Hey Jesper - loved this reaction. I'm originally from Ireland but live just south of you now. Anyway, Bambie Thug - they were my favourite going in and I had a bit of hope because they were always sitting 2nd or 3rd in rankings and odds. I thought Go Tobann (tubban is the pronunciation not tobaaNN) would win but that didn't come across as well on the night so there was only one sane choice Ireland could make that night and it was Bambie. Maybe some extra elements - I think I'm going to do a video on this because. a lot of people miss them (I did on my first listen and watch as well so it's no shade) : 1. The song digs deep into Irish history, with the paganism, the first known Irish alphabet on the background screens etc. Also, the witchy vibe being tied in with Halloween (see below) also emphasises that the roots of Halloween are in Ireland, Samhain - the ancient Celtic pagan festival referring to the beginning of the darker half of the year. 2. I only noticed this yesterday, but there is a lyric 'my heartbeat buried in the ground and to the strings I bind, you're bound'. So firstly - the most obvious thing here is Bambie casting a spell on whoever this asshole was that treated them like crap. Secondly, and most interestingly, throughout the entire song (maybe not the final breakdown but need to re-check), that heartbeat runs throughout the song as a beat. It adds a menacing, witchy vibe. 3. I THINK (I'm not sure) that we have loud bodhrans (Irish drums) doing the big drum beats at the 'I, I, I see the scars in your eyes' bit. So we're bringing again Irish culture and musical instruments into the song. 4. Finally, Bambie has such an incredible vocal range and also across genres - the scream, they came to the afterparty in Dublin that night and that scream - I have absolutely no idea how they can go from such a high pitched witchy scream to a doom dark low tone scream. It blows my mind. Is it a marmite song, yes. But in this case I'm a marmite lover. Rooting for Ireland to qualify this year. We've done basically what everyone asked for - send a song that represents Ireland and its culture - well, here you go! And then of course we get people who'll say 'Oh, I didn't mean THAT', so you can't please anyone, but this song has SO many Irish elements to it that are being overlooked by reactors because of the shock factor of the song.
Finally Ireland choose right. Europe is going mystical. Slovenia choose song about burned witch, in Poland favourite song is about Witcher, in Croatia Let3 has song about woman with horns Babaroga. Finally Ireland is in a game but Bambi needs improve vocally and get revamped.
@magaliehadjisotiri9255 Yes Magal , I get it, it's marmite - either one loves it or hates it. I too had the same thoughts, until I heard it a second time, and WoW did it changed my mind - we had art, theatre, acting, singing, dancing, crazy mood swings, out of the "boring" box refreshing style, and guess what, I now actually love it and appreciate this new path, and my total mind has gone from hating it, to loving it.
Fantastic song! Will defo shake things up at Eurovision
I'm irish and absolutely love it
Hey Jesper - loved this reaction. I'm originally from Ireland but live just south of you now. Anyway, Bambie Thug - they were my favourite going in and I had a bit of hope because they were always sitting 2nd or 3rd in rankings and odds. I thought Go Tobann (tubban is the pronunciation not tobaaNN) would win but that didn't come across as well on the night so there was only one sane choice Ireland could make that night and it was Bambie. Maybe some extra elements - I think I'm going to do a video on this because. a lot of people miss them (I did on my first listen and watch as well so it's no shade) :
1. The song digs deep into Irish history, with the paganism, the first known Irish alphabet on the background screens etc. Also, the witchy vibe being tied in with Halloween (see below) also emphasises that the roots of Halloween are in Ireland, Samhain - the ancient Celtic pagan festival referring to the beginning of the darker half of the year.
2. I only noticed this yesterday, but there is a lyric 'my heartbeat buried in the ground and to the strings I bind, you're bound'. So firstly - the most obvious thing here is Bambie casting a spell on whoever this asshole was that treated them like crap. Secondly, and most interestingly, throughout the entire song (maybe not the final breakdown but need to re-check), that heartbeat runs throughout the song as a beat. It adds a menacing, witchy vibe.
3. I THINK (I'm not sure) that we have loud bodhrans (Irish drums) doing the big drum beats at the 'I, I, I see the scars in your eyes' bit. So we're bringing again Irish culture and musical instruments into the song.
4. Finally, Bambie has such an incredible vocal range and also across genres - the scream, they came to the afterparty in Dublin that night and that scream - I have absolutely no idea how they can go from such a high pitched witchy scream to a doom dark low tone scream. It blows my mind.
Is it a marmite song, yes. But in this case I'm a marmite lover. Rooting for Ireland to qualify this year. We've done basically what everyone asked for - send a song that represents Ireland and its culture - well, here you go! And then of course we get people who'll say 'Oh, I didn't mean THAT', so you can't please anyone, but this song has SO many Irish elements to it that are being overlooked by reactors because of the shock factor of the song.
I'm Irish I love this .. if they don't go through it's all about the experience
Finally Ireland choose right. Europe is going mystical. Slovenia choose song about burned witch, in Poland favourite song is about Witcher, in Croatia Let3 has song about woman with horns Babaroga. Finally Ireland is in a game but Bambi needs improve vocally and get revamped.
Your comment is on every channel covering this, eh Bambi.
Ireland 🇮🇪 👏 💯
Fixed, same comments from same people on every channel covering this. Thats desperation.
0 points to Ireland.
Different doesn't mean great , this is absolutely terrible.
@magaliehadjisotiri9255 Yes Magal , I get it, it's marmite - either one loves it or hates it. I too had the same thoughts, until I heard it a second time, and WoW did it changed my mind - we had art, theatre, acting, singing, dancing, crazy mood swings, out of the "boring" box refreshing style, and guess what, I now actually love it and appreciate this new path, and my total mind has gone from hating it, to loving it.
I agree who wants to listen to banshee
Every RUclips channel covering this has the same comments from the same people. it's fixed.