The video is rather sparse, a bit like the song, and gives
us very little clues about how the song might be performed. Panda is in front
of a green screen over which various images and videos are superimposed behind
her. Paenda herself is wearing a simple black strapless top and sports here
trademark short turquoise hair.
The song is a sparsely instrumented ballad sung mostly in
Paendas upper register. This makes the whole thing sounds quite intimate as well
as showing great vulnerability. The verse and pre-chorus has barely any instrumentation
apart from some piano chords and some ethereal noises. When the chorus starts
the music gathers momentum and really helps to power the emotion of the song,
It then goes back to a quieter verse before reverting back to the choruses with
some added parts in between.
The whole song lasts a bit more than the three minute cut
off point but I suggest that if they start the song just before she starts to
sing and truncate the ending notes it should come within time. On the negative
side this song is really not instant. Many people listening might be waiting
for a bigger kick to come in sooner or to build into something much bigger but
it doesn’t and this could prove a little confusing. However this girl has so
much emotion in her voice and reminds me a bit of a Kate Bush meets Robyn kind
of vibe. Although the video is as cheap as chips her connection through the
camera is staggering and I could almost imagine a version of this video being
her staging and it actually working. As for personnel she will need some extra
backing singers to emphasise the chorus.
Even though this is not a stereotypical Eurovision ballad I
think treated well this song has legs. Even though it could be lumped into the ‘arty’
pile of songs this one transmits so much pure emotion I would hope this is
enough to get it saved. I think the song writing quality is enough to more than
please the juries and if the televoters get this it could be a real dark horse.
ARTIST – Paenda
SONG – Limits
MUSIC - Gabriela Horn
LYRICS - Gabriela Horn
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