Saturday Reject: Daze – We Own The Universe

“Isn’t that just brilliant?”

Tim: Three months to go until Eurovision, which means it’s time to kick these off – the best of the songs that weren’t quite popular enough to get to Malmö. And we start as we hope to continue, with this from Denmark. Get your watches out, people, and set them to POPPERS O’CLOCK.

Tom: Don’t do drugs, kids.

Tim: Unless you want to have fun.

Tom: Blimey. But do start playing the keytar, kids.

Tim: God, isn’t that just brilliant? Denmark had a very high standard all round this year, which may explain why this didn’t even make the top three, but just listen to it.

Tom: I can’t believe that didn’t make the top three. I try to avoid Eurovision spoilers, but if Denmark’s rejected this one, what the hell is their actual selection going to be? If it turns out that a depressing ballad’s won it, I’ll be really disappointed.

Tim: Not a ballad, no, and it is very good and you’ll see in a few months. But this, anyway – isn’t it outstandingly amazing? The music is absolutely perfect for the lyrics, or actually just the title. It’s big and intense and dance-heavy, because it needs to be, because WE OWN THE UNIVERSE. WE. That’s US, Tom. YOU AND ME. We OWN THE UNIVERSE. The whole, entire, UNIVERSE. It’s OURS.

Tom: “It’s all coming out of us, and filling us” apparently. I’m not sure how I feel about that, but the music is PUMPED UP enough that I don’t really care.

Tim: And then watch it, as well. Isn’t it even amazinger? The gazillion spotlights. The purpleness, and the perfect timing on the purple/blue switches. The around-around-around-around-around steadicam shot. The hyperactive bald bloke doing whatever it is he’s doing.

Tom: I’m fairly sure that they’ve just told a Moby impersonator that they’ve got a laser harp, and then just got him to wave a mirror in front of a few spotlights. I don’t care, because it’s brilliant. And then there’s…

Tim: The SPARKING KEYTAR. It’s ALL THERE, and it’s all part of OUR UNIVERSE. OURS.