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‘He growls death metal in his pants!’ The Eurovision 2024 bangers to watch out for
From a man with a mullet letting off fireworks to a Slovenian witch, this year’s Eurovision has some of the wildest entries ever. It makes our own entry look rather bland …
More importantly, it’s that rare thing, an original-sounding Eurovision entry that’s charmingly preposterous rather than straight-up daft – its drum’n’bass-influenced rhythm interrupted by high-drama mock-operatics and a vocal that shifts from rapping to falsetto melodrama. Rim Tim Tagi Dim deals with the exodus of young Croatians for better opportunities abroad – “I’m going away and I sold my cow!” Its combination of high camp and national pride, synthesisers and hard rock is charming. That said, if the official video, which opens with the words “GREECE IS BLISS”, encourages the watching public to visit the land of my forefathers – and it does everything to entice tourists short of coming round their house with a plate of homemade kataifi – then one suspects the Hellenic Eurovision committee will go home happy.
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