For an animal
that breathes for barely a week before getting sucked up into God's great
Flymo, butterflies get a good showing in the Eurosong. Whether it's because
of their ability to fly (high), their wings of many colours, or the fact
that they can taste with their feet, I just don't know.
Belarus have gone lepidoptera potty with a minstrel 5 piece (3 women and
2 men..clever eh?) and a little girl on piano. They uncoil their secret
weapon a minute into the song, the ugly ruddy faced one of the bunch,
who belts out the obligatory operatic mispronunciations with great gusto.
The ensemble's airbrushed video reminds me of the Happy Hands club from
Napoleon Dynamite, although sadly without Napoleon himself. Also worthy
of mention was the rehearsal idea of a plastic butterfly on a piece of
string dangled in front of the camera, and also the song's pay-off which,
I'm sure you'll agree, is the always welcome bagpipes. Although most think
this is an ugly catterpillar of an effort, I'm tending to think that this
will do well in the Final after qualifying from the shite semi. Watch
out for this one. |