Thursday, April 27, 2017

Eurovision 2017: Serbia

I am going to damn the Serbian entry with faint praise.


Tijana Bogićević   "In Too Deep"


There's a part of the song that sounds like Katy Perry's song "Firework".   Other than that, the song is forgettable.

Despite that, "In Too Deep" is likely to qualify for the finals.  That comes down to shared musical tastes that Serbia has with a number of neighbors that are in this semifinal.  Macedonia and Croatia are part of the shared musical community of the former Yugoslavia and Austria has a large ex-Yugoslav emigrant community.    So, this song will likely make the final while other, more interesting songs will not qualify.

it's one of the things that makes me really enjoy Eurovision.   It's not always just about the quality of the songs, but also about the cultural connections that countries have with each other.


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