Tom: Oh crikey, that’s a dodgy title.
Tim: This song was initially accepted for this year’s Melodifestivalen, and allocated a slot in the final 32, but then got kicked out a few weeks beforehand because these two are, apparently, best known for being an advert. But here’s the song and, well, it’s basically utterly ludicrous.
Tim: So let’s split it into segments. Intro: very promising.
Tom: Heavens, yes. That’s one of the best-sounding intros I’ve heard in a while. And then… good grief.
Tim: Verse: awful. Pre-chorus: fairly awful. Middle-eight: fairly awful then very good.
Tom: I’m fairly sure I heard the words “Mick Jagger” in there somewhere.
Tim: I wouldn’t be remotely surprised. The chorus, though: utterly wonderful and so brilliant that I started laughing as soon as I heard it.
Tom: I wouldn’t go that far. It’s certainly a pretty good schlager chorus, but it doesn’t make up for the rest of it.
Tim: Not really, no. It’s certainly no loss to Melodifestivalen, though there are worse tracks in there so I suppose it might have been an improvement but actually if it had gone to Melodifestivalen this ridiculous video might not have surfaced, and that would have been a shame. Basically this song is half brilliant and half awful, and I’m really not sure which half takes it for me. Though I am tempted to chop out that chorus and set it as a ringtone for one particular group of my friends.
Tom: HANDS IN THE AIR, Tim. HANDS IN THE AIR.