escYOUnited
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Georgia GEORGIA 2020 - Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am
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BarefootBoogaloo
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Another 8 from me for Georgia this year, though I fear it may fall flat or just be intimidating to viewers like Oto was last year and risk another NQ 
Uto
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Okay, that's pretty cool. It will have trouble qualifying as the style is pretty out there, but it's basically just a power ballad with an industrial backing track and the vocalist is used to singing heavy rock or metal. As such, it's not great but certainly not bad. This will just sit in the upper ranges of the lower half of my ranking I guess. I like it a lot for the variety it brings.
gingerale
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Screaming and shading the Big 5. I love it.
Mainshow
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The arrangement, his voice and the vocal effects are incredible.
The lyrics are a bit off-putting, though.
Is he really shading?
He could have come up with other examples but since the big countries are indeed big and well-known... Their stereotypes are way more popular and easy to understand.
"You want me to talk like a Macedonian, dress like a Polish, smell like an Armenian, play like an Icelandic" wouldn't have been universally been understood.
That's why the lyrics are so off-putting to me. They came up with the easiest comparisons instead of adding true emotions or a story to the song.
Arrangement, voice, song itself is like a for me but the lyrics are more like a
The lyrics are a bit off-putting, though.
Is he really shading?
He could have come up with other examples but since the big countries are indeed big and well-known... Their stereotypes are way more popular and easy to understand.
"You want me to talk like a Macedonian, dress like a Polish, smell like an Armenian, play like an Icelandic" wouldn't have been universally been understood.
That's why the lyrics are so off-putting to me. They came up with the easiest comparisons instead of adding true emotions or a story to the song.
Arrangement, voice, song itself is like a
for me but the lyrics are more like a 
Goodness me, WHAT a song 
@lavieenrose sent it over so I could enjoy it as an alarm clock Fantastic, clearcut message and his voice is quite the thing. I love the style, but feel it'll need a few listens to truly get into it.
@lavieenrose sent it over so I could enjoy it as an alarm clock Fantastic, clearcut message and his voice is quite the thing. I love the style, but feel it'll need a few listens to truly get into it.
BarefootBoogaloo
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There is a story though; they might be seen as low-hanging fruit, but at the end of the day, they're considered the standard: people want to be stylish like Italians, use the newsreader/"posh" accent of the English, have the natural rhythm of the Spanish, etc. You don't have millions of people considering Georgians any of that, so then, Tornike decides to eschew that and just be the Georgian man he is, even if he isn't stylish or well-spoken and instead he feels that if he's going out, he's going out as authentic to himself as possible.
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Yeah, this is what I was after, this is a true reflection of Tornike as an artist, production sounds excellent, the little vocal spins and twists keep things interesting throughout what is a pretty static melody (THE GROWL 
) and @BarefootBoogaloo already encapsulated my thoughts on the lyrics thanks gurl!
I'm completely forgetting about qualification, though, even in the easier second semi. Sonically the closest thing to this is The Real Thing by Highway, which I personally thought was a great song with great staging but it died an immediate death. It would be a surprise bonus, but nevertheless this is a standout for me.
) and @BarefootBoogaloo already encapsulated my thoughts on the lyrics thanks gurl!I'm completely forgetting about qualification, though, even in the easier second semi. Sonically the closest thing to this is The Real Thing by Highway, which I personally thought was a great song with great staging but it died an immediate death. It would be a surprise bonus, but nevertheless this is a standout for me.
ag89
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Excuse me, but how is possible people find lyrics cringe or bad? Read between the lines: he is basically saying, indirectly "I can love you only as a Georgian, don't put me in a box of expected standards". Nationalism done nicely.
Anyway, I like this. Georgia being Georgia, they play risky every year and I like that approach.
Anyway, I like this. Georgia being Georgia, they play risky every year and I like that approach.
OMG! The waiting was so worth it!!!!!!!! Straight to my top and a BIG FAT Tornike, thank you for delivering and bringing FANTASTIC rock to ESC. Probably people won't love it so much, but I will. What guitars, what vocals. Superb.
MooseShoes
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Bloomin' marvellous! Plus, we all know Georgians can nail harmonies so this will be epic on stage!
My first direct of the year (the others were after some reflection) and is the only country to be in my Top 10 three years in a row (including no1 in 2018).
My first direct
of the year (the others were after some reflection) and is the only country to be in my Top 10 three years in a row (including no1 in 2018).I am still just 
Will Italy forgive me for being downgarded to No. 2? The Georgian entry was all I was looking for. I am over the moon. Intelligent rock, and I actually love the lyrics. And the chorus! While people hype Russia, I am hyped by Georgia. THAT'sS music!
Will Italy forgive me for being downgarded to No. 2? The Georgian entry was all I was looking for. I am over the moon. Intelligent rock, and I actually love the lyrics. And the chorus! While people hype Russia, I am hyped by Georgia. THAT'sS music!
Mimmon
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LOVE ME LIKE ENGLISH MAAAAAAAAN
Tornike did not dissapointed me... Almost made my top 10 but right now 11th...
Tornike did not dissapointed me... Almost made my top 10 but right now 11th...
