Our Favourites - Part 2 - Hannah
Friday 21 March 2008 | Labels: Eurovison 2008 | 0 comments |As many of you may have guessed from previous posts, I love certain songs (Andorra) and don't particularly like others. Nathan had been nagging me previously to pick my favourites. When I did do it, it was early on a morning on my bus with my iPod in listening to the songs. I was half asleep, rushed and couldn't be bothered, so i made a bit of a hash of it. So i decided, i WILL do it properly. It was immensely hard and took a lot of concentration, self discipline and cake, but, i've listened to all the songs and not been biased in my judgements. Much. Well, maybe a LITTLE bit, but that's not that bad is it?
This is a good song from Armenia this year. It starts off quite slow and traditional, but then the tempo speeds up and it becomes a good catchy pop song. The lyrics are quite, what's the right word here? Playful? Fun? Suggestive? Demanding? All of the above and much more. Put it all together and it's a great song. The reason why it's bottom of my favourites is because I had TONS of songs to choose from and this one simply isn't the best.
This song is very catchy and fun. It starts off very strange, but then the beat and lyrics come in and its very effective and powerful. One thing that does annoy me though, are those little beeps. What's the point? None the less, the chorus is powerful and catchy, great song! Not quite Verka, but I'm secretly happy they haven't sent another man dressed in tin foil. Don't tell Nathan...
This is a good rock/pop song with a very 'unique' video. When I first saw this dude, i thought he looked like an awkward teenager dancing, but he scrubs up well for this video. My first thought when watching it; PHWOAR!!!
The song itself is quite catchy and I find it slightly touching until he states "I don't care". I don't know why i rate this above the others, I just like it...
Starts off very traditional and then has a funky modern beat thrown in there. Very smooth transaction from old to new, like it! Nathan used to LOVE this song and it had it on loop, so it got old fast. But this song is one of those whose chorus sticks in your head, and no matter how hard you try to get rid of it, you cant. I think that's why i like it. The chorus has a good beat and the lyrics are quite groovy and appealing to me for some reason. (by now I'm sure you've noticed I'm not very good at describing things!)
Although it is in another language, I really like it. I don't often opt for songs in a foreign language, simply cos i don't know what it's on about! But i do like this one. The verses are slightly boring but the choruses are upbeat and the words sound really funky! I mean - 'Vrag Naj Vzame' who could not like the sound of that? Especially since it means 'to hell with it!' (I only know this due to the fountain of all things Eurovision constantly repeating it and its meaning; ie. Nathan was being annoying)
Ah, I was wondering when this was going to come up. This will be an amazement to Nathan that this is on my favourites at all. When he first played this, I told him straight out that I thought it was tacky Eurotrash. So, much to my annoyance, it grew on me. Although it is Eurotrash, it is upbeat with fun, and very strange, lyrics. They make you want to join the nearest 7 seas expedition and call yourself Pirate Peggy. Or at least it does to me... anyone else? Or am i going to sailing alone? I cant believe I just said that... ?!
This year, Sweden has a strong singer singing a great song. The lyrics are very catchy and paired with an up beat modern music rhythm and beat, it makes a great song that its really nice to listen to and learn!!
Although I didn't watch it being performed at Melodifestivalen (as Nathan repeatedly reminds me) but I did think it had a good chance of winning, which reflected in my voting. I still think it has a good chance of coming into the top 10, just not winning.
I love this song and have done for a while. I like this genre, easy listening/pop sort of songs. The music is very easy to listen to and is quite regular. The dude who sings it, Simon Mathew, has a good voice which suits this song well. If you've read my Denmark post, you have heard all this before and I am running out of new opinions ad things to say other than I love this song! GO DENMARK!!
Ah, this prediction is slightly different and it took me a lot of effort to place this song 2nd from the top. I am quite faithful to Andorra and in all my earlier top 12 favourites, Andorra has always come top; mainly because I loved Anonymous so much last year. So when I listened to Andorra's song this year, I loved it from the first beat.
The beat is rhythmical, catchy and the lyrics are so fun and sung so well! I love this song so much, but I had to be honest, and there's one that I love and like that little bit more...
Germany. This song is brilliant! These girls know how to sing and show it beautifully!! I think the song is a very good mixture of ballad and upbeat chorus. It never gets too hectic or busy and is quite slow compared to other songs. I am a bit of a romantic deep down, so I loved the concept and lyrics of this song, I think deep down most of us do! The music is quite rhythmical and quite light, not very heavy like Finland. I love this song and it took a lot of courage and self discipline t put it top!! This is not its kiss of death! It will survive and do well, it probably wont win knowing Germany's luck - but who cares?! It's already #4 in the German charts! (Unfortunately, I'm secretly wishing Andorra does better. Damn these voices in my head!! My doctor says I'm schizophrenic, but we don't agree...)
