Retro WWWSC #73

[Laurinda]

Welcome to the 73^rd edition of Retro WWW Song Contest!


Post your entries here in the thread, including the timeslot (24 seconds long) you want to use in the recap and a picture of your artist(s).

Confirmations do not count!

Submission deadline is on the 13^th of July or until we reach the limit of 30 participants!


If something is unclear have a look at the rules or message me.

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Table of events for the 73^rd edition (dates could still change)

Date	Event	Note
9th July	Submissions open	5 days
13th July	Submissions close	At 23:59 CET
14th July	Voting starts	10 days
19th July	1st voting reminder	5 days left
21st July	Second voting reminder	3 days left
23rd July	Last voting reminder & voting closes	At 23:59 CET
24th July	Results show	At 20:00 CET
25th July	Submissions for #74 open

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Entries submitted: 30/30

Malta
Ethiopia
Greece
Slovenia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Finland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Switzerland
Iran
Italy
South Korea
Ireland
Austria
United States
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Spain
Canada
Chile
Taiwan
Mexico
Guatemala
Indonesia
Philippines
France
Germany
Croatia

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Shovkovskyi/Peter ▪ Vinx ▪ Gilberto ▪ mimisthesc ▪ ferrygraf ▪ Julian ▪ тнєяσиттi95 ▪ Hayastantzi92 ▪ Fifi ▪ ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ▪ nijat ▪ MaRtIn ▪ superjonno ▪ Argüello ▪ @antonija ▪ jesuisram ▪ rashidabu ▪ Wen-hsuan ▪ inactivo ▪ CHAE WITH A C ▪ fabbi ▪ xmultivision - Semi-Active ▪ njegosh ▪ Jacob ▪ Aglan ▪ Dylan ▪ italix ▪ Fatih ▪ antheurovision22 ▪ @eriethioesc ▪ malteser
▪ mateusgr ▪ Basti(án) ▪ George J. ▪ ✨ Nicole ✨ / Alex Memphis

[George J.]

Greece

Antique - Dinata Dinata


2:41+

[Hayastantzi92]

Armenia | Հայաստան

Elips | Էլիպս

Hayastan | Հայաստան

3:15+

[nijat]

I originally intended to send a different entry, but my plans have changed after tragic news: that Ibrahim Emin, one of the most (if not the most) iconic rock musicians of Azerbaijan, passed away a few days ago. Ibrahim Emin was a composer, lyricist, guitarist and vocalist of the Azerbaijani rock band "Yuxu" (translation: "Dream") which was established in 1986. The band released its first and most successful album named "Xəzərin sahilində" (translation: "On the shore of Caspian Sea") in 1993. The song of the same name became a huge hit in Azerbaijan afterwards, especially because after the collapse of Soviet Union, rock artists became more independent to perform their music, due to previously-imposed bans on the genre. Hence, Yuxu's music has been considered novel and rebellious and has been met with a great interest in the country. "Xəzərin sahilində" is a song that quite many people: from teenagers to old people know and love in Azerbaijan. It has also been suggested by Mimis for the 60th edition, when I decided, however, to go with a different entry. Without further ado, I present to you the next Azerbaijani entry for the Retro WWWSC below:

Yuxu - Xəzərin sahilində

Timeslot: 00:31+

Picture

"Those who are familiar with me know greatly that I can not change rock to anything. I feel rock music, rock is a music of freedom, rock is a music of rebellion, it is my music".
- Ibrahim Emin

Rest in peace, great person!

P.S. This edition I do not care about the results, I will use this edition to pay tribute to a great artist that I love.

[Shovkovskyi/Peter]

Latvia will be continuing it's "letter challenge". We started off this challenge with letter L. Last time the artists last name started with letter R, so this is the letter our next artists name (or band name) will start with. In the 74th edition, as you can see, Latvia will be represented by an artist(s) that start with letter P, because that's the letter our last artist of this entry (Prego) starts with.
I'm gonna be completely honest with you - I'm totally enjoying my own challenge, because I've discovered songs that I normally wouldn't have heard of. That's what this letter challenge forces you to do - you have to find artist that starts on specific letter, the song has to be at least 10 years old and you have to remember, that the artists last name (or bands last name (unless it's a single word) will decide your next letter for the challenge. If you'd like to discover more of your local music, I suggest you to try this challenge. At first it seems easy, but then you realize that not every letter can offer you big variations, so you gotta be careful of your choices.

Anyway, back to our next entry:

Raimonds Pauls & Prego - "Elēģija" (eng: "Elegy")

(2:19 onwards, please!)

PIC:

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At first some might think that this song isn't old enough for this contest...

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I can't provide specific recording or release date of this version of this song... but I have two things to prove it's old enough (the song itself is from 70's or 80's, but this version isn't), and I suspect it could be between 2004 and 2006. The reason for it being not only the fact that Prego existed from 2004 until 2006, but also this video (open spoiler!):

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Pay attention to the TV logo on top right corner of this video. If you compare it to the 2nd logo in this article (https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvijas_Telev%C4%ABzija#LTV1), you can see that it's the same and this logo was used from 2003 to 2006. This is why I'm pretty sure this song (or should I say this version of this song) is old enough for this contest

[тнєяσиттi95]

Finland


Lets see how this will do another childhood song





Timeslot around 1:57+

The picture can be this one

[Fatih]

Turkey

Tuğba Ekinci - Condom



Timeslot: +3:15

[Argüello]

Since I'm on exams this week and can't find an entry. will withdraw for this edition, please tag me in the next one ❤️

[CHAE WITH A C]

Florence and the Machine - Dog Days Are Over



2:59+

[mimisthesc]

Cypriot entry

The island of Aphrodite will be represented this edition by Konstantina and her song "Ki afto to vrady" (1988)

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Timeslot: 2:12+