Iceland ICELAND 2016 - Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling

[lavieenrose]

Sure, it's my experience that artists want to hear about people urinating on themselves.

Excuse you, Matt; if I ever (woe be unto the country in question) represent someone at Eurovision, I'd so want to hear about every time someone pissed and thought of me.

 

[Matt]

Excuse you, Matt; if I ever (woe be unto the country in question) represent someone at Eurovision, I'd so want to hear about every time someone pissed and thought of me.

If you look at that way, it does make sense. I'll figure out how to work the word Pee into the conversation.

 

[hungo]

Song and staging did not match in my point of view........ i rather dont feel like i want to listen to this song again.... 3 points from me

 

[wyq614]

Excellent singer with a bad song... I gave 4 points and maybe it's still a bit overrated imho.

 

[ayzelto]

Much better than in 2012. I give it 8 points.

 

[theditz83]

Hey Greta, Loreen wants her interpretive dance moves back!

 

[Jonaxh]

Much better than in 2012. I give it 8 points.

Blasphemy!! There's NEVER gonna be a song better than Never Forget!! I will never forget it!!

This song is ok... 7 points (5 for the song and 2 for Greta )

 

[QwaarJet]

Sure, it's my experience that artists want to hear about people urinating on themselves.

Good to know!

 

[Fluke]

Boring, boring.... don't see this doing well at all.

 

[joyster]

It is a bit to much Loreen vs Mans like act in my opinion!
I do not think that that will work twice...

 

[cassio]

I don't think that this is a clear winner 8 points

 

[Chorizo]

I really like this. I wanted to give fewer points at first but then I decided to upgrade my rating to my first 12 points this season.
Of course, that's not just a matter of the song. I think the staging works very well. While it was inspired by last year's winning performance, both the song and the visuals are too different to be a mere copy. An example of a bad copy could be seen in the Austrian NF. Also let's not forget that Måns just copied a YouTube video and that projections were used in Eurovision before Måns , just in a different way.
So this is my new number one but it's the combination of the song and the staging. The song itself, I would rank slightly lower. I also like the fake ending.

 

[r3gg13]

As good as this song is, I just can't get into the hype train because to me it sounds like they mixed and matched elements from the previous winning/successful entries.

I still think that it's one of the best songs this year regardless of my minor quibble about it.

 

[Adrian]

I honestly love this so much! Out of all the songs released so far this is my clear winner! This is so great

 

[Kaz]

I like the way wiwibloggs.com puts it.

"Måns does not have a copyright on elaborate stage effects. And, in any event, she isn’t even using LED — she’s using shadows, which pre-date Måns’ performance by several million years."

 

[Dante]

Maybe this could wok for me with a different singer...she can't carry the song and I'm bored of thins wannabe sweet ESC singers. Not to mention that in terms of originality she's basically a mashup between Mans, Loreen and Ilse from Common Linnets.

 

[Sammy]

It's not the question what is in the background videos (LED, shadow,...). Mans was the first to interact with the video. On the other hand, there is a difference between copying someone's staging and let your self be inspired by it. I tend to put Gretas staging in the latter category whereasin comparison Orry Jackson in the Austrian final was rather a copycat. (But then a good copy - even if the original is better most of the time - can be enjoyable also)

 

[greece]

The first song this year that I love, finally!!! Amazing song and she was amazing as well. For now I gave it a but it is clearly my winner so far. Also about copying Mans etc stage effects existed and before Sweden using them last year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyone can use them. Maybe they got the idea of using effects from there, but it is clearly not a copy

 

[ayzelto]

Blasphemy!! There's NEVER gonna be a song better than Never Forget!! I will never forget it!!

This song is ok... 7 points (5 for the song and 2 for Greta )

I think it's a matter of taste, but I really could not stand Greta's entry in 2012... I reckon this year is much better

 

[Arv]

Ppl will see it as a copy indeed, but no matter what it's a great performance and a decent song. 8 pts.