Thursday 7 March 2013

Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat



I haven't been so excited since OK magazine published those hilarious photos of Liza's ill-fated wedding, or the day I met Fenella Fielding!

Why?

Because none other than the gravel-voiced Gaynor Hopkins from Skewen in Neath - better known to the world as Miss Bonnie Tyler - has been selected to represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, that's why!

Just hearing her magnificent 40-fags-a-day vocal chords brings back a whole host of memories, not least the superb world-beating choreographed "Big Dance" at the Pride festival in Trafalgar Square back in 2010...


We wuz there... and we did this!

And here is the lady herself, in the "literal interpretation" video of another of her classic belters, from 30 years ago this week, Total Eclipse of the Heart. This never fails to make me laugh:


We're starting our chant from this moment on: "Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie! Oy! Oy! Oy!"

I need a lie down...

Bonnie Tyler official website
Posted by Jon at 10:10
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8 comments:

  1. tony wood7 March 2013 at 18:20

    Have you heard the song?

    It's inoffensive album track to these ears …

    x

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    1. Jon7 March 2013 at 20:46

      Just listened to it. Stuart Heritage in The Guardian uncharitably said it "sounds distressingly like Natalie Imbruglia's eighth-favourite B-side", but I think it's OK.

      It won't win, mind... Jx

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  2. John-John8 March 2013 at 13:12

    Bydd yn fab!

    Ond yr wyf yn cytuno na fydd yn ennill!

    JJxx

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    1. Jon8 March 2013 at 14:47

      Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod.

      That means "My hovercraft is full of eels", apparently.

      I don't speak Welsh, dear...

      Jx

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  3. Barbarella's Galaxy8 March 2013 at 19:51

    I do like Bonnie and I am looking forward to her performance. Haven't heard the song yet but I am sure it sounds nothing like what Germany (Bonnie's biggest market in the past 20 years) is sending! And I'm pretty sure it's no "Holding Out For A Hero". But I am still looking forward to the song.

    Her voice however sounds like she's up to 80 fags a day, judging by some of the more recent live clips I have seen from her.

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    1. Jon9 March 2013 at 10:38

      It's no classic, but it is just great to know old "Marlboro-throat" is back"! Jx

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  4. Barbarella's Galaxy10 March 2013 at 15:52

    Heard the song yesterday and I must admit I quite like it! Go Bonnie go!

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    1. Jon10 March 2013 at 16:10

      "Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie! Oy! Oy! Oy!" Jx

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