[sobers up from the cheesy '90s nostalgia-fest]
Yeah, ok, no, sure... It's "Disco Tango".
youtu.be/3osUz0OZEQE
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[sobers up from the cheesy '90s nostalgia-fest]
Yeah, ok, no, sure... It's "Disco Tango".
youtu.be/3osUz0OZEQE
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My selection is the most recent one I've made so far: Tommy Cash and his earwormy "Espresso Macchiato". If nothing else it'll give you a flavour of the Estonian Eurovision mindset: straight coffee with a 'whacky' dash of milk.
youtu.be/9b9Z5HSCXOI
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My selection is the most recent one I've made so far: Tommy Cash and his earwormy "Espresso Macchiato". If nothing else it'll give you a flavour of the Estonian Eurovision mindset: straight coffee with a 'whacky' dash of milk.
youtu.be/9b9Z5HSCXOI
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But my favourite Irish entry is another exuberant little fella: the legendary Colm Wilkinson bouncing for pure joy like someone who really needs a wee. Shades of the Littlest Hobo to this one, and just as adorable as London…
youtu.be/6smufaCkKsc
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But my favourite Irish entry is another exuberant little fella: the legendary Colm Wilkinson bouncing for pure joy like someone who really needs a wee. Shades of the Littlest Hobo to this one, and just as adorable as London…
youtu.be/6smufaCkKsc
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But, as someone who's favourite Contest was 1977, it's hard to pass up the definitive example of France's definitive Eurovision style. Yes, I'm going with Marie Myriam's "L'oiseau et l'enfant (Stewart Morris remix)".
Cue the revolve!
youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?...
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But, as someone who's favourite Contest was 1977, it's hard to pass up the definitive example of France's definitive Eurovision style. Yes, I'm going with Marie Myriam's "L'oiseau et l'enfant (Stewart Morris remix)".
Cue the revolve!
youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?...
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…And what a glorious sleeve it is, with a splendidly capacious elbow bag. Yes, it's Luciano Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić (Dubrovački trubaduri) with 1968's "Jedan dan". Brace yourselves for another amazing keychange…
youtu.be/EnmiMIbTCec
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…And what a glorious sleeve it is, with a splendidly capacious elbow bag. Yes, it's Luciano Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić (Dubrovački trubaduri) with 1968's "Jedan dan". Brace yourselves for another amazing keychange…
youtu.be/EnmiMIbTCec
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My dystopian melancholy of choice is Victoria's first effort, "Tears Getting Sober", somewhat appropriately from the abandoned 2020 Contest. Those haunting oohs...! [holds self in lieu of a cuddle from Equinox jumper guy]
youtu.be/uaLGbjY1UNg
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My dystopian melancholy of choice is Victoria's first effort, "Tears Getting Sober", somewhat appropriately from the abandoned 2020 Contest. Those haunting oohs...! [holds self in lieu of a cuddle from Equinox jumper guy]
youtu.be/uaLGbjY1UNg
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With such class, it's tough to choose a favourite, but I must and I have: Salomé - "Vivo cantando". There's no "Shum" without this. It builds beautifully and Salomé shimmies ever-more wildly. Wild: that's Spain in Eurovision.
youtu.be/POj0U2W6MnE
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With such class, it's tough to choose a favourite, but I must and I have: Salomé - "Vivo cantando". There's no "Shum" without this. It builds beautifully and Salomé shimmies ever-more wildly. Wild: that's Spain in Eurovision.
youtu.be/POj0U2W6MnE
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But the best of British luck goes to the immortal Bryan Johnson (Teddy's brother), who's whistled away on a martial jaunt across land and sea, "Looking High High High" for the absconded love of his life. Curiously Pythonesque.
youtu.be/C2GivwSboXM
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But the best of British luck goes to the immortal Bryan Johnson (Teddy's brother), who's whistled away on a martial jaunt across land and sea, "Looking High High High" for the absconded love of his life. Curiously Pythonesque.
youtu.be/C2GivwSboXM
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In the end I've settled on Csaba Szigeti's moody Eurorock lighter-waver "Új név egy régi ház falán" from 1995 which is one of the catchiest examples of a sound that dominated Eurovision for a bit before the panpipes kicked in.
youtu.be/Ok86PTKzv0s
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In the end I've settled on Csaba Szigeti's moody Eurorock lighter-waver "Új név egy régi ház falán" from 1995 which is one of the catchiest examples of a sound that dominated Eurovision for a bit before the panpipes kicked in.
youtu.be/Ok86PTKzv0s
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For none of the above match the absolute leg-wiggling mayhem of my choice for today: the mighty Nicole & Hugo.
