Just as with Malta, this song sounds like a huge step backwards in terms of competitiveness to me compared to their previous two efforts. Very noughties in style and forgettable. Even a good staging could not save it from falling flat IMO.
The Netherlands THE NETHERLANDS 2015 - Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along
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41 top1?? This song it s ok, no more. 5 points, i think singer and song have to improve a lot 
Kairit
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This is the only song I really care for as of yet and that I see quality in and I hope it will do well, I love listening to it throughout the day at least. So far it just seems like a year with random songs that don't impress me much and I don't have a connection with them no matter how much I try to listen to them. As opposed to the last few years when I had been watching it with my family and going "Oh I love this one" constantly (to which I would sometimes get weird looks, because the song wouldn't actually impress themselves at all) which so far I don't think will happen this time. Love this one though and I can almost certainly predict that Trijntje's song is the only song so far most of my family as well would like at first or second listen. I think it will definetly stand out and it's the kind of song that doesn't need many listens for people to like it and make an impression, it just kind of has a different kind of energy as well. A simple catchy pop song that is easy to listen to and I think would catch casual viewers' interests. The performance needs a bit of improving though and if that is done, I feel like it will definetly get through to the final and do well, although I don't dare to predict how well as of yet. Could be wrong though, it's still too early to actually say anything about the contest really.
IncognitoGH
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After two very good entries from The Netherlands, this is just a step back like others have said. It's an okay song at best.
Evalngelion
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i'm okay with the Netherlands, as always.
anto475
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I think it could win tbh, with the right staging. Trijntje's passion on The Voice seemed to really bring the song through. The only thing wrong with that performance that they'd want to correct before Vienna is her outfit. I don't know what she should wear for such a song, but she really shouldn't look like she just stepped out of a boardroom meeting. Bin the pantsuit!
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IT's by far the best of all... I like Trijntje's pose and stance on the stage when she was introducing her song at the voice of Holland. She gave confidence to the audience to succeed in Vienna,she stood strong and sang confidently. I expect more from her 
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I upload much videos on my youtube channel "TheHalkman8" and much of them are about eurovision...
this year i will up also the songs in lyrics-karaoke version and i would love to share them with all of you the fans of the contest like me..
everey year from 2015 i will do that and if you want to make like this for another song from 2014 or previous year you have just to leave a comment at the videos on youtube
sorry for english errors and if the quality of the videos is not the best but I tried much just watching tutorials online for photoshop and premiere without know how to use them at all...
thewse days i will up more videos for the songs that also choses and the second will be malta thanks all for your time
this year i will up also the songs in lyrics-karaoke version and i would love to share them with all of you the fans of the contest like me..
everey year from 2015 i will do that and if you want to make like this for another song from 2014 or previous year you have just to leave a comment at the videos on youtube
sorry for english errors
and if the quality of the videos is not the best but I tried much just watching tutorials online for photoshop and premiere without know how to use them at all...thewse days i will up more videos for the songs that also choses and the second will be malta
thanks all for your time 
k95
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It's a good song, and for some people, the chorus may get into their heads the first time they hear it. I like it, but it seems that I can't get it immediately, I need a couple of seconds to remember it.
(Ref.: ESC 2014) I think it can get easily to the final , and then get some points in it. Not as many as Ilse or Anouk, but it may come close to the last one
(Ref.: ESC 2014) I think it can get easily to the final , and then get some points in it. Not as many as Ilse or Anouk, but it may come close to the last one
The Netherlands: "Shalalie" composer Pierre Kartner hates Trijntje's song | Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings | wiwibloggs
Well I've seen more mature article authors... What Pierre says about the song is 100% true, it is far to repetitive and needs polishing to make it a hell of a lot better. And it probably was a cast off put back into the song file.
Well I've seen more mature article authors... What Pierre says about the song is 100% true, it is far to repetitive and needs polishing to make it a hell of a lot better. And it probably was a cast off put back into the song file.
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gosh sometimes you wonder if Wiwibloggs is sponsored by some crap company who comes up with these articles... It is not even an article, it just just someone bashing Pierre, why not mention WHAT HE SAYS so that us that doesn't speak Dutch.
It is sites like these that makes you think that one can do a much better job yourself...
ZoboCamel
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To be fair, the article's certainly right in pointing out Pierre's hypocrisy - it's kind of amusing to see someone who's written a mediocre, repetitive song calling out another song for being mediocre and repetitive. That doesn't make his observations wrong, though, and the article's definitely been made by scraping the bottom of the barrel on a relatively slow news day. There's calling out someone on their hypocrisy, and then there's riding on the coattails of that observation to fanboy over an entry and get page views with worthless writing. The poll at the end seemed particularly cringeworthy - of course the result will favour Trijntje, due to recency bias if nothing else, and they'd have known that, so the whole thing just reeks of 'please, justify my opinion! Agree with me!'
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But my question is, is that journalism? I mean, if you are working for a site that is writing articles, then you are a journalist and a journalist should try to be as objective as possible. I don't mind writing an article about this, it is still a quite wellknown dutch songwriter that participated in Eurovision before that comes with cristism for the dutch entry, but this is filled with speculation, opinion and pointing fingers, something a "journalist" shouldn't do (unless you don't write a chronicle where you are allowed to write opionions. Why I am discussing this matter is that I have myself studied journalism and know a little about it and that sites like these is destroying Eurovisions reputation, which still has a bad reputation in quite many countries (even in countries where it is still quite popular like Sweden).
lilka
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This is a very decent song, but that's it. I think it lacks that "something". I gave it 6 points.
ZoboCamel
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Oh, it's most certainly not journalism; it's complaining about having your favourite song mocked and then fanboying about said song. All I defended was pointing out the composer's hypocrisy, and maybe laughing at the guy a little; even then, those would have been better suited to Twitter or something. I like Wiwibloggs as a whole but this article is just a waste of time.
