Oh you say that about EVERY Irish entry. :: laugh ::
(I agree, it was a good song -- not a winner in my book, but certainly top 10. My winner that year was The Netherlands. Why do I always like the songs that come in 4th place?!? "Fiumi di Parole", "HaSheket sheNish'ar", "For Real", "Ey Sham", "Hemel en Aarde", "Je N'ai Qu'une âme" -- these were all my douze point songs ... and now that I think about it, they all came in 4th. o_O)
Definitely for me, in that group of songs, I'd pick "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", "Après toi", "Tu te reconnaîtras" -- most certainly "Je suis l'enfant soleil" (another 4th placer! E-freakin'-gad!). They're good songs AND they had great performances (even if Ann-Marie David's eyes were a tad scary at times :: laugh ::).
Mostly l like songs and women who can sing. :)
I agree wholeheartedly. And songs like that seems painfully rare these days. :: sigh ::
are you sufficiently atoned, young man?
I'll say. Dad's not Jewish and started cooking a rotisserie chicken yesterday afternoon -- I was ready to smack him, but I suppose I can count it as part of the atonement. :: laugh ::
Definitely for me, in that group of songs, I'd pick "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", "Après toi", "Tu te reconnaîtras" -- most certainly "Je suis l'enfant soleil" (another 4th placer! E-freakin'-gad!). They're good songs AND they had great performances (even if Ann-Marie David's eyes were a tad scary at times :: laugh ::). Yeah, Anne-Marie David did have a bit of a Children Of The Damned look about her. Or was it Children Of The Corn? Only Nicole Rieu had scarier eyes. In any case, she sang her little long-haired heart out on “Je suis l’enfant soleil”, which for me was a better song that “Tu te reconnaîtras”...but apparently the juries preferred spangly suspenders and evil Spanish headmistresses
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Hey, watch with the Marie Myriam bashing! “L’oiseau et l’enfant” was another one of the first non-“Waterloo” tunes that I heard and loved. But then, I can’t stand “Si la vie est cadeau” (or Corrine Hermès 80’s mall-rat/Valley girl fashions, for that matter), so I guess it kinda evens out.
“Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue” is just one of those songs you hear and immediately think, “That’s a winner.” In many ways, the perfect Eurovision song. Sung strongly but not over-sung. Anthemic but not forced. Of its time and yet timeless.
Including "Is Always Over Now" which might well have won Ireland #8 in a jury year.
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(I agree, it was a good song -- not a winner in my book, but certainly top 10. My winner that year was The Netherlands. Why do I always like the songs that come in 4th place?!? "Fiumi di Parole", "HaSheket sheNish'ar", "For Real", "Ey Sham", "Hemel en Aarde", "Je N'ai Qu'une âme" -- these were all my douze point songs ... and now that I think about it, they all came in 4th. o_O)
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[un banc, un arbre, une rue; un jour, un enfant, croire, si la vie est cadeau...but not that shiteawful l'oiseau et l'enfant].
Mostly l like songs and women who can sing. :)
are you sufficiently atoned, young man?
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Mostly l like songs and women who can sing. :)
I agree wholeheartedly. And songs like that seems painfully rare these days. :: sigh ::
are you sufficiently atoned, young man?
I'll say. Dad's not Jewish and started cooking a rotisserie chicken yesterday afternoon -- I was ready to smack him, but I suppose I can count it as part of the atonement. :: laugh ::
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Yeah, Anne-Marie David did have a bit of a Children Of The Damned look about her. Or was it Children Of The Corn? Only Nicole Rieu had scarier eyes. In any case, she sang her little long-haired heart out on “Je suis l’enfant soleil”, which for me was a better song that “Tu te reconnaîtras”...but apparently the juries preferred spangly suspenders and evil Spanish headmistresses ( ... )
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“Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue” is just one of those songs you hear and immediately think, “That’s a winner.” In many ways, the perfect Eurovision song. Sung strongly but not over-sung. Anthemic but not forced. Of its time and yet timeless.
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