Comments on: Europop 2008: Quarter Final 2 – Poland v Portugal https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-436457 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:32:22 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-436457 Congratulations Portugal on a close-fought win, and Poland for an excellent track.

Switzerland v Portugal in the semi-final then: a Group A rematch!

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-436455 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:31:02 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-436455 Yes – I have FRA v RUS now.

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By: admin https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-436448 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:15:14 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-436448 is time to close this?

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-435893 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:29:19 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-435893 Because the Russia coach has university exams, today’s game won’t be up until tomorrow, so I’ve extended the voting on this one for a day too. (It’s had 20 votes so far, which is better than the 1st QF but could still go higher)

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-435614 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:55:15 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-435614 Votes in this need to be in by tomorrow lunchtime.

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-435564 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:16:10 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-435564 Think I like the forthcoming Buraka Som Sistema single, “Kalembe Wegue Wegue,” even more. (Alternate spelling of title: “Kalemba Wegue Wegue.”)

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By: Alyson Tamara Guard https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434753 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:35:17 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434753 Tough one this for me – Poland reminded me of Trip to Trumpton or Sesame’s Street. It had an odd whiff of a group that read KLFs the Manual to me. Portugal were pounding the afro rhythms like Manolo (who I know is Spanish) on the drum, like the funnest guest at a crazy party. Who to vote for? Does this sound a warning to the (apparently favoured) French? Is it time to step up? Is the two rounds ahead strategy I’ve worked good enough with such stiff competition?

I think I’ll vote for Poland, because I hate Cristiano Ronaldo. Tough, tough, tough…

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By: lockedintheattic https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434744 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:58:45 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434744 What a fantastic game – goals all over the place there, it’s great to see two teams playing with such attacking flair at this stage of the tournament.

Ultimately for me though it’s Portugal’s multiple strikers who manage to just edge past in the end. But all credit to Poland too – this is easily the highlight of the tournament so far, and I think some of the other managers need to start worrying.

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By: Kat but logged out innit https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434734 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:53:52 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434734 Excellent tracks both! The Turkish management is leaning towards the Portuguese right now (no group stage bitterness from us) but that might just be because we’ve been listening to Santogold’s ‘Creator’ a lot and anything that sounds a bit like that but faster gets an instant tickvg.

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434611 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:45:25 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434611 Portugal – OLE! This is the best example so far of the Europop team perfectly mirroring the real football team. Solid backbone, flying wingers, flicks and tricks all over the park, and then… not much upfront, other than a brief flurry early on. But at the same time, it’s mesmerising, brilliant, how the game should be played.

Poland – lose automatically by blowing all Italian tactical plans for the next round. Hip-hop drum and bass formations go straight in the bin, recriminations all round, assistant manager pulled into a series of urgent meetings. Voting Portugal out of both quality and spite.

(I would say that my track was harder, faster, and had more flair and more big fat operatic tenor samples than anything in the whole of Poland, but that might sound like sour grapes)

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434577 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:24:39 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434577 Sigh. OK, I finally went Portuguese, deciding that the great rhythm ‘n’ beats of the Poles – the rapper as well as the beat machines – still didn’t totally overcome the fairly standard melodic material (not Hava Nagila enough), whereas the Portuguese and their Angolan and British helpers had nonstop yammers and textures as well as rhythm ‘n’ beats that could more than match the competition. But a strong battle from the Poles, and given the previous entries from both sides I wouldn’t be sad about either going through.

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434560 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:27:04 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434560 I’ve always liked Hava Nagila myself. And since the Portuguese tune runs along at a galloping gait, and since Polak is known for shooting horses, Poland has several weapons in its arsenal. But I still haven’t decided how to vote.

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By: jeff w https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434542 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:44:31 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434542 Also: I am most amused by the Sydney Pollack (RIP) ref

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By: jeff w https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434541 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:40:58 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434541 I find I have a bit more online time this week, so will endeavour to participate in this now we’ve reached the KO stages. (I missed out on CH v DE grrr …but having just listened to them it transpires I’m a bit meh about both tracks anyway.)

By contrast Pol v Port is a cracker. I already know “Sound of Koduro” very well – it was good enough to feature on one of my pop mix CDs this year. So ironically I’m predisposed against this one. The Polak had to do more than just show up, though. I wasn’t sure about it at first (the opening two minutes are a bit too ‘Hava Nagila’ for my liking) but as soon as the 7/4 section kicked in my vote was secured.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434505 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:35:08 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434505 Yes, the shorter game time is bound to have an impact – unfortunately we need it so a) we don’t drag on beyond the tournament itself ending! and b) the semi-finalists have reasonable time to find tracks.

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434500 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:17:23 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434500 I think the shorter game time has an effect on voting numbers certainly, although it’s difficult to understand why so few of the 300 odd people attracted by the Swiss track bothered to vote.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434496 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:02:32 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434496 Yes, very hard to decide which way to vote. Portugal has marginally more energy, Poland meshes better into a whole song. The managers have shown their opponents a lot of respect and I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the highlight of the knockout stages.

I just hope more people actually vote!

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434475 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:07:52 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434475 Ace match in which Portugal finally plays its ace! I was wondering when Buraka Som Sistema would show up.

Poland. I love it when a non-English rap sounds at home in its own language and sounds nonduplicable anywhere else. The aggressive speed beats fit this, as do the fractured easternisms, simultaneously melancholy and savage.

Portugal. This grabbed me when I first heard it on poptimists and still does. Fiercely cosmopolitan and fiercely African, with a British-Tamil MC, has a great gallop, steering and careening through an obstacle course, kicking at the competitors.

I want to vote for both. Portuguese propulsion versus deep Polish intensity. Man, I don’t know. I’m more familiar with the Portuguese propulsion, which may be giving it an edge, but the Poles gain strength with each replay.

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/06/europop-2008-quarter-final-2-poland-v-portugal/comment-page-1#comment-434466 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:45:37 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=11992#comment-434466 Anal spelling note: Their MySpace spells the band’s name Buraka Som Sistema and the song title “Sound Of Kuduro.”

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