PORTUGAL EUROVISION 2022 - REACTING TO ‘SAUDADE SAUDADE’ BY MARO (FIRST LISTEN…WOWZERS)

[@ReeceChambers99]

It's a little slice of quality. I wish Portugal all the best this year.

[@VoltaireMM]

Obrigado!

[@lurdesmariamarques1866]

👏👏👏🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@eddiemurphy21]

Indeed

[@anabelasantosse9946]

Obrigada ❤️

[@Samuelmeyer373]

I was waiting for this reaction for so many days 😂 Portugal has my heart. This song is so beautiful, also because I'm a native Portuguese speaker. They are on my top 3! ❤️ Love them so much!

[@cultfiction3865]

Portugal have a lovely entry this year. I definitely expect this to qualify. It’s nice and authentic to Portugal. I like this. Great review Rachel as always. You never let us down with your insightful reviews

[@cassandramcbride7007]

I find fascinating someone explaining music and how the instrumental and vocals are working.... instead of the tradition "i like" "i dont like" "boring" "outdated" or "modern"....

[@ThePeaceAround]

Thank you :) if you want more reviews like that, check out Groot’s channel as he’s excellent at reviewing from a musical production side

[@gabrielgreenwoodschannel]

Maro is the most complete musician in the entire competition this year. Her tone is so clean and unique. Most importantly, her beautiful and captivating face! Her expressiveness alone is enough to help her qualify. The rest of the package will help her come top 10.

[@mrblackstorm_2771]

she deserves more than top 10, she deserves top 1 !!!

[@francisfree2010]

Gabriel.. 🤘🌞💙☮☮

[@lurdesmariamarques1866]

I'm portuguese! My opinion is " suspect" but this song in Maro's Voice and the girls around, also the meaning "Saudade" makes part of our Soul and Heart 👏👏👏🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@Consfeliciocosta]

About Maro's personality and the true joy of making music with others... A must see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXOmhXyJbMhqrqM

[@screamingseal1137]

"most importantly, her beautiful face"??? wow. priorities

[@matt_maciek]

Fun fact - she collaborated with Jacob Collier on the song Lua. She’s a complete artist and this is definitely the most soulful song this year. I suggest you listen to the performance from the competition itself as here they were clearly distracted by the celebration and the general mood was a bit lost.

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

This is utterly beautiful. No other word for it. My favourite song from this year, or maybe any year.

[@francisfree2010]

Nice...🤘🌞❤☮☮

[@annapaulal.h.1393]

🎵💎🎶

[@cagucinho]

Portugal bringing Lo-fi for the first time ever to Eurovision. Outstanding song and performance.

[@escfavourites6562]

💯Less is more! I was sure you're gonna like this one... 🎵Such a unique and genuine song. It captivates you and gently resonates the artist's emotion. Love the simple yet effective instrumentation and the way the song is evolving musically in the most elaborate way. Those harmonies are superb! I even like the simple staging, cause I think it makes it more intimate. Time signature is actually 6/8 🤩I knew MARO from her collaboration with Jacob Collier and when I found out she won Festival da Cancao, I was thrilled. If you like this one, I totally recommend to check her other works. 🤔Don't know how people will respond at this, but it will be a real injustice if juries ignore it. I would be extremely happy to see it finishing Top10. Pure quality. P.S. I really love your work and always looking forward to your reactions. Love the fact that you are giving emphasis on the musical and compositional elements of each track and that you analyze them objectively, but also giving your personal honest opinion in the end. Much love 💙

[@catttnguyen9997]

I know you would love the song, for me Portugal and Iceland have been huge grower and they just represent this calm and serene musical moment for you to lose yourself into. But you are also right that the song is so intricate and the harmony is just exceptional!

[@MMartec]

Love your reviews. You seem to have a great knowledge in instrumental music, but also singing, as well as an excelent taste in music to go with it. Thanks for that! :) I completely agree with your view when it comes to this Eurovision entry from Portugal. It's just so simple, so human, so pleasant, and after covid and a war close by, it just feels like a very much needed chilled out song, that says a lot about missing the people we lost (or are lost, or we may loose), how it is important never to forget them, as well as the good times that past but we will not forget, the longing for affection and hope that love will prevail.. All this without drama, but a sense of peace and a smile.

[@pedritu147]

Couldn’t agree more

[@jovanaoi]

I get goosebumps everytime I hear this song and I'm so thankful it exists. My favourite this year. ♥️

[@carlafaleiro2177]

I also love it!

