Tom: “World of Girls”?
Tim: Yes, but then with hundreds of would-be Eurovision contestants a year globally, there are bound to be some turkeys (quite literally, in one case).
Anyway, I’ve said a good few times that I don’t approve of ukuleles, so I didn’t have high hopes when this Danish entry kicked off. But then…
Tim: Because actually, sometimes there are occasions when one is appropriate, and one of those occasions is as an intro to a summery, upbeat, fairly dancey and very happy sounding pop track.
Tom: Yes, I’ll give it that — although the singing’s not exactly Girls Aloud-quality, and I’m not sure the melody’s up to all that much either.
Tim: The lyrics don’t exactly match up – these singers should surely be moping around rather than cheerily singing about how they’re the only ones not enjoying themselves – but the tune is joyful, chirpy and sparky enough for that not to matter for me.
Tom: “Drunken selfies”. Ugh — that’s going to sound like Beyoncé’s “got me hoping you’ll page me right now” in about two years. Not that anyone’ll remember this song in two years, most likely.
Tim: It put me in mind of the various times when it’s been the middle of summer, warm and sunny, and I’ve got together with a load of friends, headed to the beach, built a fire and sat there all night getting progressively more intoxicated.
Tom: Now has that actually happened? Or was it just in a load of music videos?
Tim: No, ACTUALLY, I do have friends, and it has happened at least twice, so there.
That may not have been the case for most of Denmark, mind, what with it landing in 6th place, but I’ll take it, if only for a reminder that ukuleles aren’t all evil.