Baby baby...
youtu.be/RrFvCYa05pk?...
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For none of the above match the absolute leg-wiggling mayhem of my choice for today: the mighty Nicole & Hugo.
Baby baby...
youtu.be/RrFvCYa05pk?...
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I've ultimately gone for neither of these things. Instead, here's Blanka with 2023's surprisingly tenacious "Solo". This song once did the Kessel Run in under three minutes. And like the Force, it may be with you. Always...
youtu.be/SEgF1aP-U1o
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I've ultimately gone for neither of these things. Instead, here's Blanka with 2023's surprisingly tenacious "Solo". This song once did the Kessel Run in under three minutes. And like the Force, it may be with you. Always...
youtu.be/SEgF1aP-U1o
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More than half, in fact, because my winner is from the cancelled 2020 contest: The Roop are "On Fire" here (not literally, you understand. They're way to cool to ignite)...
youtu.be/1EAUxuuu1w8
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More than half, in fact, because my winner is from the cancelled 2020 contest: The Roop are "On Fire" here (not literally, you understand. They're way to cool to ignite)...
youtu.be/1EAUxuuu1w8
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Yes, it's Kenny Everett's Brainstorm with "My Star": a very un-ESC bit of dreamy '90s guitar pop with a strong chorus, sung by a stretched cartoon of Brett Anderson. An absolute landmark that even Europe scored quite well. ⭐
youtu.be/RUynGeEILsU
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Yes, it's Kenny Everett's Brainstorm with "My Star": a very un-ESC bit of dreamy '90s guitar pop with a strong chorus, sung by a stretched cartoon of Brett Anderson. An absolute landmark that even Europe scored quite well. ⭐
youtu.be/RUynGeEILsU
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No, not Toto, but the other host of the interminable Italia '91: Gigliola Cinquetti. My choice isn't her 1964 Sanremo/ESC winner, though. It's her Waterloo, the dreamily delicious Brighton 2nd-placer, "Si".
God, how I love it...
youtu.be/y7HnHFAJg7I?...
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No, not Toto, but the other host of the interminable Italia '91: Gigliola Cinquetti. My choice isn't her 1964 Sanremo/ESC winner, though. It's her Waterloo, the dreamily delicious Brighton 2nd-placer, "Si".
God, how I love it...
youtu.be/y7HnHFAJg7I?...
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But Portugal have brought perfection more than once, and so my choice today is "Playback" by Carlos Paião and his gang of overalled Tiswas presenters. Press play on this robotic lament for talent in a world of quantized music:
youtu.be/iuWsRwPdNfU
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But Portugal have brought perfection more than once, and so my choice today is "Playback" by Carlos Paião and his gang of overalled Tiswas presenters. Press play on this robotic lament for talent in a world of quantized music:
youtu.be/iuWsRwPdNfU
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Yes, Schmetterlinge's "Boom Boom Boomerang" has been supplanted by literal spiritual successor "Who the Hell is Edgar?" by Teya & Salena. I just love this little song. Europe placed it 15th. Nothing changes.
Merci.
youtu.be/8uk64V9h0Ko
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Yes, Schmetterlinge's "Boom Boom Boomerang" has been supplanted by literal spiritual successor "Who the Hell is Edgar?" by Teya & Salena. I just love this little song. Europe placed it 15th. Nothing changes.
Merci.
youtu.be/8uk64V9h0Ko
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It's 1979, we're in Israel, and the Greeks have just seen "Jesus Christ Superstar". How can they make it more Greek? Where's the 'giant stapler' here?
Zombie philosophers really dig brains...
