Iceland ICELAND 2016 - Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling

[sigi]

10 points for the song....performance is a loreen versus mans mix...

 

[carl1]

Better in Icelandic
Still good though 8 points and should definitely qualify for the final.

 

[NemesisNick]

Re: ICELAND 2016

From the UK, I watched the live webcast Söngvakeppnin 2016 last night.

They've gone all out this year in Iceland... getting everyone back

I noticed the medey of past Icelandic entries at the start of Söngvakeppnin 2016. Presumably they did that because this year 2016 is the 30th anniversary of Iceland's debut entry in 1986 - ICY - Gleðibankinn. I noticed they saved

I missed Ég á lif in that medley

Probably Eythor Ingi ain't got time

Thank you for pointing that out whiteshoes. As much as I loved Ég á lif three years ago, I didn't notice that was missing from last night's medley.

 

[VikingTiger]

Not to mention that in terms of originality she's basically a mashup between Mans, Loreen and Ilse from Common Linnets.

Ilse?? Where did that comparision come from? They are both women? They are both blond???

 

[SwissKung]

Very good instrumental in the song but wrong choice of language, average singer and uninspired staging. 4 points to one of the country I admire the most but keeps on disappointing me in Eurovision.

 

[ShoeFlo]

Actually it's undeniable that Greta is copying Valentina Monetta

If you look closely you will see that both are human.

Seriously guys, every song is inspired by a earlier song. Nobody reinvents the music and Mans don't have copyright for background effects. Moreover he used these LED effects while Greta's effects are shadows

 

[Sammy]

Why is everyone seing a copy of Mans? What about copying the background of Ann Sophie?

This is not meant to be taken seriously

 

[QwaarJet]

Hey Greta, Loreen wants her interpretive dance moves back!

Hey Loreen, Kate Bush wants her interpretive dance moves back!

 

[ChernyVolk]

Mah......Seems like a bad copy of a Aviici song

4pt

 

[0scar]

I'd love to see win someday. Beautiful country and I'm sure they can give us a great show.

The song is good, but way better in Icelandic. I like the staging, maybe it's similar to Måns (not really though, but hey, if people say so). Should do well in the contest.

 

[Dante]

Ilse?? Where did that comparision come from? They are both women? They are both blond???

She tries to have the same attitude sometime.

 

[QwaarJet]

Mah......Seems like a bad copy of a Aviici song

4pt

WTF, I've never heard it being compared to Aviici before. Are you sure you're posting in the right thread?

 

[sapsan]

I'm not impressed a lot. This song is a bit annoying. I think it was written on a temlate of previous ESC songs. So there's nothing original and special. This song is only suitable to listen to it once and forget. 2 pts

 

[ory26]

I don't like it, look like a mix of Sweden 2012 and 2015, sorry but no final for Iceland for me.

3 points

 

[cegs5]

Hey Loreen, Kate Bush wants her interpretive dance moves back!

But Kate Bush doesn't belong to the Eurovision world and unfortunately she is not well-known in Europe especially the new generation. Fairly or not, most of the people will associate Greta's moves (and the darkness of the staging) with Loreen's.

 

[QwaarJet]

But Kate Bush doesn't belong to the Eurovision world and unfortunately she is not well-known in Europe especially the new generation. Fairly or not, most of the people will associate Greta's moves (and the darkness of the staging) with Loreen's.

I honestly think most voters won't even notice.

 

[John1]

Honestly, this does not matter if she uses the same background as a previous winner, whoever he/she is.
The only thing which disturbs all of us is the lack of originality and this.... tribal dance I'd say.

 

[Chorizo]

I think this is actually better than last year's winner and more creative too (unless someone discovers the YouTube video that inspired the staging ). It would be a pity, if it were punished because people claim that it's "copying" Måns or something similar. There is enough originality in it, which is much more questionable about the Swedish staging last year. It's just that people remember previous stagings at Eurovision but most people don't know about some YouTube video. If the juries that threw all their points at Måns last year, despite of the idea of his staging coming from a YouTube video, punished this for "copying Måns", it would be a total sham.

Iceland makes creative use of a technology that we have already seen. Many stagings are similar each year because it's people singing and dancing in front of a large screen and because they use standard effects like pyro, smoke and lights. An obvious copycat should be punished but not creative new use of a technology while at the same time standard stagings that repeat what we have seen numerous times are considered fine because they reproduce things we have seen so often that it's not considered copying something in particular.

 

[John1]

I think this is actually better than last year's winner and more creative too (unless someone discovers the YouTube video that inspired the staging ). It would be a pity, if it were punished because people claim that it's "copying" Måns or something similar. There is enough originality in it, which is much more questionable about the Swedish staging last year. It's just that people remember previous stagings at Eurovision but most people don't know about some YouTube video. If the juries that threw all their points at Måns last year, despite of the idea of his staging coming from a YouTube video, punish this for "copying Måns", it would be a total sham.

Iceland makes creative use of a technology that we have already seen. Many stagings are similar each year because it's people singing and dancing in front of a large screen and because they use standard effects like pyro, smoke and lights. An obvious copycat should be punished but not creative new use of a technology while at the same time standard stagings that repeat what we have seen numerous times are considered fine because they reproduce things we have seen so often that it's not considered copying something in particular.

It seems that some people are trying to find some reasons to make Loreen or Mans owning this staging or something like that.
Those excuses are... ridiculous somehow.

 

[RevNet]

THE GOOD:

-I appreciate the fact that she wrote and composed this song all on her own.
-The song has a nice flow within the lyrics.

THE BAD:

-I liked yesterday's performance version slightly better than the studio version that I'm judging in this post.
-Overall, it's a good song, but it's not a great song.

THE VERDICT:

While I praise Iceland for going with an experienced singer, this song is only just good. It might get into the Final, and it also might not. As always, it's up to the audience. 7 points