Tim: Two questions, Tom: what do you think of this, and can you hear even one guitar note in any part of the song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUUwucrTzA
Tom: It’s okay but nothing special; and no. No I can’t. Which is interesting, because she’s clearly strumming it. Although I’m not sure she if ever changes the chord she’s holding.
Tim: Weird, isn’t it? But I ask what you think of it because Sweden was split on it – it went straight through to the final in its heat, but then came last in the phone vote on the night.
Tom: Interesting: a song that doesn’t grow on the audience over time.
Tim: My guess as to why? It’s almost novelty – not a weird or unusual track in itself, but it’s still got an ‘Ooh, what’s all this about?’ factor to it that got people voting the first time, but got people rejecting it the second time, either thinking ‘Yeah, we’ve seen this, bring on the next one’ or ‘Oh, come on, get to the exciting bit. What do you mean, there isn’t one? This is the final, it can’t just finish witho—oh. Apparently it can.’
Tom: Yep. It really can. It’s pleasant, but that’s all.
Tim: Actually, that may have sounded a bit harsh. It’s not dull or boring; it’s exciting enough for lots of things. It’s just not exciting enough for a Melodifestivalen final.And let’s just ignore that guitar. Because that seems to be what all but one of everybody involved in the song did.