Elpida - "Sokrati (Σωκράτη)"
youtu.be/vx4Odfzrrzk
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It's 1979, we're in Israel, and the Greeks have just seen "Jesus Christ Superstar". How can they make it more Greek? Where's the 'giant stapler' here?
Zombie philosophers really dig brains...
Elpida - "Sokrati (Σωκράτη)"
youtu.be/vx4Odfzrrzk
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So which of theirs am I serving you today? Well, I'm serving "Kant" by Miriana Conte: the culmination of everything Malta has been building towards all these years.
Pop a Malteser in your mouth and enjoy the performance:
youtu.be/povnGP6k0sI
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So which of theirs am I serving you today? Well, I'm serving "Kant" by Miriana Conte: the culmination of everything Malta has been building towards all these years.
Pop a Malteser in your mouth and enjoy the performance:
youtu.be/povnGP6k0sI
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Right. Now that's done…
Imagine Billy Joel and Shania Twain doing "Rock Bottom" in the club after a night at the opera and a candy pop. Well you don't have to cos Paula Seling and Ovi are here and they're "Playing with Fire":
youtu.be/J9EtMZXeQZw
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Right. Now that's done…
Imagine Billy Joel and Shania Twain doing "Rock Bottom" in the club after a night at the opera and a candy pop. Well you don't have to cos Paula Seling and Ovi are here and they're "Playing with Fire":
youtu.be/J9EtMZXeQZw
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But no. I must go with my heart. And my heart says "Svetlana, U R da best" so here we are: Svetlana Loboda's "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)". In an hour it will be different, but right now you are sexy bum bum.
youtu.be/rGJqLCuqssc
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But no. I must go with my heart. And my heart says "Svetlana, U R da best" so here we are: Svetlana Loboda's "Be My Valentine (Anti-Crisis Girl)". In an hour it will be different, but right now you are sexy bum bum.
youtu.be/rGJqLCuqssc
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For my winner I've gone back to the 1990s, but it's more than just Mediterranean filler. It's a proper bathtub brew with real drama and some streaking strings zipping about the place.
Evridiki - "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego"
youtu.be/38a3EsCpG7Y
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For my winner I've gone back to the 1990s, but it's more than just Mediterranean filler. It's a proper bathtub brew with real drama and some streaking strings zipping about the place.
Evridiki - "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego"
youtu.be/38a3EsCpG7Y
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"Cha cha cha" is glorious. But pipped this morning by its spiritual mother: Ami Aspelund's "Fantasiaa" has a number of features echoed by Käärijä (albeit a tad more restrained). And it's also got that Crystal Maze bit. Mon Ami!
youtu.be/his_Os3J1Yk
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"Cha cha cha" is glorious. But pipped this morning by its spiritual mother: Ami Aspelund's "Fantasiaa" has a number of features echoed by Käärijä (albeit a tad more restrained). And it's also got that Crystal Maze bit. Mon Ami!
youtu.be/his_Os3J1Yk
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But for all Disco Tango's brilliance, I've eschewed it for one that didn't even get past the Semis: REDDI's "The Show". These wannabe Bangles are a bit cheesy but live up to their title. I'm a sucker for such sheer dynamic fun.
youtu.be/cVg6MpVR2Pw
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But for all Disco Tango's brilliance, I've eschewed it for one that didn't even get past the Semis: REDDI's "The Show". These wannabe Bangles are a bit cheesy but live up to their title. I'm a sucker for such sheer dynamic fun.
youtu.be/cVg6MpVR2Pw
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We're back to the "delightful disco ditty that's not in the medley" category, though, for my actual choice — Anne-Marie B's "Frère Jacques":
a repetitive, seductive Serge Gainsbourg / Pierre Henry-esque whirlpool of a song.
*holds self*
youtu.be/JA6kBHSE2S0
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We're back to the "delightful disco ditty that's not in the medley" category, though, for my actual choice — Anne-Marie B's "Frère Jacques":
a repetitive, seductive Serge Gainsbourg / Pierre Henry-esque whirlpool of a song.
*holds self*
youtu.be/JA6kBHSE2S0
#EUrOcktober #Eurovisioctober