It’s Eurovision on Saturday – so a perfect excuse to relive some of the utter dross that has been created in the name of UK music. First up Bardo - almost any 30 or 40-something in the UK, out of their mind on absinthe, will have tried to replicate the on-all-fours dance the duo performed in 1982 for their Eurovision entry One Step Further … oh God, please tell me that everyone has done that? No?
In 1978, it was the turn of Coco with Bad Old Days, touching, nostalgic, upbeat and featuring Cheryl Baker in the line-up three years before she won with Bucks Fizz.
A year earlier, in 1977, the UK was on a high. Brotherhood of Man won the competition the previous year so we had a reputation as the greatest songwriters in Europe to uphold. Naturally, we chose Mike Moran and Lynsey de Paul to fly the flag in the garb of city gents with this curio, Rockbottom. It was very, very bad,
Rockbottom? Not exactly – that accolade must go to Jemini with Cry Baby in 2003. Excruciating. They are still trying to find the right key even now. It makes you long for lip syncing.
Bum notes are clearly contagious. A decade and a half before Samantha Janus moved into Albert Square, she knew all about Butchers – she certainly butchered this …
So how does that stack up with this year’s entry?
And finally ….
Our sister publication Mojo this week announced a few live shows one of which included a performance by our sadly ignored nominee for Poet Laureate John Cooper Clarke, (although Simon Armitage was probably more of a realistic option). Anyway, it reminded us of JCC’s appearance in a Sugar Puffs ad campaign. Hard to believe it ever happened.
10:00 AM | 15/05/2009
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