At this time of year I always have a little hunt down the back passages of the internet to see who's embarking on the fruitless task of chancing their arm in the bottomless pit of OGAE-vote hopefuls for the UK. But I never imagined that the first mob I found would be people that I actually knew.
Dië Spanglë are a most excellent gnarly punk band from Penzance in Cornwall. And being from such a distant outpost, they do things entirely their own way, and a quick search on YouTube will uncover some crackingly creative home-produced videos. Unfortunately they've ploughed an over-familiar furrow with their Eurovisionistic exercises here.
Early stage selection panelists and early stage observers of the pre-qualification tournaments can tell you that there's absolutely dozens of songs of this nature crop up across the continent, and they never get even so much of a sniff at the coat tails of glory - even in Switzerland. So I'm sad to tell my old muckers that their chunky little attempt is likely to fall upon possibly the deafest ears in all showbiz.
However, if YOU just happen to be on one of the OGAE juries this year, dear reader, get a little bit of the mischief about you and notch this one up a higher score than you normally would. We all know that it's going nowhere, but it would be most entertaining if new Mr Greig gets this in his first emailing of potential songs this year. Gwan, do it for Apocalypse...
You and I both know that the OGAE jurors who get this in their batch of 50 will immediately skip onto the next track, no matter how good the musicianship (they sound pretty good instrumentally). You sure this isn't a piss take and they are actually going to send that music but with something less lyrically provocative to the fans?
ReplyDeleteNow if they had a new set of lyrics then Mr Greig might be interested...maybe saying they can win it - that has worked before!
Really not a piss take! Lots of gigs down here even as far up country as Plymouth! And that's straight from Serendipity the Die Spangle unicorn's mouth!!😂
DeleteA surprisingly decent tune! As far as the "UK never wins Eurovision" genre goes, it's, er, a winner!
ReplyDeleteThe song is actually called "Nul Point" and is a song of reconcilliation. It's also just about to undergo a full on disco remix....never know, those of a certain humour might just like it!
ReplyDeleteMusically, it works.
ReplyDeleteLyrically, it won't.
But hey.
PS Roy... hope you are keeping your eye on Rainbow Orbit songs again this season! :)
What have you got for us, PJ?
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