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escYOUnited

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My heart was born a radical
Electric and dynamical
I never listened to the remedies
With no forevers, no eternities
Holding on beyond the night
For a shadow that feels right
Holding on beyond the night to you

If the dreams we made are made of fire
I would give a life just to live the dream again
If our hearts are hanging on a wire
Let's forget the world below and dance until the end

Let's dance
Our last dance
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh
Oh-woah-woah-ooh
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh-ooh

My heart was born in neon lights
Floating in space like satellites
Looking for signs of life tonight
As we collide in black and white
Holdin' on beyond the night
For a shadow that feels right
Holdin' on beyond the night for you

If the dreams we made are made of fire
I would give a life just to live the dream again

Let's dance
Oh, last dance
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-ooh
Oh-woah-woah-ooh
This ain't our last dance

Take a deeper breath before we touch
Running out of time, let's use it up
And hold me before the morning comes

Let's dance
Oh-oh
A rockin' romance
This ain't our last dance
Let's dance​
 
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BorisBubbles

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The rhythm is very 80s, yeah. The instrumentation is your typical kontopoulos synthesizer noise though lol xheart
 

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Besides the childish video, that's quite pleasant. I think it is not a problem of budget, but of bad ideas, tbh. I hope for a good staging, that could elevate it. 8 from me, definitely one of the strongest contenders this year.
 

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It's good, I liked it more at the snippet (seems the best part) I'm not wowed now but it depends on live I guess. 7 points. Upper-mid.

Stefania's team really have to work on these m/vs for her future career XD But imo this video is still 1 million times better than last years.
 

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Okay, this is what I was anticipating the most because I loved Supergirl. (I know some people found it underwhelming).

First impressions:

Not massively impressed on first listen. Preferred the ethnic beat in Supergirl.

Stefania is so beautiful. If I wasn't gay she'd be my type of girl. So stunning.

The music video is really fun and camp, I think it's meant to be corny like 1980's films and videos were, such as Never Ending Story.

Overall it could be a massive bop. Time will tell.

Also, my bf is Greek so I'm happy to have at least some internal connection to a country that might not finish last again, like the UK, even though Greece haven't been the best at ESC for a long time now.

8 points, for now :)
 

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result wise yes they aren't important. but for me personally they play a big role, they also may make me like a song more than I would otherwise and sometimes destroy a song which I would've otherwise like (San Marino this year for example)

Don't get me wrong, I like music videos as a form of "art-form" and complement to a song and a good video (and also fitting video for a particular song) can surely elevate it, but in the end of the day I won't like a song more or less based on a video.

Also, in the Eurovision context, many broadcasters and acts don't even seem to have proper budgets for videos, some countries don't even release proper music videos at all, so since it's not a video competition, I think giving points based on how the video looked like really makes little sense.
 

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I have to process the song and maybe will take a rest first because that music video is an ugly beast on its own.

On first impression it sounds like a great 80s trash dance workout disco. I cannot hold it, here it is: "Oh Dua Lipa released a track called Physical and it's a hit, maybe we could make something like that". It still sounds Kontopoulos-y, though, he got a distinctive way of putting those arrangements.
 

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Hmmm.....after my initial excitement at the snippet, I must say I’m actually rather disappointed with the full version.
I mean it just kinds of chugs along at the same pace right through and the verses seem to go on forever. It could really benefit from a differing bridge section or an injection of tempo to mix things up.
It’s also not as 80s as I was hoping for. Kind of sounds like they didn’t want to fully commit unlike Raylee who just went balls out with it.
Perhaps it will grow but it went from what I expected to be an immediate top 10 in my rankings to middle of the pack.
 

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I preferred last year's song. It was like my 2nd favourite song last year, it was more ethnical and risky, I also liked the message more :). However, I like this year's song also, but it won't be so high for me. It's safer and more international, which also makes it more ordinary. So in a way these songs are quite different, it's actually hard to compare. But I like the music videos for both songs, although I prefer Supergirl's video. Still, Last Dance's video is so cool, definitely elevated the song for me!!! Also funny thing - the song/some parts kinda remind me of "Autumn Leaves" FYROM 2015. And lyrically I hear sometimes "let's dance.... always dance". :D
 

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Generic, nth special, it is not horrible, but it doesn't grab me at all..those "oh, oh ohs" in the chorus are so not for me, and those mediocre verses very ESC friendly...middle of the road, a lot of prerecorded vocals will need, and that ending is really not good..meeeh..

I will give :5: in the poll...
 

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The first verses before the chorus have such an epic vocal music vibe, a bit similar in style with Two Steps From Hell but then it explodes into a 80s dance song and...I'm here for it? It's a fun song and I like the combination overall. I also don't see a problem with the music video, not sure what people expected after the music video of Supergirl tbh. I think it fits well with this kind of music.

I can't believe I like 2/2 "dream" team songs, what is happening.

:8: xdance
 
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hijirio

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I like the buildup in the verses, but the chorus is a letdown.
Also her voice sounds so.... fabricated?
Good luck singing that live. Ohhhhhh wait. I forgot this year is lip sync vision xheat xheat

:7: from me, but might upgrade to :8: if it grows until may.
 

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I like the buildup in the verses, but the chorus is a letdown.
Also her voice sounds so.... fabricated?
Good luck singing that live. Ohhhhhh wait. I forgot this year is lip sync vision xheat xheat

:7: from me, but might upgrade to :8: if it grows until may.
OMG IKRRR it sounds soo plastic (watch us hard-stan now)
 

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First off, I will say that I was ready to give a pretty superb score after the snippet and am now not going to do that, so compared to snippet, pretty huge letdown, and maybe that's coloring my thoughts.

It's nice enough. It's well-crafted and good background music. But it's a bit...indistinct? Less 80s and more mid-2000s DCOM theme. I'll give it a low :7: for now.
 

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Ok. That snippet really raised expectations further than it should have done. I don't think it's better than Super Girl after all tbh. Going by signature it's obvious I was a fan of that. It had some really great ethno elements to the song for 1. They both have mediocre music videos but that is irelevent considering we wont be watching them in May... Greece are in danger imo given the calibre of the pop hits in the first half of semi 2. I'll give it an :8: as it's still 1 of the better songs this year for sure and I still enjoy it.
 
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