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I am not sure I would like UK "culture" to be judged by our eurovision entries and suspect most europeans would feel the same. The UK does have a problem thoug
by epscylonb 15y ago
I am not sure I would like UK "culture" to be judged by our eurovision entries and suspect most europeans would feel the same.
The UK does have a problem though, in many ways we are much more like america economically than the rest of europe, but european is trade is big part of our economy.
- maximusprime 15y agoWell, we try to enter songs/artists we think will appeal to Europe's tastes. And mainly fail, because we are so different from them. It's fairly obvious that our countries usual musical output is pretty decent, and if we entered any of that into the contest, we'd win (If it was actually anything to do with the song). I love the Eurovision song contest though, because it highlights how ridiculous the idea of integrating Europe is. You get countries who always vote for each other even when the song is rubbish, and you get no one voting for us, even when we have a half decent song. The Eurovision song contest is the best advert for a 'euro-skeptic'.
- zeugma 15y agoI won't take the eurovision to measure europe's culture. First it is not "European" anymore, neither politically (Swizerland) nor geographically (Algeria and Israel for example are participating). Secondly, France and Germany do not succeed very well and they participation is rather ridiculous.
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- nakkiel 15y agoI know very little about the economy in the UK and I'm curious to understand why you say that your economy is closer to that of the US than that of France or Germany (or any other EU economy for that matter).