#Greta Zazza

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[eurovisionopinions]

[knamjoonswhore]

i’m currently entering the dangerous territory of falling in love w/ eurovision songs before they're officially selected help : ) 

this can only end in disappointment : )

[sole-cuore-amore-e-droga]

I so hope we will qualify next year.

[pandarth-picks]

Artist: Greta Zazza

Song: Like I Love You

Language: English

[escunited]

Lithuania: Eurovizijos Atranka Continues With Heat 3

[escinsight]

ESC Insight's Musical Moments Of 2017: Part Two

Roy Delaney (Eurovision Apocalypse) Amar Pelos Dois, by Salvador Sobral Sometimes you just know. Myself and Mrs Hacksaw had settled in for a Sunday night of slightly unpopular Portuguese song as we inflicted the frequently fairly fruitless Portuguese semi-final upon our sorry selves. Well, it was that or some cosy Sunday night…

[lyricshot-net]

Greta Zazza - Broken Shadows Lyrics

Greta Zazza – Broken Shadows Lyrics

Pull away Turn around I know the dance so well I know the dance so well You and I Lost and found Our heaven gone to hell Our heaven gone to hell Whether or not I really gave it all I could What have we got if in the end it isn’t good Oooh Your hand’s in my hand But I understand Tonight we are broken shadows I’ll lie next to you Afraid of the truth Tonight we are broken shadows Broken shadows…

[compassionate-gang]

NO GRETA THE ONLY THING I LIKED ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS YOUR PERM AND YOUR JACKET

BRING BACK THE HAIR

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LITHUANIA

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[eurovisionopinions]

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2017: Pre-show

26. Lithuania: Fusedmarc - “Rain of Revolution” Semifinal 2 - #16

SAY YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAAAAAAAAAAAH

So, how do you feel about this blistering hot mess of screaming, “Yeah-Yeahs” and pyros beating songs like “Where I Am” and “Beautiful Mess”. Sorry, but if I’m thinking Beautiful Mess, this is where I’m at:

What a sight for sore eyes <3 YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAAAAAAAH

Obviously, I like this song because it’s a huge fucking trainwreck <3 “Rain of Revolution” isn’t as much of a song as it is random shrieking streaked with overhwelming, eye-watering visuals and liberal dollops of YEAH-YEAH whisked between. I LOVE it. 

Furthermore, Viktorija’s English is HORRID <3 Let us all sing along NAW AM GETTIN’ CLOSER TO ~UUUUUUUU~ FEEL DA REIGN OF REVOLUCIAN (lolno. sashay away, bitch)

NAW AM GETTIN’ CLOSER TO ~UUUUUUU~ DERSNO TAYM FOR YOR EELUZEN NAAAAAAOOO~ YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAHHHHHH

(Also, do my ears deceive me, or does she sing “Looking for da reason... HAMSTER ON DA ROAD” at 1:50, lmao?)

So random, so shit, so Lithuanian <3

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

Lithuania’s selection is usually SHIT and ENDLESS (”hmm let’s have all of these songs perform for eight weeks straight and elim two every week :)” strong concept, Lithuania.), so I didn’t bother watching... however, I did follow it. In a competition filled with many trainwrecks, Greta Zazza stuck out as one of the few competent ones (song starts at 1:44):

Octopus dance <3 No pants <3 That HIDEOUS jacket <3 Bare-chested dancers <3 SO DESPERATE (and yet one of the few songs you could actually take seriously in Eurovisija this year, lol).

My favourite however, was Queens of Roses:

"We’re gonna CATCH! Catch a fish!  We gonna CATCH!  Catch a fish! We’re gonna CATCH! Catch a fish! What u’d wish for...x

CATCH! Catch a fish, we’re gonna catch! Catch a fish! Were gonna ~caaaaaaatch~... a fish :o

Such a RIDICULOUS premise for a song <3 “OHHHH, FISHERMAN!!! TOUCHING THE HORIZON, BRINGING ON THE RISING OF SUN!!”. Their choreography and ridic outfits are to LIVE for. And obviously, no one can deny that wonderful chorus. “CATCH A FISH!!” But of course, no ranking is complete without the obvious fan favourite. I am of course talking about... AISTE PICKLEFEELINGS!!!! lol, no. Sorry if you’re a fan.  I am taking about the one, the ONLY... Lolita Zero, who entered the selection to promote her fantasy movie (lmfao, only in Lithuania) and BottomGoddessed her way into the finale, through a wildcard vote.  MESS WITH THE Z-DEVIL AND YOU GET THE (pyrokinetic) HORNS!!

