tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post1776620338969459254..comments2024-01-28T03:28:10.805-05:00Comments on The Determined Dilettante: Holy Euro-mackerel!!Elisabeth Vincentellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-29003802273470857852008-03-09T14:44:00.000-04:002008-03-09T14:44:00.000-04:00The Bosnian entry is indeed very good but I think ...The Bosnian entry is indeed very good but I think it takes too long to get going: the first minute and a half (ie fully half of its alloted three minutes) is a dirge and the really catchy part comes in way too late, and then ends abruptly.<BR/><BR/>As for Tellier, it's the kind of song that will be either in the top 3 or the bottom 3--no middle ground for it. For the first time in years, I do think the French entry has a decent chance. Now we need to see what kind of staging they're going to choose. In their shoes, I'd follow his album's theme of sexuality and do something steamy.<BR/><BR/>Finally I love Telex in general but at the context it was sunk not so much by the quality of the song itself than by the fact that most meta-entries (songs about Eurovision or winning it all, etc) tend to flop.Elisabeth Vincentellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327631509314540602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30833711.post-9884692892122819742008-03-09T11:06:00.000-04:002008-03-09T11:06:00.000-04:00I think last year's French entry might have been t...I think <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4VcSQE7DXg" REL="nofollow">last year's French entry</A> might have been the first one that was (partly) in English. Obviously the difference between the two is that this one is a fairly serious attempt...<BR/><BR/>One thing I find interesting about "Divine" is that the Eurovision bloggers generally like it. They generally deride most alternative-styled entries but "Divine" works somehow, perhaps because its slightly electroey musical costume fits in with the general musical profile of a hardcore Eurovision fan. (They all tend to be gay men, and usually know more about music than one would give them credit for.) <BR/><BR/>Mind you, I still see it failing miserably in the voting because it's neither the critics or the hardcore fans who decide the winner. The rare times something fairly critically acclaimed makes it to Eurovision it usually bombs, and I definitely see this sharing the fate of the somewhat reminiscent <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USa0zUMmqI" REL="nofollow">"Euro-Vision" by Telex</A>, the 1980 Belgian entry that finished last. If any indie entry is going to succeed this year I'd probably put my money on <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJekvU3lLhI" REL="nofollow">the Bosnian Entry</A> instead, which is actually high quality pop as well as being seriously alt-oddbally.Birdseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161105277182690887noreply@blogger.com