tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151764752713257748.post3194624847354405181..comments2013-09-10T23:23:39.010+01:00Comments on Musical Musings: Winner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151764752713257748.post-69181248018361437482012-07-29T08:55:54.288+01:002012-07-29T08:55:54.288+01:00I really like Winner, even though I agree that the...I really like Winner, even though I agree that the Olympics thing seems a bit dubious. What I think they're doing is appropriating a populist sentiment and subverting it by using it as a metaphor for (in my case) a gay romance, like a 70's boys' school running team as the song does have that melodic pastiche from that era I think, and two boys fall in love, and in that context I imagine the congratulatory lyrics as an expression of adoration for his lover. If you imagine the lyrics as transcended by being a love song, it works really well to me.heymanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585884646949712839noreply@blogger.com