Tim: I haven’t even heard the track yet but I feel we need to feature it, almost entirely because of the subject line of the PR e-mail: Transylvanian Pop Hero’s Take the Cosmic Bus to Success.
Tom: [sic], I assume?
Tim: Oh yes, and if anything that just adds to the anticipation. Let’s press play and see if this is worth it.
Tim: And now I am so relieved, because that’s just brilliant, for so many reasons.
Tom: …which would be?
Tim: The style of the video! The bus that opens into a stage! The saxophone that comes from nowhere at all that made me do a double take! The inspiring but not stupidly so lyrics! Even – the idea of a cosmic bus itself. Pausing at space traffic lights! Two moons in a shoot-out! There is just so much to love here, and it’s totally wonderful.
Tom: Okay, so here’s the thing: I listened to this just as an audio track first, without the video. And I’ve got to be honest with you: it’s not a great song. And amidst all those exclamation marks, you haven’t actually said anything about the song either. Apart from that saxophone, and, well, fair enough, but the rest isn’t all that great?
Tim: Maybe not great, but it does have something I like in it – partly the uplifting tone, partly, like I said, the positivity in the lyrics. You’re not into it?
Tom: It’s a middle-of-the-pack Eurovision selection track. There’s nothing actually wrong with it, it’s just that without the video’s.. erm, charm? Yeah, let’s go with charm. Without that, it’s only okay.
Tim: Perhaps. So as long as we have videos: can we have more from Transylvania please?