Wednesday, May 31, 2006

England Are Jolly Dee: Neil and Christine Hamilton

Available now to download at www.audioville.co.uk.

Musical Style: Pop with a Rock edge. Heavy on the guitars.

Over The Moon: A couple of months ago if you’d put a bet on as to the least likely England Anthem release, you may have got pretty good odds on Neil and Christine Hamilton; then again maybe not since the publicity-hungry couple have already demonstrated time and time again that they’ll do just about anything to stretch their allotted 15 minutes of fame into an hour. To be fair to them, the Hamiltons are more than prepared to have a laugh at their own expense and this is evident from the lyrics which read like the (Posh) Dummies Guide to Football. Musically England Are Jolly Dee is better then might be expected and even a little catchy in a Eurovision kind of way and is already getting a fair bit of airplay.

Sick As A Parrot: Even with their tongues firmly in their cheeks the Hamiltons still manage to live up to their political past by putting their feet firmly in their mouths; for an example you need look no further than the first verse: "There is a team who we call England, 'Cause they're all from this pleasant land, They all play a game called Football, You have to kick not use your hand, It's watched by people on their tellies, With nylon shirts and big beer bellies." The vocal talents of Neil and Christine are unsurprisingly awful.

Terrace Appeal: 4/10

2 Comments:

paliman said...

'Musically England Are Jolly Dee is better then might be expected and even a little catchy in a Eurovision kind of way and is already getting a fair bit of airplay.'

Don't be rediculous, this song is utter crap by two idiots who make fools of themselves. Its not even funny how bad it is, it just makes you cringe. And when the hell has it had airplay, what radio station do you listen to, 'Crap fm'.

12:42 PM  
The First Eleven said...

Yes, Paliman, we listen to Crap FM. We have to, in order to review the full range of England songs. "Better than might be expected" is the kindest words we could find; "unsurprisingly awful" was our final comment.

1:55 PM  

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