06 June 2013

Romania: Cezar Releases New Single: Painful Love

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Painful Love is the latest single release by the Romanian Eurovision singer, Cezar Ouatu. I guess the question is whether it is as painful to listen to as Romania's surprisingly successful 2013 entry, It's My Life?

The answer to that question is yes and no. For many, just accepting the singing style is difficult enough. If you can get past the fact that this is not Kiri Te Kanawa who is singing, then you may be pleasantly surprised.

The pseudo-Europop number that was It's My Life is replaced by a much slower and emotionally charged composition. It is probably as far away from the Eurovision song as one can get which, in my humble opinion, is not a bad thing.

Painful Love is unlikely to race up the music charts in 99% of Europe, but what do you think of it?

Here's Cezar performing the song live on the Pro TV show, Happy Hour.




Image: By Albin Olsson (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

03 June 2013

Cyprus: Ivi Amadou Releases New Single - Ponane Oi Agapes

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The 2012 Eurovision representative for Cyprus, Ivi Amadou, has released a new single called Ponane Oi Agapes [Love Hurts : Πονάνε οι αγάπες].

Summery Greek pop, the song flows rhythmically and is sure to fill dance floors in both Greece and Cyprus this year. Whether it will climb the the national music charts is another thing. Ivi's last four releases have all flopped with only La La Love, her 2012 Eurovision song, making any impression early last year.

Ponane Oi Agapes will be included on the forthcoming Greek language album, Eho Ourano.

What do you think of the song?


Image: By Pridevisitor12 [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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