SVERIGE - Sweden 2010 - Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life

[No Name]

On behalf of the Swedish people, I humbly apologize for this swede.

 

[imno12u]

ANOTHER FECKING BALLAD???

How many ballads is this contest going to have- Im seriously considering not watching ESC this year and just looking the result up online afterwards- 0 points, of course!

 

[VedatiNet]

Can someone send me PM with link where I can download Timteij's song KOM. Thank you

 

[KilledByShoes]

I actually kinda like this song. Yes, it's not something we haven't heared before but it's nice enough. I didn't have a real favoutite yesterday but ended up cheering for Salem and Anna during the voting. In my oppinion the problem of Melodifestivalen 2010 was that there were artists like Salem and Anna who have really charismatic performances and songs that are professionaly written but are not very catchy. And then there are those terribly catchy songs such as Manboy whose problem is the stiff performance with phony smiles and wanna-be cool moves that are a huge turn off for me.
But that's only how I see it.

 

[asgeirhelgi]

It's been a while since Sweden took a chance on a ballad. I was hoping for Anna but I would have been happy with Salim as well. Actually when I was watching the Melodifestivalen I started thinking that maybe it would make ESC 2010 a bit more enjoyable if Sweden had 3 or 4 songs in the compitition and other countries would maybe just withdraw due to extremely low standards....

Anyway..... Best ballad of the competition in my opinion and very sincere and honest performance from Anna.

12 points - top 5

 

[A-lister]

I'm satisfied and proud of our choice. Anna was my 2nd choice but I'm still glad. She has a very nice voice and I get a real authentic feeling from her singing this song.

 

[Matt]

I have to say after a second listening the song is not that bad. I gave it 6 points. And it's great to see Sweden with a Ballad after all these years. I hope to see Sweden in the finals.

 

[FallenAngelII]

Compare the studio version to the live version. The fact that they've distorted/autotuned/filtered her voice in such a way that it diminishes all of the things I've criticized about her live singing voice proves that even Anna and/or her mixers realize that her voice is far from perfect and the very things I've criticized about it are unattractive in a singing voice.

This is not just a studio version where the vocals have been cleaned up to sound more in tune (like most studio versions). They've actually distorted her voice so that it sounds quite different during certain parts of the song. And that can only mean one thing: Even the people behind the song know that her voice needs fixing up.

 

[AlekS]

You do NOT have to compare versions in order to hear her live vocals

and from what I've heard I like her.
And I don't give a flying F if she's not perfect Rybak was waaaaaaaaay far from perfection last year, even more than Anna (imo)

You can search for million excuses just to lay crap on her but you won't change people's opinion.


oh, and I had to edit few posts. If someone thinks it's ok to offend users or provoke them I'll go really mad :twisted:

 

[94ayd]

I agree and that's why I didn't like him.

 

[FallenAngelII]

You do NOT have to compare versions in order to hear her live vocals

...

I specifically said that the fact that the studio version has been extensively edited to make her sound quite different from live proves that even Anna and/or the people behind the song realize that her live vocals just don't cut it! Because if she's so good live, why would they edit her voice that much for the studio version?!

 

[AlekS]

^ so?
just another reason to lay crap or find a negative thing. I mean she's gonna perform live on ESC where people are gonna judge for themselves. We hear he, we decide if she sounds good or not.

or maybe you wanna change the whole world so only people with perfect voice would be allowed to sing?
Eurovision is not just for professional singers. End of story

I don't care what they do to her studio version. I listen to her LIVE and I judge live version on ESC

 

[sapsan]

First song I'd like to listen this year. First song I'd Like to give my 12 points. ... and the most good participant from Sweden!

GOOD LUCK SWEDEN!

 

[FallenAngelII]

^ so?
just another reason to lay crap.

or maybe you wanna change the whole world so only people with perfect voice would be allowed to sing?
Eurovision is not just for professional singers. End of story

I don't care what they do to her studio version. I listen to her LIVE and I judge live version on ESC

I'm sorry, is it your hobby to lift people's statements out of context in order to "refute" them individually? People have been raving about what a good singer she is, how wonderful it sounds live, etc. I was using objective evidence to refute that claim.

At least in the eyes of Anna herself and/or her management/sound mixers/song producers, her voice live just doesn't cut it. The song itself, live, IMO, also doesn't cut it because of her live vocals. The studio version sounds like it could be an OK song on the radio in the west. Not exactly an international hit, but a harmless ditty people would enjoy. However, live, it's highly forgettable, especially for the East. I cannot see Eastern Europe voting for this song (at least not the televoters). And since the singing is quite mediocre (so mediocre in fact that the producers mix the song so she sounds sounds noticeably different, as in they actually later the way she sounds, you know, her singing voice on the studio version!), the juries won't vote for it either. What does it have left? Stray televotes from the West? It is hardly a winner or a contender for Top 5 because of these qualities (or rather, lack of them).

Nowadays, if you're gonna just sit/stand around on stage, you need either a really powerful song, a really powerful voice or, ideally, both. If you don't have either, you're not gonna get far. And Anna, unfortunately, has neither.

