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Norway NORWAY 2021 - TIX - Fallen Angel

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What can I say?
I can't make her stay
When I know that she's so far above
How could she ever love someone like me
She's out of reach

Here in the dark inside the hole in my heart
I'm fighting all of my demons tryna tear me apart
And I'm still not sure what you ever saw in me

No, I'm a, I'm a fallen angel
And no matter where my heart is
There's no way I'll ever
Reach up to heaven
To you

She's so far out of this world
No way I could ever be with her
'Cause I know heaven's your home
That's where angels belong
And it wouldn't be fair
If I keep you down here

Here in the dark inside the hole in my heart
I'm fighting all of my demons tryna tear me apart
And I'm still not sure what you ever saw in me

No, I'm a, I'm a fallen angel
Tryna fly, but I'm not able
And I need you to know
That it's okay to let me go
'Cause no matter where my heart is
There's no way I'll ever
Reach up to heaven
To you

I'm a, I'm a fallen angel
Yeah I'm a, I'm a fallen angel
And I'm still not sure
What you ever saw in me

No, I'm a, I'm a fallen angel
Tryna fly, but I'm not able, so
Just let me go (I'm a, I'm a fallen angel)
'Cause no matter where my heart is
There's no way I'll ever
Reach up to heaven
To you​
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Almost five weeks into MGP 21 and Hero still hits as hard as the day it was released. Raylee might be coming for that trophy against Keiino, who knows?
 
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The intro to "Eyes Wide Open" is just so unnecessary. I almost have a hard time deciding if it's supposed to be funny or he is dead serious. The song sounds like a poor man's Bond theme. There is some theatrical/showtune aspect to it. Not my kind of music.

I guess it's going to be a KeiiNo VS Raylee VS TIX showdown.
I can't see any entry in the Wildcare show challenging the win.

And I hate to admit but "World On Fire" is growing on me. I guess I am just that basic.
 
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What a disappointment Eyes Wide Open was. It is actually too theatrical and doesn't give you any kind of impact.
So the road is pretty open for KeiiNO now despite their performance being a little too dark in the first semi. The only two so far that could challenge now is probably Raylee (her 80s song is actually quite catchy and fun) and KiiM (which I personally just find okay, but I can totally see the norwegians go for it in the final if he hits the notes on the night).
 
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I'll root for KiiM, Imerika, Stina Talling and Tix in this NF, I will also be happy with Stavangthing and Kaja
 
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Eyes Wide Open isn't terrible but it's not good either. The title is ironic for a song with very little vision. There's nothing authentic or unique about it, apart from that slightly bizarre monologue opening. It's something I'd expect to hear performed at an end of year showcase for a musical theatre school, or used in the titles of a low budget Netflix series. Where "One Last Time" had a lot of character - historical vibes, interesting instrumental choices - Eyes Wide Open is bland and uninteresting to me. Perhaps the staging will give it an identity.

Overall: nowhere near as good as last year. Rein deserves a much better song! I don't think it will be a serious contender.
 
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BorisBubbles said:
What on EARTH is Rein Alexander thinking?

If you had told me "Eyes Wide Open" by Rein Alexander wasn't the real deal, but a parody of every bad Eurovision cliché I would have believe it instantly. Because seriously, this song is not good. In fact it is so bad that the first intuitive response that I had was to laugh out loud at how incredulously awful it is.

Honestly, I think it might be time somebody checked up on poor Jacques Houdek. Because like in a true horror story, I think he might have died and his soul (or whatever Negaverse equivalent there is of a 'soul'), after spending months aimlessly wandering around Europe for a bit of altar boy on the side, possessed the first vessel large enough to house all of its primeval evil (Rein).

The delusions of grandeur, the self-righteousness,the ABSURD triptych of upbeat Tom Jones Schlager chorus and grim bell-ringing verses straight from a Hotel Transylvania-inspired musical set to stern 'Listen To My TED-Talk On How To Improve The World' lyrics. I just can't. I just can't believe actual people listened to something so grotesque and thought it was a good idea when even its most BASIC structural components (rhythm, vibe, text) don't go together.

Then, the 'branding'. Any song having its own branding goes off like a car alarm of wrongness. If you need to dunk your entry in try-hard symbolism, all you're telegraphing is a complete lack of confidence in your song, your message, your concept. If your song is good, it will sell itself. Hell, even songs that are notably NOT good, but are still highly entertaining because of the gimmicks they come with, sell themselves. (and this list is inexaustive for Eurovision: Toy, both Roop entries, anything sent by Moldova in the past 15 years,...) Not a SINGLE song by my knowledge used a fucking LOGO to convince the critics of its goodness, Eurovision or otherwise.

(it's honestly the same reason why I have such an instinctive dislike for 'KiiM'. Anyone who styles their name like that must be fully aware of how fundamentally uninteresting they are, right? Irrespective of 'My lonely voice' being the waking embodiment of the word 'uglycry.')

But nope, Rein resorts to having a composite of Eye of Horus, the World Ash (Yggdrasil) AND an Ourobouros as his symbol for... reasons? To signify what, exactly? I would assume some dogshit combo of 'truth, longevity and eternity' but how about I get those ideas from listening to your song buddy, a song sung in a language I am supposed to fucking understand, instead of wasting my time looking at a contrived symbol whose very existence defecates on THREE different mythologies and trying to pick apart any sort of descernible meaning.

It's exactly the SAME sort of #PretentiousRubbish we saw when 'Equinox' revealed their song (the equally empty vessel 'Bones') at the 'start of the astronomical Equinox' blah blah BLAH, because heaven forbid we come up with any original ideas by ourselves. It's not music, it's the same sort of New Age neophyte NONSENSE used by tv astrologers - If you make it sound vague and ominous enough, if you create enough smoke to maintain an air of mystery, then the casuals and sheeple won't immediately find out how fucking full of shit you truly are.

