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That Engelbert Humperdinck Eurovision entry listening experience 'in full'

  • March 19, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

0:00 Come on Engo don't fuck this up.

0:01 Acoustic guitar. Likely to be a 'false start' before the glitter-canon raveorama kicks in.

0:08 No raveorama.

0:15 Engo is singing something about being "so graceful and pure". Fingers crossed for Scooch-style punchline about salted nuts.

0:18 No punchline about salted nuts.

0:49 Here comes the chorus — this is where all the lights flash on the dancers appear and the whole thing 'goes off', ideally a bit like the big wobbly DERN DERN DERN WHHOOOOP BANG bit in 'We Found Love'.

0:50 It has not 'gone off' by any stretch of the ima­gin­a­tion.

1:18 Second verse about to start. They're clearly playing the long game here — this is where the beat will kick in and the song will start to pick up some pace.

1:20 The beat has not kicked in.

1:50 Chorus two. Same as the first. No massive ravefest yet. Perhaps Engo is taking his cues more from the world of dubstep. Let's wait for the drop.

1:51 Keep waiting for the drop!

1:55 Any minute now…

2:15 There's your Humperdrop.

3:01 Well there's always Jedward for the explo­sions.

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