Tim: Barbados, a dansband group that have been going for a couple of decades now, and are here with a new schlager-infested tune, their first since 2011.
Tom: “Schlager-infested”. Nice choice of words there.
Tom: Oh crikey, they’re entirely the right words there.
Tim: Aren’t they just? It’s a whole lot of fun, that is. Admittedly, basically straight out of ten years ago, but then dansband has never really been about sounding modern, and let’s face it, it’s often all the better for it.
Tom: Agreed. I knew what was going to happen, I got exactly what I expected, and I was grinning for it as well.
Tim: We have a key change —
Tom: — technically several, I think, since I think there’s a modulation between each verse and chorus —
Tim: Fair point, and we have RIGID song structure. Textbook stuff, and exactly as enjoyable as said textbookness it guaranteed to make it. Not incredible, but not remotely disappointing. Put it on, jump around stupidly, have fun, until you forget that that sudden ending’s coming and you fall over in shock.
Tom: Damn right. It’s by-the-numbers, but what wonderful numbers.