[obol] Re: Common Linnets (slighty off-topic music group named for slightly out-of-area birds)
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>, Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 19:53:24 -0700
I think a group calling itself the Wagtails would be a perfect follow-on
to Conchita Wurst, who is after all the undisputed Bearded Tit of European
music.
Eat your heart out, Elton.
--
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
On 5/16/14 7:49 PM, "Joel Geier" <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I spent the last week in Helsinki, Finland (or Helsingfors for Lars)
>where I saw some birds that are normal for the region. I regretted being
>away from Oregon for migration weekend, but took some solace in seeing a
>few species that would have been "countable" as reasonable possibilities
>back here in Oregon: Eurasian Wigeon, Common Tern, Mew Gull, Herring
>Gull, and of course House Sparrow.
>
>Even more fun, though, as to turn on the TV in the hotel for the
>Eurovision Song Contest, and watch as a duo from The Netherlands called
>"The Common Linnets" claimed second place:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkrF8uC92O4
>
>How many groups named for birds have placed that high in any similar
>contest? Not many, I'd bet.Especially not for birds as cool as linnets.
>
>In another year they might have taken first place, but there was no way
>for them to challenge the popular groundswell of support for Conchita
>Wurst of Austria, whose James Bondesque anthem you can watch here:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqNa0rqUtY
>
>if you're really interested. But be forewarned, it's not for everybody's
>taste. Don't blame me if you click on the link and see some
>gender-bending that you don't want to see. Or worse yet, hear some
>offensively schmaltzy music (which after all, is what Eurovision is
>mostly all about). Did I give enough warnings here? Probably not.
>
>But personally (and being slightly biased toward any group that picks a
>bird species as its name), I thought that The Common Linnets were by far
>the better musicians. But you can't tangle with the forces of destiny,
>especially when Vladimir Putin sticks his nose into in the process and
>prompts a reaction.
>
>At next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, I'm really hoping for
>a band called "The Yellow Wagtails," but I'd settle for "The Eiders
>Down."
>
>Happy listening,
>Joel
>
>--
>Joel Geier
>Back home in Camp Adair
>North of Corvallis
>
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