 

[AlekS]

^ It is my hobby to express my own opinion. And I'm not sorry for doing this
Saying that she has bad live vocals because her studio version is altered is not objective and it doesn't make any sense for me.
It just means that her live vocals sound worser than the studio version according to your opinion and it is subjective. I believe that only people define what's better and what's worser and opinions will always differ.

For me the live version sound differently than her studio version and tbh I like both.
It doesn't make any sense to look at her studio version when she's singing live and I have to rate her live singing. Of course it will mean something in general for me, I'd notice for myself that they alter her voice but it doesn't mean anything for me when she's performing @ ESC. So I don't get why the difference between live & studio versions should be a serious negative reason when you rate just one of them.

I agree that if you're gonna sit/stand you need a good song but I'm sure that Anna will get enough votes to qualify because different people have different rating system. I'm not sure about the final though. It's up to people to decide. And it's ALL subjective, imo. People's taste defines music, what's good and what's not so it can't be objective in any case. You can measure music, you can have notes and octaves, intervals and follow certain standards but there are no standards for people's taste. That's just my opinion.

 

[Keko]

Eurovision is no contest for objective reviews. It's merely fun event and most of songs are generally just to be listened for fun and to dwell far on their quality. If you look at Eurovision generally and if you ask around, you're going to realize that it's really rubbish contest. It's not a place for high-quality songs that took quite some time to write. It doesn't mean that those songs aren't good. I like some Eurovision songs because they have nice melody and are generally listenable. I mean no offense to anyone, I just speak from what I've heard people say.
So to simplify it; If you like Eurovision you just lost all rights to judge songs objectively. It's what people say to me so I include myself in that category. I like rubbish songs as well as those that are considered to be very high quality. The main perk of having very extensive musical taste is that you have more songs to listen to. I don't find it enjoyable when I hear a song I dislike. When I go to check out my Last.fm recommendations I find a lot of songs I dislike and that puts me down; I hoped to discover a lot of new songs, but came out empty. So imagine how would it be if I limited myself to just one genre or if I went on to judge all songs objectively. I know I went a bit off topic, but it was all in good manner to make sure nobody got insulted by my post.
Blah blah blah essay essay essay etc. etc. I win, you loose, Pokemon are awesome and all else that comes out of an argument.

 

[AlekS]

^ WORD

 

[FallenAngelII]

^ It is my hobby to express my own opinion. And I'm not sorry for doing this
Saying that she has bad live vocals because her studio version is altered is not objective and it doesn't make any sense for me.
It just means that her live vocals sound worser than the studio version according to your opinion and it is subjective. I believe that only people define what's better and what's worser and opinions will always differ.

What would be reason for her sound mixer to actually alter the way she sounds on the studio version if not because they think that she sings badly/sounds strange live? None.

It doesn't make any sense to look at her studio version when she's singing live and I have to rate her live singing.

I didn't say that we should rate her live singing based on her studio version singing. I'm saying that the fact that they actually altered the way she sings in the studio compared to live if evidence that even the people behind the song aren't confident in her singing voice.

I agree that if you're gonna sit/stand you need a good song but I'm sure that Anna will get enough votes to qualify because different people have different rating system. I'm not sure about the final though. It's up to people to decide. And it's ALL subjective, imo. People's taste defines music, what's good and what's not so it can't be objective in any case. You can measure music, you can have notes and octaves, intervals and follow certain standards but there are no standards for people's taste. That's just my opinion.

I'm calling it now (what I believe the results will be):
No Final
or
Scraping by in the semi and Bottom 5 at the final

Eurovision is no contest for objective reviews. It's merely fun event and most of songs are generally just to be listened for fun and to dwell far on their quality. If you look at Eurovision generally and if you ask around, you're going to realize that it's really rubbish contest. It's not a place for high-quality songs that took quite some time to write. It doesn't mean that those songs aren't good. I like some Eurovision songs because they have nice melody and are generally listenable. I mean no offense to anyone, I just speak from what I've heard people say.
So to simplify it; If you like Eurovision you just lost all rights to judge songs objectively. It's what people say to me so I include myself in that category. I like rubbish songs as well as those that are considered to be very high quality. The main perk of having very extensive musical taste is that you have more songs to listen to. I don't find it enjoyable when I hear a song I dislike. When I go to check out my Last.fm recommendations I find a lot of songs I dislike and that puts me down; I hoped to discover a lot of new songs, but came out empty. So imagine how would it be if I limited myself to just one genre or if I went on to judge all songs objectively. I know I went a bit off topic, but it was all in good manner to make sure nobody got insulted by my post.
Blah blah blah essay essay essay etc. etc. I win, you loose, Pokemon are awesome and all else that comes out of an argument.

I can agree to most of that. But I can like listening to Eurovision songs, yet also judge songs objectively as long as I myself acknowledge that the songs I like aren't really that good musically speaking.

It's also my opinion that "This Is My life" is neither a well-written nor well-sung song.

 

[Matt]

We'll find out in may who was right and who was wrong

 

[FallenAngelII]

We'll find out in may who was right and who was wrong

We won't really find out whether or not it's a good song/good artist. We'll just find out whether or not the Eurovision audience likes it. I'm predicting a crushing defeat. Let's see if I'm right.