2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
We’re getting there!!
See, if was left to me, i'd have put the entire NSF 1975 in the vault - but you lot have short attention spans...
16 December – I’m skinning you out
You want a lyric to furrow the brow and encourage a shrug? Then today's is a prime candidate. Us European types often use a...
Won’t you turn the tide?
Are these wise words from our random act for today? Does turning the tide mean playing God? Or is it something to do with...
14 December – Pa pa ba pa pa pa… pa pa ba pa pa…
Today we have an absolute classic. You won't be able to argue with me. Mr Phil of this parish will send the boys round...
13 December – Boom boom
OK, so sometimes we pick several songs that are from the 2010s. So it follows that from time to time we'll pick two consecutive...
12 December – Then the slap in the face
We often asks what makes a Eurovision winner. But the same could be said of what might make a last place song. Is it...
Seventeen songs… one winner… sounds like the recipe for a Spanish Tragedy!
RTVE are at it again folks. They have gone down the "Operacion Triumfo" route to select their song for Eurovision in Israel. It may...
11 December – I’m done, tipping on my toes
Schadenfreude. I wonder if the Germans have a word for it? To be fair, the schadenfreude relates more to the country rather than the...
The vault because NickD likes the Dutch
So Nick, says I, Find me something Vaultworthy.
Well he chooses the video above because, and I quote:
"I admire anyone who can fit the vocabulary...
9 December – My hands are empty
I sometimes wonder why some countries seem to have this love/hate relationahip with our favourite TV show. Money aside, some places don't participate every...