Nice thought …. that’s why the absence of Transdanubia from Eurovision should worry us.

Now though, I think it’s time for a new meme along the same lines. Which is that any country entering Eurovision ain’t gonna do war on a fellow participant. It’s the world’s first multinational school prom. OK, a few punchups in the toilets sure but basically everyone’s too excited by the mirror ball to waste big time on settling old scores and creating new ones.

Besides, does anyone have the balls (or breasts) to take on head to head in the Field of Mars a Baltic glam rock band where the front line have angel wings, the drummer vomits fire, the manager is the brother in law of the CEO of a multinational hi-tech company and the roadies are Army Reservists who use antifreeze as a cocktail additive.

The EU is the only multi-national geo-political organisation in history where nations are queuing up to join. In silver jumpsuits on ice skates while playing clunky funk riffs on a trombone.

Questions of style aside, you gotta admit it’s a decided improvement over what the place was like just two or three lifetimes ago.

What? It’s obvious!

Turkey and Israel are in the Eurovision Song Contest. So too Georgia, of course. And Armenia too. So why not Azerbaijan? Azeris can sing and dance and bung on a spectacular son-et-luminaire as well as anyone else.

Who knows but the 2009 Eurovision first prize might go to the the Baku Baritones with the backing of the Sumgait Symphonia.

Go Azerbaijan, Go!! Three cheers for Azerbaijan!!

I haven’t heard rock falsetto work like that since Jesus Christ Superstar.

Erm.

There’s nothing I want to know about Azerbaijan. Does that make me a bad person?