Wind Machine Podcast

Episode 104 – “1964: Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough”

In this episode, we chat about host city of Copenhagen, the host of 1964, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1964, 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 1964 based on a jury of two. Songs Include: Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne – Nora Nova (Germany) Jij bent mijn leven – Anneke Grönloh (Netherlands) Sangen om dig – Bjørn Tidmand (Denmark) Spiral – Arne Bendiksen (Norway) Laiskotellen – Lasse Mårtenson (Finland) Warum nur, warum? – Udo Jürgens (Austria) Dès que le printemps revient – Hugues Aufray (Luxembourg) Où sont-elles passées – Romuald Figuier (Monaco) I Love The Little Things – Matt Monro (United Kingdom) Non ho l’età – Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy) The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year – In episode 105, we’re off to Naples for Eurovision 1965! If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions for our limited reaction series The Last Five… Keep up with the Podcrawl here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl. Episode 3 1990 by EuroWhat? and episode 4 2003 by Niall Points are out now! We based this episode on the 1964 reconstruction by JejTheDoodle23 that can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4WLDPKwNU&list=RDMS4WLDPKwNU&start_radio=1&t=322s Check out Frank’s channel for restorations of Eurovision performances here: https://www.youtube.com/@Eurovision-OLD Dan’s 1964 staging video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VehKF02e_4 Legal and Licencing Notice: “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.

Episode 103 – “1967: Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress of Puppets”

Welcome to Episode 103 for our regular listeners, and a big hello to those joining us as part of the Eurovision Podcrawl. This is episode 2 of the ‘crawl where a whole bunch of ESC podcasters chat about the first time a country hosted the contest. More information about the podcrawl can be found below! In this episode, we chat about host city of Vienna, the host of 1967, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1967, 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 1967 based on a jury of two. Songs Include: Ringe-dinge – Thérèse Steinmetz (Netherlands) Dukkemann – Kirsti Sparboe (Norway) O vento mudou – Eduardo Nascimento (Portugal) Varjoon – suojaan – Fredi (Finland) Ik heb zorgen – Louis Neefs (Belgium) Boum-Badaboum – Minouche Barelli (Monaco) L’amour est bleu – Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg) Il doit faire beau là-bas – Noëlle Cordier (France) If I Could Choose – Sean Dunphy (Ireland) Puppet on a String – Sandie Shaw (United Kingdom) The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year – In episode 104, we’re off to Copenhagen for Eurovision 1964! If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions for our limited reaction series The Last Five… Keep up with the Podcrawl here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl. Episode 3 of that is coming from The EuroWhat? Podcast and they are covering 1990 when Yugosalvia hosted for the first (and only time). Their episode will drop on July 15th 2025! Legal and Licencing Notice: “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.

WMP Supplemental 15: We Went to Basel Switzerland… And What The Hell Just Happened Indeed – Our 2025 Debrief

Eurovision 2025. Another year of delights and dramas! We asked our listeners via our socials to give us topics to talk about, and we answered! Please keep in mind, these are just our opinions. And beware – we have kept the swears in! Song played: Wasted Love – JJ (Austria) We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 103 – 1967 very soon. And Last Five YouTube series starts soon with Cyprus over at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions so make sure to subscribe! The Pod Crawl starts June 16th at https://escinsight.com/category/podcast/ If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod. The flags of Eurovision design never goes out of style! Legal and Licencing Notice: “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.

WMP Supplemental 14: Eurovision 2025 – Basel. Bankruptcy. Bastu.

Eurovision 2025 is coming faster than Erika Vikman on a giant microphone stand. So, grab your Milkshake (Man not included), Poison Cake, and/or Espresso Macchiato, and join Danie and Mark as they serve up their thoughts about all 37 songs of this year AND play their Top 10 based on a Jury of Two. Songs discussed: Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike (Albania) Survivor – PARG (Armenia) Milkshake Man – Go-Jo (Australia) Wasted Love – JJ (Austria) Run with U – Mamagama (Azerbaijan) Strobe Lights – Red Sebastian (Belgium) Poison Cake – Marko Bošnjak (Croatia) Shh – Theo Evan (Cyprus) Kiss Kiss Goodbye – ADONXS (Czechia) Hallucination – Sissal (Denmark) Espresso Macchiato – Tommy Cash (Estonia) Ich komme – Erika Vikman (Finland) Maman – Louane (France) Freedom – Mariam Shengelia (Georgia) Baller – Abor & Tynna (Germany) Asteromata – Klavdia (Greece) Róa – Væb (Iceland) Laika Party – Emmy (Ireland) New Day Will Rise – Yuval Raphael (Israel) Volevo essere un duro – Lucio Corsi (Italy) Bur man laimi – Tautumeitas (Latvia) Tavo akys – Katarsis (Lithuania) La poupée monte le son – Laura Thorn (Luxembourg) Serving – Miriana Conte (Malta) Dobrodošli – Nina Žižić (Montenegro) C’est la vie – Claude (Netherlands) Lighter – Kyle Alessandro (Norway) Gaja – Justyna Steczkowska (Poland) Deslocado – NAPA (Portugal) Tutta l’Italia – Gabry Ponte (San Marino) Mila – Princ (Serbia) How Much Time Do We Have Left – Klemen (Slovenia) Esa diva – Melody (Spain) Bara Bada Bastu – KAJ (Sweden) Voyage – Zoë Më (Switzerland) Bird of Pray – Ziferblat (Ukraine) What The Hell Just Happened? – Remember Monday (United Kingdom) We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 103 – 1967 after we get back from Eurovision and probably do Supplemental 15. If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod. The flags of Eurovision design never goes out of style! Legal and Licencing Notice: “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.

Episode 102 – “1969: Surrealism, Girl Power, and A Day The Singing Poet Goes Bang”

In this episode, we chat about host city of Madrid, the host of 1969, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1969, 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 1969 based on a jury of two. Songs Include: Due grosse lacrime bianche – Iva Zanicchi (Italy) Judy, min vän – Tommy Körberg (Sweden) Primaballerina – Siw Malmkvist (Germany) The Wages of Love – Muriel Day (Ireland) Jennifer Jennings – Louis Neefs (Belgium) Bonjour, Bonjour – Paola del Medico (Switzerland) Vivo cantando – Salomé (Spain) Un jour, un enfant – Frida Boccara (France) De troubadour – Lenny Kuhr (Netherland) Boom Bang-a-Bang – Lulu (United Kingdom) The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year – In episode 103, we are heading to Vienna for Eurovision 1967. We’ll continue our series of the sixites after Basel. BUT before that, our 2025 preview is coming soon!!! If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions Legal and Licencing Notice: “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.