🇮🇸🇮🇸 Iceland | Daði & Gagnamagnið "Gagnamagnið (Think About Things)" REACTION | Eurovision 2020 🇮🇸🇮🇸
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- čas přidán 29. 02. 2020
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I react to both the music video & live performance of ""Gagnamagnið (Think About Things)"", sung by Daði & Gagnamagnið, which will represent Iceland at Eurovision 2020.
Timestamps:
0:19 Iceland in the Eurovision
1:13 Songvakeppnin Show
2:11 1st Reaction to Music Video
5:06 Reaction to the Live Performance
8:12 2nd thoughts
9:50 How will this do at Eurovision?
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The songs strong in its own right. I could easily see this being a genuine hit in the UK, which you don't see from Eurovision songs generally anymore.
No Paul no Eurovision song will ever make it onto the uk radio we chose madonna over the actual good songs in the competition last year
This song is about his new born daughter and he is wondering how she thinks about things..... I'm from Iceland and you don't know how often I dance in the shower to this song
Yessssss!!!.... Iceland HAVE TO WIN!
Eurovision in Reykjavik would be insane
This is so flippin' cool!
wooooooooooooooo
I hope people get their humor as well as you do
Great reaction! Excited to see them at Rotterdam :-)
Its Daði við an ð. From iceland btw loved you reaction🇮🇸🇮🇸
It's fun. We need something fresh among so many ballads.
@Tara king they said the opposite... Hasta la vista
Iceland climed up #3 in the odds - that song is so weird and lovely at the same time. This song could be a contender for Lithuania in the battle for the trophy.
Unfortunately I just don't see Iceland getting anything from the juries. At best they might get 6th like Norway did last year.
imagine if its Iceland v Romania v Lithuania - a guaranteed first time winner!!!!!!!
ESC Tom Iceland is first now!!! Btw I am more scaried of Russia tbh. I think they will steal a lot of televote coters from Iceland.
the common thing I see with Lithuania is that both songs and dances are made for everyone to join and enjoy, no matter if you have two left feet, are young or old, it's about having fun. The arena in Rotterdam will have a blast if both go to the final.
I enjoy the 80's vibe of this song, funky and disco and cool, no vocal acrobatics, no divas screaming, just good music and vocals. Very cute that this song it's about his daughter, if we look back - veeeeeeeeery veeeeeeeery back - in eurovision history, we had already a victory for the UK with a song for a 3 year old: "Save all your kisses for me" by Brotherhood of Men, early 70's.
yea great summation - i agree with everything you say there. never knew that that's what Brotherhood of Man's song was about
Ð/ð is a voiced "th", like in "there", "then", and "those"
That's Þ too tho, ð is like dhh with a soft d
@@kevlar3994 No, Þ is unvoiced th, like in Thunder, Thor, Thin. ð is voiced, as in there, then, the. Both make a th sound, only one is voiced.
Iceland and Lithuania, the best songs this year, original, catchy absolutelly love it...
I love this! :)
I see that many are comparing Iceland to Lithuania at the moment, and I kind of see why because both songs do stand out from the many selections this year, but at the same time I cannot help and see how different both songs are on many levels. Musically Iceland bases its song on a disco vibes while Lithuania on new wave / synth sounds. Lyrically, Iceland's song is about father speaking to a daughter, so it's a feel-good fun personal-family song while Lithuania's song addresses a larger social context (ageism and age-related prejudices and a celebration of a self-confidence). The choreography is also different, as Iceland's choreography is more fun-quirky while Lithuania's is art-quirky (as there is such a massive synergy between the lyrics, the message and the dance in their performance). And even if I like Iceland's song and think its a great addition to ESC, I think Lithuania's song is way ahead of it on many levels. But I guess there is an audience for both songs in the competition.
i agree with pretty much everything you say there, except that Lithuania is way ahead. I think theyre ahead, but not way ahead
Iva is blind and her "Ice wand" is actually her cane blinged up as a prop, so she can use it, move around and "see" where she is going on stage.
did she have her cane in the semi? I dont remember it then....
It´s Daði (Dathi) og (and) Gagnamagnið (the Data) :D --- p.s. I love that you are in a matching shirt to them hahaha
I'm really happy Daði won, great song and great performance! This is just so much fun, it's thoughtful, it's sweet, he sings well, and this will be such a blast on stage. I would have been OK with Íva winning too, but I did think that was a bit too boring.
Im sad for Iva, but im really excited and happy for Dadi. I think its very well deserved!
This is like Napoleon Dynamite got a little bit older and entered Eurovision
looool 😂
Venue might not be a problem for Iceland hosting, but funds
First time I totally agree with you 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Lol, it had to happen eventually😂
Accurate! The strange D is similar to the double DD in welsh :D
Thanks for noticing our humour.
