Tim: RIGHT. Now as I’m writing this I’ve just finished watching the show, so emotions are slightly involved, but this came FIFTH. FIFTH. KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND. HOW?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_UlSnxC2HM
Tom: Because it’s only a middling Eurovision entry?
Tim: And blimey, when you compare it to some of the utter tosh that got put straight through, it’s JUST NOT RIGHT.
Tom: Man, it must have been a pretty poor Melodifestivalen this year. I mean, it’s not bad, but this sounds about like a fifth place to me.
Tim: Well, now you mention it, yes, it’s not great at all. There’s a near-complete absence of schlager, a massive amount of generic EDM and an annoyingly large number of ‘quirky’ songs. Final heat tonight, so it might pick up, but I’m not holding my breath. But regardless of all that, however, this song is fantastic – it’s pure pop. A great and very catchy na-na-na, it’s not even let down by the verses as can happen to many songs of its type. A middle eight that almost got close enough to heavier dance to keep it even more appealing to people who might otherwise be put off by it.
Tom: The backing’s as generic as it comes, and I’m not sure I could repeat the chorus even after listening to it twice. This ain’t a winner, not by a long way.
Tim: In a good year, no, but this really should have at least made it through, to Andra Chansen if nothing else. It’s even got all the extra bits – the catsuits, the strutting, the hairflick at the end. It just adds up to something that’s so right, that when I saw it I thought it could have actually been the Melodifestivalen winner. Sweden, how could you have let this happen?
Tom: Were we listening to the same song?
Tim: Hmm. Maybe you need to see what it’s up against to appreciate it.