YMMV / Eiffel 65

• Alternative Character Interpretation: If going with the theory that "Blue" is about depression, two interpretations can be made about the song's protagonist. Either the world around him really is a Crapsack World and everyone else is depressed, or the protagonist's depression makes him see everything around him as equally depressed.
• And You Thought It Would Fail: The band themselves had written off "Blue" after the first time they had included it in a DJ set, which in their words was a "disaster" that emptied the dancefloor. It took several months and a national DJ taking a liking to the song for it to become a worldwide hit.
• Anvilicious: "Too Much of Heaven" is a pretty obvious, heavy-handed critique of consumerism and capitalism, and of taking a good thing too far.
• Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: A surprising number of people have suggested that "Blue" is about depression, of all things. The theory being that "I'm blue" is a common expression in English for feeling sad, so rather than just being about living in a world where everything is literally the color blue, it's about how being in a depressed state of mind colors how you view everything around you.
• Fight Scene Failure: The fight scenes in "Blue" are less "fighting" and more "a bunch of guys lightly tapping aliens once in a while". Either that, or the aliens have exceptionally poor combat skills.
• Narm Charm: The chorus for "Blue (Da Ba Dee) is meaningless nonsense but most people think that's what gives the song its charm.
• Nightmare Fuel: "Too Much of Heaven." Also Paranoia Fuel.
  "Too much of Heaven, a life and soul hellbound, Heaven, the killer makes no sound."
• Signature Song: "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", obviously.
• Special Effect Failure: To say the CGI and green-screen effects in the videos for both "Blue" and "Move Your Body" were dated even in 1999 is an understatement (for reference, this was the same year that The Matrix and Toy Story 2 came out).
• Stuck in Their Shadow: Compared to Jeffery and Gabre, Maurizo may be the least remembered member of the trio. It doesn't help that he seems to have produced little music himself without either of them, compared to the others' large discographies.
• Tear Jerker:
  • If looked at from a certain perspective, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is about a Crapsack World where everything and everyone is literally and proverbially blue.
  • "Your Clown" is incredibly depressing compared with the rest of the tracks on Europop.
  • As heavy-handed as it is, "Too Much of Heaven" is still a depressing description of becoming a slave to cash.
    "No love, and no friendship, nothing else, just the dollar bill going into the pocket."
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: The last track on Europop is "Hyperlink"... a song that's literally about cybersex.

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