2007/03/05 Zurich
Push the button
A political message
The International Herald Tribune reports: ‘The Eurovision Song Contest, an annual event that proves that European popular culture can take itself just as seriously as the American variety, has created a semi-scandal of its own, with the suggestion that the contest might ban this year's Israeli entry, "Push the Button," because of a supposedly "inappropriate" political message.’
The song is even by my standards – and these standards are pretty low when it comes to popular music – bad.
But an inappropriate political message?
Go to youtube and judge for yourself.
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well, it seems like the israeli response to randy newman's "political science":
"boom goes london, and boom paris, more room for you and more room for me". granted, this song is less powerful.
"boom goes london, and boom paris, more room for you and more room for me". granted, this song is less powerful.
Of course it would be more powerfull if they wore bomb belts
and sang 'J'aime, j'aime la vie!'* They would surely win.
(*Sandra Kim, winner of the ESC, for Belgium, 1986)
and sang 'J'aime, j'aime la vie!'* They would surely win.
(*Sandra Kim, winner of the ESC, for Belgium, 1986)
The song has a smell of the famous Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (group of the infamous sixties). Not so bad as I thought, nevertheless.
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