The Netherlands THE NETHERLANDS 2019 - Duncan Laurence - Arcade

[dannytr24]

Proud

 

[Vektor]

This sounds like a jury winner if it will have a good staging and a great live performance.

 

[pastablanche]

This is amazing. The song made me feel things in my heart and the MV made me feel things somewhere else.

 

[Lilly]

http://esctips.com/2019/03/07/netherlands-duncan-laurence-arcade/

 

[ZoboCamel]

A couple of listens in and I'm liking this! Not sure where it'll end on my final rankings, and I do tend to like riskier entries, but this is clearly quality stuff in terms of the production and so on. 7 points from me for now, and I think this could be the year's jury winner.

 

[Gera11]

Cute and well produced, but I was expecting more, idk. 7 points for now, maybe it will be a grower.

 

[RevNet]

THE GOOD:
-Everything works here.

THE BAD:
-Nothing really.

THE VERDICT:
The title of "Arcade" is proper because this song would be perfect on a Life Is Strange OST. I got that vibe within the first 30 seconds of the song, and it never let go of that vibe for me. The only knock I have on it is that it should be more memorable than it is. This is a really captivating song, and with the right staging and a good performance, I'm declaring this my dark horse to win. It might not win, but it'll get mighty close. 10 points

 

[EvNickGR]

Beautiful and modern song, nice production - 10 points, top 10 please.

 

[RainyWoods]

Arcade is the sole song this year that's given me winner vibes from the first listen, and joins Italy as the only other song so far picked that I can imagine winning. The Netherlands are not messing about.

At the same time though, this isn't really my thing at all. Elements of it I think are nice. The little intro and outro I find to be a sweet touch that allows the song to haunt you a bit, and the quality of everything is very high. An extremely polished piece of music. It's hard for me to explain what stops me from getting into this without being a terribly unbearable party/funeral (whatever it's giving you) pooper, so I won't. I'll spare people. It's just simply not made for me and is cut from a cloth that just leaves me cold. It's tolerable though. I'll give it 5 strong points out of respect for the effort.

 

[Mrm]

Okay that was lavieenrose, RainyWoods (expected even lower points ) reactions..now only EscGeek is missing to butcher this to the end..

 

[RainyWoods]

Okay that was lavieenrose, RainyWoods (expected even lower points ) reactions..now only EscGeek is missing to butcher this to the end..

In fairness I kind of did want to give it lower, but I'm just in such a blissful mood today. I have this love in my heart for our planet earth and its people. I feel almost like upgrading all my songs on 4 points and below up to a 5. I'd then have a whole party of 5s, living a special kind of fantasy together in harmony, holding hands. It would be beautiful.

 

[Mrm]

In fairness I kind of did want to give it lower, but I'm just in such a blissful mood today. I have this love in my heart for our planet earth and it's people. I feel almost like upgrading all my songs on 4 points and below up to a 5. I'd then have a whole party of 5s, living a special kind of fantasy together in harmony, holding hands. It would be beautiful.

Selam, selam, hand in hand, on journey to rainy woods!

 

[SwissKung]

12 points, this is the best english song in this year's contest. Definitely in the race to win Eurovision.

 

[carl1]

I can't remember the last time I heard something so pure and honest. This makes me cry, but also makes me happy. That is the sign of a strong song. We have to see what other internally selected songs will offer, especially Lazarev, but I think this is the year for The Netherlands. I'm like 75% sure this will end up winning. Absolutely certain this will smash the jury vote. If I was a Dutch, I would be so proud right now. This is a masterpiece.

 

[EscGeek]

Okay that was lavieenrose, RainyWoods (expected even lower points ) reactions..now only EscGeek is missing to butcher this to the end..

Challenge accepted

I've already said that Lithuania, Belgium and Netherlands are sending practically the same "meh" song this year.

*starts butchering* Even Monika Marija's "Light On" beats the trio Duncan, Eliot and Jurijus. I hope at least one of them will grow on me later. Historically, I'm placing a bet on Lithuania and/or Belgium.
The RnB snippet sounded very promising to me, but i guess having Netherlands in my top 10 20 twice in a row is too much to ask. I'm happy that he didn't go all depressing on me though, so it's not all bad.
I don't know anything about Calum Scott aside from that he's a singer. A very boring singer. So if Duncan was inspired by him, then you know the game was over before it started. *ends butchering*

 

[Mrm]

Challenge accepted

I've already said that Lithuania, Belgium and Netherlands are sending practically the same "meh" song this year.

*starts butchering* Even Monika Marija's "Light On" beats the trio Duncan, Eliot and Jurijus. I hope at least one of them will grow on me later. Historically, I'm placing a bet on Lithuania and/or Belgium.
The RnB snippet sounded very promising to me, but i guess having Netherlands in my top 10 20 twice in a row is too much to ask. I'm happy that he didn't go all depressing on me though, so it's not all bad.
I don't know anything about Calum Scott aside from that he's a singer. A very boring singer. So if Duncan was inspired by him, then you know the game was over before it started. *ends butchering*

Have you heard Israeli teaser?

 

[Lazy Baba]

This will appeal so much to the mass crowd that it will do incredibly well in the televote or just kinda get lost like Bulgaria last year, i think. It will 100 percent qualify though.

My only concern: will this convince the televoters? Im not sure. Staging will make it or break it. And let's not forget there's Russia, that will do everything to win this year.

 

[QwaarJet]

Arcade is the sole song this year that's given me winner vibes from the first listen, and joins Italy as the only other song so far picked that I can imagine winning. The Netherlands are not messing about.

At the same time though, this isn't really my thing at all. Elements of it I think are nice. The little intro and outro I find to be a sweet touch that allows the song to haunt you a bit, and the quality of everything is very high. An extremely polished piece of music. It's hard for me to explain what stops me from getting into this without being a terribly unbearable party/funeral (whatever it's giving you) pooper, so I won't. I'll spare people. It's just simply not made for me and is cut from a cloth that just leaves me cold. It's tolerable though. I'll give it 5 strong points out of respect for the effort.

I completely agree with your sentiments. I see the quality. I feel the quality, but it lives me stone cold. His voice, the song structure, the melody... I really need to FEEL a song to love it, and it just isn't working for me. But I can also see how this could do very well. I don't think it's a winner because of the televote, but possible top 5 is on the cards.

 

[EscGeek]

Have you heard Israeli teaser?

I'm gonna have to use more advanced butchering tools to deal with that xjason

 

[94ayd]

doing their signature sound - boring. points from me. How I wish we could go back to 2010 and stay there forever: