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I know you love your monochrome-tinted songs. Don’t you? Go on, admit it. And when it’s combined with a home entry, I’m sure you’ll be appoplektik. No? Well you’re getting this proper old-style canzone anyway. There’s no annoying backdrop to distract you from this song. No cavorting backing singers to get in the way. Not even a wind machine. Just Italian Bobby Solo singing at a camera and a large competent orchestra. Some out there would like us to go back to those sort of set ups and they have a point. It’s a song contest after all. Not a dance contest or a contest to see who has the funkiest backdrop.
