I know I don’t need to tell anyone here that Måneskin’s Zitti E Buoni won Eurovision 2021. But as the blargh’s junior Eurovision correspondent, I feel obliged to include excerpts from all the performances.
Pretty Much, Yeah
Directed by Zack King-of-Plot-Holes Snyder, cribbed from Escape From New York, American Werewolf In London, Aliens, Ocean’s 11, and Raider’s Of The Lost Ark. And probably others I missed.
The Stars Were Shining Bright
Guitar player numbers his Les Paul’s like Pete. Singers have real talent. And they’re doing an Elvis song. Let me see, what else is interesting here…..
And Now You Know Why Dogs Like Squeaky Toys
https://youtu.be/l2Pyu-Cj0gg
And another reason why we don’t deserve ’em.
Fuck You Baltimore
An absolute classic, originally posted to the old blargh on February 17, 2009.
The Kids Are Alright
I Can’t See, Goddammit!
Down The Rabbit Hole I Go
I got so bored yesterday I compiled Sparks’ first 30 singles, from 1972 to 1984. Right click that cover and save for later if you want.
From Sound On Sound (December 2013) …
In a career lasting 45 years, Californian brothers Ron and Russell Mael, trading together as Sparks, have carved out a reputation as musical pioneers, and have been name-checked by such diverse figures as Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney, Morrissey and the members of Abba. From their early days in Los Angeles, where they recorded two albums as Halfnelson, through their big hits of the 1970s — the propulsive glam rock of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us’, the dancefloor pulse of ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’ — and onto their homespun electronic albums from the 1990s onwards, the Maels have remained eclectic musicians with a certain skewed pop nous.
The brothers have kept pace with technological change, from fiddling with reel-to-reels in their ’60s student days, through constructing huge productions with the likes of Muff Winwood, Tony Visconti and Giorgio Moroder, to employing their own digital studio in singer Russell Mael’s living room. Whatever the approach to recording, however, they have never sounded anything other than recognisably Sparks, as evidenced by their latest release, the 81-track retrospective box set New Music For Amnesiacs, The Ultimate Collection.
I Don’t Know What To Say
Ok, I’m three videos into these guys now. Pete & Bas. They’re really good!