la la la 6 May 2008
A lot of you know that I am simply a gay man trapped in a woman’s body – it’s a great place to be and you won’t catch me complaining about it (or not often at any rate). Sort of apropos of which, one of the events I look forward to every year is Eurovision, so it was with great interest that I read and heard about the story of Franco possibly rigging the contest one year and ROBBING Sir Cliff of his (rightful?) prize. Now, here’s the thing – La La La, the Spanish entry (funnily enough – see Franco, above) that year is a very Eurovision song and I have a great fondness for it and can see it as a worthwhile winner (in a peculiarly Eurovision way) and although Cliff’s song, the mighty Congratulations, is the better song, no one has ever accused Eurovision of always choosing those as winners. It would be great (and maybe even plausible) to say Franco ‘did for’ Le Royal Unis on the night but let’s think hatred of nations here (still in evidence) or simple, almost gentle, partisan voting…that’s Eurovision’s lifeblood – e.g. why do the Irish never win anymore (notwithstanding shite songs) – we are not of the Eastern Bloc so nah nah nah nah nah (possible entry right there, douze points and none of yer auld turkeys, merci bien). We may never know, but i do LOVE that politics of a particularly ‘right’ nature has entered the frame and isn’t great for Cliff to be able to introduce his song now at live gigs as the winner that never was.
He was robbed another year too, wasn’t he? Oh hang on now, that was Waterloo and NO ONE can say the right song didn’t win that time…
