SERBIA 2012 - Željko Joksimović - Nije ljubav stvar

[gabimen]

I would make some arrangements, more percusion and a bigger ending...but it is very good

 

[MrJadeEwen]

I actually prefer to this Lane Moje awesome song Serbia. When will we hear which language he'll perform in?

 

[Eames]

This was short with a long intro. I would like to hear more of it.

 

[r3gg13]

I think this song is nice it has great musical movement (or whatever the proper musical term is), but I don't get the same feeling that I get when I listen to Nebo or Crno i belo (or even Verjamem). I guess this will be a grower for me, but right now, I don't think I'm gonna love this one as the other Balkan ones.

 

[Deleted member 5361]

I do not like it, it sounds like a rip-off.

 

[cassio]

Hmm even though that this sound like something that I have heard before it good. 8 pts

 

[Elladikaios]

Why? Its 2012 and the new song almoust never wins old one
People always compare and it will alwazs be like that

Yes but this song is not any good. Anyway I wish to Serbia good luck! :/

 

[Steffan]

It's ok... I expected a bit more but meh...

He needs to sing in Serbian because his English is bad and it just doesn't have the same energy...

Also he needs to stop swinging his hands back and forth...

 

[Anthony Tesla]

Mmm...not bad. I actually think it has a lot of potential with a more spectacular orchesta. I was expecting something a li'l better though, since "Lane Moje" is my favorite Eurovision song ever, period.

I'll wait before voting in the poll, because it starts to grow on me, but only time will tell...

 

[Galandar]

Though the song is good enough I expected something better from Željko. In any case 8 points from me

 

[LadyKiller]

It does sound like a rip-off (Lenalite, I agree) and the problem with singers that come back is that you always expect something more. I think that so far only Johnny Logan made it.

While the song isn't bad, the one thing that totally ruined it for me is that the singer acts and moves as if he's singing at bouzoukia (here's an explanation of what bouzoukia is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouzoukia_(nightclub)#Bouzoukia).

It's almost like watching Ploutarchos singing.

Joksimovic really ruined the whole feeling for me...

 

[QwaarJet]

The instrumentation makes the song for me. It has a lot of real quality about it. A bit slow to start, but loving it so far after a few listens. 10 points!

 

[Narmina]

Thank you Serbia! Thank you Zeljko! I can't hide my tears when I listen to this song. This is a kind of masterpiece for my taste. I will definitly cheer for it and call my friends to vote for it...Great, amazing, awesome song from lovely Balkan country. 12 points no doubt!

 

[lamandza]

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what are they throwing at this poor guy and why??

 

[LadyKiller]

I wish I was as "poor" as he is!

This is the greek way to express our "euphoria". We used to throw plates, now we throw carnations in their trays!!! Ahahahahah! 3

 

[MakDok]

Really disappointed with Serbia. I expected something more powerful, spiritual as Lane Moje.
And the Paradise rip-off in the beginning not so creative maybe.

Anyway, I'm sure it will qualify, it's Zeljko after all. Good luck!

 

[alexa]

After listening to it, It left me feeling bland. Nothing, no emotions, I don't like it, but I don't hate it either...just another song, pretentious though, resembling all of his others (and some melody from Shrek), declining in quality just like a piece of clothing you wash over and over again and it fades away. I had high expectations and that might have been a mistake. All in all - average with the tendency to decline.

 

[MakDok]

Also, Serbian version is so much more better!

 

[GRE]

what are they throwing at this poor guy and why??

Its a way to express your admire for the artist...you pay 10 euro,and a girl is throwing to him about 20 floweres that they collect from cemeteries.
Μany years ago,they used to throw to artists plates,but there were many injuries,and stopped it.
In Greece this is kind of "cheap" amusement.

 

[Odalis]

It's really hard to express what i feel about this song. When i was watching it live holding my breath, listening to every note, my first though was "it sounds a bit like Shrek theme", then i thought that it was not better than Lane Moje as they said. English version made me wanna bang my head on a desk, Zeljko was not made for singing in english, he should never do that, never never ever. But then serbian version started and that was it, maybe it's not the winning song as i expected, but it's so beautiful, emotional, instrumentation is just perfect (as always with Zeljko, he knows what he's doing), number one on my list and it will stay there. I don't care if it wins or not, i thank him for giving us another masterpiece, a true emerald of the contest. And it beats the other Balkan entries down to their knees (Crno I Belo - the weakest, but good, Nebo - great, Verjamem - awesome.............Nije Lubav stvar - genius).
I want to thank Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Slovakia (Bosnia too, hopefully) for being so amazing this year, your songs are filling my heart with joy.
Bravo!