Thank Jeebus for 52 years of Eurovision. It means around 1000 songs that are dying for my eternal love.
Germany 1975
Marianne Rosenberg - How Can I Go Now
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This song was not in the actual 1975 Eurovision competition, but was performed for the German pre-selection by the prolific and very successful Marianne Rosenberg, hugely popular in Germany in the 70s and 80s, and, not surprisingly, a gay icon.
The German version is more honest (sorry for the corniness) but this one is easier for sing-a-long in the sun.
Belgium 1982: 4th place out of 18 entries
Stella - Tut Mir Leid Das Ich Weine
This song is not very typical of the Eurovision songs I'm posting, as it's one of the few that people actually liked. It got lots of points and got far in the competition. After all, it translates as "If you do like my music". Yes, yes I do.
It was sung in French, but this is the German version. It starts pretty basic and soft. Then *kaplow*, bass in your (and my) face, and Moroder vs. Abba vs. Bobby O vs. Sylvia ('Automatic Lover') vs. good times in our hearts and a floating femme delivering luscious vocals.
And I love that extra snare hit.
Morocco 1980: 18th place out of 19 entries
Samira Ben Said - Les Enfants de l'amitié
We're back to incredibly good songs that no one liked. This one ended in 18th place, second to last. People are idiots.
Maybe they didn't like cute sounding cuddly Moroccan girls, singing about 'Love Message'? Or, even better, maybe they didn't like anything good at all, because do you know what song was in the 17th place? 'Euro-Vision' by Telex.
This is actually a good and a bad thing. Good, because these songs never end up being overplayed on the radio or something worse. Bad, because too many of these songs fall into total obscurity (for some of these artists it's almost impossible to find a picture), and finding copies on vinyl becomes super-hard (simply because no one bought it when it came out).
P.s. check out the singers' eyes: open, closed, half-closed. We got the whole spectrum here!
Comments(1)
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search for it in google. she was great. i think you would have LOVED her posts!
as per usual, your blog rocks!
Written 13.06.08 03:09