Author Topic: Your Top 10 Of All Time (Read 5916 times)

My Star · « **on:** July 27, 2008, 03:04:20 AM »

Bare in mind I have heard nowhere near all the songs... but of what I've heard

1. Turkey 2004
2. France 1994
3. Estonia 2003
4. France 2007
5. Finland 2006
6. Germany 1979
7. France 2008
8. Andorra 2007
9. Latvia 2000
10. France 2006

Meh always changes

Martial · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2008, 05:35:45 AM »

wow 8 of these are in my personal top 10 of their years (France 2008 which isn't part of these 8 is actually a great song too..)!
who thought we'd so much agree? but then again, as you mentioned, a lot of years are missing, how can anyone really favor the 00s when it's by far the worse decade?

my personal top 10 always changes, but not my all time #1 which remained all through the years of being an esc fan an IRISH song

My Star · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2008, 05:55:20 PM »

Quote from: Martial on July 27, 2008, 05:35:45 AM

wow 8 of these are in my personal top 10 of their years (France 2008 which isn't part of these 8 is actually a great song too..)!
who thought we'd so much agree? but then again, as you mentioned, a lot of years are missing, how can anyone really favor the 00s when it's by far the worse decade?

my personal top 10 always changes, but not my all time #1 which remained all through the years of being an esc fan an IRISH song

I have to get more into listening to older years when I have the time

ijm123 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2008, 11:25:44 PM »

As you'd probably expect - there are very few in your top 10 that I actually like

Brainstorm is good
Virginie had a good song but a dreadful performance
Anonymous were OK
Lordi were decent

The rest I don't like

Martial · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2008, 02:08:12 AM »

what strike me most, apart from having a good taste and the many recent songs, is the origin of the songs

Latvia, Estonia, Finland and 4 French songs, there's definitely something going on there.. with Germany being a French neighbor and the nearest western country to eastern Europe, it really lives Andorra and Turkey with the only southern accent..

anyway still a good top 10 with a very surprising Virginie

Gerly · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2009, 05:39:32 PM »

Im not watch very many years Eurovision...
just since 2004...
Then Top 10

1.Russia 2008 Dima Bilan "Believe"
2.Russia 2006 Dima Bilan "Never let you go"
3.Macedonia 2004 Tose Proeski "Life"
4.Greece 2007 Sarbel "Yassou maria"
5.Moldova 2007 Natalie Barbu "Fight"
6.Greece 2004 Sakis Rouvas "Shake it"
7.Slovenia 2005 Omar Naber "Stop"
8.Greece 2005 Helena Paparizou "My nr one"
9.Estonia 2006 Sandra"Through my window"
10.Switzerland 2005 Vanilla ninja "Cool vibes"

Im fan of Dima because are these two Dimas the first ones

Martial · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:27:58 PM »

well i just had to make a top 10 for a game Niko connected me with, and here is the list I came up with

1st - Ireland 1996 - "The Voice" by Eimear Quinn
2nd - France 1996 - "Diwanit Bugale" by Dan Ar Braz & L'Heritage des Celtes
3rd - France 1990 - "White and Black Blues" by Joelle Ursule
4th - Austria 1972 - "Falter im Wind" by Milestones
5th - Bosnia-Herzegovina 1993 - "Sva Bol Svijeta" by Fazla
6th - Finland 1985 - "Elakoom Elama" by Sonja Lumme
7th - Turkey 1975 - "Seninle bir dakika" by Semiha Yanki
8th - France 1968 - "La Source" by Isabelle Aubret
9th - France 1991 - "Le Dernier qui a parle" by Amina
10th - Finland 1996 - "Niin kaunis on taivas" by Jasmine

11th - Switzerland 1986 - "Pas pour moi" by Daniela Simons
12th - Norway 1995 - "Nocturne" by Secret Garden
13th - Luxembourg 1965 - "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" by France Gall
14th - France 1975 - "Et bonjour a toi l'artiste" by Nicole Rieu
15th - Bosnia-Herzegovina 2006 - "Lejla" by Hari Mata Hari
16th - France 1969 - "Un jour un enfant" by Frida Boccara
17th - Switzerland 1972 - "La chanson de mon amour" by Veronique Muller
18th - Sweden 1981 - "Fangad i en drom" by Bjorn Skifs
19th - Denmark 1963 - "Dansevise" by Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann
20th - Finland 1989 - "La dolce vita" by Anneli Saaristo
or France 77, or Luxembourg 73

ijm123 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:37:45 PM »

A couple of surprising ones for me there...particularly Finland 85 for some reason I wouldn't have thought it would appeal to you - don't know why though

Martial · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:40:54 PM »

I'm a HUGE Finnish fan.. and Bosnian and French.. and a few others..
What other surprises were there? I guess Sweden 81..

ijm123 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:44:37 PM »

I know you're a huge Finnish fan I just didn't expect that particular one.

