France FRANCE 2020 - Tom Leeb - The Best in Me

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[Alaska49]

in a way it's funny that, since i started following eurovision in 2012, this is by far the most universally despised song reveal i have ever witnessed. not even electro velvet or when d'mol won their NF last year were this bad. this has set a new low bar. it's morbidly impressive. not even tom's looks are saving him from (as) unanimous (as possible) roasting.

 

[DaFlo]

Sounds like a reject from Eesti Laul

2 pts

 

[Nemo89]

I think people are exagerating because :
- it's France and y'all were expecting a french touch as usual.
- the song was composed by Sweden.
- Frenglish.
- DE isn't here anymore.
- french delegation overhyped it a lot.

But I think it's not that bad. It has a lot of potential for a phenomenal staging (sadly french can't do breathtaking staging). I'm happy to see that some people actually enjoy it. I'm not saying this will win (spoiler : it won't) or even be in the top 5, you are all free to have an opinion on the song, but I think it has much more potential than a lot of you could think (but that's just my opinion).

For me, your song is not bad and has potential. Personal opinion, I think something is missing to make this song strong. However, it's a catchy song, much better than many other songs I've listened to so far. I wait for Round 3 to place it deservedly in the ranking. Likely that by listening to "The Best In Me" again I will reevaluate it.

 

[Marvelous]

The worst part of this mess is not the song, it's the fact the delegation thinks this is the best thing they have ever heard. They relly do believe a top-3 result is within reach. What are they on to be so delusionnal ?

 

[Mimmon]

Sounds like a reject from Eesti Laul

2 pts

More sounds like melfest reject...

 

[Marvelous]

More sounds like melfest reject...

Most likely is actually.

 

[theditz83]

Meh. That is all. The song is schmaltzy ballad-by-numbers, but for me what makes it even harder to stomach is that almost whispery tone that the vocals have. It's like he was forced to record this at 2am while his battleaxe neighbours slept in the flat above and had to try and make the tone as hushed as possible to prevent himself from being the talk of the next neighbourhood watch residents meeting.

2 is the most I could give this, and that's purely for his face

 

[tuorem]

And you don't even see the problem with that ?

I like @FRFanESC 's optimism, but comparing it to "Aimer" just proves that "The Best In Me" is cheesy and is at least 20 years late.

And yet, "Aimer" has a better melody.

 

[FRFanESC]

And you don't even see the problem with that ?

Did you read my post in its whole ?

 

[LontraCanadensis]

So is the HoD a pious, white, middle-age housewife?Cause this song falls within the realm of Christian pop and Josh Grobin that makes those ladies over here in America cream and say, "well that's a nice man." At first I was gonna give it a 5 cause at least it didn't rob any of my faves, but the more I thought about it (while slowly completely forgetting ths song), everything about it is just wrong. The Swedish songwriters (and here I thought Laurell Baker was the only sabotaging other countries), the cheesy lyrics, the disjointed instrumentation, Franglish that's even more offensive than Roi's...France really did that. I'll give it 3 points, congrats on making Bilal look like Duncan ~

 

[Marvelous]

Did you read my post in its whole ?

I did and I stand by my remark.

 

[FRFanESC]

I like @FRFanESC 's optimism, but comparing it to "Aimer" just proves that "The Best In Me" is cheesy and is at least 20 years late.

And yet, "Aimer" has a better melody.

Yes, "The best in me" is dated, but I do think it will do better than 26th as lots of you seems to enjoy to say it (don't say "so 25th or 24th, lol").

 

[Marvelous]

Yes, "The best in me" is dated, but I do think it will do better than 26th as lots of you seems to enjoy to say it (don't say "so 25th or 24th, lol").

23th then. Give or take.

 

[Mainshow]

I'm really sorry for dragging the French entry so much and being so harsh because (in my honest opinion, it isn't the worst entry ever or even this year so far) but seriously, such vanilla entries lacking everything I could think of and denying any artistry and identity make me so angry.
I think I need to bonk Tom or Khayat tonight to cool me down.

 

[FRFanESC]

I did and I stand by my remark.

Then you should buy glasses :

Sorry for the multiple posts but somehow it sounds very french, it reminds me of a song that I just remembered, "Aimer" from "Roméo et Juilette", a musical comedy played in the early 2000s :

Aimer - Romeo et Juliette

Cecilia Cara et Damien Sargue

www.youtube.com

And it was very VERY popular in France, especially that song. So it reminds me of a song that is almost 20 years aged, lol.

 

[John1]

To be honest, I'm so angry with our HoD, which seems not to care at all about our opinion(s) nor the whole trend of music in Europe. Like, Steven Clerima did at least a great job by taking them into account.

I've never been as trashy with our country as before (wasn't even that mad seeing France choosing Lisa Angell ), but I just want us to finish as low as possible with the least amount of points ever, so that we could have our HoD finally understand, that a contest isn't about sending songs in English, which will appeal to a broader audience.

Portugal sent a Portuguese song in 2017, and guess what? They won.
Ukraine sent a Tatar/English song in 2016, and guess what? They won.

 

[FRFanESC]

To be honest, I'm so angry with our HoD, which seems not to care at all about our opinion(s) nor the whole trend of music in Europe. Like, Steven Clerima did at least a great job by taking them into account.

I've never been as trashy with our country as before (wasn't even that mad seeing France choosing Lisa Angell ), but I just want us to finish as low as possible with the least amount of points ever, so that we could have our HoD finally understand, that a contest isn't about sending songs in English, which will appeal to a broader audience.

Portugal sent a Portuguese song in 2017, and guess what? They won.
Ukraine sent a Tatar/English song in 2016, and guess what? They won.

It makes me so sad for Tom to see all your reactions, he deserved a better song with his amazing voice, he is going to be humiliated (and France too in the same time). I just hope we'll finally have something modern next year. We're better at the JESC than at the regular contest, LOL. We need a "Bim Bam Toi"-like for 2021, like THE bop we've been waiting for.

édit : By the way I can't understand why they didn't go for a bop after our results at the JESC, it's obvious that we needed that to slay the stage in may.

 

[Marvelous]

Then you should buy glasses :

Yes, it was popular... 20 YEARS AGO. You're stating the problem and you don't even seem to understand it.
The music industry has changed over the past two decades. I don't think 'Aimer' would have been a hit if it was released today. People are over vanilla songs.
Why should it work at Eurovision ?

 

[FRFanESC]

Yes, it was popular... 20 YEARS AGO. You're stating the problem and you don't even seem to understand it.
The music industry has changed over the past two decades. I don't think 'Aimer' would have been a hit if it was released today. People are over vanilla songs.
Why should it work at Eurovision ?

I see the problem since I mentioned it : it reminds me of a song released almost 20 years ago. I never said I was ok with his song, I just think it's not as awful as you all say, I also think it won't be bottom 5 (at least I hope for him).

 

[John1]

I just hope we'll finally have something modern next year.

édit : By the way I can't understand why they didn't go for a bop after our results at the JESC, it's obvious that we needed that to slay the stage in may.

Because our f*cking old b*tch from Sweden HoD replaced Steven Clerima and that's an utter shame. Either DE is back next year or we need to select a better entry than this awful one.

I won't even support my entry this year, Tom doesn't deserve it, as he probably got pushed by his father (after all, he was a big star in France back then) and our silly HoD doesn't deserve it either.

Even Twin Twin was better and I don't care about what y'all are going to say.