eurovision second semi

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i didn't notice the hot fave sweden (ISTR someone saying they were favourites??). but iceland was proper eurobosh and now

BULGARIA!!!!

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[koganbot]

My problem isn't that it's stuck in the '80s but that it falls far short of the best of the '80s. Obviously, most of the stuff that came out in the '80s also fell short of the best of the '80s, but you'd think that something that wins Eurovision or competes strongly should come within range of the great stuff. (See those two videos I embedded for examples of what I consider great '80s dance pop; the examples are American freestyle, but there was a lot of interplay between freestyle and Europop and Italodisco (and I don't know how New Order and the Pet Shop Boys are classified, but take away their vocals and you're hearing variations on those genres)(might even want to check the melodic similarities between "It's A Sin" and "Come Into My Arms" which came out nearly simultaneously so I doubt were influenced by each other) (and each seems to owe something to "Wild World" and "Happy Together," though I think the PSBs have officially denied the obviously similarity).

[koganbot]

obviously similarity = obvious similarity

two videos I embedded = two videos I embedded in credoimprobus's thread