Greta Salóme – My Blues

“Somehow I just can’t pay attention to the lyrics.”

Tim: Greta’s first since Eurovision last year, where she didn’t do as well as she’d probably have liked, but never mind that now because here’s this.

Tom: Good job getting a “feat.” in the title just for the music video, there, Hafþór. Still, as cameos go, it’s a good one. Not a bad trick, either.

Tim: Quite a bit going on there, isn’t there? Enough for me to be a big fan of it, anyway – can’t beat a bit of brass, a hell of an infectious yo-oooh-ooh hook, very strong vocal, a middle eight that say “pay attention please” and a whole lot off showing off in the video.

Tom: It’s strange: she’s singing in perfect English, but somehow I just can’t pay attention to the lyrics. I think it’s how it’s mixed: as you say, there’s quite a bit going on, and I think it makes the whole thing a little muddy. That doesn’t necessarily make it a bad track — it’s just that I can’t remember any words, just a tune.

I can remember that yo-oooh-ooh bit, though.

Tim: The only gripe I have is the note progression at 2:28, which is straight out of Little Talk and so makes me want to listen to that instead, but if the only problem with a track is that part of it sounds like a really good song, I don’t think they’ve gone far wrong. Good stuff all round.