Analyzing Lordi!
I just cannot resist. There is a whole conversation the last two days in the Greek media about the Eurovision contest winners, the Finnish Lordi. The surveys shown that the group was mainly voted from young people all around Europe so the question was why!
Physiologists, sociologists and I’m not sure what else, might astrologists coming out with things like “Well is natural when we let our kids watching all these violent cartoons!” or some even better “The monsters in Harry Potter films and the Lord of the rings were uglier!!!”
I give up. One thing I always believed and now I believe more, is that all these experts, physiologists, sociologists and whatever else; in the end they are part of the problem and sometimes they are even responsible of the problem.
Does anybody remember Billy Joel in his first period? He was wearing heavy make up and he was singing romantic songs, the Kiss, even David Bowie’s alter ego Ziggy, Bono’s alter ego, the Satan in the Zooropa?
What all these people need to understand that is just entertainment, show business.
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Let’s not forget the ever-so recent Slipknot too.
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Remember Prodigy? Man UNBELIEVAABLE if you saw some pictures of him as a Kid and then compare it to him with make up! WOW!
Not to Mention Marylin Manson!
May 24th, 2006 at 5:33 am
Ha, you are right. I had forgotten Prodigy!
May 24th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Yeah, analyzing people’s reactions to music seems pretty useless, even futile. Music is not a rational thing to explain.
Or then again… (can’t resist), maybe Lordi just had the best show, and showed some true rock’n'roll spirit, which appeals to youth more often than to elder population.
May 25th, 2006 at 7:00 am
Totally agree, Lordi had the best show and they excused at least my decision to watch the Eurovision contest for the first time!