Tim: Remember how I said most of the good Danish ones have had their performance videos pulled from YouTube? Well, that’s still the case but this one that came a close second has a proper music video, so we can watch that.
Tom: That is quite the promising piano intro there.
Tim: The old man looking at pictures and stuff in the video strikes me as sentimental claptrap*, so let’s ignore that and move onto the song.
Tom: Harsh, but not entirely unjustified. It is a rather good song, though.
Tim: Jesper came third in Danish X Factor 2010, and my word he’s got a decent voice. The verses here are soulful and meaningful, but the song dutifully livens up for the choruses. I have a bit of an issue with the ending, although that’s partly just my ‘there MUST be a clearly defined middle eight and closing section in EVERY song’ mentality, as it does draw the song to a close effectively.
Tom: Remember a while back, when I was complaining about piano-pop getting a bit boring? This is the kind of track I was wanting to hear. You’ve got a well-defined second melody line coming from the piano, but the main melody is entirely different and being carried by someone with a really rather good voice.
Tim: I have no idea what it looked like being performed, but I’m guessing there were hearts and things all over the place—
Tom: “Things”?
Tim: Yes, things. Quiet at the back, please.
Tom: Yes, miss.
Tim: And these hearts and things would have got the mums’ vote easily enough along with him looking like a little darling (17, if you’re wondering). Then there’s the old folks’ vote with the sentimentality of it all, the young girls’ vote with the looks – he’s got the whole market covered, really and I’m a bit surprised he came last out of the text voting, but there you go. That’s Eurovision.