Welcome to season 1.5 of Star Spangled Eurovision, where we’ll be digging deep into Eurovision-related topics while we wait for the 2019 song contest to kick into gear.
This week, Max is joined by special guests Brent McDonnell and Sarah Unbehaun to talk about Eurovision in the context of greater European History and how the song contest has reflected major events and shifts in Europe since its first edition in 1956. Listen in as we discuss Eurovision during the beginnings of European integration, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the migrant crisis, and everything in between!
Songs we talk about:
ABBA – “Waterloo” (Sweden) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsVeMz1F5c
Paulo de Carvalho – “E Depois de Adeus” (Portugal) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=89LBNSX_vig
Gigliola Cinquetti – “Si” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWrtN6LBJtk
Tuto Cutegno – “Insieme: 1992” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5whZydVZc
Ketil Stokkan – “Brandenburger Tor” (Norway) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoRGn6rN40
Beat – “Fri?” (Finland) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQxvqZWOn0
Jamala – 1944 (Ukraine) – “www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCG2rw4ZXTY”
Madame Monsieur – “Mercy” (France) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHb-gWC-WTc
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro – “Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=zguJGdoPPnw
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