[@lilianarego6566]

😍 Thaaaank yoooou from Portugal 🇵🇹🕊️💟💚💛❤️💙🧡💜

[@lilliandm7]

I knew you would appreciate the song! As for the score, I am happy with it, although I would give it a 10/10, but I am biased by the meaning of the song. Thank you for your review and have a lovely week-end too sweet Rachel.

[@enokkarpati251]

I only heard the studio version and the live one is so much better. I love this.

[@taradiana]

I ADORE this song! It has such a special vibe

[@th5841]

This song went from "wow!!" to "oh, yes!!" during the first few bars. And it just got better and better. I feel the two step in the bars, so I would say a 6/8. But 3/4 is not wrong either.

[@catherinemullins937]

Knew you would love this!! ❤️

[@jsilvamaintenance]

Putin must listen this song. Maybe the meeting to help him to stop the war in ukraine !

[@antoniobageri131]

Just like you , I was not expeting this from Portugal, Is just incredibly beautiful!!!

[@carlosdarocha741]

Form Germany, please vote to Portugal NR.1 GREAT MUSICAL ,Kisses,from Germany

[@lucaidk7198]

i can’t explain it but this song feels like a warm hug after a rough day but at the same time it makes me want to ugly cry thinking about the past. does it make sense? btw, portugal got to be my favorite this year and i’m so happy you appreciate it too.

[@minesitat]

So beautiful. What you describe is "saudade" in portuguese 💚

[@lucaidk7198]

@@minesitat maro did a wonderful job in conveying this exact emotion into the song. i think portuguese artists have this innate talent for doing so, like clàudia pascoal and salvador ❤️

[@carlossaraiva8213]

As a portuguese i got to say to you: you absolutely nailed the meaning of the portuguese word saúdade, you felt it for what it is. This is way it's hard to translate the exact definition of the word saúdade as it is not sn intellectual concept but an emotional. This is a feel8ng everybody all over the world feel but for some reason only the portuguese and galician languages have a word for it. Well done you.

[@PedrocamaroSS]

You just described a bit of what "saudade" means

[@gabrielgreenwoodschannel]

My winner!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@troyyrob]

I love this song and just seeing that you uploaded it on my birthday! I am so glad you liked this! 5 part harmony needs to still be brought to the main stage. Maybe a super subtle staging like them sitting around a campfire or something. This song is about her grandpa passing and it hits right since I lost my favorite aunt recently. Thanks for the lovely reaction!

[@giulystellina1991]

Hi Rachel, I hope you are on the mend and your family is ok. I was waiting for your reaction to Portugal. I fell in love with this song and with Maro's voice. Greetings from Italy.❤

[@Consfeliciocosta]

Guiliana, you should check her KZbin channel, it's full of great performances, she has many duets with others artists from all over the word. Lovely, actually! 😉

[@Lambertv]

My Top 7 right now, 9/10. I loved Blacci's "Mar no fim" but sadly she didn't even qualify to the final, Aurea, Os Quatro and Syro were amazing as well (and I feel you - Rachel would love them too, give them a listen 😀), but Maro fairly won with amazing song too. Thank you Portugal for wonderful preselections, my favourite this year. Portugal is still 'portugally' in Eurovision and we love it.

[@ThePeaceAround]

‘Portugally’ 😂I love that. I will listen to your recommendations :)

[@Massev6871]

Hi from Ireland Rachel. I really like your commentaries, thank you. Lovely song. Do you ever react to "retro" Eurovision. I'd love to see your reaction to Severine in 1971 :-)

Fantástic react. 💖 ...and the 12 points go to ... Portugal.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tozecunha2026]

ITSA ME, MARO! in youtube

[@Consfeliciocosta]

A MUST see and listen! Just 100 vídeos of pure joy, beautiful music and real human connection. ✨🌍

[@jotapfigueiredo]

Imagine if you would understand all the words! It has amazing lyrics. You should go find what it means and understand the greater side of this song.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

The version you watched was the winner's performance. This has GOT TO be my favourite this year. So classy, so professional, so emotional. This is very much a song that makes me cry, especially given the message of the song with Maro's grandfather's death being the subject! Maro, just like many of Portugal's entries, has the spirit of Salvador Sobral in her! Music is not fireworks! This is music! You should react to the version on Maro's channel of her and many other women harmonising with her with several men playing actual guitars around her. It's pretty amazing.

