Retro WWWSC #89

[Laurinda]

Welcome to the 89^th edition of Retro WWW Song Contest!

Post your entries here in the thread, including the time slot (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 20^th of April 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 89^th edition (dates could still change)

Date	Event	Note
16th April	Submissions open	5 days
20th April	Submissions close	At 23:59 CET
21st April	Voting starts	8 days
24th April	First voting reminder	5 days left
26th April	Second voting reminder	3 days left
28th April	Last voting reminder & voting closes	At 23:59 CET
29th April	Results show	At 20:00 CET
30th April	Submissions for #90 open

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Entries submitted: 30

Armenia
Cyprus
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Italy
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Austria
Latvia
Croatia
Germany
China
Ethiopia
France
Finland
Indonesia
Turkey
Mexico
Philippines
Canada
Chile
Malta
Ukraine
Serbia
Montenegro
Taiwan
United States
Spain
Samoa

SPOILER: Click to show

Shovkovskyi/Peter ▪ Vinx ▪ Gilberto ▪ mimisthesc ▪ ferrygraf ▪ Julian ▪ тнєяσиттi95 ▪ Hayastantzi92 ▪ nijat ▪ MaRtIn ▪ @antonija ▪ Wen-hsuan ▪ italix ▪ Fatih ▪ @eriethioesc ▪ ferret ▪ superjonno ▪ malteser ▪ iseendale ▪ Alex Memphis ▪ ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ▪ njegosh ▪ Argüello ▪ Basti(án) ▪ fabbi ▪ Vandalain ▪ inactivo ▪ jesuisram

[Hayastantzi92]

Armenia



1:16+

[mimisthesc]

Cypriot entry!

Lia Vissi is back, after her participation in Retro WWWSC #16 (been a long time since then ) with the song "Follow Your Heart" from the early 90's.

SPOILER: Click to show

Timeslot: 2:52+

[fabbi]

My next entry may be from 1998, but its meaning couldn't have gotten any more current.

May I present you:

Gölä - Büetzer
(In English it'd mean something like "hard working man", I guess.)



Timeslot: 2:11+
And please the same picture as in #61.

This song is originally about the people who are working hard on construction sites etc. and get hardly any appreciation, but only looked down by other people... In spite of being only released on the artists debut album and never as a single it's become one of his most famous songs. Also I'm absolutely not into him, but still I think that these lyrics are among the top 3 of the best ones in any Swiss German song ever!

In times of Coronavirus Büetzer has gotten a bit different meaning and I heard it played on the radio more than in the last 10 years. I'm dedicating this entry to all the people who are working their asses off (sorry for that expression) at the moment to keep their entire countries going.

I wished you were able to understand the lyrics, but can't give you a translation of them. I hope that this entry will still be appreciated enough.

[Argüello]

3:15

[Vinx]

ITALIAN ENTRY



"Franco Battiato - "Centro Di Gravità Permanente"






[2:32 - onwards]


If you want to see the original music video (even if it has a lower quality of the sound), you can find it in the sopiler

SPOILER: Click to show

[nijat]

Ulviyya Rahimova - In Love

Timeslot: 00:36+

Ulviyya Rahimova was one of the most successful ESC national finalists of Azerbaijan, participating in the selection for the year 2010, where she was eliminated with "In Love" in the semi-final round despite being one of the huge favourites. "In Love" is a mix of jazz, pop, and folk music, and will represent Azerbaijan in the forthcoming edition of the Retro WWWSC.

Ulviyya Rahimova

[Laurinda]

This entry concludes my pre-2000s challenge.
I have sent 10 entries in a row from before the 2000s and the big majority were in Slovene.
One had a made-up language mix of a few of them and two were instrumental.

As a last act before the Special Edition I bring back Moulin Rouge for the first time with a Slovene song.

The song is from 1989:

Moulin Rouge - Za večno skupaj [Forever Together]

[jesuisram]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is back with LEPA BRENA!

+2:28

[ferrygraf]

Austria

STS - "Kalt und kälter"



3:22+