Kveðja frá ICELAND
I like it
People always mark music down when it's comedic. When actually, doing a good song, with good comedy elements, that is both funny AND a good song is actually harder to do.
I 100% agree. To successfully pull off humour with a good song is extremely rare in Eurovision
People are salty just because their winner didn't win doesn't mean they deserve hate, I love Dadi and I'm 100% sure it'll qualify.
lol we've all been there. Im still so salty about Estonia🧂🧂🧂🧂
@@ESCTom let's calm down Dad
In one sense I’m glad I predicted Dimma on the other hand I’m sad for Iva. At this stage I’m willing to call this as a certain qualifier, in semi 1 it would be borderline but I reckon with how semi 2 is shaping up so far it’ll be top 5 in the semi
yep totally agree
its favourite in the odds now!!!
Yep......this deserved its win...
Nerds of the world unite!!
Its fresh and fun....
I even hear Jamiroquai vibes in the song.....
I love it.....
In my top 5 so far!!
Go Iceland👏👏
yea its got some Jamiroquai attitude.
I love this - I cant think of a more charming song weve had recently. The lyrics are fabulous
@@ESCTom i DO like this....enjoy its sense of fun and poking fun at the competition....its definitely in my top 5 but there is something that is preventing me from downloading though...can't put my finger on it....I'm sure i will though
This was a nice reaction video, I enjoyed it and you had some interesting opinions. Keep it up dude! I have some constructive criticism if you don’t mind. The only thing I’d say though is that you don’t seem to annunciate your words very well. Like, I’m Irish and even I found it difficult to make out what you were trying to say a lot of the time. It’s important to keep in mind that, if you want to appeal to a wider audience, they need to be able to understand you even if English isn’t their first language of if they generally have trouble deciphering Irish accents. Apart from that, the video was great!
btw, nice haircut😉
I want them to win
I wanted Íva to win buuuuut Dadi Freyr deserves it! They're the whole package! And, I think it has a more commercial pull. Also, as an American Dadi Freyr has more of an appeal to us, it's super relatable. I could see Dadi Freyr going viral internationally like Netta did in 2018. Omgawwwwd Hatari was robbed!!! They were obviously my favourite ❤️ I'm excited for this entry, it's fresh especially in a year saturated with low tempo easy listening ballads. Or as I call it the Lundvik-Duncan Syndrome. 😋
lol, I think theres an epidemic of L-D syndrome in Europe right now😂
Oh oh also, I forgot to add this to my previous comment... I think one of the things that also didn't help Íva besides the staging was the styling, they gave her Kate Miller-Heidke vibes! Very Australia circa 2019, which took away from the novelty of her song. I think people were just like "Operatic Vocals Check, Outfit from the live action version of Frozen... Check, oh we've seen this before!" Which really did a disservice to Íva.
yea im sorry but that ice wand was 100% distracting and didnt add anything
ð is pronounced like th in the or d in nada (spanish)
Its Dathi, but really soft th sound
Up there with Lithuania for me. Simple as. Not only they are the best two songs in my opinion, theymight even save the show at this rate.
how epic would it be if it was a Malta v Lithuania v Iceland v Romania in a "BATTLE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES TO HAVE NEVER WON EUROVISION"😍😍😍😍
ESC Tom....after seeing what Lithuania , Iceland and Romania produced I have literally zilch hope for Malta. Btw what’s happening on the Irish front ? It’s gone so quiet! Somehting very special brewing ?
So u say daði not like dadi more like dathi and btw im from iceland
@Tara king yeah pretty mutch
Break my heart, throw my liver to the dogs. Not sure I can sit through that nightclub hit at the swiss disco again 😂
I'll do it for you, Tom.
ð is th btw, not d ☺️ soft th
þ is the hard th
aaaaah , and how did you do it on the keyboard? usually when you long hold a letter on Macs, it gives you other options for that letter like ôöòó but not for the D for some reason
@@ESCTom it's stock on long press on my SwiftKey keyboard, they have all the languages letters. Otherwise on pc you have to use the alt+ code, can't remember offhand what it is, obviously I don't use it very often! Just the French accents
@@ESCTom try with the lower case d specifically because upper case only gives you the upper case which is Ð
Hahahahahaha YOU FOUND IT
lol no i didnt. i copied and pasted🤣
Speaking as a Unitarian minister, I would never recommend filming your pop video in the front room of a Plymouth Brethren family :-) (I loved Iva. This is good too of course.)
At this point I feel like the only person that loves Croatias entry and just for the record I rarely like Croatias entry
No Im pretty sure Marie Tg likes it as well. She loves her Balkan entries.
