Tim: EXCITING MOMENT HERE, as for the first time we have some BRITISH rejects to sort through! Let’s start with this, one of the two that were quite a bit better than Joe & Jake.
Tim: BLOODY HELL I had to break eye contact with the screen during that intro. That is quite the look he’s got going on there.
Tim: Yes, so let’s talk about that; in fact, the look of everything. Because you’ve got yourself a nice dance track, with a hefty beat (if you replaced all the choruses with the final one, but that’s a niggle) and a great “oh-oh-ohh” structure to your chorus that people can chant along with.
Tom: Top-quality vocals as well: he’s hitting every note near-perfectly.
Tim: Right – the song is excellent. But what do you get the performer actually doing? Standing stock still in the middle of stage looking like he’s stopped off on his way home from work. ARE YOU SHITTING ME? Christ on a bike, talk about a seriously missed opportunity here.
Tom: Agreed. And I hear what you said earlier this week about the vocals sounding weedy on television: whoever did the mix for this shouldn’t be let anywhere near an event like this again. Broadway concerts? Sure. The Proms? Yeah, maybe. But pop music? That’s not how you mix it!
Tim: What we should have here – well, NEED – along with a proper sound mix, is all the lights on, him wearing something along the lines of what Måns was wearing last year, and moving and jumping around to get everybody enthused. Just one of those three would have helped – instead, you’re wearing a bloody tie pin. WHAT A SILLY BILLY.