[@Doivid297]

The word "saudade" is not easy to translate, but according to a comment I've read, the song itself pretty much sums up the feeling of saudade. It's basically a longing for someone or something we love that cannot come back, kind of akin to nostalgia but not quite the same. I'm sure someone Portuguese/lusophone can and possibly already has explained it better here. And I'm with you, it's just so mellow and easy to listen to (in fact I find the soft guitar and the beat quite addictive). It's in my top 5 of this year, and since 2017, Portugal are just killing it at ESC imo. Could be a dark horse too!

[@birdieshattock2968]

Trying to explain the concept of the word saudade, saudade it's a feeling for someone or something you miss but gives at the same time a joyful pleasure, brings good memories. About the chorus, this kind of harmonies are used in portuguese folk music in the region of Beira Baixa, just women. 🌿

[@Doivid297]

@@birdieshattock2968 Thanks a lot, that positive aspect was what I was missing 😊 I'll have to check out that folk music as well, I love the harmonies in this particular song!

[@birdieshattock2968]

@@Doivid297 hello again, instead of clapping, the women use an instrument called adufe, a rithm simple square object made of goat skin, I think, has laces on the corners.

[@roundcube]

Saudade is crying with a smile.

[@sattvadevi]

I love this song. Have you given any other song a 9 this year?

[@ThePeaceAround]

Greece was a 9 and Italy 9.5 :)

[@sattvadevi]

@@ThePeaceAround Oh wow I need to watch them too!

[@Consfeliciocosta]

I also like Netherlands. 💖

[@luvdf]

In this performance, Maro's charisma was perceived very well. That's the performance after knowing that they won the trophy in Lisbon, they were already too euphoric, the vocal part and interpretation didn't go so well. I recommend the presentation before this one. It's technically very beautiful. A song like this belongs to a different league, it happens very rarely in Eurovision.

[@fs5422]

Someone asked me to define "saudade" ... I "smile crying" ...”

[@sandrasoares2284]

Absolutely lovely, kind to the ears ,warming to the soul! my fav song nice one Portugal

[@carlossaraiva8213]

I'm portuguese and i like this song a lot. It even gets better with repeated listening. I do think it is the best song in the Eurovision festival. But i feel it will end up very low on the voting numbers, i'm affraid. It's not often quality that wins but neighbouring countries politics. Salvador Sobral's win in 2017 was an outlier in both for Portugal itsrlf and how countries voted that year. This year Portugal will end again at the bottom places despite the great quality of the song. I'd love to be proved wrong, i'd love for my country to host the Eurovision again.

[@roiteverly5532]

Covid? I hope you´re feeling better.

[@pedroretore884]

Saudade is a portuguese word that doesn't have a english equivalent... Is the feeling of miss someone or something, a powerfull word, if you ask me

[@luziapestana8210]

"am i not enough for now?", is also good song fr Maro. Cheers fr Madeira island. Ivo

[@dulcebellaalmeida7227]

Beautiful Amazing song Portugal 🇵🇹💯❤

[@MiguelSF]

Lovely reaction, Rachel! You really caught the simplicity and beauty of Maro's song.

[@jotapfigueiredo]

This is the real final and complete "Saudade, Saudade" song. You cannot miss it!!!! Search for "MARO - "saudade, saudade" (Live in Avinyó)"

[@joaoferreira6327]

You have to ear the "Live in Avìnyo" version. Even better!

[@elizabethvieira2408]

❤ you are so Nice love your reaction love from Portugal 🇵🇹😍

[@joanamoreira8496]

Pure art and magical ❤️❤️

[@totallybasicyoutubechannel]

hey girl, discovered you recently and have really been enjoying your eurovision vids. would be interested to know what you think of the 'Live in Avinyó' version of this song (i think it's completely beautiful and it makes my heart ache in the best way possible). p.s. your eyebrows are gr8

[@paulacristinasousa]

Saudade means I miss you

[@labastida107]

I’m with you, Rachel. Subtle, intimate, scaled back, yet infectious and memorable. I keep hearing the melody in my head; yesterday, doing my laps in the pool, I could not shake it. Will it do well at Eurovision? I’m not sure. Salvador’s song, I think, had a more immediate and broader appeal at first listen, but, in my book, this is just as good. Will see. And, keep drinking your fluids, Rachel!

[@TiagoSilvaESC]

So happy you liked our entry!

