It's a sad day at De-Minimis Towers. I was browsing the internet and came across a charity song linked with some of Iceland's best known musicians and it is crap. Actually, it's worse than crap, it's so cheesy, so devoid of true emotion or musical credibility that I think it could be a piss-take. You remember those charity songs from the 80s and 90s where various celebs emoted into a big circular microphone whilst holding one hand to a headphone placed upon their head? And the songs were always dire middle-of-the-road rubbish ballads with inevitable key changes at the end and cliched orchestral choir choruses? Apparently, the genre is alive and well and living in Reykjavik.
I know the project is well-meaning but this is Iceland for God's sake. Why pick a transatlantic dirge as a charity song when you have all that talent on that most musical of islands? Why be so formulaic when you have such creative genius at hand and what were the artists thinking when they involved themselves with this project? It's the same with Comic Relief and Red Nose Day. We're conditioned to accept any old rubbish in the name of charity but charity records don't necessarily have to sound as if the music has been measured against the lowest denominator, you can still keep your musical integrity, you can still dare to be different. Whoever put together this record, please take a long hard look at yourself. Look at the resources you have available to you and your own musical culture and influence and next time re-think how a charity record from Iceland might sound like.
I'm not going to post the video directly but if you want to listen to it, you can find it here.
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