GREECE 2011 - Loukas Yorkas feat. Stereo Mike - Watch my Dance

[ethn]

the 27 year old song writer of the greek entry, g.christodoulopoulos, was interviewed the previous days and as he said (in free translation......)


"We wanted to send something abroad that relate to our Greek culture. but at the same time ,we wanted to take into consideration,the contemporary trends in music that you can not ignore when addressing foreign audiences.
at the moment I'm locked up in my studio and remake the piece for Dusseldorf. Making some changes to the instrumentation and orchestration, as goal is to strengthen its greek element
every year there are lots of talks after a song is being selected...but lets all wait and see till the 10th of may.what u saw in the f
greek nf, will hv nothing to do with what u will see in Dusseldorf '

 

[busybee]

Making some changes to the instrumentation and orchestration, as goal is to strengthen its greek element

That's the only thing that can save this song in my opinion.

 

[CypriotGirl]

the 27 year old song writer of the greek entry, g.christodoulopoulos, was interviewed the previous days and as he said (in free translation......)


"We wanted to send something abroad that relate to our Greek culture. but at the same time ,we wanted to take into consideration,the contemporary trends in music that you can not ignore when addressing foreign audiences.
at the moment I'm locked up in my studio and remake the piece for Dusseldorf. Making some changes to the instrumentation and orchestration, as goal is to strengthen its greek element
every year there are lots of talks after a song is being selected...but lets all wait and see till the 10th of may.what u saw in the f
greek nf, will hv nothing to do with what u will see in Dusseldorf '

This sounds promising, because Giannis Christodoulopoulos is an amazing songwriter and artist! I really love his songs!
And he's extremely cute!

 

[EvNickGR]

They working on the song these days!! I'm looking forward to see what they will do (!) and what it will look like!

 

[CypriotGirl]

I'm really curious to see the result of this "work", but I really trust Giannis Christodoulopoulos, as I said above!

 

[EvNickGR]

^The song will not change much, but it will have some small surprises! Giannis Christodoulopoulos also said, that what we saw in the National Final is NOT the presentation we will see in May, they will change many things, and he said that we have to wait until 10 May to see it!!! Im curious too!! The team behind Loukas is crazy, especially Rigos

 

[Margerita86]

I really hope the final version has more greek elements and less rap, because the rap really is the weakest part of the song.
While I would have prefered Nikki songwise this will have a much better stage performance then Nikki could have had.

 

[HeadsWillRoll]

The rap part absolutely destroys this song. Nikki Ponte was a better option by miles. 2 pts.

 

[sannerz]

You guys really liked Nikki better? I thought she was a typical pop routine. She was bleh for me.

Loukas was the best out of a pretty awful National Final.

 

[HeadsWillRoll]

You guys really liked Nikki better? I thought she was a typical pop routine. She was bleh for me.

Loukas was the best out of a pretty awful National Final.

Well yeah, her song was as typical as it gets, but at least I could take it seriously. Whereas 'Watch my dance' has a distinctive beat with Greek elements which is great, but then the rap part makes it very hard to enjoy it.

 

[Margerita86]

Agreed, if they were to remove the rap part entirely I would rank Loukas higher than Nikki, but alas the rap is still there

 

[sannerz]

Well yeah, her song was as typical as it gets, but at least I could take it seriously. Whereas 'Watch my dance' has a distinctive beat with Greek elements which is great, but then the rap part makes it very hard to enjoy it.

True, but I focused more on Loukas' voice, I guess. He has a really good voice, much better than Nikki's.

 

[EvNickGR]

Loukas was and is better than Nikki...! Nikki couldn't sing at all this song (because at ballads she is perfect), i sing better! I don't know what they will do with the rap part, maybe they will decrease it, maybe it will be the same, i don't know, we will see that in 1-2 weeks

 

[ethn]

is there a deadline that the final versions of the songs should be submitted...?

 

[EvNickGR]

^I think end of March, but i m not sure :S

 

[ethn]

^I think end of March, but i m not sure :S

so a couple of weeks and we ll see...still blv that our song will do pretty well,no matter what the polls or betting sites show for time being at least....

 

[sannerz]

The final versions need to be submitted by March 14, tomorrow.

 

[Margerita86]

To EBU yes, but we will probably get to hear it way afterwards.

 

[ethn]

really??so soon...??then i guess what was to be decided ,has already been decided and arranged..really anxious to hear..(for many entries,that is..)

 

[EvNickGR]

The final versions need to be submitted by March 14, tomorrow.

No, the songs need to be submitted tomorrow. If a country want to change some (small) part of a song (orchestration), it can do it!