Blogs of the Sea

This week's Eurosunday includes songs 31-35 in my personal ranking. We're starting to get into decent songs but nothing really great yet.

35. United Kingdom
Andy Abraham – Even If
Reaction: This is a pleasant yet not very memorable soul-disco song. It gets boring and repetitive by the end. Still, this is a much better try than the UK’s past two efforts so I’ll say “good job”.
Best Part: Chorus
Rating: 2/5

34. Croatia
Kraljevi ulice & 75 cents – Romanca
Reaction: This song is cute and charming. It would make perfect background music at a café or a walk through a city square, which makes sense given the band’s day job as street musicians. While it’s a pleasant song and makes me smile, it seems a bit generic and not memorable.
Best Part: The laj-laj-laj part at the ending
Rating: 3/5

33. Latvia
Pirates of the Sea – Wolves of the Sea
Reaction: The song is fairly catchy and hummable, but the lyrics are so silly. These aren’t violent pirates – they’re silly pirates that might not be out of place in a children’s TV show. Even the lyrics referring to stealing treasure sound like they’re skipping away with it. And it’s hard to believe them when they say that they are “scary and bold.” Hopefully this doesn’t lead to some country next year sending a song about ninjas who have tea parties.
Best Part: Chorus
Rating: 3/5

32. Andorra
Gisela – Casanova
Reaction: I like Gisela – I love her version of “Tu voz se apagara” from the Spanish national finals last year. However, I can’t say the same for this song. It’s bouncy Swedish-style pop, but it doesn’t have the sticking power it needs. It’s just not as memorable as the other songs in this style in this contest.
Best Part: Bridge
Rating: 3/5

31. Ireland
Dustin the Turkey – Ireland douze points
Reaction: This song reeks of desperation – it’s right there in the opening lines. It seems unnecessary from a country who achieved a top 10 place just 2 years ago to sing a song about how they’ve been doing terrible lately, but here one is. When you get to lyrics about gobbling and flapping your wings, you have to worry if the performers selected this song because of their sense of humor or their desire to get a job, any job. The listing of European countries at the end is a blatant plea for votes from anyone who can give them (and even some who can’t, like Austria). However, the tune is catchy, and if you look at it as a good-natured yet desperate effort rather than a parody of the contest itself, it can be pretty funny.
Best Part: “Eastern Europe, we love you/Do you like Irish stew/Or goulash, as it is to you”
Rating: 3/5

Next week I'll have songs 26-30.