[@CocacolaBoy83]

beautiful song👍

[@joaomanuel932]

the covid excuse.. :) song went straight to your heart!

[@dariooliveira1751]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌍🌍🌍

[@MMartec]

In another note, and I do beg your pardon for saying this, but you remind me a lot of Kate Bush. I practically never compare people with others, much less with famous people, so please do not get any wrong meaning. But actually you do remind me a lot of her... I consider Kate Bush the best female music artist I can think of, so I hope you can take this as a compliment :))

[@ThePeaceAround]

That is such a compliment - I love Kate bush. She is an inspiration to female musicians. ❤️

[@holgerschink1341]

Beautiful and such a fantastic song...love it ! 🥰

[@jet687]

This song reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries song "Empty". The women are bringing it this year in a different way! Last year it was fierceness and this year more vulnerablility. Get well soon!

[@ThePeaceAround]

yes!!

[@mrblackstorm_2771]

yes ! i been telling that in comments, she reminded me a lot of her with the "broken" voice

[@natureclips5849]

It’s a shame most people didn’t appreciate this

[@eddiemurphy21]

Most people did, it has a good score. The problem was: it didn't win. It should

[@sundancegirl212]

Go Portugal 💚❤️🇵🇹

[@cjnge6828]

sra, li a transcrição e está em português, foi você quem escreveu?

[@Carlosomvieira]

Very emotional this song from Portugal. Nice work built with harmonious voices

[@caixaradioweb4452]

Saudade Saudade , sweet atmosphere this song the world needs this atmosphere music no tricks loved it this song should reach Putin to see if he rests kkkkkkkkkk

[@fatimasequeira476]

❤️🇵🇹 Obrigada / Thanks

[@rosamarialmeida]

wonderful!

[@moocheth]

Here's the official video, the performance before she won: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4LYnWCooMh6hrM

[@fatimaseixas9627]

Portugal 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@doityourself-diyartfun1562]

I am Portuguese and I love this song is magic

[@freemangriffin4953]

Pretty good, a 7 out of 10. Maybe a bit too soft? IDK, I never understand the televoters!

[@valentinchiriac9117]

MARO anagramated

[@Rodalb001]

Very nice interpretation... You're lovely...

[@jesuism6386]

It's definitely one of my favorite too there's a brazilian vibe that I really like (I know a lot more Brazilian music than Portuguese,sorry) and her voice😳

[@cajoantonio]

Thank you so much! Another version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZC3aJyogbeUh6s

[@mateoguevara9943]

Heyyy THIS IS my favourite entry for that year's eurovision. You should check the lyrics from it, it BROUGHT ME TO TEARS, honestly one of the best songs that demonstrate how words and sound can express feelings and make art, REALLY PLEASE CHECK the lyrics, everytime i hear the song i have teary eyes and i try to sing in portuguese about how does it feeel what her sound is expressing

[@JoseSilva1]

I've been waiting for the reaction to this song since it won the portugal song festival. It's a beautiful song and my favorite for Eurovision. I think it was even better to react to the performance in the competition and not the one shown when it was declared the winner because it gains more in emotion Thank you for having subtitles in Spanish in your videos

[@joaopaulopinto1078]

❤️🇵🇹👏

[@wwbuzz]

Saudade hasn't any kind of translation to other languages. It is a specific word/meaning from Portugal and the Portuguese/Portuguese speakers. It relates to the time of Discoveries when the sailors sailed from Portugal, leaving their families behind, and the feeling the mothers, sons, and wives had was more than a miss you. It was "Saudade," a strong emotion, coming from our most profound feelings when we lose someone when we don't see someone for a long, long time, more substantial than an "I miss so much"! "SAUDADE" - Everyone has, but only the Portuguese has a specific word for it. It is one of the Portuguese words that there isn't any kind of translation to other languages. SAUDADE is... SAUDADE! (More than longing, more than I miss you, it comes really from the bottom of our hearts, from the far point of our sentiment when we miss someone or something)

[@lilianamoreira1326]

And to think that, according to MARO, they only had 1...ONE... rehearsal before their live performance. That just brings the performance (The one before this one and even this one. This was the winner's performance) a new level of respect

[@Meowmeter]

Força Portugal… in times of turbulence we need this soothing, healing sound❤️🇵🇹

[@gamer_2722]

💖

[@irynamitaki5708]

Very delicate and soft music. The harmony is so good!

[@neilonaniet]

Is it me, or is this song actually in 6/4?

