Eurovision throwback! New series. I will present and comment here the contests of yesteryears picking up four songs from each year (or more). Not the ones I think are the best (now) but the songs that throwback memories when I see them in the participation list. Of course mostly they're my favorites at the time, songs that I have loved. Some have aged well, some... well, not so well.
After the 1976-77 editions that I have some uncertain memories, 1978 is the contest I remember almost too well watching. I remember our old house, how it was furnished, the people I watched it with. My parents had some relatives visiting who decided to leave after the songs as it was getting late and they had to drive some 30 kms to home. I remember I was in total shock how could they leave in the middle and not wait for the winner! Well, I guess I was getting the first signs of some deeper obsession to the Eurovision at tender age of 11.
Well, what do I remember? The lifts bringing the artists up and down from the dressing rooms to the stage, the rotating orchestra that propably caused quite a few conductors to go dizzy, Ireen Sheer's wardrobe trick (was it the first one?), Ricchi e Poveri's Marina's dress.... Baccara! A big big name taking part. Oh, and that laser! And the winners stuck in the elevator!
Björn Skifs who forgot his lyrics (apparently because he insisted on singing in English and forgot the Swedish lyrics, Denmark returned after 11 years, Finland came second to last and Seija Simola's career was basicly over (read more here). Jahn Teigen became a legend with his nul points. United Kingdom placed outside Top-10 for the very first time (and the next one would come again only nine years later)
I really liked Israel's winner but there are many other songs like Ireland, Portugal, France, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Turkey,... does it show this year means a lot to me, so many to choose from! I picked those four below because they are the ones I remember the most (also thanks to their Finnish covers) and really liked them back then, and they still are great!
Monaco - Caline & Olivier Toussaint - Les jardins de Monaco
(4th with 107 points)
Germany - Ireen Sheer - Feuer
(6th with 84 points)
Italy - Ricchi e Poveri - Questo amore
(12th with 53 points)
The Netherlands - Harmony - 't is OK
(13th 37 points)
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