It’s nearly time for our annual dose of Eurovision and in the UK’s corner this year is Blue. That’s right, it’s that boy band that cracked out a few decent tunes back 10 years ago. Made up of Duncan, Lee, Simon and… and… the indiscriminate fat one.
Their effort and frankly our effort is ‘I Can’. If you are familiar with any Blue song this one follows the usual formula. It kicks off with Duncan tackling the first verse – it’s all about being separated from an un-named person, they’ve been divided. Just as you are getting into the song, Duncan is quickly gazumped by the significantly higher pitched Lee Ryan, lets not forget people he was the person who said 9/11 paled into insignificance when compared to the plight of whales in the ocean. Well folks, he’s channeling those whales on this track – you can barely make out what he’s singing but it’s tolerable.
Still no contribution from the fat one.
Into the chorus we go – this is where it gets a bit odd.
“I can, I will, untie these hands and get back up again”
I must have missed the part where they were being restrained – still, lets move on. The next few verses are mostly a few lines before kicking back into the chorus – they are obviously banking on the relatively catchy chorus to carry the song and in some respects it does, though it does admittedly take a few listens for it to grow on you in a way not dissimilar to thrush.
The singing is shared between Duncan and Lee – Simon does his c-c-c-can bits and the other dude, well I’m not sure … maybe he’s humming along in the background.
From around 2:40 Lee Ryan goes for an almighty wail which lasts a full 10 seconds – it sounds painful. You can almost picture him doing it live on Saturday in Düsseldorf and a big Blue Whale crashing in through the ceiling to mate with him – it’s that screechy.
I’m perhaps being a bit unfair – the song itself isn’t TOO bad. It’s just rather mediocre, has nothing special about it and sounds like a very Blue sort of song which is where it lacks – Blue’s sound is 10 years old and so is this song.
In terms of Eurovision, I think it’ll do reasonably well, purely because Blue were popular in Europe. Will it win? I doubt it. My money is on Jedward’s effort. To sum up – Blue, 2001 is on the phone and they want their song back when you’re done with it.
2 tits out of 5
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