2024-05-06T15:30:52Z https://frugalnomads.ning.com/video/video/listForLocation?rss=yes&xn_auth=no&location=Baku%2C+Azerbaijan tag:frugalnomads.ning.com,2012-05-28:3169359:Video:399312 2012-05-28T19:05:53.910Z David Paul Appell https://frugalnomads.ning.com/profile/DavidPaulAppell

<a href="https://frugalnomads.ning.com/video/eurovision-2012-finalist-party-for-everybody-by-russia-s-buranovo"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/58909186?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Buranovskiye Babushki : Sung in Russian except for the title hook, this was far and away the novelty act of this year’s contest – a half-dozen grannies from the small Urals town of Buranovo. It's sort of a techno-amped folk tune with a choreography involving baking cookies. Cute, wrinkled old ladies and “boom boom boom” - it has to be seen to…

<a href="https://frugalnomads.ning.com/video/eurovision-2012-finalist-party-for-everybody-by-russia-s-buranovo"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/58909186?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Buranovskiye Babushki : Sung in Russian except for the title hook, this was far and away the novelty act of this year’s contest – a half-dozen grannies from the small Urals town of Buranovo. It's sort of a techno-amped folk tune with a choreography involving baking cookies. Cute, wrinkled old ladies and “boom boom boom” - it has to be seen to seen to be believed.<br /> <br /> Read my full review of the May 26 finals and all the finalists: <a href="http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/a-review-of-eurovision-2012-and-winner">http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/a-review-of-eurovision-2012-and-winner</a> tag:frugalnomads.ning.com,2012-05-27:3169359:Video:399117 2012-05-27T15:43:40.923Z David Paul Appell https://frugalnomads.ning.com/profile/DavidPaulAppell

<a href="https://frugalnomads.ning.com/video/eurovision-2012-winner-loreen-talhaoui-of-sweden"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/58909180?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>This year's winner was another slow-fast club track from a shimmying dark-haired 28-year-old (quite pretty but hardly the stereotypical Swedish look, being of Moroccan-Berber origin as she is). Atmospherics included wind, falling blossoms, and a black male dancer with a “Mr. T”-style ‘do. It's certainly slick and catchy, but in my humble opinion, while it's in…

<a href="https://frugalnomads.ning.com/video/eurovision-2012-winner-loreen-talhaoui-of-sweden"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/58909180?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />This year's winner was another slow-fast club track from a shimmying dark-haired 28-year-old (quite pretty but hardly the stereotypical Swedish look, being of Moroccan-Berber origin as she is). Atmospherics included wind, falling blossoms, and a black male dancer with a “Mr. T”-style ‘do. It's certainly slick and catchy, but in my humble opinion, while it's in my top five, it's not nearly as special as a most of Eurovision viewers obviously found it. But hey, certainly a feather in the cap of the newish multicultural Europe.<br /> <br /> Read my full review of the May 26 finals and all the finalists: <a href="http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/a-review-of-eurovision-2012-and-winner">http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/a-review-of-eurovision-2012-and-winner</a>