Tom: “She’s just released her second best-of album,” says reader Alex, “and this is the single from it. Remember Lonely Lisa? It’s like that.”
And that’s the way it is.
Tom: This has some proper old-school Eurodance-type backing to it, which makes me like it immediately.
Tim: It really does, doesn’t it?
Tom: And just as it seems to be going on a bit too long, we get a proper middle eight, followed by what Alex describes as “a KEY CHANGE MOMENT”. And what a key change moment it is.
Tim: Ooh, that’s great. Man, why doesn’t every dance track do that? Because it doesn’t sound forced, or just like it’s there to liven up a tired tune – it actually really works.
Tom: In summary: yes.
Tim: Yes. But no to that weird image just after two minutes in, because that’s just disturbing.
Tom: Fan videos: you never know what you’re going to get.
“If you liked Oui Mais Non, it’s very much in the same vein.”
Tom: This one’s sent in by Europlop reader Alex, who writes: “Basically if you liked Oui Mais Non, it’s very much in the same vein.” Now, we did like that track, although we did complain that it went on a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVIM4vuVbbk
Tom: Well, the new one is an improvement, I reckon. It doesn’t go on too long, although I reckon it could still do with a couple of adjustments: first of all, lose the odd talky bridge; second, add a bit more… er… ‘oomph’ on that last chorus.
Tim: I like it a lot, and it seemed to get even better on successive listens. But yeah, a bit of oomph wouldn’t have hurt.
Tom: As for the video: I don’t think there’s much I can say other than it’s ‘arty’. CGI jewel-encrusted camels are something even 50 Cent hasn’t thought of, though.
Tim: And a mysterious bloke who looks a little bit like Ewan McGregor did as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Do Jedi ride camels regularly?
Tom: Only when they’re forced to. Forced! Like, the Force in… oh, suit yourself.
What do you get if you take Basshunter, give him a sex change and turn him French?
Tim: Now, a question for you: what do you get if you take Basshunter, give him a sex change and turn him French? (And if that’s not a question that belongs in a Christmas cracker, I don’t know what is.)
Didn’t think you’d get it. The answer is this: Mylène Farmer, who has got together with RedOne and given us Oui mais… Non.
Tom: The French anthem for Vicky Pollard, then. That is, by the way, the only Little Britain reference you’ll ever hear me make.
Tim: Actually, comparing her to Basshunter could be seen as unfair, given that she’s been going about 25 years and has produced some damn fine music in her time; nonetheless, when she puts out stuff like this she deserves every comparison going. It’s more than a little bit bonkers, and is roughly what I imagine Kate Bush might be doing right now if she were still going.
Tim: Do you know, that doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Anyway, Mylène does seem to go on a bit (personally, I’d have ended it at the break at about 3:20), although I’m willing to put that down to the lyrics being all foreign and therefore un-sing-along-able.
Tom: It really does go on, doesn’t it? Basshunter generally has melodies that stick in your head – and may I remind you that Basshunter’s DotA was just as catchy as All I Ever Wanted* – while this just drifted in one ear and out the other.
* Incidentally, if you want to see what a record deal and a personal trainer does to someone, compare the concert footage – the style, confidence and everything – in those two videos.
Tim: Good point about Basshunter. Hmm. Still, overall, the worst you could call this is dance floor fodder, because it would almost definitely go down well with a load of drunken students. As for what I think – not a bad effort. Not bad at all.
Oh, and according to Google Translate the chorus contains the line ‘God, my God it’s long!’
Tom: That’s what she… oh. Right. It is what she said. Never mind.
