Bosnia-Herzegovina
Laka
Poku�aj
Listened to it once. I liked it, but didn´t like the visuals.
ade:
Interesting start, but goes nowhere very quickly after this. An 'example song' from a country that can do better. Repeat a few sample phrases and hope it works, it almost does Mid range shite. 7/10
Tore:
What a pleasant surprise from BiH this year. Thank God not every ex-Yugoslavian country is stuck in the ethno ballad cliché. After their success in 2006 BiH tried to copy that last year with much less success. This time they go for something totally different and have chosen an arty bizarre pop-song. The song is a two-part affair with a calm first half and with a more energetic second half. And Laka’s mad running/jumping sister tops it all. Chances of qualifying: 70%
Stefan:
Probably the most unusual character in Bosnia's music scene, Laka provides one of the most interesting songs music-wise this year. The stage act is quite bizarre though and may hinder it getting a result that it would deserve. 8/10.
Alexander-NL:
n a word, this is just weirdness. It’s a good song, great melody and instrumentation, seriously they did a wonderful job on that. My question is why it has to be sung in some baby voice. For me it ruins the entire effort. The chicken made me go WTH and laugh, probably the only laugh that was intended by the participant, but I’m not sure what the deal with this is. It borders on funny and the song borders on good and in the end neither succeeds for me.
5/10 (31st)
Harrow:
LOVE it! So quirky yet still good musically, Laka and his sister will hopefully surprise! 10/10
Boog:
Loved this on first hearing so it’s virtually impossible for me to be in any way objective. On the other hand any of my friends here who’ve caught me in the act of playing it have absolutely hated it. The quirkiness of Battiato mingles enticingly with the incantations and chants, and then the complex rhythms for which central Europeans are unrivalled. What set the seal on it for me was the deliciously deranged art school dramatics performance so favoured here during the Edinburgh Festival each August. Reminiscent of the madness displayed by the Split Enz base player in the eighties, and of Freddie Mercury’s ‘I’m going slightly mad’. Unlike many of the other competitors which build a song around a catchy chorus, this ekes every drop out of each section of the song, and gives you your money’s worth. One of the few entries that requires no work done before the semi. (Many, as you’re well aware by now, need complete makeovers, if not radical surgery) I visited Mostar last summer, an experience to be recommended to one and all.
Personal Score out of ten (9) Winnschans (5%)
MerseyMike:
This is one of the most creative and ambitious songs to have been entered for a while. It’s very much performance art in style, the instrumentation is fantastic, and the chorus is memorable too. Sarajevo 2009? Wouldn’t rule it out. 9
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