AIN’T STOPPING US, GET FRIGHTEN!! *smashes watermelon with fist*. Nuff said. :) What an inspiration. :’)  Ugh, fine, I’ll show you the ACTUAL fan favourite who was pipped at the post by Fusedmarc:

If you thought, “hmm this sounds like a second-rate Aminata song”, you are correct!! Aminata wrote this song for herself, decided, “nah it’s not that great” and then sold it to Aiste, who is the Claudia Faniello of Lithuania (aka the endless hanger-on who never wins). It’s a pity that Aiste sucked, but oh well, I’m not that bothered.

For the second time, horrible english sing-a-long time:

ALL MY LYYYYYYYYYYYF DREAKING DA RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULZ I’M LIKA VOOOOOOOOOOOLF I’M LIKA VOOLF I’M LIKA VOOOLF

QUALIFICATION ODDS: poor lol, remember, this is a song whose lyrics consist of “Yeah Yeah”, “Hamster on the road” and some other random shit. Who on earth will vote for it? Even the good draw (17th out of 19) and the presence of Ireland (gotta love those diasporiae!) aren’t going to be enough. To be fair, none of the Lithuanian songs would have qualified, so I’m glad they went for something fun :) That being said, “Rain of Revolution” will be revamped. They’re going to cut back the amount of “YEAH YEAH”s, how sad :( At least it will allow us to take the song (a teeny bit) more seriously, I guess :) 

I’ll close this huge, rambly post by pulling some random figures out of my ass:

Projected Placement: 27th-34th

RANKING SO FAR

26. Lithuania 27. Austria 28. Bulgaria 29. Denmark 30. Australia 31. Serbia 32. Germany 33. Poland 34. Greece 35. Spain 36. Switzerland 37. Czech Republic 38. Sweden 39. Russia 40. Malta 41. Ireland 42. Slovenia 43. Georgia

CONGRATULATIONS ON OUR TOP 25!!!

Albania - Armenia - Azerbaijan - Belarus - Belgium

Croatia - Cyprus - Estonia - Finland - France

Hungary - Iceland - Israel - Italy - Latvia

Macedonia - Moldova - Montenegro - Norway - Portugal

Romania - San Marino - the Netherlands - Ukraine - United Kingdom

[saulesnoburta]

My ESC17 ideal contest

So here are the onions:

1.Hungary: Adam Szabo - "Together" 2.Romania: Ilinca feat Alex Florea - "Yodel it!" 3.Finland: Lauri Yrjola - "Helppo Elama" 4.Belgium 5.Sweden: Jon Henrik Fjallgren feat Aninia - EN VÄRLD FULL AV STRIDER (VEARELDE GUSNIE JEENH VIGKIEH) 6.Slovenia: BQL - "Heart of Gold" 7.Latvia: Toms Kalderauskis - "We won't back down" 8.FYR Macedonia 9.Lithuania: Greta Zazza - "Like i love you" 10.Belarus: NAVI – “Historyja Majho Życcia” 11.Azerbaijan 12.Italy: Francesco Gabbani - "Occidentali's Karma" 13.Ukraine: Melovin - "Wonder" 14.Iceland: Erna Mist Pétursdóttir - "I'll Be Gone" 15.Estonia: Liis Lemsalu - "Keep Running" 16.Denmark: Anja Nissen - "Where I am" 17.Switzerland: Timebelle - "Apollo" 18.UK: Lucie Jones - "I'll never give up on you" 19.Austria 20.Bulgaria 21.Serbia 22.Spain: Mirela - "Contigo" 23.Malta: Janice Mangion - "Kewkba" 24.Poland: Isabell Otrębus - "Voiceless" 25.Norway: Ulrikke - "Places" 26.Cyprus 27.Albania: Yll Limani – “Shiu” 28.Israel 29.Moldova: Sunstroke Project - "Hey mamma" 30.France 31.Australia 32.Armenia 33.Portugal: Pedro Gonçalves - Don't Walk Away 34.Germany: Axel Feige - "Perfect Life" 35.Greece: Demy - "When the morning comes" 36.Georgia: Mariko Lezhava - "Light It Up" 37.Ireland 38.Netherlands 39.San marino 40.Montenegro 41.Czechia 42.russia 43.croatia

[navibandit]

my ideal esc 2017: national selection edition

Albania: Botë/World – Lindita

Belarus: Historyja majho žyccia – Navi(band)

Denmark: Northern Lights – Sada Vidoo

Estonia: Verona – Koit Toome & Laura (or Feel Me Now – Ariadne)

Finland: Blackbird – Norma John (or Circle of Lights – Emma)

Germany: Perfect Life – Axel Feige

Georgia: Me da shen – Trio Mandili

Greece: This Is Love – Demy

Iceland: Hypnotised – Aron Brink (or Til mín – Arnar Jónsson & Rakel Pálsdóttir)

