What do I think of this?

In an official statement, the Turkish government have admitted that they only have two forms of basic song in their country. One is a sultry young maiden draped in light carpet and tassles shouting a huh huh huh type refrain. The other is a four piece male pop outfit of local superstardom, who bang away at rock instrumentation whilst moodily lit in crimsons.
2010 sees us at option 2. They're called MaNga, "We Could Be The Same". Who said there is no irony in Europe.
It's got a catchy enough pop riff, will see them safely in the top ten, but surely the nation will rise up and demand something a bit different soon. In the meantime, MaNga are the band who put the Man in Aga, a modern male group asking us to fall in love with strangers, sleep with them, and then move on. I can't publicly condone that sort of behaviour, whilst privately of course I'm thinking "good work".
Turkey always excel at the Eurosong, no matter how little difference they are. This is one of their better turns, and I predict a podium place. I admittedly know as little about guitar based bands as Tim Westwood knows about Brahms, but I still consider this to have a live chance.
KPI's - Gas Masks, Metallic Power Ranger with angle grinder, Epilepsy concern

Biography

maNga will represent Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 where they will perform the infectious We Could Be The Same.
maNga's story began when Yagmur Sarigül "Yamyam" (Guitar) separated his ways with the cover band he played with at local bars. His plan for his new band was to combine rock music and electronic music bringing hard guitar riffs and rap vocals together. maNga began to form when Özgür Can Öney (Drums), Efe Yilmaz (Turntable),Ferman Akgül (Vocals) and Cem Bahtiyar (Bass Guitar) joined the new band. The band began playing "nu metal" and "hard rock" songs. As a result the band was named maNga after the traditional Japanese cartoon art, bringing five different characters, five different music styles and five different world views together.
From 2001 onwards, the band released several highly successful albums which all became top sellers in their native country of Turkey.
maNga won the Best European Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009. That was not the only award the band won in 2009 though, maNga has taken numerous other awards as well, including for the best video, the best band, the best song, the best album and the best performance.

We could be the same

You could be the one in my dreams
You could be much more than you seem
Anything I've wanted in life
Do you understand what I mean?
I can see that this could be fate
I can love you more than they hate
Doesn't matter who they will blame
We can beat them at their own game

I can see it in your eyes
It doesn't come as a surprise
I've seen you dancing like a star
No matter how different we are

For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say

And I feel I'm turning the page
And I feel the world is a stage
I don't think that drama will stop
I don't think they'll give up the rage
But I know the world could be great
I can love you more than they hate
Doesn't matter who they will blame
We can beat them at their own game

I can see it in your eyes
It doesn't count as a surprise
I see you dancing like a star
No matter how different we are

For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say

For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say

No matter what they say
No matter what they say
We could be the same
No matter what they say
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Is it the moustachioed one from maNga who remains mute and collected
Or is it The Butcher from Gangs of New York who shouts and massacres his way through his film