Thursday, 14 April 2022

Shite Or Alright 2022

Welcome to another set of review podcasts! 

Over the next 5 shows Andy and Ann will listen to all the songs and give you their opinion whether good or bad. Ann is the Eurovision fan and Andy is her 'I do Eurovision by osmosis' husband and we try and work out if the songs on this year's roster are Shite or Alright (or possibly somewhere in-between. or worse.... or better!)


EPISODE ONE: Milking The Teat Of A Giant Cow
Albania, Armenia, Czechia, Estonia, North Macedonia, Poland, Ukraine and big 5 country Italy!

Today's quotes include:
Tom Kerridge's face on a fan
I am the spirit of dark and lonely water...
Blue Peter does Eurovision
Not the right Tourist Board
Cornering the Brutalism holiday market
Buffalo Stance by Nenah Cherry
Straight out of a Doctor Who episode
Hits of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s .... AND TODAY !
That house is a mess

You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa-2201




EPISODE TWO: Magically Disappearing Body Parts
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Moldova, Slovenia and big 5 country Spain!

Podcast quotes include:
They forgot to put the tendons on
Slade's dressing up box
Less IS more
Usher's off-cuts
Don't do a Miki
Who cares if you don't actually exist ?!?!??
Which person in the video are YOU?
The revolving door of Eurovision artists

You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa-2202




EPISODE THREE: The Serbian Gareth Malone
Austria, Bulgaria, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Serbia, Switzerland and big 5 country Germany!

Honourable mentions on the podcast to whet your appetite include:
Niet voor lang meer !
Points on your licence
B&W / Sepia turning into colour
No-one remembers who was on The Voice !?!!??!
A whole concert in 3 minutes
Too busy working out the camera angles
Underestimating the votes of rockers
CBBC camera work
The first episode of POSE

You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa-2203




EPISODE FOUR: Those Darn Trumpets!
Australia, Croatia, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Sweden and big 5 country France! 

Weird and wonderful cultural references include:
*that* Merseyrail Map
Chunky - without being intrusive
Come and see our quarries
A chippy curtain
An awful lot of cliché work
The opposite of the Spice Girls
Ominous cantilever action
Shite or Anthem or Both 
Now I know how Los Del Rio felt

You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa-2204




EPISODE FIVE:  Sultry Harry Styles In A Little Tank Top
Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and big 5 country United Kingdom! 

Today's highlights are:
Dr Jahn Teigen 
Piggybacking on MÃ¥neskin 
You say it was half English...
I think the tourist board got duped
Since it left, their entries have gone pppptttthhhhhht
More Moroccanoil sponsorship
He's just swanned up with a song
She's gonna get Lesley Roy'ed
All I think of is Crufts

You can download or listen to it here https://archive.org/details/soa-2205