Let's Save These Songs (and my internet)

Sorry for not posting this yesterday, but my internet was not working. Here is the next group of Eurovision songs and rankings:

35. Croatia
Dragonfly f/Dado Topic – “Vjerujem u ljubav”
Reaction:This is boring and bland soft rock. The female singer has a pleasant sounding voice, but it isn’t enough to save a slow boring song. The song also has a weird ending – it sounds like it might fade out then ends abruptly, with no build up to it. Normally I would support the Croatian entry but unfortunately this just isn’t good enough.
Best Part: The parts with the female singer
Rating:2/5

34. Lithunia
4fun – “Love or Leave”
Reaction: It’s a pleasant soft song…and a bit too soft. It’s this close to becoming a lullaby and putting babies (and everyone else) to sleep. It’s just too sleep-inducing to remember, but at least unlike some other songs that bore you to death, it will pleasantly put you to sleep like a glass of warm milk.
Best Part: It all sounds the same to me
Rating: 2/5

33. Czech Republic
Kabat – “Mala Dama”
Reaction: I suppose it’s the most hard rock of any of this year’s songs, but that doesn’t make it any better. The verses are boring and not sung well. The chorus starts off in a bit of a sing-a-long way, but it doesn’t continue.
Best Part: Chorus
Rating: 2/5

32. Andorra
Anonymous – “Salvem el mon”
Reaction: These kids are obviously influenced by blink-182 style late 90s pop-punk. Unfortunately, they are not an adequate homage. The melody is not as interesting as any of blink-182’s work and the vocals are nasal and whiny in a way that only teenagers/pre-teens can appreciate. There is a nice key change, but it is to the key that they should have been in all along.
Best Part: Key change
Rating: 2/5

31. Austria
Eric Papilaya – “Get a life, get alive”
Reaction: This is not the most interesting pop-rock song this year, and there’s nothing really memorable here. This song has a good positive message, but aren’t those a dime a dozen in Eurovision? Although the “get a life, get alive” message promoting life and health shows that whoever wrote this song has their heart in the right place, telling someone to “get a life” might imply that they are an asocial loser. As we have seen last year, at least some asocial losers are in the audience (I don’t mean to offend any metal fans; I am probably in the loser group too), so this might not work as well as intended.
Best Part: Chorus
Rating: 2/5

Hopefully I will have next week's post up on time!