Yes Sweden 81 is a huge surprise. So are the 2 Swiss songs. Daniela I can understand more than Veronique (a song that is really quite anonymous for me)

Martial · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2009, 12:13:01 AM »

well i have 30 Finnish songs in my top 10 and something like 15 in a top 5 so I guess you could name any Finnish song and I'd go "awww i love it"

Sweden 81 is huge to me. I really love Bjorn Skifs and the song's extremely strong. His live is also huge, especially if you compare it to a darker and more effective but classy performance by Skifs. He's going for the bad boy still in jacket, gloves and pink in 81 and it's simply great. And I'm glad my country gave it 12 and helped it get in the top 5! It's Sweden at its best like it never would be quite again (until The Ark.. but that's a different story

)

I also love Switzerland, probably my 4th fave country. Daniela is very classy. It's what I'd call "a damn strong song with no flaws whatsoever" but I also feel very touched about the lyrics, which finally put an end to the thought that love should be an irrelevant singing matter. Veronique's song is a strong ballad. Now that's a ballad. It's not just slow for the purpose of being slow. It goes with the entire melancholic mood of the song, that doesn't hesitate between sexy and intriguing. And FINALLY a love song that mentions having sex clearly and simply!

Niko · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2009, 12:48:53 PM »

I guess my top 10 all the time creates some discussion

1. Spain 1983: Remedios Amaya - ¿Quién maneja mi barca?
2. Austria 1979: Christina Simon - Heute in Jerusalem
3. Greece 1986: Mariza Koch - Panayia mu, Panayia mu
4. France 1968 - Isabelle Aubret - La source
5. Denmark 1957: Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler - Skibet skal sejle i nat
6. The Netherlands 1984: Maribelle - Ik hou van jou
7. The Netherlands 1994: Willeke Alberti - Waar is de zon ?
8. Belgium 1993: Barbara - Iemand als jij
9. Morocco 1980: Samira - Bitaqet hobb
10. Belgium 1968: Claude Lombard - Quand tu reviendras

I love all these songs and many others too from bottom of my heart - just like my top 11th which is

11. Portugal 1984: Maria Guinot - Silêncio e tanta gente

ijm123 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2009, 07:57:23 PM »

WOW - that is some list. Firstly the good news - someone else loves Iemand als jij

it's also in my top 10 now. Also nice to see great songs like La source, Panayia mu, panayia mu, Bitaqet hobb, Skibet skal selje i nat & Quand tu reviendras in there. However...the bad news....and please don't hate me for this - but I cannot stand your #1...it's a definite love/hate entry I think. Austria 79 is an interesting choice. Sometimes I love it sometimes I don't - a mood entry. The 2 Dutch songs are nice - but Maribelle's was just a little too saccharine for me and Willeke was a little old-fashioned for 1994 but is a great song nonetheless. Maria at 11 is a great choice.

Niko · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:00:43 PM »

Quote from: ijm123 on January 23, 2009, 07:57:23 PM

WOW - that is some list. Firstly the good news - someone else loves Iemand als jij it's also in my top 10 now. Also nice to see great songs like La source, Panayia mu, panayia mu, Bitaqet hobb, Skibet skal selje i nat & Quand tu reviendras in there. However...the bad news....and please don't hate me for this - but I cannot stand your #1...it's a definite love/hate entry I think. Austria 79 is an interesting choice. Sometimes I love it sometimes I don't - a mood entry. The 2 Dutch songs are nice - but Maribelle's was just a little too saccharine for me and Willeke was a little old-fashioned for 1994 but is a great song nonetheless. Maria at 11 is a great choice.

Thank you Ian! I know that Spain 1983 is a love / hate song. But, the best thing in it is that it will not leave anybody cold - you either fall in love with it or hate it from the bottom of your heart.

ijm123 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:09:19 PM »

Quote from: Niko on January 23, 2009, 08:00:43 PM

Thank you Ian! I know that Spain 1983 is a love / hate song. But, the best thing in it is that it will not leave anybody cold - you either fall in love with it or hate it from the bottom of your heart.

Very true - you're the former and I'm the latter.

