Tim: Where to go this week…ooh, let’s try Sweden. Sixth place, heat two of Melodifestivalen.
Tom: Ha! Swedish House Wives. I get it. That’s quite clever.
Tom: Oh, that’s a hell of a chorus.
Tim: Isn’t it just? So my question: sixth place! Why, sixth place? I mean, COME ON SWEDEN. What are you doing?
Tom: Listening to the versus?
Tim: Well, yes, alright. Admittedly, this song wasn’t as good as it should have been – after all, a group called Swedish House Wives clearly has the potential to be absolutely amazing, especially when you give them a song called On Top Of The World, and I’ll happily admit this wasn’t that. The verses are disappointing with a fairly generic backing and not much inspiration to them, but there’s still a great chorus.
Tom: That’s just not enough though – not for Melodifestivalen. It’s got to be perfect. Loreen-perfect.
Tim: I like the exit from the middle eight as well (although we all know what it’s missing – just imagine it at 2:26, “on top of the WORLD!”), and I’d have thought the dancing would be enough. So really, sixth? SIXTH?
Tom: Yep. Sixth.
Tim: Ugh.