Saturday Flashback: Velvet – Déjà Vu

“Somewhat distracted by her outfit.”

Tim: On Tuesday, you said of Velvet: “She’s quite good, isn’t she?” Well, yes. I present a Melodifestivalen 2008 entry.

Tom: Full disclosure: during this review, I was somewhat distracted by her outfit.

Tim: I would expect nothing less. Formula-watchers will be somewhat horrified by the fact that the chorus proper doesn’t start until almost a minute in, leaving – SHOCK HORROR – no room for a proper middle eight once we’ve got the second verse/chorus out of the way as well.

Tom: That build to the first chorus makes up for it, though!

Tim: It does, but I can’t help wondering: was the lack of middle eight, and its associated crazy and original dance moves, the reason for the somewhat disappointing fifth place in the semi-final? Well, who knows.

Tom: Fifth in the semis, even with that key change? Blimey, that must have been a good Melodifestivalen.

Tim: All I’ll say right now is that the final winner was Hero, by Charlotte Perrelli. Enough said. Back to this song, what I do know is that, middle eight or not, it’s a cracking piece of work.