In my opinion this year the wrong songs got a revamp. Let me explain: usually, in other years, those songs that kinda sound unfinished get a revamp, and while some fail, some actually sound like a cohesive product afterwards. This year, I feel like a lot of songs got a revamp that already sounded complete (I am not saying they sounded perfect or anything), while those that feel like a demo to me remain unchanged.
Examples:
Ireland and Albania are both nowhere near my Top 10 (with or without revamps), but both sounded cohesive to me before revamp, they were just not something I gravitate towards.
Meanwhile Greece could have used a revamp when it gets chaotic in the second half of the song, and cleaning that up in a revamp could have made me like it much more. Another example would be Malta because I love what’s already there but the production really doesn’t sound very full and it’s based heavily on repetition of one melody line, and adding e.g. harmonies or counter-melodies towards the end could make me keep my interest until the very end.
Disclaimer: by songs sounding incohesive or incomplete etc. I don’t mean the songs that feel like they’re taylored out of several songs like Armenia, Israel, Finland etc., they can still feel like a finished song when it becomes apparent that they did it on purpose as a stylistic choice - doesn’t mean I like that choice (although I do like it in some songs), but I can accept it.
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