The countdown has begun...
After its planned mega-celebration of 65 years of the Eurovision Song Contest was unceremoniously cancelled last year thanks to the pandemic, it's scheduled to go ahead as normal [as "normal" as the world's biggest, campest, most OTT musical event could ever be!] this year, with the grand final this Saturday in Rotterdam.
Once again, we have had to put any plans for our usual house party on ice [we're not even doing a Zoom call, as the consensus is that it really doesn't work when our fifteen-strong gang want to chat and watch telly at the same time], but to make up for it, let's shake ourselves out of the usual start-of-the-week doldrums in the most appropriate fashion.
On this Tacky Music Monday, it's one of our favourite UK Song Contest entries ever...
(This is your captain speaking)
(I'd like to welcome you aboard this Eurovision flight)
(The duration will be three minutes exactly)
(Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight)
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada... (Duty free, madam?)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada...
We're flying the flag
All over the world
Flying the flag for you
London to Berlin
All the way from Paris to Tallinn
Helsinki on to Prague
Don't matter where we are
Yeah yeah yeah...
Flying high in Amsterdam
Why don't you catch us if you can?
(Catch us if you can)
Now we're cruising in the sky
And we're singing it for you
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada... (Some salted nuts, sir?)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada...
We're flying the flag
All over the world
Flying the flag for you
(Would you like a complimentary drink with your meal, sir?)
We're flying the flag
All over the world
Flying the flag for you
(Ladies and gentlemen, your exits are here, here and here)
(To fasten your seatbelt, insert the fitting)
(To use the life vest, slip it over your head)
(Pull firmly on the red cord and blow into the mouthpiece)
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada... (We wish you a very pleasurable journey)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Babada babada... badada babada...
Babada babada...
We're flying the flag
All over the world
Flying the flag for you
We're flying the flag (Yes, we're flying)
All over the world (Take you all around the world)
Flying the flag for you
(Would you like something to suck on for landing, sir?)
We're flying the flag (Yes, we're flying)
All over the world (Take you all around the world)
Flying the flag for you
(We'd like to thank you for flying with us today)
I'm singing along (and doing all the actions) as we speak!
Have a good week, dear reader...
[Happy birthday, Baby Steve!]
The UK entries always seem so upbeat... I wonder if we'll ever win again?
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Not all of them - the one they gave poor Engelbert Humperdinck to sing a few years ago was a bit droopy...
DeleteWill we win again? Not if this year's entry is anything to go by. Jx
Oh, my... this is like an SCTV parody. Spot on, if that. Otherwise... ummm. I am going to look over... here.
ReplyDeleteActually, it is cheesy fun... and it should be. I am rather amazed that the actually shows aren't on some streaming service. It would be fun to wade through them... Love that first gif, by the way. WHAT is it from?
This year's contest is being streamed in the US via something called "Peacock", according to this article. For previous contests, I imagine YouTube would be the only way to get footage (unless the organisers have made them available via any other source, which I doubt).
DeleteThe gif is of the magnificent Verka Serduchka! Jx
Get ready for 'nul points'
ReplyDeleteBut what the hell we will have a fab time watching it any way with the zoom meet up and “post-mortem” it will still be great fun, even without a party.
I don't like the UK song, but then I'm not on the judging panel. We won't get any votes from EU countries anyway, so it's just a case of revelling in the madness and getting trollied. As per usual! Jx
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