Eurovision
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3
something which an ill 6 year old might regurgitate, as well as the fact that I’m not entirely convinced in some cases that the drummer on stage is drumming what is coming out of the sound system, but that is pure pernickety on my count; This is an exceptionally good song.
Whilst describing this singer, the phrase “an outstanding vocal and falsetto range” would be a sheer understatement. I mean really, how does she get up there?
I got rather excited when I heard the first verse of this song, and I felt that it had a large amount of potential to reach great heights, but I feel quite hard done by. After the introduction which was a song which, I’m not going to lie, would have scored wonders in the UK charts. However, the time signature then changes, as the song drops overall to around 90 BPM. Whilst the Eurovision song contest encourages acts to be unique, this takes the encouragement far too literally: Generally speaking, electronic music with a four-to-the-floor dance rhythm has a BPM count which is at least 25% higher!
On the other hand, the staging was immaculate, the giant bringing the singer on to the rock, the use of the smoke machines, the scenery in the background- all totally flawless. Despite the mishap with the tempo, the rest of the song doesn’t seem too bad either. Europe decided that this was this was their third favourite song, I’m inclined to disagree, but it’s still better than what Britain produces year after year.
This song is a certainly deserving of at least the second place which it received overall. As just a standalone song, ignoring all of the stage performing, I could easily see it doing wonders in the competition overall. The same goes for the staging too- that was unique, exciting and perfectly executed.
This song sounded exactly like I wanted Ukraine’s entry to sound like; it starts gently, and for the most part follows the genre throughout the rest of the song. Yes, it’s not all gentle like it is in the beginning, but at least it’s not some cheesy attempt at an upbeat dance song. The other thing is that this song actually use real instruments, I hear strings, electric guitar, bass guitar, and an acoustic drum kit. Apart from Mr.Lordi in 2006, and ManGa in 2010, this is a rare occurrence in Eurovision.
The Staging is on a whole other level though; the whole bloke-in-the-box effect is something that would even be considered exciting at a circus. The mirroring is a great idea, and it was executed with total immaculacy, Shame about the singer’s eyebrows though.
I genuinely struggle to count the number of textural layers contained in Denmarks song; there’s something for everyone- guitar, vocals, 3 backing vocalist, different types of drums... and so the list goes on.
The lyrics to this song really get the point across as they are simple and effective, although they are highly repetitive, there is enough depth to the words which mean that they don’t get boring or truistic. All of the instruments are played flawlessly, although the hobbit-style motif played by the flute doesn’t always seem to fit.
There seems to be a generic baseline which the top 3 were following this year, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and lastly this song all consist of a slow introduction, followed by a thicker chorus with ideas taken from dance music- Britain, take note.
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