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I accidentally found this video on youtube, and got a flashback to a compilation I bought cheaply on sale a long time ago, “A Song for Eurotrash”, where the cover appeared for the first time. The album was full of covers of old Eurovision melodies, and the performers ranged from Saint Etienne, Dubstar, Bananarama and 808 State to Dean Martin and Brigitte Bardot. One of my favourites on the album was this song, “All kinds of Everything”, originally performed for Ireland by Dana in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, and here performed by Terry Hall (ex The Specials, Fun Boy Three, T.B.A. + many more) and Sinead O’ Connor. I loved this song when I first heard it and I still love it, both as a cover and in the original version. Sweet, sweet, sweet, – sounds almost like a children’s song.

If you listen to the words, think of how the original was performed by Dana, and then watch and listen to Terry Hall & Sinead O’ Connor’s appearance and performance, it’s impossible not to smile, – at least it’s impossible for me. I find this very amusing… Terry Hall looks so bored in this video, – so totally the opposite of what he’s singing about. I don’t think I have ever seen him especially cheerful anyway…
He was one of my heroes back in the days when my heroes didn’t include only people I knew personally.

I find both the video and the song wonderfully cute! What do you think? Over the top or totally fantastic?

Here is the cover-song and the original as mp3s:

…and since I am in the retro mood for once, here’s a video from Terry Hall’s old band The Specials “Too Much Too Young”:

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