, Hungary have done better than that, NOX remains their best entry (although the live vocals were weak unfortunately). ... and as for the 'Nordic taste' VikingTiger, it's obvious that Finland has the better taste... 
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I hated "Unsubstantial Blues" and hope to never get an entry like that again
I understand that's your taste but it's really surprising that you think that this song doesn't have quality, and that you rate something like NOX above it. She kind of oversang it in the final, but it was still damn good!
, but as a song it was more or less what I want to hear in ESC... not some American blues or ballads that has zero connection to the country it represents...
Well, that's the beauty of music right? Taste is subjective and personal and one person's favorite can be another person's horror
There's no doubt about NOX being better for me, Magdi's entry has very little to do with Hungary while NOX was ethno-pop in Hungarian which imo on paper is always preferable in a contest where entries ought to represent their countries.
BUT, a song need to be good for me to like, I'm not liking anything just because it's in native language or ethno-inspired over something that is not, but in this case NOX had by far the better entry... imo it's the best Hungarian entry to date by miles, but I do admit that it was performed vocally weak (although the performance itself was pretty good).
Had Katya Tompos been going to Hungary in 2009 though, that would have been my favorite Hungarian entry to date (if it stayed in its original version that is), and that song is a complete different genre than NOX, and way closer to Magdi's genre... so it's not a genre problem for me.
I hope for a great Hungarian entry in 2013. In 2012 I was disappointed with their choice, they had better options in their selection. Renata Tolvai was my favorite, but that was also a case of bad live vocals... more so than in the NOX case
Why did she withdraw?
I agree with youy that ethno songs is a great contribution to the ESC, but if I like an american blues ballas, even if not ethno at all, I'll support it over the ethno song I dont like.
With that said, it's obious that this subjectivity is the beauty of music, and ESC, dont get me wrong
I did like NOX, but it doesn't come close to Unsubstantial Blues in my opinion
I agree that Katya Tampos entry was indeed great. Very great actually, could have even finished int he top , and it would certainly do better than that horrible generic cheesy song Hungary sent in 2009, whose name I dont even remember.
And yes, I hope for a great Hungarian entry in 2013, they deserve it, as MTV seems to be caring a lot with the ESC later, and it would show that central-european countries can do well.
Wow, I'm listening to Katya Tampos song for the first time, that is really great! It's very close to Magdi Rusza's style, even Carolina Af Ugglas whom I love!
Let's hope something like that can come from Hungary, or another coutnry for that matter this year
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Well, don't get me wrong either, I'm not supporting a bad song from a genre I prefer/like in ESC over a better song from a genre I'm not that big of a fan of, it all comes down to the best song for me aswell, just to make that clear
Well, the Hungarian selection 2009 was kinda messy:
They first internally selected some AWFUL Disney-pop song which turned out to be the same song as the Big Brother Sweden 2004 theme song
...so they had to pick another entry... so they choose Katya's entry (also internally) as their second choice, but then she declined because of her schedule. Zoli's 'Dance with me' became their third and final internal choice, which was an English version of his single 'Tánclépés'.
I do agree though that considering that they withdrew for 7 years, and then did some short withdrawals even after their comeback in 2005, with 'A Dal' it seems atleast that they are finally putting some effort, so I do have hopes for Hungary although I wasn't convinced last year at all.
But you see what I meant with Katya? That song is not that far away genre-wise from Magdi's entry (and yeah I totally agree it has a Caroline af Ugglas vibe aswell), but I still liked that one while I didn't like Magdi's at all.. so it all comes down to the certain song and not genre.
It really is a shame that Katya withdrawn.
Yeah, yeah I get you don't worry. Honestly, how did they end up with the theme song of Big Brother Sweden? That's just ridiculous
On another note, I just noticed how many letters "I eat" when I type very fast without checking what I just wrote. I'm very sorry for that
It's just that people tend to think I only care about songs being in native language and preferably ethno for me to like them, but that's not really the case. As I wrote on the other page it would have been one of my fav ESC entries ever and my fav from ESC 2009.Oh I so agree with you
What a song and what a voice! She withdrew cause she is firstly an actress and she played in numerous theatres. :? Actually this style of music is (or was in the 70s) popular in Hungary; Magdi herself confirmed that her inspiration for writing "Aprócska blues" was this Hungarian song:Well, that's the beauty of music right? Taste is subjective and personal and one person's favorite can be another person's horror
There's no doubt about NOX being better for me, Magdi's entry has very little to do with Hungary while NOX was ethno-pop in Hungarian which imo on paper is always preferable in a contest where entries ought to represent their countries.
BUT, a song need to be good for me to like, I'm not liking anything just because it's in native language or ethno-inspired over something that is not, but in this case NOX had by far the better entry... imo it's the best Hungarian entry to date by miles, but I do admit that it was performed vocally weak (although the performance itself was pretty good).
Had Katya Tompos been going to Hungary in 2009 though, that would have been my favorite Hungarian entry to date (if it stayed in its original version that is), and that song is a complete different genre than NOX, and way closer to Magdi's genre... so it's not a genre problem for me.
I hope for a great Hungarian entry in 2013. In 2012 I was disappointed with their choice, they had better options in their selection. Renata Tolvai was my favorite, but that was also a case of bad live vocals... more so than in the NOX case
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