I’ve mentioned before that I am a member of the online music voting community The Countdown. Here is the Youtube video for the June entries, for those interested:
The list of entries (alphabetical by artist):
Allday x C1 feat. Luke Gray – My World – AU
Black Apple Market – One of These – LV
Brass’n'Jazz – Di per di – CH
Clinigol feat. Nia Medi – Cyfrinach – UK
Darine Hamze, Zeid Hamdan, Marc Codsi & RGB – Ya habibi ta’ala – LB
Despina Vandi – To nisi – GR
Dominique A – Rendez-nous la lumière – FR
eLDee – Wash wash – NG
Gasmac Gilmore – The Monkey March – AT
Georgina – Rara – VE
Geta Burlacu – Summer Swing – MD
Grafa & Bobo feat. Pechenkata – Dim da me nyama – BG
Hello Seahorse! – Para mí – MX
Hot Casandra feat. Bianca Ionescu – Hold Me Tight – RO
Ilse DeLange – Hurricane – NL
Ingrid Michaelson – In The Sea – US
Julieta Rada – Encendida – UY
King Cannons – Too Young – NZ
Lisandro Aristimuño – Anfibio – AR
Love of Lesbian – 667 – ES
Lowdown30 – Seoului bam – KR
Marianna Pieretti – Akoma s’ agapo – CY
Marisol Cavero – Traigan licor – PE
Mika Urbaniak – Pixelated – PL
Mira – Sular Yükseliyor – TR
Molly Sandén feat. Christopher – A Little Forgiveness – SE
MTV – Tôi Ðang Mo – VN
Naili feat. Souad Massi – Goulili ya denia – DZ
Najwa Latif – Kosong – MY
Nikki Mackliff feat. Rocko & Blasty – Quiero – EC
Nimb – You And Me – UA
Ninet Tayeb – I C U – IL
Omar Naber – Mute & Loud – SI
Open Space – Geta nyaprosta – BY
Polar Dear – Even If I’m Late – HU
Postale & Ale Brownell – Frenesí (Acoustic Version) – CL
Risky Summerbee & The Honeythief feat. Frau – Days Elapsed – ID
Rolf Junior – Ööl vastu homset – EE
ShugarFree – Maybe It’s Time – DO
Sturch – Now or Never – DE
The Eclectic Moniker – Easter Island – DK
The Elkcloner – Annabel Lee – RS
The Lovely Lion – Into the Forest – IS
This Club – Add it Up – IE
T-Moor Rodriguez – Welcome to the Night – RU
Tom Dice – Utopia – BE
Tone Damli Aaberge – Look Back – NO
Tying Tiffany – Universe – IT
Utter – The Walking Dead – PT
UVERworld – 7th Trigger – JP
Viikate – Se on kivi-iskelmää – FI
Vlatko Lozanoski – Nema den, nema nok – MK
Wang Zheng Liang – Xin fu shen chu – CN
Who See feat. Marija Božovic – Bar Bari – ME
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Austria is sounding promising to me, already … It’s so hard to judge from these snippets, though.
Republic of Moldova sounds fun. They might make it past the first round.
I’m often a fan of the Mexican sound. Whether they make it to the top ten will depend on the overall competition, of course.
Oh, the US doesn’t sound too bad – quite sexy. We shall see.
Ooh, but Uruguay, that bass . . .
Gosh, that King Cannons song sounds fun . . . oh, bummer, can’t vote for that one (o;
Sorry, Cyprus, but that sounds like what I’d call “Mr Plod” drumming . . . always a turn off. The rest would have to be pretty bad for me to get past that.
Mmm, Turkey. Nice, by the sounds.
Sweden . . . more plodding.
Vietnam – upbeat.
I admit, the Asian countries don’t often feature highly in my top 10, but Malaysia . . . nice.
It will be interesting to see, after listening to the full songs several times, which of these that stand out in these brief snippets, actually make it to my top 10.
Indonesia . . . yummy.
Dominican Republic – I nearly always vote for. I hear a promise, again. We shall see.
Quite like the German snippet, but it does sound like a lot of other rock.
Serbia (RS), nice.
Iceland and Ireland . . . pleasant.
Russia – plodding.
I can see Portugal making it past my first round.
Woah – Japan! Just, woah! Could be good.
Macedonia (MK) – plodding.
Montenegro – could be a guilty pleasure. We shall see.
As you can see, I can already hear more than ten songs with potential. I have to pick just ten. And, then I have to rank those ten. Eep!
Anyway, here’s the full King Cannon’s vid:
