It's May, y'all, and that can only mean one thing... THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. To get in the proper mood, I watched the Eurovision Movie: the Story of Fire Saga and fell in love all over again. But the best part of my Europrep has come in the form of the soundtrack from that movie which includes this gloriousness: the Song Along. I was slapping the back of the sofa and shouting at the dogs, "Do you see that?? That was Loreena! LOOK IT'S JESSY MATADOR IS THAT JAMALA WITH THE LYRIC ABOUT WINNING THE WAR?"
As you may have guessed, the dogs didn't answer nor care. But I do. Quick history: when I moved to the UK in 2009 I took my three greyhounds and my cat. One of my dogs died shortly after I got there, of osteosarcoma. The second one, her bonded pal and soulmate, left me, Daisy (greyhound number three) and the cat to mourn and cause my husband to wonder what he'd gotten into with his new American wife. He finally suggested that I should watch Eurovision because he thought it would cheer me up.
He was right. Eurovision is happy memories of doing a TIGHT 8 TO 10 on the train platform in Leeds. It is dancing with my workmates in the bookshop. It is searching for the BBC1 feed on the tiny telly in our hotel in Maison Lafitte on our belated honeymoon. I have missed watching it live since we've been back in the US and I'm again on the trail of a way to watch BBC1 with Graham Norton's commentary on the 22nd.
For now, enjoy the Song Along from the Eurovision Movie. It's everything that is fun and mad and glam about Eurovision, and it makes me smile (and get up and dance, but don't tell anyone).
Song Along Lyrics, including the performers in each section.
[Song 1: Cher – "Believe"]
[John Lundvik, Anna Obodescu, Both]
No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can't break through
There's no talking to you
[Bilal Hassani]
It's so sad that you're leaving
It takes time to believe it
[Bilal Hassani & John Lundvik]
But after all is said and done
[Bilal Hassani, John Lundvik & Anna Odobescu]
You're gonna be the lonely one, oh
[Loreen & Jessy Matador]
Do you believe in life after love? (Sing with me, yeah)
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
[Song 2: Madonna – "Ray Of Light"]
[Loreen]
And I feel (And I feel) like I just got home
And I feel
[Loreen, Jessy Matador & Anna Odobescu]
Don't think you're strong enough, no
[Petra Nielsen, Anna Odobescu, Loreen & Jessy Matador]
And I feel (And I feel) like I just got home
[Petra Nielsen, Anna Odobescu, Loreen, Jessy Matador, Will Ferrell & John Lundvik]
And I feel
Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
[Song 3: ABBA – "Waterloo"]
[Jamala]
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
[Erik Mjönes]
My, my - at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
[Molly Sandén]
Oh, yeah - and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
[Erik Mjönes & Molly Sandén]
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself, woah
[Anna Odobescu, Loreen, Molly Sandén, Petra Nielsen, Jamala & Jessy Matador, Will Ferrell]
Waterloo, I was defeated and you won the war (You won the war)
Waterloo, promise to love you forevermore
[Song 4: Céline Dion – "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi"]
[Elina Nechayeva & Conchita Wurst]
Ne partez pas sans moi
La joie d'être libre
Vous qui cherchez une autre vie
Vous qui volez vers l'an deux mille
Ne partez pas sans moi
[Song 5: Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling"]
[Netta, Will Ferrell, Molly Sandén, Erik Mjönes]
Tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
A feelin' (Fill up my cup, mazel tov)
(Do you believe in life after love)
That tonight's gonna be a good night (Look at her dancing)
(Quicker than a ray of light)
(Just take it off)
[Netta, Loreen, Molly Sandén, Erik Mjönes]
That tonight's gonna be a good night (I can feel something inside me say)
That tonight's gonna be a good night (I really don't think you're strong enough, no)
A feelin' (Quicker than a ray of light)
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night (Do you believe in life after love?)
[Will Ferrell, All]
A good, good night
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