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Topic: Pain of Salvation aiming for Eurovision Contest!
Posted: March 18 2010 at 06:33

Steve_A wrote:

Yes he is, for the tour.

That's excellent news, thanks for the info! Thumbs Up

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Posted: March 17 2010 at 21:25

Yes he is, for the tour.

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Posted: March 17 2010 at 16:32

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From my own selfish point of view, this is a good thing, because Eurovision commitments could have interfered with the Transatlantic tour!

Is Gildenlow even involved with TA this time?

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Posted: March 17 2010 at 12:03

From my own selfish point of view, this is a good thing, because Eurovision commitments could have interfered with the Transatlantic tour!

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Posted: March 07 2010 at 05:02

Kashmir75 wrote:

Awww...

If I were in Sweden, I would have voted for them.

I was in Sweden and voted, but it didn't seem to help much. Cry

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Posted: March 06 2010 at 19:21

Awww...

If I were in Sweden, I would have voted for them.

Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...

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Posted: March 06 2010 at 13:55

Aww- PoS lost today. Apparently, people who live outside of Sweden were unable to vote.

Oh well- 2 appearances on the show is better than nothing.

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Posted: March 04 2010 at 20:24

Wow!

PoS on Eurovision! I might actually watch it this year! What's next, Opeth and Meshuggah on Eurovision? LOL

Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...

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Posted: March 04 2010 at 19:48

March 6 is coming near. :)

If you want to know how to vote for PoS, this thread explains it pretty well. [link]

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Posted: February 07 2010 at 19:55

I'm very happy that they're still in the contest. :)

Let's all vote for them on March 6!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yov-2i76x8

Edited by cold103 - February 07 2010 at 19:59

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Posted: February 07 2010 at 13:45

Here's a link to YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0q9AqXWbag

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 16:47

This song is great! Might be my favorite of the new PoS material (minus Yellow Raven, but that doesn't really count). Reminds me a lot of Pilgrim and Second Love. I bet it's even better in the context of the album.

Also, mellotron (!?)

Edited by stonebeard - February 06 2010 at 16:50

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 15:37

They wouldn't beat the biggest Swedish musical genius.....

Carola!

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 15:28

But who knows. Maybe next year we'll have Anekdoten, Änglagård, Opeth and The Flower Kings ready for the big finale.

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 15:28

I didn't hear any other song there (it was a tough choice to even look at PoS when Zlatan and Barca was on at another channel) but I think Gildenlöw did a really fine job and I'm sure it was the best there (from my subjective elitist point of view). Though the whole thing felt a little awkward, as only he and their keyboardist actually did something on stage (and keyboards were probably playback, as it normally is in a "show" like this). Guitarist and drummer just sat around on the stage, looking stupid.

To me, the song mostly proved that a small and uniform excerpt from a progressive work often is not progressive at all.

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 15:16

Originally posted by Silverbeard McStarr

Silverbeard McStarr wrote:

Actually, I quite liked the song.

But they're not going to win.

Yay, at least they've got a second chance which is probably more than Daniel had ever hoped for! The performance was great but you have to agree that it felt out of place among the other contestants who were performing pure pop material.

Hopefully soon there is going to be a video uploaded to YouTube for everyone to enjoy! Big smile

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 14:39

Actually, I quite liked the song.

But they're not going to win.

Edited by Silverbeard McStarr - February 06 2010 at 14:41

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 14:01

bov wrote:

I just saw this (they're on in about 5 minutes probably) and think it's horrible. Still if you want to see them at Eurovision, maybe it's possible to do an abroad vote by sending "04" to +46 72 211. If you want to see a prog band performing in the worst thing that has ever happened to popular music, that is.

Yes, the performance felt definitely out of place in comparison to the other seven contributions, but hey, at least we've got to hear Road Salt on national television. Wink

One thing that really didn't make sense to me was that all the band members were on stage despite it being a completely acoustic number. I definitely wouldn't want to be the drummer in that situation!

The results are coming soon, so I'll keep you all posted!

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Posted: February 06 2010 at 13:28

I just saw this (they're on in about 5 minutes probably) and think it's horrible. Still if you want to see them at Eurovision, maybe it's possible to do an abroad vote by sending "04" to +46 72 211. If you want to see a prog band performing in the worst thing that has ever happened to popular music, that is.

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Posted: January 27 2010 at 11:41

I just noticed that the link I posted previously has been updated with a video presentation of the band! I'm not sure if the video can be accessed in all regions so I'll translate the basic message here:

Gildenlöw: PoS is a band that likes to redefine their relation to music and play all different types of music mostly in other countries, but now also in Sweden.
As a song, Road Salt, is a mellower moment for us. In most cases I have a tendency to write about the loss of things, the loss of oneself and the loss of ones way in life. This is one of those way in life types of songs and was created after that we went through... well it was basically a tough year in many different ways.
I've said it before... it's a little fragile song that contains great power that refuses to give up.
...then the band sings an a cappella version of the chorus to "Dansa I Neon"...
Gildenlöw: Anyway, this one is good and should have won (refers to the Eurovision Contest).

PS
I just realized how much I suck at translation. LOL

Edited by Rune2000 - January 27 2010 at 11:54