As far as the Eurovision Song Contest is concerned, there has been no better year, in my view, than 1993. Back then, most countries that participated came up with really good tunes, making it really hard to pick a winner.
Personally, I would have opted for Croatia’s entry:
A quick search on YouTube also revealed a sort-of reunion about 14 years later (the sound isn’t too great on this one):
Incidentally, Croatia had another good entry two years later, in 1995:
Filed under: Music | Tagged: Croatia, Eurovision Song Contest
The only thing I am unhappy about is that the use of English, in the Eurovision Song Contest, increases year by year. May I say, as a native English speaker that this unfair. The time has come to break this habit of “language imperialism”, in the Eurovision Song Contest, and use a song, sung in Esperanto instead!
This is a serious suggestion, as you can see from the Esperanto music which is already available at http://www.vinilkosmo.com/?prs=listen or at http://video.google.(…)-8837438938991452670
There’s even cheesy Esperanto music available! See http://www.ipernity.com/home/76977
Thanks for the links and tips, Brian.