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Hi

I was watching Eurovision last night and there is a crazy, addictive, intense song from the Ukraine...which has a penny whistle riff.( You tube link below)

It's fun to play along, on a high D although there's a high note that escapes me?

https://youtu.be/fV4EKm5lkVk

Enjoy

It received some coverage in the press here :

It also has some kind of whistle/flute type affair – Ludicrous musical instruments!

The link from mrblister doesn't work in the States, but I'm guessing this is the same vid, or at least the same song. Chernobyl and the rusty, kludged-together post-apocalyptic vehicle made for a nicely ironic setting, given the lyrics. Or perhaps the other way around, depending on your anchor. A reasonably fine art piece, taken together. The song itself though, hypnotic as it is, is structurally one-dimensional (obviously this is by design) and will not have much of a shelf life without the video to shore it up, I regret to predict.

"Ludicrous musical instruments"? That reviewer is an ill-handed swine who must have only recently been unchained from his microwave.

I've no idea why, but I did actually half-watch through it last night , for the first time in maybe 20 years, and did notice the whistle in the Ukraine entry. I found the whole thing rather depressing, but then I'm not in any "target" audience of theirs. Set me to remembering some traditional musicians who have appeared in the past - maybe better not remind "Dervish" who did their best, but as they say," you can't polish a turd". They played their absolute best, but didn't really have anything to work with. I can remember seeing Cormac Breatnach playing whistle one year, and Karen Mathieson and most of "Capercaillie" were involved in the French entry one year. Amy Leonard,from Orkney, may be the only one ever to appear playing a bodhran. Any others ?
You had to feel sorry for our UK entry - nobody, no matter how bad ever deserves absolute zero, but as we say in Scotland, " if you flee [fly ] wi' the craws [ crows ], you can expect to be shot at".

kenny wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 2:35 pm ... as we say in Scotland, " if you flee [fly ] wi' the craws [ crows ], you can expect to be shot at".

I think I'll adopt that, if you don't mind.