But making such patriotic (IMO even nationalistic) lyrics rubs me the wrong way and you know a lot of people (and you know I'm not referring to die hard fans but the casual viewers) will just roll their eyes especially lyrics like this coming from Belarus.
I don't care about silly entries like Ireland, Moldova etc but if a country is pushing a certain agenda, I just cannot approve of that.
I've got no problems with patriotism, doesn't turn me off what so ever (although I do have a problem with nazism and stuff like that, but that's another issue).
I think the fact that this song comes from Belarus is what puts people off and not the lyrics itself, which I on one hand understand considering the regime there, on the other hand I think people's prejudices are speaking. Just as much as this song may be political, is the interpretation non-Belarussians put in this song aswell, it really goes both ways.
Well, I know the purpose of this song, but I don't take it too serious, I find it quite amusing (can't say the same for Moldova and Ireland though).
And another aspect of it is the retro-Soviet sound of the song, which makes it kind of fun and stand out.
People had no problem with the revolution song in Slovenian selection, which was also communist-nostalgia, but since it's Belarus then we have to be serious and point fingers.
I think people should not put too much thought into it really, we all know anyways so let's just have "fun with it"
Its very strong, 12 Points for Belarus, and now United Kingdom 10 Points