[@ThePeaceAround]

Hmm I think 6/8 - I can hear quaver movements instead of crotchet

[@neilonaniet]

​@@ThePeaceAround You may be right, but no matter how hard I try I can't "feel" it without forcing my brain to accept it. I did some searching, and there's somebody on Reddit who thinks it's in 12/8. You could argue that, I suppose, but each measure is clearly six beats long to my ears. I had this conversation with someone a while ago, where we both argued about 6/4 time. I listen to a lot of Japanese mathrock bands, and they LOVE 6/4. I suppose that's why my brain picks up on it easily.

[@Phoenix_BD]

saudade doesnt mean longing, the word has no translation in most languages. Its a feeling and the song uses that for its lyrics.

[@alicevenancio8838]

💜💜💜

[@isabelbruxo]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.... 🇵🇹

[@VoltaireMM]

Go Portugal, go!

[@luisafalcao915]

❤

[@stefanolazzari2204]

Time signature is not in 3, but in 6/8

[@triadafillos1]

I just came in here, just because I wanted to known your reaction and reception of the Portuguese entry, which I can not appreciate, I must say. Due to your reaction clip, I had to listen to this song from the beginning to the very end. And now I can appreciate it a bit more, especially the vocal harmonies, something that has always appealed to me. Ok, I still find this a bit boring, and I can not find a satisfying climax of this song or of its performance. But now I find it better than before. Thanks fa lot or your review!

[@cristinadias5145]

Peace i ucrania

[@carloshidalgo7090]

definitelly my 12 points to Maro

[@francisfree2010]

🤘🌞❤☮☮

[@francisfree2010]

Yes, thepeasearound with Saudade, saudade and Maro. Thank you, the best react... love and ☮☮.

[@josephb9987]

No me gusta nada , lo siento.

[@andrevilhena4149]

Não tem que sentir nada..É a sua opinião....Mas, também, penso que esta música, esta canção, esta voz não é para qualquer um/a....Tem que ter um gosto muito apurado, sensivel..Amar o belo. E isso não é para qualquer pessoa.Abraços!

[@toallin5146]

@@andrevilhena4149 What a subtle way of acting better than others lol. I don't think the song is anything special either and I like subtle and emotional songs, but this song and artist doesn't make me feel anything. I speak galician so I even understand the portuguese part.

[@andrevilhena4149]

@@toallin5146 Mas por acaso alguma vez desrespeitei a opinião contrária...Não aprecia, não lhe agrada, tudo como dantes, quartel general em Abrantes...Agora, mantenho: esta música, assim como a do Salvador não é para todos ..Não é...Daí que as massas possam não gostar...Claro que tudo que nos é mais óbvio mais facilmente nos entra pelos olhos dentro.Mas eu não gosto do que é óbvio..Gosto sempre mais do que está para além do ..óbvio...Muito obrigado! Tenho saudades de ver e ouvir músicas na Eurovisão com qualidade. Quero matar essas saudades! Abraços!

[@mariadevaux5830]

💯💯💯❤

[@greenhome9544]

I think this song is simple and weak but... This is eurovision

[@kanyeeast9686]

so y do u watch it

[@toallin5146]

I can't quite connect with this song. The complete lack of emotion and staging just leaves me cold. Maybe it will improve in Turin though.

[@mlk4175]

zzzzzzZZZZZZZZ

[@abey4003]

Won't qualify I suspect. Too simple. I don't know why some people call simple things quality to don't offend anyone. This not quality, this is just boring, repetive and vocally poor.

[@Consfeliciocosta]

It's just your opinion, so no worries. Simple can be beautiful, that's mine. ☺️

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

It's not boring though. This is emotional and makes you cry.

[@vianamusica617]

vocally poor????

[@pedrosousa7756]

Repetitive, poor and decadent is the song from Spain you idolize! " I make all the daddies go crazy I’m always first, never secondary As soon as I make doom, doom With my boom, boom And I got him making zoom, zoom For my YUMMY" Absolutely disgusting.

[@Consfeliciocosta]

@@pedrosousa7756 não há necessidade... Cada um tem o sua preferência, certo? Se a Jennifer Lopez teve tanto sucesso com músicas desse tipo, claro que há quem aprecie. No problem! 😉

[@axwleurope9519]

Nothing remarkable

[@sheermershk7364]

For me this kind of songs are boring and not for me specially in an event like eurovision. I don't think it will qualify