Austrian Eurovision Songs - Weil Der Mensch Zahlt, Wenn Du Da Bist, Get a Life - Get Alive, Merci, Cherie, Du Bist, y Asi, Tausend Fenster (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Weil Der Mensch Zahlt, Wenn Du Da Bist, Get a Life - Get Alive, Merci, Cherie, Du Bist, Y Asi, Tausend Fenster, Boom Boom Boomerang, Musik, Heute in Jerusalem, Der K Und K Kalypso Aus Wien, Sag Ihr, Ich Lass Sie Grussen, Kinder Dieser Welt, Vielleicht Geschieht Ein Wunder, Weil's Dr Guat Got, Lisa Mona Lisa, Nur in Der Wiener Luft, Warum Nur Warum?, One Step, Maria Magdalena, Falter Im Wind, Wohin, Kleines Pony?, Du Hast Mich So Fasziniert, Die Ganze Welt Braucht Liebe, Keine Mauern Mehr, Zusammen Geh'n, My Little World, Warum Es Hunderttausend Sterne Gibt, Hurricane, Du Bist Musik, Venedig Im Regen, All to You, Mrs. Caroline Robinson, Sehnsucht, Nur Ein Lied, Fur Den Frieden Der Welt, Die Zeit Ist Einsam, Reflection, Die Welt Dreht Sich Verkehrt, Einfach Weg, Sonntag, Nur Noch Gefuhl, Say a Word. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Weil der Mensch zahlt" ("Man is the measure of all things," literally "Because the human counts") was the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in German as well as Steiermarkish (a dialect of German) by Alf Poier. The song was performed second on the night, following Iceland's Birgitta with "Open Your Heart" and preceding Ireland's Mickey Harte with "We've Got the World." At the close of voting, it had received 101 points, placing 6th in a field of 26. The song is intended as a sendup of the entire contest (much in the vein of a previous Austrian entry - Schmetterlinge's Boom Boom Boomerang) and its excesses. Lyrically, it is about farmyard animals and their habits, but also features a number of non sequiturs about Adam and Eve and "the African dromedary." The thick accent in which the song is delivered also adds to the humour, as even a ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=563490