OK. This was a bit of a surprise, I must admit...
The UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 has been announced, and... It's a Charleston!
How bizarre.
Still, it is quite jolly - and could have been soooooo much worse.
Let me know what you think.
Eurovision official website
It's like a cross between the sensibility of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and the song stylings of Taco...
ReplyDeleteSpot on, dear! And her voice reminds me of Miss Sophie Ellis-Bextor, too. Altogether a good thing... Jx
DeleteI'm not sure what it was, exactly, but the production values are pretty impressive.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to find out if they can carry this off live on the day of the Contest... Jx
DeleteI like it, it's quirky, reminds me of this http://youtu.be/PPJZTRqQ1Xw
ReplyDeleteVideo is Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by The Andrews Sisters
ReplyDeleteI can see it now - a Big Dance flashmob being led by Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley... Jx
DeleteHeavens - the Brit's really, really do not want to win the Eurovision! For a country that has produced such an amazing amount of fantastic music through the years, the mind boggles over the Eurovision entries...
ReplyDeleteI really like it, actually! We'll see, however, whether the rest of Europe thinks the same. Jx
DeleteI have only heard it once, and while I may like it (time will tell), I can't see this doing anything in Eurovision. In any case, at least it's somewhat fun...
ReplyDeleteWe always have the fall-back position: "Nothing could be worse than the song they gave Engelbert Humperdinck"...
DeleteJx
How quickly we forget about the dreadful "That Sounds Good To Me" (I think that's what it was called anyways. It did NOT sound good to me!)
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