For none of the videos in this series I have used subtitles for this is supposed to be as if I watched this during Eurovision - there will be no subtitles then and, as a result of that, unless the song is interesting enough to the viewer without them, they are unlikely to check the lyrics, discarding the song instead. Now also, to be noted and as I have mentioned in other videos, song being in another language does not necessarily mean it is bad, however, it is one of the tools a musician has to hook the listener which, in cases when the listener does not understand the language, can be lost by the musician (but, as mentioned earlier, this is just one of the tools and does not discard the rest of the tools used)
(here song test by Joost Klein) Europe let's come together! (Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa) It's now or never! I love you all! (Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa) Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Visit my friends in France Or take the legs to Vienna I want to leave the Netherlands but my passport has disappeared Fortunately, I don't need a visa To be with you So take the bus to Poland Or the train to Berlin I have no money for Paris So use my imagination Do you have a euro please? Say “thank you” and “please” I've really lost everything Except the time So I travel every day Because the world is mine Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa Europe-pa-pa-pa (Hey) Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa Europe! (Hey) I am in Germany Aber Ich am so alone Io sono in Italy But it still hurts I'm running from myself Crying for “help!” all day long. Yes, I even give people money But there is no one to help me I don't need es-car-gots Don't need fish 'n chips Don't need paella, no I don't even really know what that is Turn on the radio I hear Stromae with “Papaoutai” Won't stop until they say so “Yes, yes, he does that well, ey!” Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Welcome to Europe Stay here until I die Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa Europe-pa-pa-pa (Hey) Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa Europe! Europe-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa…. Welcome to Europe boy! (Hey) Europe At the end of the day Are we all human? My father once told me It is a world without borders I miss you everyday Is what I secretly whisper See you now dad I listened to you
Except the music to me, as a person who likes music such as rock and symphonic/melodic metal (think Amaranthe, Delain, Within Temptation, Sabaton), was very weak, so... For a comparison you can see my reaction to the Norwegian, San Marinese and Croatian entries.
For none of the videos in this series I have used subtitles for this is supposed to be as if I watched this during Eurovision - there will be no subtitles then and, as a result of that, unless the song is interesting enough to the viewer without them, they are unlikely to check the lyrics, discarding the song instead. Now also, to be noted and as I have mentioned in other videos, song being in another language does not necessarily mean it is bad, however, it is one of the tools a musician has to hook the listener which, in cases when the listener does not understand the language, can be lost by the musician (but, as mentioned earlier, this is just one of the tools and does not discard the rest of the tools used)
IN ENGLISH (LATVIAN BELOW) : Hello! You say you don't use SUBTITLES in the Eurovision Song Contest. At the same time you say and show that you don't understand the song. This is a complete contradiction! : ...Or you don't use subtitles and you don't say "I don't understand" and you don't give an opinion. Or you use subtitles and you easily understand and express your opinion! JOOST KLEIN lost both his parents at the age of 13, so this is a tribute! By burning down his parents' house, he was able to get rid of that thought and move on with his life!
Hi! I did not rewatch this video just now, but at least what I usually do is say that I do not speak that language so cannot comment on lyrics. From that point on I can comment if something sounds weird or interesting, but the lyrics themselves do not have any weight in that evaluation, positive or negative. What can be mentioned though is that if I compare that song to another song at some point I can mention that I do understand this other song's lyrics and that for that song that is a plus (or a minus, but I do not think there has been such a case this year). If you are refering to the bit I think I mentioned something about I wonder what it is saying about the EU and I hope it is not too pro-EU song, as there are EU policies I disagree with, that comment was not intended to give a conclusive evaluation. My apologies, if it sounded as a conclusive evaluation.
@@DeathLV123 you cannot comment on lyrics? More, you don't want comment on lyrics. Who needs lyrics anyway. Wouldn't it be better to react to instrumental music? Then you are not plagued by unnecessary lyrics. 🙄
@HaraldSeiwert @TheJoeri98 The videos are made from the perspective of a viewer as if they (in this case, me) watched the Eurovision performance when it is live. There will be no subtitles, no translations, no anything. So, the song must capture my attention for me to even be bothered to check the lyrics. And obviously that will not be done before the end of the song. Most people watching Eurovision will not be Dutch-speaking. And a large percentage if not most people will not have even seen/listened to these songs before Eurovision, so they will not have done any research whatsoever. To believe otherwise is to be ignorant. So, given this perspective, it is the most honest thing I can do is to admit that I do not understand the lyrics, therefore not comment on them and not include the text of this song (because I do not understand it) in my evaluation. This is not a deduction or increase of points, the effect of them is simply 0. And, just because I do not understand a song, does not mean it is bad or that I do not like it - good examples of that are Slovenian, Portuguese and French entries. If you either think that my evaluation is so low because I do not understand the lyrics and/or that a person who does not understand the lyrics of a song should not make an evaluation of it (which will be done by everyone who does not understand the song anyway, when they pick if they want to vote for ANY of the Eurovision songs or not), in my opinion, you are very wrong.
12 points to Joost ❤ The Netherlands 🇳🇱 and yes we bless you 🤭
In Dutch we don’t say ‘you might want to turn on the subtitles,’ we say ‘wat een zuurpruim’ and I think it is beautiful.
For none of the videos in this series I have used subtitles for this is supposed to be as if I watched this during Eurovision - there will be no subtitles then and, as a result of that, unless the song is interesting enough to the viewer without them, they are unlikely to check the lyrics, discarding the song instead.
