Episode 109 – “1966: Fashion Clones, Back To The Villa, and Thanks Darls”

Welcome to the 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Luxembourg City, the host of 1966, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1966, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1966 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Fernando en Philippo – Milly Scott (Netherlands)

Stop – mens legen er go’ – Ulla Pia (Denmark)

Ele e ela – Madalena Iglésias (Portugal)

Playboy – Ann-Christine (Finland)

A Man Without Love – Kenneth McKellar (United Kingdom)

Un peu de poivre, un peu de se – Tonia (Belgium)

Come Back to Stay – Dickie Rock (Ireland)

Intet er nytt under solen – Åse Kleveland (Norway)

Nygammal vals – Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson (Sweden)

Merci, Chérie – Udo Jürgens (Austria)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next and final year of the 1960s –

In episode 110, we’re back to London for Eurovision 1968!

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“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.”

1966 Australian decimal currency advertisement jingle courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive.

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.