This is not a song. It's not even a concept. It's a misconcept.

Personally, I have yet to decide whether I like it ironically or not. I can muster some -academic- appreciation for it if I can just point and laugh at how awful and contrived and stupid it is, with the caveat that others are in on the joke as well. 'My Friend' may be the biggest war crime to come out of the Balkans since the genocide but I can at least laugh at the hilarious duality of the drop-dead seriousness with which Houdek served his complete bullshit insincerity. It was a joke! I know it, you know it, we all laughed. It's an established fact *everyone except for Jacques* feels the same way we do, and that makes it possible to stomach.

Rein may follow a similar trajectory, but ONLY if he's in on the joke. Or if he takes a turn for something so incredulously absurd and popmous I can't not laugh at it and makes him a joke by proxy.

But if he seriously thinks *this* is a Meaningful And Good Attempt At Eurovision, then it's an arms race between him and 'KiiM' for the bottom of my ranking, in the bloodiest shade of red.

May the best KEiiNO win.
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"My Friend' may be the biggest war crime to come out of the Balkans since the genocide " :lol: :lol: You've got such a way with words. Your dissertation level posts are always a treat to read, whether I agree or not.

P.s. I agree.
 
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BorisBubbles said:
What on EARTH is Rein Alexander thinking?

If you had told me "Eyes Wide Open" by Rein Alexander wasn't the real deal, but a parody of every bad Eurovision cliché I would have believe it instantly. Because seriously, this song is not good. In fact it is so bad that the first intuitive response that I had was to laugh out loud at how incredulously awful it is.

Honestly, I think it might be time somebody checked up on poor Jacques Houdek. Because like in a true horror story, I think he might have died and his soul (or whatever Negaverse equivalent there is of a 'soul'), after spending months aimlessly wandering around Europe for a bit of altar boy on the side, possessed the first vessel large enough to house all of its primeval evil (Rein).

The delusions of grandeur, the self-righteousness,the ABSURD triptych of upbeat Tom Jones Schlager chorus and grim bell-ringing verses straight from a Hotel Transylvania-inspired musical set to stern 'Listen To My TED-Talk On How To Improve The World' lyrics. I just can't. I just can't believe actual people listened to something so grotesque and thought it was a good idea when even its most BASIC structural components (rhythm, vibe, text) don't go together.

Then, the 'branding'. Any song having its own branding goes off like a car alarm of wrongness. If you need to dunk your entry in try-hard symbolism, all you're telegraphing is a complete lack of confidence in your song, your message, your concept. If your song is good, it will sell itself. Hell, even songs that are notably NOT good, but are still highly entertaining because of the gimmicks they come with, sell themselves. (and this list is inexaustive for Eurovision: Toy, both Roop entries, anything sent by Moldova in the past 15 years,...) Not a SINGLE song by my knowledge used a fucking LOGO to convince the critics of its goodness, Eurovision or otherwise.

(it's honestly the same reason why I have such an instinctive dislike for 'KiiM'. Anyone who styles their name like that must be fully aware of how fundamentally uninteresting they are, right? Irrespective of 'My lonely voice' being the waking embodiment of the word 'uglycry.')

But nope, Rein resorts to having a composite of Eye of Horus, the World Ash (Yggdrasil) AND an Ourobouros as his symbol for... reasons? To signify what, exactly? I would assume some dogshit combo of 'truth, longevity and eternity' but how about I get those ideas from listening to your song buddy, a song sung in a language I am supposed to fucking understand, instead of wasting my time looking at a contrived symbol whose very existence defecates on THREE different mythologies and trying to pick apart any sort of descernible meaning.

It's exactly the SAME sort of #PretentiousRubbish we saw when 'Equinox' revealed their song (the equally empty vessel 'Bones') at the 'start of the astronomical Equinox' blah blah BLAH, because heaven forbid we come up with any original ideas by ourselves. It's not music, it's the same sort of New Age neophyte NONSENSE used by tv astrologers - If you make it sound vague and ominous enough, if you create enough smoke to maintain an air of mystery, then the casuals and sheeple won't immediately find out how fucking full of shit you truly are.

This is not a song. It's not even a concept. It's a misconcept.

Personally, I have yet to decide whether I like it ironically or not. I can muster some -academic- appreciation for it if I can just point and laugh at how awful and contrived and stupid it is, with the caveat that others are in on the joke as well. 'My Friend' may be the biggest war crime to come out of the Balkans since the genocide but I can at least laugh at the hilarious duality of the drop-dead seriousness with which Houdek served his complete bullshit insincerity. It was a joke! I know it, you know it, we all laughed. It's an established fact *everyone except for Jacques* feels the same way we do, and that makes it possible to stomach.

Rein may follow a similar trajectory, but ONLY if he's in on the joke. Or if he takes a turn for something so incredulously absurd and popmous I can't not laugh at it and makes him a joke by proxy.

But if he seriously thinks *this* is a Meaningful And Good Attempt At Eurovision, then it's an arms race between him and 'KiiM' for the bottom of my ranking, in the bloodiest shade of red.

May the best KEiiNO win.
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i love you

i don't hate rein's song but this comment is iconic + there is a mandatory kiim shade which i will always be supportive of!!!!
 
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This is easily the strongest MGP I've ever listened to/watched. I usually like 2-3 songs, but this year I like 8.

Here is my top 8:
01 Monument
02 Witch Woods
03 Elevate
04 Hero
05 World on Fire
06 Let Loose
07 My Lonely Voice
08 Feel Again

Can't wait to watch the final show.
 
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Where exactly is the instant Appeal and the powerful Melody in Reins Song?
What a huge Downfall..
 
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