ronny1988
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Boggie and the Makemakes met in Budapest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P56-Ncqnkio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mLKspvv9U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=entQ0ghGT8c
I like her girl-next-door look & style.
When playing the first semifinal songs in order, and loud, this one stood out! For the first time I had to restart it as the message in the lyrics.
All she needs to do is keep the NF performance and with the right camerawork it's a dead-cert qualifier.
It did take me about 200 listens(?!) to feel like this. Will Europe need only one? I wonder.
Hated this song when it was first selected. The lyrics were cheesy, melody was flat, nothing much happened, I even found fault with the singer's upper lip. Not such a minor issue, if that's what you're thinking.
Now ESC 2015 playlist youtube video has been daily working as my life's soundtrack for some time and things towards the Hungarian song have been slowly turning. All the characteristics stated above are still there, of course they are and there they will no doubt remain, yet... somehow there is an earnestness about this which sets it apart from anything else. This song is so very serious and so very infinitely sad as if it knows that the words it says are lost to the world, that noone's gonna listen and wars are goiing to go on for ever regardless anyway. It is not even a song, it is more like a chanted murmured moan, hopeless and defeated.
Watched it today in EiC and was kind of mesmerized. In a way, it is quite extraordinary. I am thinking, should it go straight in into my top 10? Well.
It did take me about 200 listens(?!) to feel like this. Will Europe need only one? I wonder.
I think this is the 3rd worst song of all, only better than Finland and San Marino.
I can barely listen to this till the end…
I don't like peace songs as a concept. I don't get what they're trying to accomplish.
Nobody thinks war is good… This is such a contrieved way to get people’s emotions…
For me it comes across as very insincere and exploitin
I'm pretty sure it’s going to qualify though :roll:
That's pretty far form certain , you nasty, war lover boy!
Of course I see your point and, not a huge fan of "message" songs or songs "for causes" I agree with you. It's just that, sometimes, there are exceptions and somehow I found this song touching despite its theme, not because of it. We are all subject to prejudice, and songs against war or famine in Africa may become good examples of it too.
For instance, I had put the lyrics down as cheesy without (i admit) looking very closely, when in fact they are not. You can actually find no candles, or any kind of shining bright, spreading light, no brothers holding hands and let's be friends, no hope for a better future, no dawn, no sunset or any such blergh.
What you get is a very serious, very honest That you live in peace does not mean it's okay to ignore all the pain, or Give me one good reason to hurt a helpless soul, break a heart, kill a mind. I find it kinda good, actually. And it is true, we're living in peace for far too long, we have no idea what war means except on television. Still. there are plenty of wars nearby
Anyway, sum and gist of all is, I might be switching this with worthless love themed Portugal in my top 10 any time soon, so stay tuned!
Enjoy
I'm just going to post what I said about this video on another forum a week or so ago...Enjoy