The performance was relatively subdued, however Max performed one chorus in Turkish, which was greeted with considerable applause by the crowd – the contest being held that year in Istanbul. Max appeared dressed casually in a black jumper and trousers. The song was a jazz number, which UK commentator Terry Wogan likened to the music of the recent jazz phenomenon, Jamie Cullum (who would write an entry for Germany 8 years later). He goes on to tell her about how he felt the first time he saw her and how much he wants to prove his love.

The song is a ballad, with Max singing about his desire for his lover and telling her that he 'can't wait until tonight / for being with '. It also was Germany's last Top 10 place until its victory in 2010. Until the 2009 contest, it was the last top 10 finish for a 'Big Four' country. At the close of voting, it had received 93 points, placing 8th in a field of 24. Thus, it was performed eighth on the night, following the Netherlands' Re-union with ' Without You' and preceding Albania's Anjeza Shahini with ' The Image of You'. The song was written and composed by Stefan Raab, who previously had written both Guildo Horn's 1998 entry ' Guildo hat euch lieb!' and his own ' Wadde hadde dudde da?' in 2000.ĭespite Germany having finished 11th at the 2003 contest and thus missing the automatic qualification that a top-ten berth would bring, the song was pre-qualified for the final as Germany (along with France, Spain and the United Kingdom) was part of the ' Big Four' and guaranteed a final placing at any contest. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.' Can't Wait Until Tonight' was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English and Turkish by Maximilian Mutzke. Just After Sunset-call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. or keep the world from falling victim to it. In one of the longer stories here, 'N.,' which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In 'Ayana,' a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. Set on a remote key in Florida, ' The Gingerbread Girl' is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable-and resourceful-as Audrey Hepburn's character in Wait Until Dark. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating-and then terrifying-journey. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. The stories in this collection have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, Esquire, and other publications. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of Just After Sunset.

As guest editor of the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. STEPHEN KING-who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times best-sellers, and many unforgettable movies-delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything's Eventual six years ago.

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