Well here we all are again. As soon as the leaves start going a bit musty, then sure as chips are potatoes the Swiss embark on their ultimately fruitless task to pick a Eurovision winner. Or qualifier even. And so it was that the Italian wing of Swiss telly revealed their short-list, and boy they're a bland bunch in the main, shy of the lad Sebalter's ominous return
But do you know what? I always hope that the first song I hear each year is going to be the one that works its way through to become the eventual winner. It's been a long held dream of mine, and I'm sure it's going to happen one day. But not this time.
Yep, Davide Buzzi's Mama is a ponderous old pub rock plodder, with some ludicrous spoken bits, and his Brummie mate Judith Emeline shipped in to do all the heavy lifting. I assumed that he was just some bar room chancer, but a little look into his background suggests that this gravel-voiced mumbler has got a reasonable track record in both music and the moving picture. But surely even that isn't going to drag this hackneyed throb onto an El Al jet to Tel Aviv.
Buckle up kids, one senses that it could be a long old year...
Best spoken intro since the fake Einstein quote of "My Friend".
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, it's one of the only spoken intros since then, but you've still got a point.
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ReplyDeleteThis article he is certainly not very kind, towards our artist.
But we thank you anyway, for having listened and quoted him. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_6GaSgJzr4f2YEsulmMHQ
And thanks for your reply, Pony. It's nice that you took the time and trouble!
ReplyDeleteHe's like Toto Cutugno, except he's not Toto. Whose caterwauling is that on the key change? Oh Momma-Mom, I do love you, I do! Gold.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Roy. I like you chose this song to open the season as it's not downright terrible. A bit contrived in parts anything but current or forward thinking, as it sounds like a preselction song from that maybe San Marino would have considered back in 1994 but gone instead with Valentina Monetta's aunt. No risk of this going any farther than this point, I'm sure. But well done for him for trying. I actually found a stand-out song amongst these 13 gems with Matteo Rossi's One More Time. Is it anything revolutionary? no, but I would hear this on the radio and wouldn't question it for a moment.
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