The UK has been drawn first. Oh well!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
As a song, it's OK and no more; the key changes are over-obvious and were clearly put in to prove that EH still has a voice. It's stuck with me since I heard it, though. Nice rusty Kenny Rogers edges to his voice; another candidate for the Rick Rubin treatment? In the video he looks like Bryan Ferry's unfunny uncle but the closing blackout is haunting - he's not saying goodbye, of course, but it comes across that way.
Alas, since it's first on it'll probably be forgotten when it comes to voting. Not sure if it'll be that big a chart hit either but that's perhaps the fault of the charts rather than Mr Humperdinck.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
So San Marino's entry has been amended to "The Social Network Song". Still classic.
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
BBC's trailers for the final are already going for the lulz. "Get behind the Hump", says Graham Norton.
― banal like a null (snoball), Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link