Re: Greece | WV24 - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Den Fevgo
And about Mihalis, i prefer his first era (my favorite albums of him is "mono sta oneira" and "krifo fili"), cause now i think that his recent songs have become less creative
EDIT For me "ekdromi" is the best song that Mihalis has ever created! so touching and powerful
Totally agree, IMO his first era songs are more artistic and mostly have deeper lyrics, but they are less "safe" choices for a contest because they are not something instantly catchy and they are a bit boring for someone who doesn't understand the lyrics tbh. "Ekdromi" is a great song, and other songs I like from his first era (until 2004) are "Mi M' onireftis", "To Soma Pou Zitas", "Kapnos", "To S' agapo", "Hano ton elegho", "Ise edo", "To Party" (btw do you know if "To Party" is a cover of an English song or something like this? Because I saw that the music isn't composed by him but instead there's a foreign name mentioned as a composer). His 2004 album "Akatallili Skini" is one of my top favorite albums in general, I listened to it countless times.
Also, "Pio Poly" might be my favorite song of him, but I don't remember exactly when it was released. I think 2005
My least favorite albums of him is "Fili ki Ehthri" that was released in late 2006 and "7" from 2009, I find songs from "Fili ki Ehthri" album like "Heria Psila", "Ola I Tipota" and "Apo Party Se Party" extremely cheap in comparison to other songs of him and totally overrated. I remember that "Heria Psila" was the most overplayed song in Greece in 2007 along with Rihanna's "Umbrella" (I remember the airplay charts that were presented by Mad TV in the end of that year that these two songs were in top 2
). And about "7", again there are some songs that are way too cheap for his standards, like "Emis oi dyo san ena", "Ola tha pane kala", "I Agapi Pou Meni (Polykatikia)" and "Mi Me Kitas".
I don't like his English-language album "Mihalis" that was released in 2010 either, I really find his voice in English songs strange like it lacks warmth and his accent is not the best either.
His 2010 album "To Kalytero Psema" was nice, but most of the songs from that album kinda grew off me. His 2011 album was much better than his previous recent works, but it contains probably the worst song he ever sang ("Axizo" SOOC damn you Kontopoulos, you made Michalis sing his worst song ever). It has some great songs like "Plai Plai" and "Vrohi ton Asterion (duet with Andriana Babali)", IMO two of his best songs ever
About his latest album, I honestly don't remember any songs from it except of "Kati Dynato" which is IMO the best of the album and one of his best songs ever, "I agapi dynamoni" (I don't really like this song, but it was a hit so I got familiar with it) and also "Pios ime ego (Non è l'inferno)" because I was already familiar with Emma's original version of the song, and "Se ena tiho (duet with Midenistis)" because it's different from his other songs since it has a rapper with him and it was also a hit (I flopped in FSC with it btw, because "the rap part kills the song" as people said
1).