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4.5.04
22 – Turkey – For Real – Athena

Are you ready for the ska punk revival? No, I don’t think the rest of Europe is either. The host country’s song is called ‘For Real’, which is Turkish for ‘We don’t want to host this things two years in a row, thank you very much’. Make sure your Granny is out of the room, as the skinhead appears to be singing, “I wanna bring you off” and “Are you in? Are you out?” I don’t think they’re doing the Hokey Cokey. You’ve never seen anything like this at Eurovision before. Imagine Bad Manners circa 1980, but much ruder and you won’t be far wrong. As I was brought up on Madness and Bad Manners, I find this an exciting diversion musically, but lyrically it leaves a lot to be desired. Great video though.

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