Semi 1 - 06
Belgium
Ishtar
O Julissi
Belgium
Ishtar
O Julissi
Boog:
I betray my age as this reminds me of Margaret Rutherford , black and white films and innocence. An irrepressibly chirpy , happy song that is bound to irritate many but just makes me want to frolic. ( any takers?) I found Sanomi much more irritating ( particularly the ‘handjive’ which one of this year’s entry has emulated (more of which, later)), and am less ‘aware’ of the made up language. I doubt this will work ion a large arena, as it’s dependant on musicianship. I’m not even convinced they’ll nail the vocals, to be honest, but I do wish them well. ( if only to annoy Frank!) Until recently, Brussels was the most boring capital I’ve ever visited. Actually, I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings , but it still is. Personal score out of ten (8) and Winnschans (1%)
Frank:
Oh, you … oh, you ... I forgot my lyrics
Harrow:
Phoneme vomit. 5th time in 6 years that Belgium have been in my bottom 5 (Kate Ryan being the exception) 0/10
Tore:
Belgium has done very well in ESC before with an imaginary language song. But there stops every similarities with their previous entry “Sanomi”. “O julissi” has far more in common with another imaginary language ESC-song; “Y Asi” from Austria which failed miserably from its early position in the 2005 ESC semi final. I hope, but I’m not sure, Belgium will face a similar faith as this is nothing but an annoying “charm” song that never seems to end. Chances of qualifying: 40%
Lobo:
I think it was a girlie group singing something jazzy, right? Unimpressed.
Stefan:
The clever guys from VRT only took five years to realise that imaginary language once did well for Belgium. Too bad it won't a second time, as this is a contrived piece of old rubbish. Nerve-wrecking! 3/10.
Ade:
Sounds like something twee from the 1960s that the Swiss might send knowing it stands no chance. It's simple enough to pick up a few votes, but lacks any real hook and ends up sounding like repetitive lift musak that outstays its welcome long before three minutes are up. 3/10
Alexander-NL:
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I betray my age as this reminds me of Margaret Rutherford , black and white films and innocence. An irrepressibly chirpy , happy song that is bound to irritate many but just makes me want to frolic. ( any takers?) I found Sanomi much more irritating ( particularly the ‘handjive’ which one of this year’s entry has emulated (more of which, later)), and am less ‘aware’ of the made up language. I doubt this will work ion a large arena, as it’s dependant on musicianship. I’m not even convinced they’ll nail the vocals, to be honest, but I do wish them well. ( if only to annoy Frank!) Until recently, Brussels was the most boring capital I’ve ever visited. Actually, I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings , but it still is. Personal score out of ten (8) and Winnschans (1%)
Frank:
Oh, you … oh, you ... I forgot my lyrics
Harrow:
Phoneme vomit. 5th time in 6 years that Belgium have been in my bottom 5 (Kate Ryan being the exception) 0/10
Tore:
Belgium has done very well in ESC before with an imaginary language song. But there stops every similarities with their previous entry “Sanomi”. “O julissi” has far more in common with another imaginary language ESC-song; “Y Asi” from Austria which failed miserably from its early position in the 2005 ESC semi final. I hope, but I’m not sure, Belgium will face a similar faith as this is nothing but an annoying “charm” song that never seems to end. Chances of qualifying: 40%
Lobo:
I think it was a girlie group singing something jazzy, right? Unimpressed.
Stefan:
The clever guys from VRT only took five years to realise that imaginary language once did well for Belgium. Too bad it won't a second time, as this is a contrived piece of old rubbish. Nerve-wrecking! 3/10.
Ade:
Sounds like something twee from the 1960s that the Swiss might send knowing it stands no chance. It's simple enough to pick up a few votes, but lacks any real hook and ends up sounding like repetitive lift musak that outstays its welcome long before three minutes are up. 3/10
Alexander-NL:
Well, I think we’ve established that the more one hears this song the more annoying it gets. And to me it was pretty annoying to begin with, because it was beating some great songs in the Belgian selection. Yet, this is another entry that scares me. Grandma and grandpa could just be convinced that this is somehow “actual”, “real” music, like the majority of the Belgian voting audience thought. It does stand out enormously which can always go both ways.
4/10 (34th)
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1 comment:
Belgium: Loved this when I first heard it and still do. Julie Andrews on speed, it’s a charming folk song which is so, so, catchy – immediately memorable. It could totally bomb, equally, it could do very well – have a feeling it will be the latter 10
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