Eurovision Rewatch: Brighton 1974

[ButterTart]

Fun fact: one of these women is the mother of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

And the other is her great-grandmother.

 

[GinAg (39)]

The BEST EUROVISION SONG EVER GUYS!

 

[Soldi]

Quite good, this one.

Shame they never do well after the contest.

 

[Soldi]

The BEST EUROVISION SONG EVER GUYS!

This is not FAI RUMORE by DIODATO

 

[dmlaw]

Did this band go on to have any success after the contest? They seem vaguely familiar to me.

 

[lolly]

This is the very moment that made Mr L homosexual

 

[lolly]

55 Finland
45 UK
60 Spain
65 Norway
30 Greece
25 Israel
50 Yugoslavia
85 Sweden

 

[Dark Carnival]

03 Finland
06 UK
?? Spain
?? Norway
08 Greece
03 Israel
04 Yugoslavia
06 Sweden

 

[ButterTart]

This is the very moment that made Mr L homosexual

Anni Frid's not that ugly.

 

[GinAg (39)]

Fun fact: ABBA were all Nazis.

 

[dmlaw]

If this singer is going to back at the camera and wave then I'm just going to have to hope that she falls in a hole.

 

[lolly]

Ireen next did a much better song for Germany in 1978

 

[Soldi]

Oh I already CANT BE ARSED, BYE

 

[GinAg (39)]

Sounds like something else... Lulu?

 

[GNL]

Ireen next did a much better song for Germany in 1978

Traitor.

 

[lolly]

That dress is a lovely shade of phlegm

 

[ButterTart]

Did this band go on to have any success after the contest? They seem vaguely familiar to me.

The had a bit of a comeback in the late 80s, their most famous hit over here was 'Don't Believe The Hype'. They went a bit downhill after Flavor Flav left.

 

[lolly]

55 Finland
45 UK
60 Spain
65 Norway
30 Greece
25 Israel
50 Yugoslavia
85 Sweden
20 Luxembourg

 

[Zu]

Oh I already CANT BE ARSED, BYE

Settle yourself down and read a nice little Nietzsche instead

 

[dmlaw]

I'm enjoying the music with the postcards and its occasionally tenuous relevance to the performing country.

 

[Dark Carnival]

03 Finland
06 UK
?? Spain
?? Norway
08 Greece
03 Israel
04 Yugoslavia
06 Sweden
03 Luxembourg

 

[lolly]

Oh I already CANT BE ARSED, BYE

Were your parents born in 1974?

 

[GNL]

I wasn't expecting much from this but I'm finding it much more enjoyable than the 90s ones I've sat through.

Mostly for the hideous fashion admittedly.

 

[Soldi]

Were your parents born in 1974?

Both were very much ALIVE at that point YES

 

[lolly]

I'd be all over Monaco if this had been a woman.

 

[ButterTart]

It's sad to think how hopeful this chap was when he got the gig as the resident entertainer at Jonestown.

 

[dmlaw]

As far as ballads performed by men in sparkly jackets go, Monaco was quite good.

 

[lolly]

55 Finland
45 UK
60 Spain
65 Norway
30 Greece
25 Israel
50 Yugoslavia
85 Sweden
20 Luxembourg
70 Monaco

 

[Dark Carnival]

Can't say I'm enjoying the music really...

 

[Dark Carnival]

03 Finland
06 UK
?? Spain
?? Norway
08 Greece
03 Israel
04 Yugoslavia
06 Sweden
03 Luxembourg
02 Monaco

 

[lolly]

No wonder everyone was in hotpants in the late seventies. There must have been a global fabric shortage caused by Eurovision backing singers.

 

[dmlaw]

No wonder everyone was in hotpants in the late seventies. There must have been a global fabric shortage.

They have to have big collars to make their hairstyles look like they're the correct size.

 

[Dark Carnival]

03 Finland
06 UK
?? Spain
?? Norway
08 Greece
03 Israel
04 Yugoslavia
06 Sweden
03 Luxembourg
02 Monaco
06 Belgium

 

[lolly]

55 Finland
45 UK
60 Spain
65 Norway
30 Greece
25 Israel
50 Yugoslavia
85 Sweden
20 Luxembourg
70 Monaco
53 Belgium

 

[GNL]

Mouth & Macneal sounds like a sexploitation flick.

 

[Zu]

Did Monaco ever have any good entries apart from ‘Une banque, un arbre, un roux’? Well apart from ‘La coco-dance’ OBVIOUSLY

@Madison

 

[dmlaw]

Mouth & MacNeal. Surprisingly, Mouth is the bloke.

 

[lolly]

This is her who did rather well in our 1980 rewatch with Amsterdam

 

[ButterTart]

"I'm Cheryl Mouth" "And I'm Colin MacNeil" "Together we are Womack & Womack"

 

[GinAg (39)]

HAGRID