Episode 94 – “1973: The Muppets, Nestling Swallows, and We Recognise You”

In this episode, we chat about host city of Luxembourg, the host of 1973, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1973, 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 1973 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Baby Baby – Nicole and Hugo (Belgium)

Gori vatra – Zdravko Čolić (Yugosalvia)

Chi sarà con te – Massimo Ranieri (Italy)

Do I Dream – Maxi (Ireland)

Junger Tag – Gitte Hænning (Germany)

Tom Tom Tom – Marion Rung (Finland)

You’re Summer – The Nova (Sweden)

Power to All Our Friends – Cliff Richard (United Kingdom)

Eres tú – Mocedades (Spain)

Tu te reconnaîtras – Anne-Marie David (Luxembourg)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:

In episode 95, we’re off to Stockholm for 1975!

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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.”

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

Snippets:

Cliff – Rik (The Young Ones, courtesy of BBC Two)

Brez besed – Berta Ambrož (Yugosalvia 1966)