Albania ALBANIA 2018 - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

[hawadharma]

Let me make a confession. I never listen to this song from start to finish.
Something just holds me back and just tell me that I should make better use of my time by listening to other songs.

 

[Sean]

05. ALBANIA - Eugent Bushpepa - Mall

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[mauve]

Let me make a confession. I never listen to this song from start to finish.
Something just holds me back and just tell me that I should make better use of my time by listening to other songs.

What a shame! I love this song. But I actually always listen a song from start to finish - I even listen to the songs I don't like a few times to give them a chance. Sometimes I DO change my mind. For the better or for worse.

 

[Realest]

Let me make a confession. I never listen to this song from start to finish.
Something just holds me back and just tell me that I should make better use of my time by listening to other songs.

This. Since Decembre Ive never listened to this Song again, only in YT-Toplists.

 

[Mrm]

I'm so glad Albania didn't make bad revamp as they usually do..this stays as my number 6!

 

[Citelis]

I hope that they will be in the final!

 

[ES2011]

Ok, thanks for keeping it in Albanian, but WHAT THE HELL Eugent?

You stripped the song from all likable elements it had going for it, to turn it into yet another boring ballad.
Where are the high notes? the guitars? The backing vocals? the power? and most of all the Emotion???!!!!!

I still like this entry and will continue to support it because so little people already do, but Albania has really shot itself in the foot again with these revamps.

Just came back here to say that maybe, just MAYBE, I overreacted
After re-listening the revamp a couple of time, it still strikes a cord with me, but it needs time to get used to, time the song just does not have at the Eurovision stage.
I still prefer the original version, which in my opinion, they could have just chopped to 3 minutes by leaving out a chorus and some minor elements.
Yet, the dressed out version is not as bad as I thought it was at the beginning. I'm still fearing Albania's chances for making the Final though.

 

[JonnyWest]

 

[RainyWoods]

The new version whilst not bad per se, the way it's been chopped I think was a mistake. I wasn't a big fan of the song before but what it had was a good sense of progression. If I was in charge of this I would have done almost a "Suus" structure wise, cutting the second verse down to just that little powerful bit going into the final chorus which could be used as like a bridge instead, with then hopefully enough time spare to allow the ending of the song to linger a little. I don't like how it just stops in this new version. Eugent is a great live performer so maybe some kind of magic can happen when he performs this new version at the contest, but as a studio version, it's quite a step down. I can unfortunately see this struggling a lot in it's semi.

 

[Juliette]

This is absolutely gorgeous.

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

This is absolutely gorgeous.

Yay, another Lithuanian who loves this song! I am not alone!

 

[Romeo]

So Albania have 3 chances of winning Eurovision 2018! Albania, Italy, Cyprus! (I may be wrong, there may be more)

All 3 are great songs!

 

[DiabloRoma]

Live performance from The Voice Kids a couple of days ago.

 

[missbones]

Those vocals... what a king

 

[mauve]

Hell, I am scared for Albania in the semi. Third place? Hope so much they will make it!!!

 

[hijirio]

2nd and 3rd places are very risky. I doubt he'll manage to qualify.

 

[QwaarJet]

Albania 4th in the order last year, 3rd this year. This entry is DOA now.

 

[BernadetteCydonia]

worst possible slot to be drawn in resultswise. only 6 finals. :C

 

[Rowenna]

By the time they get to song number 19, many of the previous ones will be forgotten.

Let's hope the jury like his [Bushpepa's] performance. I think they are less influenced by the running order.

 

[Citelis]

Yes #3 is really bad! After that there are several strong entries and people won't remember this one!