Israel: Imri

Italy: Occidentali’s Karma – Francesco Gabbani

Latvia: I’m In Love With You – The Ludvig (or Who Is In Charge – Linda Leen)

Lithuania: Like I Love You – Greta Zazza

Malta: Kewkba – Janice Mangion

Moldova: Hey, Mamma! – SunStroke Project (or Discover Moldova – Ethno Republic & Surorile Osoianu)

Norway: Mama’s Boy – Ella

Poland: Flashlight – Kasia Moś

Portugal: Poema a dois – Fernando Daniel

Romania: Yodel It! – Ilinca and Alex Florea (or Petale – Instinct)

Slovenia: Zažarim – Raiven

Spain: Contigo – Mirela (or Do It for Your Lover – Manel Navarro)

Sweden: Statements – Loreen

Switzerland: Apollo – Timebelle

Ukraine: O, mamo! – Salto Nazad

United Kingdom: Never Give Up on You – Lucie Jones

[escoverthinker]

Song 16: Lithuania (Fusedmarc - Rain of Revolution)

The song: Rain of Revolution is a funk/rock track in which…err…well, from what I can garner, the singer describes the feeling of being so in love with someone that they can feel the “rain of revolution”. I guess it’s likening the start of a new relationship to the start of a political revolution, emphasised by the verse in which they sing about “making a start” and “Breaking the rational views and narrow limits”. That concept, at least on paper, is an interesting angle to bring to a love song. So much so that I wish that it could have been executed better than this.

Key moment: This song’s got a pretty good bassline that, if presented correctly, has the potential to be a pretty good “get up and groove” song.

Trend alert: Lithuania’s got form in picking slightly left field songs with strong basslines performed by dark haired women with iffy English pronunciation. By which I mean, what feels like their only non-qualification since time began, 2014’s Attention was fairly similar in vibes to this. That managed to not qualify in a semi where two thirds of the competing songs qualified so Lithuania will likely be hoping this doesn’t go the same way.

Performance and staging: The national final staging was awash with the LED background giving off a red and orange firework circle effect both on the floor and the wall behind the band which kinda works. Or at least it would if it didn’t just stay the same throughout the 3 minutes save for mild increases or decreases in the intensity of the fizzling. Other than that, the singer just seems to walk around the stage aimlessly and sing the lyrics in a way that tells you explicitly enough that English is not a language she speaks at all fluently.

Clues and Context: Lithuania’s national final system is truly bizzare in that it lasts for three months with a series of rounds of the same songs being performed again and again. As a result, this means that songs that are ‘growers’ and benefit from multiple listens gain a structural advantage over songs who perform well on a single listen which is, afterall, what the structure of Eurovision itself is.

Nowhere is this more manifest than in this song. The first time this song was able to be voted on by the public, it came fourth. It was only in the later rounds that this managed to get any kind of substantial score in both the juries and televotes and eventually it managed to just get over the finishing line.

Conclusions: This song is so frustrating because Lithuania had so many potential options that would have been genuinely competitive. Greta Zazza’s actually really good MF reject, Aiste’s Aminata-penned electro ballad or, if they wanted to go completely crazy, HRH Lolita Zero’s Get Frighten. But what did they actually end up picking, this! If the Lithuanian public were only so-so about this the first time they heard it then it stands to reason that the non-Lithuanian public isn’t exactly going to be rushing to vote for this. The only votes this will be getting are ones based on Lithuania’s automatic diasporic votes which, in some years, is enough to qualify. Since Lithuania has a big diaspora voting base and a fair amount of friends in semi two it probably shouldn’t be counted out completely but even then, if this does qualify it’ll be off the back of other entries going wrong than any strengths of its own.

[bobglasscock]

iPod Playlist - January 2017

1 - I Will Break Your Heart - Busted

2 - On My Way - Tiësto featuring Bright Sparks

3 - Tell Me - Two Voices

4 - Sad Girls Club - The Magnettes

5 - One In A Million - Midnight to Monaco

6 - Ultra Violet - The Katherines

7 - Stupid For You - Waterparks

8 - Hey Kiddo - Laura Pritts

9 - Drink Up - Train

10 - Cherry Gum - Dolly Style

11 - Toxic - Eden Prince featuring Marco Foster

12 - Hide Away - Daya

13 - High Society - Kaiser Chiefs

14 - Take Me Home - Jess Glynne

15 - Don’t Leave The Past Behind - Madness

16 - Pink Cadillac - Mags Duval

17 - Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes

18 - Like I Love you - Greta Zazza

19 - The Heat (I Wanna Dance With Somebody) - Ralph Felix & SDJM

20 - Back In The Room - KLP

21 - History Maker - Dean Fujioka