Comments on: Eurovision 2011 Portugal: Homens da Luta – Luta é Alegria

By: Andrew Walton

Andrew Walton — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:14:32 +0000

I just received a copy of this CD, which I ordered from Portugal.

The best song in Eurovision – joyful, lively and political – capturing the spirit of the 1976 Carnation revolution which overthrew the hated Estado Novo. We need a people’s movement across Europe in order to build a better society for ourselves. All that capitalism offers is drudgery and debt – great to hear such a celebration of true, socialist ideals.

By: denis

denis — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:54:32 +0000

Good messages (according with the crisis moment we are) ” a luta é alegria”and the importance of the “cravos” I like the title, it s much deeper than the other songs we listened in the final!
I liked, bcs the good lesson the taught us!
Sorry for my english

By: LINA

LINA — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:05:32 +0000

A LUTA CONTINUA! A LUTA CONTINUA!
Well, yes it’s all our fault friend. We voted for ’em for being our politicians. So, WE blame because we didn’t pay attention to what they’re doing all these fucking years. Maybe some of us knew about all that but we didn’t react, so it’s the same. THEY STEAL OUR MONEY AND WE MUST REACT NOW! Society’s becoming increasingly severe..So we are who’ll make the change! I love that song btw <3

By: Jorge Furtado

Jorge Furtado — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:36:20 +0000

Eu gostei mesmo desta cancao, mas foi pena que caiu na primeira ronda das meias finais de qualificacao. Espero que Suecia ganham a Festival de Eurovisao este ano. VIVA SUECAS. GOSTO DE ERIC SAADE.

By: pituca

pituca — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:00:13 +0000

NAGG, I am from Greece, and by reading your comment I just realised that in both our countries we get to experience and hear the same things; heavy taxes, expensive fuel, depending on Germany, not producing enough, having rejected low-paid jobs, having organised sports events that we still repay (Euro2004 for you, Olympic Games for us) and all this stuff. It’s funny how greek people have the same problems that portuguese people have, and how we are both being accused for being lazy and not productive – and I thought it was just US! (we Greeks are still the biggest PIGS around, so don’t worry :oP )
But well, have you ever thought that economy is a matter of history and size of a country?
And even if we agree that it’s all our fault, you can’t say we should work for low salaries like the immigrants, because, you know, there are (most correctly;were) laws that protect(ed) workers’s salaries, and those laws couldn’t be applied on illegal immigrants – that’s the reason why native workers wouldn’t and shouldn’t take the immigrants’ jobs, and not because they wouldn’t condescend to do so. (for that matter, neither the immigrants should be taken advantage of, obviously)
It’s good to accept our weaknesses, but there’s a limit to what we admit as our fault. We shouldn’t believe all the propaganda we are fed with.
Europe has a huge history of Lutas, of struggling for human rights. I think that having a descent work and salary is a human right that no economic crisis should put into question and harm. If in 1789 the european spirit fought against monarchy and feudalism, today we should fight against the situation we all know.
And let’s not be so naive; all european peoples, even the german people, are now called upon to make sacrifices, no matter how much they’ve worked till now, and no matter the strength of their countries’ economy. This reality should make us think on whose fault all this is.

By: pituca

pituca — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:01:59 +0000

I heard these guys represent social classes and movements from 1974 portuguese carnation revolution. it was nice to have a political song at eurovision contest for a change, pity it didn’t make it yesterday