Probably not, eh.
The flat move went well. We’ve not got a smashing eighth floor apartment with a view of the Danube out of one balconette, and Kamegamedingdangdong out of the other. It’s a bit of a trot out of town, but none too scary.
But you don’t want to know that, you want to know for the songness. Well…
By all accounts Switzerland was pretty dang nifty. A simple song done simply and well. Will this be a stupendous era? Well I’m still not sure about the jarring tempo change (which ironically I’d love in a song outside of this context), but folk I trust say it’s half decent, so I’ll go with them until I hear it.
Actually, with all the over blown bombastic shows a simple song done simply is even more likely to win this, so keep one’s eye on this ‘un.
Of the tunes I’ve seen, them Czechs have got another gurt big heart – although much more managable than the Greek one – and a fat bloke pretending to be a DJ. It actually comes across a lot more memorable that I thought it would, and is the kind of thing you wouldn’t be surprised to hear Madonna doing – only with much better words. Will still struggle to qualify, but not as badly as we’d at first feared.
Then there’s Belarus – all rocked up and looking beardy/moody. And stood on ludicrous sea urchin like glowing balls. Yes balls. There’s all sorts of pratfall potential with this one, but if they manage to get through it without dinking an ankle this too could come across better than I wanted it to. It’s clear that Belarus really want to win this thing, and even though their shows get ever more complicated, I sense they’re getting ever nearer. Although his Jesus Christ pose at the end may turn the more devout voter off a treat!
I’ll have a brief gander to see what the other blogs think of the other songs, then blatantly copy them – or more likely say the exact opposite, just for effect, like.
Adios.