nofuxCZ
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Mikolas Josef's new single 
Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC 2019 - Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend
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bstream
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I think this song would sound cool and stand out on the yearly ESC CD and maybe as a cool song to discover on a Spotify random shuffle. But I'm curious as to how they can stage this. The main singer doesn't seem like a dancer and gives off nerdy (maybe awkward, quirky?) vibes. They can work with that, but if he is just standing in one place, I worry for the whole entry here.
Mikolas Josef's new single
I reported you.
Who do you think you are to allow yourself to post a banger in this thread while the NF is over and we obviously won't hear this in the contest?
"Lie To Me" grew on me after Eurovision yet wasn't part of my faves, "Me Gusta" was okay to me... but "Abu Dhabi" is AWESOME! Give me this last year, give me this this year: this would have been in my personal top 10 anyway. That video, choreography and styling too... I usually don't gravitate towards such music genres, but "Abu Dhabi" is that BISH to me. Take me to the Emirates, I want to feel the heat in my white flowered suit. xoxo
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Thank you, next
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if i wanted to see a buffoon absolutely embarass himself over a terrible song with the most pitiful attempt of "having swag", i would have stayed with kpop boybands because at least the boys there are attractive instead of looking like bad luck brian. also the second half of the song is literally just lie to me.
i now like friend of a friend 7% more because it's not mikolas josef.
i now like friend of a friend 7% more because it's not mikolas josef.
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Re: CZECH REPUBLIC 2019
Hahahah someties out of too much curiosity comes smth meeeh like this.
Hahahah someties out of too much curiosity comes smth meeeh like this.
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Albert is definitely not a dancer, that's right. His nerdy awkwardness is a part of his charm and fits very well the "indie/britpop" style of his songs, in my opinion. Whether he will be "just standing in one place" or jumping around the stage or whatever is bit hard to tell because Lake Malawi usually play rather slow, moody, melancholic pieces where no dancing or jumping is needed, while Friend of a Friend is closer in style to Albert's uptempo songs he used to write for his previous (more poprock-oriented) band Charlie Straight. So, to do some research on what he is or isn't able to show on stage, I think one should search more of Charlie Straight than Lake Malawi. But I wouldn't be too worried about this, he used to have quite lively stage presence back then.
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Hey everyone.
How are you guys? So, I decided to register and explain some things (and also thank you guys for the feedback) on our Eurovision entry. I'm the composer and producer for Pam's 'Easy To Belive' and 'Try' as well, actually. I know this is old news by now, but I didn't want to comment on anything before the national contest was a wrap for obvious reasons.
Me and Pam met during the 2018's Eurovision finals (which as you all know, was here in Lisbon) and we just clicked, both musically and personally. I was very impressed with her hunger so I played her some of my beats and said "If you have any idea, just send it to me". I didn't give it much thought, but two days after she went back to Prague, she called me like "when's your studio ready? I'll going to Lisbon to record with you". She just bit the bullet and came here. On those first 10 days or so we spent making some music, we made 'Easy To Believe', 'Try', and another record that's not out yet. ETB was actually a bit different: longer, less "structured".
People say that ETB sounds like everything: the 70's, 80's, 90's and now, the early 00's. To Pam, it's Funk. To some it's EDM. To me, it's just our music. We weren't really thinking about "Oh, we gotta make one Eurovision-sounding record" or anything like that, although I can 100% get why it gave that idea. When we were trying to find Pam's sound, we tried a bunch of things, and I tried to understand what she grew up on, and with my very limited musical ability (I'm much more of a "texture", "vibe" and "color" producer than a decent musician) that's what we came up with. Basically what I'm trying to say is that we didn't put ourselves in a box.
So! Why didn't we submit 'Try' or any of our other records (we made about 10 by the time submission was up)? I have no idea. It just happened very organically. We wanted 'Try' to be out, so in my mind at least, I couldn't even consider that record. But I can tell you that the love that 'Try' got (including some here) got me aware that pushing musical boundaries on ESC is not only important, but desired. There's always a few things that we must conform with, but I'll open my mind up. Thank you all for that.
Pam said she wanted to give it another go next year, and hopefully we'll do it together. I've been working on this industry for a while, but I've never seen someone work so incredibly hard. I respect her hustle and dedication. Thank you guys for all the love and constructive criticism. I usually don't reply to anyone, nor care about comments, but I can see some pretty valid points here.
Please continue to support her. Oh, and if you have any questions, I'll hang around for a few days. One.
