Like American Idol, the annual Eurovision Song Contest is one of my favorite musical guilty pleasures. Ridiculously cheesy songs delivered with over-the-top drama, usually in a language I can’t understand… what’s not to like?
I wrote about Israel’s controversial entry, “Push the Button”, last month but today I came across some lighter fare. “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” is the Ukraine’s entry — a high-energy dance number (with accordion, of course) sung by a cross-dressing guy who calls himself Verka Serduchka. He reminded me of San Francisco’s accordion-playing drag queen, Kielbasia, but if she had stayed in the old country and become a pop diva.
7 Comments:
Great flick. The accordion player was rockin. Though I couldn’t help feeling like I was watching the offspring of Dame Edna and Boy George. Score one for Ukraine.
by Scott on April 11th, 2007
What a fun song!
Serbia was crap so was the UK unfortunately.
Ukraine should have won, hope we see some of him over here soon.
by Lawrence on May 12th, 2007
What happened there then? the UKRAINE should have won this years eurovision song contest, most of it is usually a load of cr…, well tat, but Verka Serduchka’s dancing lasha tumbai, was the best song from the contest for absloute years, so catchy and with plenty of go in it. (make a good clubbing tune that)
I’ll be looking out for the singal, Eagarly
Marcus Rheade-Edwards
by Marcus Rheade-Edwards on May 14th, 2007
Verka is very popular in the former USSR countries. Though I cannot say I liked her (his) singing, her show was the most spectacular, with Russian girls definitely in their right second place. As to Serbia, I only remember an ugly woman in black man’s cloths and white sports shoes. I forgot her song the moment she finished singing. I was absolutely puzzled when she was put in first place.
by vasangela on May 17th, 2007
Yes, the words to Verka’s song were a bit thin, but what a tune.
Dose any one know the significant’s of the words at the begining are? which when translated are, “7 7 i love you 7 . 7 , 1 . 2 / 7 . 7 i love you 1 . 2 . 3” i cant think what the meaning of that might be?
by Marcus Rheade-Edwards on May 18th, 2007
This means nothing! That was just a german childish song – ” Zieben, zieben ai liu liu, zieben zieben ein zvei!” i dont now how to spell it correctly. Its just a fun fun song without any sense!
by Maxxl on May 18th, 2007
It was utter madness, which is why I listened to it about five times and posted it to every one of my social networking profiles.
by I-am-a-mole on June 1st, 2008