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Eurovision 2021: Belgium
May. 14th, 2021 09:20 pmSelection: Internal Selection
Wins: 1 (1986)
2020: Hooverphonic – Release Me
2021: Hooverphonic – The Wrong Place
Current bookmakers
Hooverphonic have been around for over 20 years with various lead singers, but for Eurovision 2021 we see the return of their longest serving lead-singer Geike Arnaert. If you have watched the TV shows Mile High, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, La Femme Nikita, or The Last Summer Films, you may have heard Hooverphonic and never noticed. They are very much background sounds
The lyrics in both songs have a continuity, a flow that adds to the rhythm of the song. Both songs belong as background songs as you approach the cliff hanger in an episode of a TV show, not surprising as that where a lot of their songs end up, but neither Release me nor The Wong place is better than the other, if you like one you will like both. They are listenable but very much background music and both are probably too wordy for the feel of the songs. More instrumental. Actually an instrumental of either would be worth a listen.
Theis years song is the regret over a moment of passion. In 1984 Belgium went in with a lot of passion. Passion and gusto. The song was a snore, but it was sung with gusto.
Wins: 1 (1986)
2020: Hooverphonic – Release Me
2021: Hooverphonic – The Wrong Place
Current bookmakers
Hooverphonic have been around for over 20 years with various lead singers, but for Eurovision 2021 we see the return of their longest serving lead-singer Geike Arnaert. If you have watched the TV shows Mile High, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, La Femme Nikita, or The Last Summer Films, you may have heard Hooverphonic and never noticed. They are very much background sounds
The lyrics in both songs have a continuity, a flow that adds to the rhythm of the song. Both songs belong as background songs as you approach the cliff hanger in an episode of a TV show, not surprising as that where a lot of their songs end up, but neither Release me nor The Wong place is better than the other, if you like one you will like both. They are listenable but very much background music and both are probably too wordy for the feel of the songs. More instrumental. Actually an instrumental of either would be worth a listen.
Theis years song is the regret over a moment of passion. In 1984 Belgium went in with a lot of passion. Passion and gusto. The song was a snore, but it was sung with gusto.