How are you guys? So, I decided to register and explain some things (and also thank you guys for the feedback) on our Eurovision entry. I'm the composer and producer for Pam's 'Easy To Belive' and 'Try' as well, actually. I know this is old news by now, but I didn't want to comment on anything before the national contest was a wrap for obvious reasons.
Me and Pam met during the 2018's Eurovision finals (which as you all know, was here in Lisbon) and we just clicked, both musically and personally. I was very impressed with her hunger so I played her some of my beats and said "If you have any idea, just send it to me". I didn't give it much thought, but two days after she went back to Prague, she called me like "when's your studio ready? I'll going to Lisbon to record with you". She just bit the bullet and came here. On those first 10 days or so we spent making some music, we made 'Easy To Believe', 'Try', and another record that's not out yet. ETB was actually a bit different: longer, less "structured".
People say that ETB sounds like everything: the 70's, 80's, 90's and now, the early 00's. To Pam, it's Funk. To some it's EDM. To me, it's just our music. We weren't really thinking about "Oh, we gotta make one Eurovision-sounding record" or anything like that, although I can 100% get why it gave that idea. When we were trying to find Pam's sound, we tried a bunch of things, and I tried to understand what she grew up on, and with my very limited musical ability (I'm much more of a "texture", "vibe" and "color" producer than a decent musician) that's what we came up with. Basically what I'm trying to say is that we didn't put ourselves in a box.
So! Why didn't we submit 'Try' or any of our other records (we made about 10 by the time submission was up)? I have no idea. It just happened very organically. We wanted 'Try' to be out, so in my mind at least, I couldn't even consider that record. But I can tell you that the love that 'Try' got (including some here) got me aware that pushing musical boundaries on ESC is not only important, but desired. There's always a few things that we must conform with, but I'll open my mind up. Thank you all for that.
Pam said she wanted to give it another go next year, and hopefully we'll do it together. I've been working on this industry for a while, but I've never seen someone work so incredibly hard. I respect her hustle and dedication. Thank you guys for all the love and constructive criticism. I usually don't reply to anyone, nor care about comments, but I can see some pretty valid points here.
Please continue to support her. Oh, and if you have any questions, I'll hang around for a few days. One.
[MENTION=16503]soundskillz[/MENTION]
You are a legend! "Easy To Believe" is my favorite song of the whole 2019 NF season
Pam is so good at singing funk and she really can put on a show.
And i love the description "sounds like everything". For me, that's what makes this song so appealingxsing (see what i did there?)
Anyway, I hope you two try again next year.
You are a legend! "Easy To Believe" is my favorite song of the whole 2019 NF season
Pam is so good at singing funk and she really can put on a show.
And i love the description "sounds like everything". For me, that's what makes this song so appealingxsing (see what i did there?)
Anyway, I hope you two try again next year.
nofuxCZ
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Great to hear that Pam's going to give it another shot! She is a great performer and finished 3rd with jury and televote as well. Her live performance was great and she will be able to show that next year, thanks to the televised, live NF. Hope you two can collaborate again
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Given it a 7, not sure of its chances to make the final but while there have been songs like it in NFs before, none of them have ever won, so they're almost in uncharted territory - we shall see!
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My first 12 of the songs picked so far
There's just something so breezy and charming about this that I love, and it feels so much more organic and pleasing than last year's effort which was just a little too slick for my liking.
On a totally superficial level, Albert is just adorable....think he has the Mr Eurovision title in the bag already
There's just something so breezy and charming about this that I love, and it feels so much more organic and pleasing than last year's effort which was just a little too slick for my liking.
On a totally superficial level, Albert is just adorable....think he has the Mr Eurovision title in the bag already
Kairit
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The verses sound promising, but the chorus completely loses me, because it goes in such a different direction that I expect, I don't know why I find it jarring, but just haven't been able to connect with it. I am afraid about the fact that it has such a light and almost nonchalant chorus even if it is catchy, it might not grap peoples' attention enough. I'm hoping the best for the Czech Republic and that they can qualify, but it definitely is no Mikolas Josef, who had such a strong presence and identity and a hit in his hands. I think the quality of this song is similar to Lie To Me, so it's not really a downgrade, yet it manages to sound quite random next to it. Perhaps they can pull out some amazing staging, but I'm not sure how much they can do with it.
94ayd
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Very middle-of-the-road: points and a possible non-qualification based on televoting.
points and a possible non-qualification based on televoting.