The Albanian Final was held on December 27th at the Palace of Congress
The song is a moody midtempo song with Bond ballad
qualities. The guitar introduction sets the scene perfectly and the change back
to it after the first chorus reminds us how far the song grows and develops
thought the first cycle. The oh-oh-oh part in the middle is a nice interlude
but sounded very odd as the singers voices either did not blend well OR some of
them we're a little off in timing. The song does not have a lot of lyrics and
contains a lot of extended notes. Although the song is in Albanian I find it
quite easy to remember the tune and the patterns and rhythms of the lyrics. I
just hop that future changes do not effect these rhythms too much
Eneda has a very exotic look to her. She looks more like she
could be Greek or Hispanic rather than being Balkan. I feel her hairstyle and
dress could be altered quite drastically to make me much more memorable and
dramatic. She has a nice voice and one that really suite the song. My only
concern would be that she needs to mind she does not push it too much as it
almost sounds like her right on the breaking point. She seems like a confident performer but does
pull some odd faces when singing. She also tends to squint her eves and stretch
her mouth and looks reminiscent of the old Smash aliens.
The song will be re-written into English although I suspect
it will not keep the English translation of "Fairytale". As I stated
before I hope they don't mess about too much with the melody and rhythm of the
song but many things will have to change. The song is about 30 seconds too long
there are a few parts that could be shortened or omitted or even sped up
slightly so I don't see this too much of an issue. What might be in issue is
getting that really symphonic sound from a live orchestra to the Eurovision
stage. It needs that wall of sound to show the build up through the song cycle.
The song screams "Bond theme"and part of me wonders if they could be really cheeky (or just plain clever) and rewrite the song with the title "Spectre" ?
The song screams "Bond theme"and part of me wonders if they could be really cheeky (or just plain clever) and rewrite the song with the title "Spectre" ?
As there is nothing definite to compare it to, this is a
tricky one to review. However I would say that this is quite a good song. After
a few listens it becomes very familiar
and that can only quicken when translated into English - providing they keep to
the same cadence and tune. This could be a really dramatic song if they get the
backing correct. Could this win? Who knows - but this is definitely one I will
be watching over the next few months to see how it changes.
ARTIST - Eneda Tarifa
SONG - Përrallë (Fairytale)
MUSIC - Olsa Toqi
LYRICS - Olsa Toqi