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  9th January 2023, 11:29 AM
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 Ireland 2023 We Are One Wild Youth The six songs for Ireland's Eurosong are now available to listen to: https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0109/...-at-eurovision/ ADGY - Too Good for Your Love CONNOLLY - Midnight Summer Night Wild Youth - We Are One Leila Jane - Wild K Muni & ND - Down in the Rain Public Image Limited - Hawaii All acts will compete on The Late Late Eurosong 2023 Special in February. This post has been edited by tattoosting: 1st March 2023, 08:54 PM |
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9th January 2023, 11:37 AM
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Dreaming... can you hear me?
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Initial thoughts:
ADGY - Too Good for Your Love - doesn't stick out at all, a DNQ for Ireland. CONNOLLY - Midnight Summer Night - better but not quite doing it for me and another DNQ short of a major revamp I'd imagine. Wild Youth - We Are One - Apparently they're quite a big deal in Ireland, this feels like one of those stadium chorus style Eurovision tracks that ultimately falls flat and doesn't qualify. Leila Jane - Wild - Love this! It has a touch of demo to it but with a revamp it could be really special I think, it would have a good chance of qualifying. K Muni & ND - Down in the Rain - contemporary rap track - hard to tell how it would do at Eurovision as there's nothing to compare it too, and it doesn't have a major pop hook so I'm guessing not that well, but an interesting entry. Public Image Limited - Hawaii - Wow, John Lydon! Apparently this is about his wife, who is living with Alzheimer's. It's a good track and feels very honest and less generic than the others. Would certainly get some press attention for Ireland and I also think the juries and maybe a not too awful televote could take it into the final. |
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9th January 2023, 12:12 PM
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My big question about Wild Youth is they are competent so why have they gone via Sweden? There are so many good songwriters in Ireland and the UK but they've made a generic stereotype of an ESC song. Someone described it as an X Factor's winner single from 2009 which is apt.
The rap/RnB one is interesting I'd like to see how a song like that gets on at Eurovision - Daz Sampson tried loool. This post has been edited by Megan_: 9th January 2023, 12:17 PM |
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9th January 2023, 04:38 PM
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Public Image Ltd surely has to be one of the more unexpected names to pop up as a Eurovision contender!
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9th January 2023, 06:09 PM
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An improvement on last year's selection but it's still poor.
I really don't know why we're not sending Lyra to represent us. This post has been edited by Colm: 9th January 2023, 06:12 PM |
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9th January 2023, 08:02 PM
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Wild has potential but is underproduced. A revamp and if she happens to have amazing vocals it could qualify.
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9th January 2023, 11:41 PM
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Public Image Limited will probably be the fave to go through regardless of the song but interesting to see if it goes that way, i do agree about Lyra though i think she could be a good option.
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10th January 2023, 12:14 AM
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Well John Lydon from PIL is infamous for his views so I'm not sure if PIL is the frontrunner
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10th January 2023, 09:20 AM
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If they could get whoever produced To Good for Your Love to produce Wild then we'd have a decent chance of qualification.
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10th January 2023, 10:16 AM
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The press are loving John Lydon. I can see locals voting for him that wouldn't normally be interested...
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10th January 2023, 10:48 AM
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Almost certainly Wild Youth vs Public Image Ltd then. I actually think the latter would give Ireland a better chance of reaching the Eurovision final? It seems like a bit of jury bait lyrically.
I think Wild Youth's song might get lost in the mix. |
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10th January 2023, 01:27 PM
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I've seen a few UK/Irish locals who hate Eurovision and/or haven't watched it since the 1970s taking this random stance:
"Ireland should send John Rotten. I'd definitely watch it and he's far more interesting than that Sam Ryder". He has brought huge media and public interest for Eurosong if nothing else. The CONNOLLY song was uploaded as a demo so it could get a revamp. Wild Youth have wasted their chance of Q but their fanbase might get them to Eurovision. Brooke upgraded her performance and some of these are more accessible songs so a bit of oomph and making friends with their semi-final countries could them to the final. This post has been edited by Megan_: 10th January 2023, 01:31 PM |
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10th January 2023, 08:33 PM
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Wild sounds like something Sia would write.
I love the video. |
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10th January 2023, 11:16 PM
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Why have Ireland chose John Lydon? He said Eurovision is disgusting and he’s never watched it…
https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/10/john-lydon-b...efore-18075977/ |
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10th January 2023, 11:21 PM
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Adding to his racist and homophobic views too
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11th January 2023, 02:46 AM
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You know I'll give this to Ireland, at least this is a very diverse selection and not (all) bad radiopop rejects like most Ireland finals I can remember.
'Hawaii' is genuinely really good, I could see that standing out in a way Ireland haven't done for ages (Lydon being a bit of a twat notwithstanding), 'Midnight Summer Night' is the other one I'm enjoying, some good indie-pop, the rap entry is interesting, I wanted to like Wild Youth but that feels far too stadium-generic for what I expected from them, discard the other two. |
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11th January 2023, 06:36 AM
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QUOTE(Chloe00x @ Jan 10 2023, 11:16 PM)  Why have Ireland chose John Lydon? He said Eurovision is disgusting and he’s never watched it… https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/10/john-lydon-b...efore-18075977/ And yet again, someone who hates Eurovision but is uneducated about its content. |
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11th January 2023, 09:18 AM
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The HOD Michael Kealy has done nothing for Ireland in over 10 years. This week he reposted the news that talked about the ROTTEN one to get attention or idfk. His revolutionary 5 tips for Ireland were:
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11th January 2023, 10:52 PM
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The language is called Irish. You wouldn't refer to German as Deutsch or French as Français.
It's a commonly misunderstood word. https://www.unitedlanguagegroup.com/blog/ga...ish-differences This post has been edited by Colm: 11th January 2023, 10:58 PM |
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15th January 2023, 08:43 PM
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Hawaii came up on my Spotify new releases playlist. It's pretty good but I can't help thinking Lydon's reputation might put a lot of people off (including viewers elsewhere if it's chosen).
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