In other news if anyone is looking for another interesting reactor other than the usual Instagram dumb types going oo and aa, there's a new guy who's brilliant called stefanttt "Serbian dude reacting to"
He might waffle endlessly like a slavic gypsy or a drunken Kerryman but he takes no prisoners and his reviews are, like Tom's, detailed and constructive and he's really, really enthusiastic and knows his music. The amount of thumbs down for his review of Poland is enough to show he's honest in what he says 😂
I think people from here would like it there as well.
Tom is of course our favourite. But a point of view from the other side of the old curtain is also welcome, and quite rare here (in good English)
oh he actually came up on my recommended list. Will check him out
@@ESCTom I think you'll enjoy the straight talking. It's hard to find on CZcams because people want subscribers over anything else so it gets boring. At least with you and now him, I know that when you say you love something, you do love it.
Marie Tg I always love seeing you two having convocations very video!! It’s so nice to see a channel creator interact with his viewers!
@@priestofmen7301 the Irish are very talkative 😂
Daði is pronounced Dathi!
Someone call the cops
It's a "th" but with a d instead of a t. Squeeze out a d basically.
i will practice😊
It's harder for Irish people 😂
funny, but l thought this was more of a joke than anything else.. top 10 but not my winner ..sorry different is not always better 🤷🏻♀️#slightlycreepy
No I'm with you there
Earrape
Not in the bed yet?? Doing Greece already? Someone tell me, is that another Kirkorov song or what?? Sounds like it
yea im editing it now but the fact that no other reactions are up - i think its going to be blocked. so not sure if i should just give up and do tomorrow
@@ESCTom well maybe but it only just came out! That's why
I was shocked to hear that Iva will not be in Rotterdam. I can't say that I like Dadi (the right sound of the second consonant in his name is like English "th" in the word "the"). He has a warm, pleasant voice, indeed, but the song gives the impression of a biased weirdness. The song is not strong, let alone the vocal demands...... I think that your love for Iceland influences your judgement. It's a flat simple party fun song, that tries to become quirky. If it makes to the final, it will end between 19th and 26th. As for the comparison to Lithuania.......... It is just funny to compare the two songs. The Roop have vision and it's obvious. Their song is unique (not a reference to something else), their performer theatrical and charismatic, and their weirdness is natural and authentic. I am generally disappointed by all four songs selected last night. It's a very bad year, and up to now, I can only see Germany or Romania winning both juries and televoting.
for me, the thing that I love about this entry is the performance. I dont think im going to download and listen to the song a lot.
But I absolutely adore the performance.
I disagree with the comparison with Lithuania. Lithuania in my opinion is more of a joke act. The Roop is so over the top and trying to be as weird and wacky as possible, it’s very corny. Whereas Iceland is just a charismatic song with a charismatic performance. They’re not trying to hard, it just comes natural
19th to 26th in the final.....you are in for a massive massive shock.
@@seansean8980 Time will judge
@@seansean8980 no I think he's right. Well maybe 15 or so
I really dislike this and will always do so because this blocked Iva which was awesome. I had that with Monique, but I can accept that Monique just wasn't at the level required yet and The Roop is bringing something special. This is not the same case. Iva's song needs a huge stage for any staging to work to the max and she would have gotten that in Rotterdam. What we get now is just a passable song with a silly dance and some charm. I want to be blown away by awesome music, I don't want to look at some pyjama wearing hipsters being ironic, much less looking at them having success with this at the expense of others.
hey Rob I know how you feel. Im feeling the same about Uku right now and ive had that feeling many times over the years.
sometimes it changes but sometimes it doesnt. It took me a long time to be cool with Michal Spak after Margaret didnt make it in 2016. and Im STILL not over Frans winning over Loreen in 2016 - WTF!
@@ESCTom Yeah this stuff happens, but this was a really bad one for me to take. As long as Dathi fails in Rotterdam all is well. But I have to go now. I hear the whistles of the Transsylvanian Express. The hype train to Roxenia is leaving and I'm boarding it.
@@alfonsstekebrugge8049 lol shes up to number 1 on some of the bookies!
nothing wrong with having a bad guy at Eurovision! 😂
@Tara king Portugal is my favorite battleground actually. Gerbera Amarela do Sul is fantastic and I really like Nao Voltes Mais, but they are hopeless against Passe-Partout I assume.
Another joke entry with a silly dance. The only good thing is it will split the nerd vote with Lithuania.
I like it
In one sense I’m glad I predicted Dimma on the other hand I’m sad for Iva. At this stage I’m willing to call this as a certain qualifier, in semi 1 it would be borderline but I reckon with how semi 2 is shaping up so far it’ll be top 5 in the semi
yep im with you. this is up to 8th in the odds