Thursday 7 March 2013

FYROM

The Macedonian song was presented on March 27th during a specail programme showcasing the lives and talents of the two singers - Vlatko Lozanoski and Esma Redžepova. At the end of the show the broadcasters, MRT, showed the video clip to accompany their entry " Imperija" (Empire)

The duet is an unlikely one. Vlatko is 27 and an up and coming star whilst Esma is 69 and a well loved singer and humanitarian of Romani origin. As the song was premiered as a video clip it is hard to see chemistry or comment on singing ability. The video clip presented in the show was very colourful and fast paced. Esme is noted for her colourful and outlandish attire and she was seen in many different outfits in the 3 minutes. Also there were a lot of sweeping camera angles that chopped and changed which helped keep the song fresh. Also they had 3 female dancers doing ballroom type movements.
In a strange turn of events, within 24 hours of the video clip being shown on TV it was withdrawn for 'not being to the broadcasters standards' .(read into this what you will) The clip below is the only one of the original I can find online.

The song has a Balkan tune but a more modern backing track. The two singers don't do a lot of singing together as he seems to sing a lot of tune while she does the more "Balkan yodelling" thing. They don't really appear together on the clip too. The chorus is quite easy to pick up although the tune of the whole song is not really strong. The backing track though is very interesting and has lots of stops starts, fast, slow and rhythm changes.

Overall I quite this song. It is not a bad song and not a good song either. This is one of those song that will really depend on the performance on the night and how it comes across through the lens. Like the Croatian entry this will go down well in Eastern Europe but is on the cusp of not getting to the finals.

Artist - Vlatko Lozanoski and Esme Redžepova (Lozano & Esme)
Song - Imperija (Empire)
Music - Simeon Atanasov, Dejan Momirovsk
Lyrics - Borce Necovski

 

MACEDONIA: "Imperija" Esma & Lozano from ESC 2013 on Vimeo.
Vlatko Lozanoski and Esma Redžepova

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