An update of my top 10

1. Germany 1981 - Johnny Blue - I honestly can't see it ever changing to be honest.
2. France 2001 - Je n'ai que mon ame - restored my faith in ESC after a shocking first half to the 2001 contest this saved it.
3. Italy 1992 - Rapsodia - It's well known that I don't like Italian entries as a rule - but this is sung with such incredible emotion that I can't help but love it.
4. France 1969 - Un jour, un enfant - Only one word to describe it - CLASSY.
5. Spain 1989 - Nacida para amar - Stopped me in my tracks when I was listening to all the songs a few years ago. Excellent vocal performance live too.
6. Ireland 1993 - In Your Eyes - The reason I'm an ESC fan. I always watched but Niamh made me a fan of the contest.
7. Belgium 1993 - Iemand als jij - Last? I just don't get it. It's such a beautiful song, she performed it pretty well too. She's now more famous for the award (which I think is unjustified because I don't actually think she looked that bad).
8. Slovakia 1998 - Modlitba - A stunning song. She missed one part in the live and it cost her dearly it would seem. I can't see any other reason why only Croatia voted for it.
9. Luxembourg 1973 - Tu te reconnaitras - A fabulous performance of a stunningly gorgeous song.
10. Germany 1975 - Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein - Years ahead of it's time. It was so contemporary that the idiot juries just didn't see what a great song and performance this was.

Feel free to comment

Niko · « **Reply #15 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:24:51 PM »

I really like most of your top 10 songs. Especially I like France 1969, Italy 1992 (which is lovely, but I don't like Liberta at all), Ireland 1993 was in my opinion the best Irish winner songs from 1990's, and rest are good too. But for some reason I don't like France 2001 and Spain 1989 too much.

ijm123 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:29:08 PM »

I don't say this often - but I think I actually overrate France 2001 - for the simple reason that the rest of the year (except the Greek song) was so unbelievably DIRE that it just stands out a mile in the year. Having said that - Natasha's performance was breathtakingly good. As for Spain 1989 - it's one of those ones you can't quite explain why you like it...you just do (a bit like the one I chose for the Theme Contest)

Niko · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:37:59 PM »

Yes, for example, I really can't explain, why I like very much "Raggio di Luna", which is maybe disliked by most of the ESC fans. But those things are quite magical ones, aren't they?

ijm123 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:53:06 PM »

Quote from: Niko on January 23, 2009, 08:37:59 PM

Yes, for example, I really can't explain, why I like very much "Raggio di Luna", which is maybe disliked by most of the ESC fans. But those things are quite magical ones, aren't they?

They certainly are. Each one of us ESC fanatics has them

Niko · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2009, 09:05:35 PM »

I was just thinking - shouldn't we also create a thread for ESC songs which we really really dislike - I have more than 10 of them and can't think which one is worse than the other.

ijm123 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2009, 09:13:57 PM »

I think we should - but I'll have to try and not swear uncontrollably when discussing my all time least favourite

Martial · « **Reply #21 on:** January 23, 2009, 10:06:05 PM »

not a bad list, with only two shits (Belgium 93 and Spain 89)

France 2001 is highly overrated.. It's only my fourth of 2001 too

Remy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 20, 2009, 02:10:25 PM »

My top 10 of all time? I like the following songs very much:

01. Belgium 1986 - Sandra Kim - J'aime la vie
02. Sweden 1991 - Carola - Fångad av en stormvind
03. Sweden 1995 - Jan Johansen - Se på mej
04. Netherlands 1996 - Maxine & Franklin Brown - De eerste keer
05. Romania 2005 - Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem - Let me try
06. Iceland 2003 - Birgitta Haukdal - Open your heart
07. Israel 1992 - Dafna Dekel - Ze rak sport
08. Yugoslavia 1990 - Tajči - Hajde da ludujemo
09. Turkey 1997 - Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic - Dinle
10. Italy 1990 - Toto Cutugno - Insieme: 1992

Martial · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2009, 02:46:56 AM »

i hate 7 out of your top 10.. especially Carola oh my god i didn't think any esc fan loved that piece of junk

Remy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2009, 06:20:11 PM »

Quote from: Martial on February 21, 2009, 02:46:56 AM

i hate 7 out of your top 10.. especially Carola oh my god i didn't think any esc fan loved that piece of junk

Martial, these are Carola's results in the Eurovision Song Contest:

1983 - 3rd place (126 points)
1991 - 1st place (146 points)
2006 - 5th place (170 points)

442 points in three contests (juries and televoting) and you didn't think that eny esc fan loved Carola?
I must say, I'm not really impressed by her performances in 1983 and 2006, but I really love Fångad av en stormvind. I just love the song!

Which 3 don't you hate?