ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-17 10:30:55am

• I have almost the same opinion - orionas - 2006-07-17 7:49:59am

  With the difference that the song i'm giving the 12 points in semi 2 would probably get 6 points in Semi 1 and not 5 as you say.
  It was difficult for me find a song to give 12 points and i had to really try to find one...But then again i think we were spoilt by Semi1 and that is why he have so high standards...
  I don't know why but i have the feeling that Semi 3 is going to be better than Semi 2 by far...

ALC semi 2 - it get's better after a second and third reading, when I skip the horrible ones... Posted by Fulingen on 2006-07-17 11:32:10am

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After my first reading, I had 2 entries I liked, and only 5 i could vote for.
After the second reading, I liked 4 and had 8 to vote for.
Finally after a third reading, I found the last two who will receive my two lowest points.

IMHO the great entries in semi 2 are still a bit lower than the great ones in semi 1. But there is one entry here which I think could surprise a lot of people and end up in the final top three, unless we have some really brilliant entries left.

Oh, and to the author of "Total Plagiat", one perfect rhyme for ranking is spanking, which is what I would like to give to the authors of two other entries. Which other entries? That shall for now remain a mystery...

• The highs and lows seems more extreme in this semi to me - Sild - 2006-07-17 11:38:15am

  While the first one was filled with lots of ok-ish entries and few that stood out, but in this one there are more that really stands out - in both directions. Besides, the themes seem more varied in this one to me, so I had a more enjoyable time reading semi 2.

  • For me, the ones that stand out the most in semi 2 do so for being awful, not for being great, like in semi 1. [R] - Fulingen - 2006-07-17 11:52:21am
    • I think there's been a fair few awful ones in both and so far I've struggled to find 10 to vote for in both ..... - julie@work - 2006-07-17 11:56:02am

      ... but more so in this one I guess!

      • After my second reading of semi 1, I was up to 12 entries that I thought should receive points. - Fulingen - 2006-07-17 12:04:52pm

        But I guess I'm a bit more like Frank and Yair on this one, I still feel that the new lyrics should fit the original music with ease, I can understand certain differences and minor flaws, but when there are too many of them, the whole entry loses it's meaning to me and not even a very clever and original idea can save it.
        
        Before I sent my entries in, I was convinced that I would be this years "Estonian cowgirl" since my entries aren't that great IMHO, but after reading what other people have entered, I'm getting my hopes up, with a little luck I might even be in the top 10.

        • LOL, I am beginning to regret not completing my entries too! [R] - julie@work - 2006-07-17 12:08:10pm
        • Are you saying "Estonian Cowgirl" was not great?? :P - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-17 12:09:36pm

          You're right, it was, as Maria would say, AMAHZING!! :o))

          • Great, but underrated! - Pete D - 2006-07-17 12:10:55pm

            "Estonian Cowgirl" will be seen as the Ein Lied Kann Eine Brucke Sein of the ALC in years to come.

            • Oh you bet it will! ;o)) [R] - Alexander-NL - 2006-07-17 12:18:09pm
          • I'm saying "Estonian Cowgirl"... - Fulingen - 2006-07-17 1:01:03pm

            was an entry that had an original idea, it had effort and lots of love put into it, but still some flaws prevented it from getting the points it deserved.
            
            And I am NOT only saying this because you were my "nr 1 fan" last year! =)
            

• I disagree, I think this semi is a bit fresher than the first one, less filth and a bit more originality - Pete D - 2006-07-17 11:39:29am

  and there are about 6 I really like, which is about the same as in the first one. Some of the fit isn't quite so hot, but not as bad as some people are making out IMHO.
  
  And at least the lazy ones in this semi make me laugh (shamed as I am to admit it!).

  • There certainly is a lot more originality in this one - Yair @work - 2006-07-17 11:53:15am

    Keeping in mind, originality alone does not guarantee I will enjoy the song.

  • I personally only laughed at 5 in this semi, the other ones just left me empty. [R] - Fulingen - 2006-07-17 11:53:56am

• The author of "Total Plagiat" hadn't obviously read Yair's tips. Rhymezone would have given that and 12 other rhymes. [R] - Timoteus - 2006-07-17 11:41:10am
  • But the fun would have been lost, wouldn't it? ;o) [R] - Sild - 2006-07-17 11:42:36am
  • LOL, but I don't think they actually meant to find a rhyme! [R] - julie@work - 2006-07-17 11:42:40am
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