Tim: There’s a lot of football around at the moment.
Tim: — even if Brazil might not be ready for it, the music world certainly is, with a whole album out. We’ve already covered the Ricky Martin track, and we won’t be going anywhere near the main track, because it’s by Pitbull and is not even worth linking to, but this track by notable Norwegian Adelén is worth a listen or two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpl-YFHUw4k
Tim: Well let’s dissect this then. Intro: very promising indeed.
Tom: That’s just because they’re using “na na na hey hey”, like dozens of tracks before them — and like a lot of football chants.
Tim: Verses: rather disappointing. Pre-chorus with the ‘my name is Adelén’: likewise. Actual chorus: really very good indeed with its euphoric backing and proper singing.
Tom: Right! Because, again, it’s an old and popular track. Everything else about the track is just a ‘meh’, sadly.
Tim: I don’t know – post-chorus is also excellent, with a lovely melody and a nice chantable bit. And the middle-eight: once again very good, especially once the build starts to come in halfway through. From that point on, it’s all just wonderful, and vastly, vastly better than that Pitbull tripe that somehow is leading the pack.
Tom: Oh, completely agreed — it’s just, you know, a not-particularly-good remix of an old track.
Tim: Damn you, FIFA.