There was quite the controversy among the Eurovision committee as to whether or not to allow the Israeli band Teapacks (Tipex) to take part in the annual contest, with the scandanavian sector feeling that the song the band would sing was inappropriate and should not be allowed. A couple of weeks ago the committee gave the green light, however, and Tipex will be representing Israel at the contest singing “Push the Button.” I’m including a clip of the song below, along with the video, so you can judge for yourselves:

Tipex is one of my very favourite bands, though I must say I’m not super wild about this particular song –however, I see nothing inappropriate about it. It is just not the sound that I generally associate with Tipex music. Tipex is something of an institution here and for many years has been providing somewhat tongue in cheek social commentary on what goes on Israeli society all set to a very dance-able or humm-along-able melodies. Lately the band has been playing around with incorporating lots of new sounds into their songs, some of which work for me and some don’t. So below, I’m going to include some recent songs of theirs that I really do like much more. So here for your listening pleasure is “Salam Salami” (which makes me giggle every time I hear it on the radio) and “Od Shabbat” (Another Saturday) –my current fav of theirs and that I’ve been listening to incessantly of late.

Salam Salami

Od Shabbat

But, now what do you think about Push the Button –do we have a winner here or a, ahem, bomb?