Umm, I’ve just heard the UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry on Swedish TV, four days before the final. I must say that it really is risible how, year after year, we churn out the most diabolical tripe.

I have no idea of the popularity of the ESC in Blighty, having not lived there for a good few years, but I have been amazed that, despite our musical heritage, we continue to disappoint.

So, Daz Sampson has come up with a rather lame hip-hop/Pink Floyd fusion, entitled “Teenage Life”. It sounds interesting in thought, but the man cannot rap. And has the lyrical intelligence of a teenager who never spent a day in school. Bring forth exhibit A, the chorus (from his website, which I refuse to link to):

“What did you learn at school today?”
That’s what the teachers used to say
But they don’t know
Don’t understand, do they
Why do they always give advice
Saying “Just be nice, always think twice”
When it’s been a long since they had a teenage life

I never thought I’d say it, but, after reading this atrocity to the English language, I’d prefer to hear a badly written love-song than this.

As if this last statement weren’t bad enough, some of the comments on his website further decrease its value as a song. In fact, they must be a joke, written by other Daz-haters:

xXx hello ur song is phat keep it up its proper phat u need 2 bring out anther 1 im sure tht wll be phat 2 lol xXx

daz dis song is da best song ever n i fink qwe might be able 2 win dis year wid u as our singer godd luck love

Sorry, United Kingdom, but this is an embarrassment. I pity the country that gives this turd any points.

With the Swedish elections coming sometime soon (I presume), one of the national newspapers, Dagens Nyheter, has set about to help voters deciding which party to support, via a set of 31 questions. Curiosity got the better of me, and I found myself completing the test, to see if any surprises lurked in my thinking. Sadly, though, I am as predictable as they come, as the following screenshot shows:

Unlike the British political system, Sweden has a few more parties to choose from, some of them even being noticeably different from each other. As the table clearly shows I am 73% Environmental Party, followed by Communist, Social-Democrats (currently in office), Centre, Christian-Democrats, Moderates and, bringing up the rear, The People’s Party.

For those people unaware of the different parties and their viewpoints, they are just as boring as any other country’s politics, but anyone who knows me would vouch that this is a fair representation of my beliefs.