Bettervision 2012: Estonia

Similar to Hungary, Ott Lepland from Estonia wants us to stop and listen. To observer and just be is a therapeutic meditation that helps you get rooted with "now". The moments you are able to block out past and future are moments of euphoria. He doesn't sing it, I speak from experience. People should do it on a regular basis. It is an important ingredient for a better world.




Listen to the horizon
Listen to how far it takes you
Listen to what the wind has to say
Listen
Watch as darkness approaches
Wait – the light remains within us
Listen to how your land breathes
Listen

Listen to what has fallen silent
Just listen to these simple moments
Listen – the heart too has a voice

The path has passed into shadow
I look and keep on looking
Silence has the power to resound
I wait for you here, halfway there
Listen to my voice calling you

Listen to what has fallen silent
Just listen to these simple moments
Listen – my heart has a voice

Listen

Bettervision 2012: Hungary

A better world begins with listening to our hearts, defeating hatred, accepting differences as a source of enrichment. This is the message of the Hungarian entry, a strong candidate for Bettervision 2012.

The whole big world is just one place

You can say it’s all the same

You may feel hatred’s it sows

We can show it’s no way to go

This is the sound of our hearts, if you listen

This is a zeal from above and it can say it all

This is a fever they can’t take away

This is the sound of, the sound of

The sound of our hearts

The sound of our hearts

The sound of our hearts

Harmony can be achieved

Just find some way to get connected

Differences may not be wrong

They enrich the things that we know

Different faiths, different views

All we can do is to turn them in key

This is the sound of our hearts, if you listen

This is a zeal from above and it can say it all

This is a fever they can’t take away

This is the sound of, the sound of, the sound

This is the sound of our hearts, if you listen

This is a zeal from above and it can say it all

This a fever they can’t take away

This is the sound of, the sound of

The sound of our hearts

The sound of our hearts

The sound of our hearts

Bettervision 2012: Russia

Unline most party songs in Eurovision, Russia's contribution is an invitation to a communal dance. The message being, let us ALL be happy. Ordinarily, party songs is not what I wanted to include in Bettervision, but I needed to make an exception here, as even Russia has made a very unexpected exception to their own contribution: The lyrics are not in Russian, but in the Udmurt language. This makes me very happy, and I would love to party with these Udmurt grannies!

I am spreading a tablecloth carefully, waiting for my sons

Let the dough rise and warm our hearts

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and boom, boom

The house is full of my dear children, who have just returned

The house is full of my dear children, who have just returned

I am going to put on a green dress and a red shawl

I am going to put on a green dress and start dancing

We wanna boom boom boom, we wanna party party

We wanna boom boom boom for everybody

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and boom, boom

The cat is happy, the dog is happy

The cat is happy, the dog is happy

We are in a wonderful mood and very happy

We are in a wonderful mood, oh joy

We wanna boom boom boom, we wanna party party

We wanna boom boom boom for everybody

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and… boom, boom

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and

Party for everybody, dance

Come on and dance

Come on and dance

Come on and boom, boom, boom, boom

Bettervision 2012: Switzerland

Allowing yourself to express yourself even if it is against the current social norm is one of the freedoms of self empowerment. Without such liberty, you have individual suppression, which in turn may cause individual psychological and physical illnesses. En masse, we get epidemics, and we hear psychologists today say that we're currently experiencing an epidemic of psychological illnesses. The message of self empowerment is therefore good both for the individual and the world at large. I therefore nominate Switzerland's contibution to Bettervision 2012.



“Unbreakable” Lyrics:

You can do everything you want

It doesn’t matter how hard it is

You can do it, you can do it

So please don’t mind, close your eyes

Take a trip outside your head

You can give me more

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Unbreakable, unbreakable

Unbreakable, unbreakable

Don’t stop rock, rock this place

Don’t stop tryin’, try your best

Don’t stop, don’t stop movin’

Today is all allowed, a good vibe is in the crowd

You can do it, you can do it, you can do it

Unbreakable, unbreakable

You can give me more

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

So please don’t mind, close your eyes

Take a trip outside your head

Unbreakable, unbreakable

Unbreakable, unbreakable

You can give me more

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

(You can give me more)

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

(Unbreakable) Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Swim against the stream

Following your wildest dream, your wildest dream

Unbreakable

Bettervision 2012: Montenegro

I am looking up songs competing in the first round of Eurovision. Starting with the first entry, Montenegro. This song is a definite nominee for Bettervision 2012, propagating tolerance and easy living through catchy lyrics, though the start of the entry is "slightly scary". Lyrics and video below, you be the judge.



Eurosceptic, analphabetic
Try not to be hermetic

Euro Neuro don't be sceptic
Hermetic, pathetic, analphabetic
Forget all cosmetic, you need new poetic
Esthetic, ecletic, dialectic

Euro neuro, don't be dogmatic bureaucratic
You need to become pragmatic
To stop change climatic automatic
Need contribution from the institution
To find solution for pollution
To save the children of the evolution

Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Monetary break dance
Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Give me chance to refinance

(Blaue grotte ausflug do Zanjica, heute habe hobotnica)

Euro Neuro I don't like snobism
Nationalism, puritanism
I am different organism
My heroism is pacifism, altruism
I enjoy bicyclism
Liberalism, tourism, nudism, optimism
It is good for rheumatism

Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Monetary break dance
Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Give me chance to refinance

Euro neuro, I got no ambition
For high position in competition
With air condition
Different mission, different school
I got only one rule
Always stay cool
Like a swimming pool

Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Monetary break dance
Euro Neuro, Euro Neuro
Give me chance to refinance

Project: Bettervision

As we are drawing closer to Eurovision 2012, I must repeat what I said after ESC 2011: If we look at the impact a song may have as soft power, then we, the voters, should vote for the song that helps propagate thoughts and actions for a better world. Let's make Eurovision a Bettervision!