Bandito - 'Rockin' At The Disco'
"Fraser," said the nice friendly PR person, "y'know how you did that interview with Basshunter and you got on OK with him?"
"Er, yes", said the astonishing and charismatic blogger, slightly warily.
"Well, you should really check out this great new single from Bandito, cos it's like a junior version of Basshunter..."
That's right, you read it here first. A junior version of Basshunter. Basshunter for even YOUNGER people than the people who currently enjoy his work. The kind of Basshunter whose songs are uncluttered by adult concerns and difficult-to-pronounce long words. The kind of Basshunter who maybe spells out some of the words in his song, so that his audience doesn't get all confused and have to have a bit of a sit down with a biscuit and a cup of squash.
You've heard of teenagers, you've heard of tweenagers, you've even heard of ten-agers, well keep going until you hit nappy, and you're nearly there.
(. Which naturally takes place in a school...)
It's all here, the Vengaboys synth-refrain, the Lazytown chorus, the In The Night Garden bouncy-bouncy beat. For all that Bandy sings about going to a disco, you just KNOW he means the end-of-term one at the pre-school, where the play leaders are dressed as Big Cook Little Cook, and Squiglet and Peppa Pig. It's not that club Usher goes to when he's feeling frisky, that's for def.
And this isn't some kind of awful blogger superiority complex talking either. Some of the best pop music ever made has been infantile and barely literate, just as Lady GaGa if you don't believe me. But it's kind of telling that I'm constantly surprised that he manages to spell disco correctly on every attempt.
Note to friendly PR people: If you ever use the phrase 'junior Bandito' and mean it, the world will surely end.
Download: Out now
CD Released: December 7th
See Bandito on the 5:19 Show
(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 10th Dec 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:I was on a cruise boat in Egypt last week, and one night the DJ (such as he was) played the Vengaboys (Boom Boom Boom Boom, if you're wondering). I nearly fell off my seat.
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Comment number 2.
At 10th Dec 2009, harrythedog10 wrote:The sad thing is that Bandito makes Basshunter's last few singles look good therefore making 'Now Your Gone' look like a masterpiece.
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