Unless you happen to dwell under a rock, or insist that a game played with the skin of a pig should be termed football, you know this summer is the Euros in Poland/Ukraine. As the event draws ever closer, Poland has prepared itself well for the summer spectacle, building fancy stadiums, expanding airports, revamping the infrastructure, all to make sure that the Euro 2012 is the best it can be. Then it came to that little detail of choosing a anthem for the Euro. In 2008 Enrique Iglesias got everyone moving with "Can You Hear Me", and before that Nelly Furtado pumped it up with "Forca". So when Poland chose a song to represent the Euro, surely they would choose a Polish superstar to deliver the goods. Hahaha, oh no. The ones entrusted were a band called Jarzebina, made up of a group of Polish women aged between 32 and 82(!) dressed up as grannies in a traditional custom.
At first glance this seemed like utter and complete madness, like, beyond insanity madness, but on a second thought, maybe its a genius move? The phrase, "So bad, that it is actually kinda good" comes to mind.
I mean, the song is awfully catchy, as in when you walk around you sorta bob your head to "Kokokoko Euro Spoko, piłka leci hen wysoko!" and on top of that, it is awfully original. You've not heard much like it.
I recall for at the World Cup in 2010, when shakira released her "Waka Waka", not many
people liked it at first, everyone wanted K'naan's "Waving Flag" to be the sole anthem of the
world cup. 2 years later, its Waka Waka thats still playing at clubs and football stadiums around
the world, not Waving Flag. Sure, Shakira's fantastic hips may have something to do with this
remarkable turn of events, but don't hang these grannies out to dry yet, I feel that the world will
warm up to this song. You heard it here first, "Koko Euro Spoko" will be a huge hit.
Don't let me down now grannies!
Hahahaha dead
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