Now also, to be noted and as I have mentioned in other videos, song being in another language does not necessarily mean it is bad, however, it is one of the tools a musician has to hook the listener which, in cases when the listener does not understand the language, can be lost by the musician (but, as mentioned earlier, this is just one of the tools and does not discard the rest of the tools used)
💙🎵 ‘Ik hoef escargot, hoef geen fish en chips, hoef geen ander cultuur, ik weet niet eens echt wat dat is.’ 🎵💙
I do not speak Dutch (and what Google Translate translated this into did not make much sense), so, please, write that in English.
@@DeathLV123 I don't need escargots, don't need fish and chips, don't need another culture, don't even really know what that is. 😅
Alright, I'm with him that far, I don't know what escargots are either :D
@@DeathLV123 it was a quote from the song text.
@@NinaHassan-in1io I figured. :)
(here song test by Joost Klein) Europe let's come together!
(Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa)
It's now or never!
I love you all!
(Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa)
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Visit my friends in France
Or take the legs to Vienna
I want to leave the Netherlands
but my passport has disappeared
Fortunately, I don't need a visa
To be with you
So take the bus to Poland
Or the train to Berlin
I have no money for Paris
So use my imagination
Do you have a euro please?
Say “thank you” and “please”
I've really lost everything
Except the time
So I travel every day
Because the world is mine
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Europe-pa-pa-pa
(Hey)
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Europe!
(Hey)
I am in Germany
Aber Ich am so alone
Io sono in Italy
But it still hurts
I'm running from myself
Crying for “help!” all day long.
Yes, I even give people money
But there is no one to help me
I don't need es-car-gots
Don't need fish 'n chips
Don't need paella, no
I don't even really know what that is
Turn on the radio
I hear Stromae with “Papaoutai”
Won't stop until they say so
“Yes, yes, he does that well, ey!”
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Europe-pa-pa-pa
(Hey)
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Europe!
Europe-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa….
Welcome to Europe boy!
(Hey)
Europe
At the end of the day
Are we all human?
My father once told me
It is a world without borders
I miss you everyday
Is what I secretly whisper
See you now dad
I listened to you
Thank you for the translation! Then at least it is not as bad as I thought it could be. :)
Maybe if you move your body a bit (just your head will do), stop analysing and go with the beat ... you'll get it. I doubt it though.
Except the music to me, as a person who likes music such as rock and symphonic/melodic metal (think Amaranthe, Delain, Within Temptation, Sabaton), was very weak, so... For a comparison you can see my reaction to the Norwegian, San Marinese and Croatian entries.
@@DeathLV123 OK. Understood.
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It might be a good idea to switch on subtitles before complaiining that you have no idea what it's all about.
For none of the videos in this series I have used subtitles for this is supposed to be as if I watched this during Eurovision - there will be no subtitles then and, as a result of that, unless the song is interesting enough to the viewer without them, they are unlikely to check the lyrics, discarding the song instead.
Now also, to be noted and as I have mentioned in other videos, song being in another language does not necessarily mean it is bad, however, it is one of the tools a musician has to hook the listener which, in cases when the listener does not understand the language, can be lost by the musician (but, as mentioned earlier, this is just one of the tools and does not discard the rest of the tools used)
IN ENGLISH (LATVIAN BELOW) : Hello! You say you don't use SUBTITLES in the Eurovision Song Contest. At the same time you say and show that you don't understand the song.
This is a complete contradiction! : ...Or you don't use subtitles and you don't say "I don't understand" and you don't give an opinion.
Or you use subtitles and you easily understand and express your opinion!
JOOST KLEIN lost both his parents at the age of 13, so this is a tribute! By burning down his parents' house, he was able to get rid of that thought and move on with his life!
Hi!
I did not rewatch this video just now, but at least what I usually do is say that I do not speak that language so cannot comment on lyrics. From that point on I can comment if something sounds weird or interesting, but the lyrics themselves do not have any weight in that evaluation, positive or negative. What can be mentioned though is that if I compare that song to another song at some point I can mention that I do understand this other song's lyrics and that for that song that is a plus (or a minus, but I do not think there has been such a case this year).
If you are refering to the bit I think I mentioned something about I wonder what it is saying about the EU and I hope it is not too pro-EU song, as there are EU policies I disagree with, that comment was not intended to give a conclusive evaluation. My apologies, if it sounded as a conclusive evaluation.
@@DeathLV123 you cannot comment on lyrics? More, you don't want comment on lyrics. Who needs lyrics anyway. Wouldn't it be better to react to instrumental music? Then you are not plagued by unnecessary lyrics. 🙄
@@HaraldSeiwert : ❤ 😁 Super answer !! ✅🆗
@HaraldSeiwert @TheJoeri98 The videos are made from the perspective of a viewer as if they (in this case, me) watched the Eurovision performance when it is live. There will be no subtitles, no translations, no anything. So, the song must capture my attention for me to even be bothered to check the lyrics. And obviously that will not be done before the end of the song.
Most people watching Eurovision will not be Dutch-speaking. And a large percentage if not most people will not have even seen/listened to these songs before Eurovision, so they will not have done any research whatsoever. To believe otherwise is to be ignorant.
So, given this perspective, it is the most honest thing I can do is to admit that I do not understand the lyrics, therefore not comment on them and not include the text of this song (because I do not understand it) in my evaluation. This is not a deduction or increase of points, the effect of them is simply 0.
And, just because I do not understand a song, does not mean it is bad or that I do not like it - good examples of that are Slovenian, Portuguese and French entries.
If you either think that my evaluation is so low because I do not understand the lyrics and/or that a person who does not understand the lyrics of a song should not make an evaluation of it (which will be done by everyone who does not understand the song anyway, when they pick if they want to vote for ANY of the Eurovision songs or not), in my opinion, you are very wrong.
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