Telex & Tin Tin & the Eurovision Song Contest spoiler

Two more songs by Telex worth writing about? Wow. Color me slightly impressed with these crazy Belgians.

Part I: En Route
Id translate this lil' ditty, but honestly, its way more work for me than this deserves. A car, a monster and a road to somewhere, etc etc. Something about a train. Some french people in ties. Someone is smoking and a boat crashes. How perfect. Now remember, hang on!

Telex: En Route


That cartoon that looks cool but actually isnt? Im pretty sure its, groan, Tin Tin. It HAS to be Tin Tin. Tin Tin was from Belgium. Telex is from Belgium.

Im from the USA and we like our cartoons funny. Tin Tin is NOT funny. NOT FUNNY.

Part II: Eurovision.

While I was looking at this band i came across this SHITEOUS video: Telex's (Belgium) entry in to the Eurovision song contest. For those who care, EV is the song contest where almost every country in europe sends one crappy band to represent them in something thats a lot like a singing world atlas. Only not at as entertaining as I imagine a singing world atlas to be.

A masochist's version of good music.



The story behind it:

In 1980 Telex's manager asked them to enter for the Eurovision Song Contest. They entered, and were eventually sent to the finals, although they apparently hoped to come last: "We had hoped to finish last, but Portugal decided otherwise. We got ten points from them and finished on the 19th spot" (Marc Moulin) [3]

Their song "Euro-Vision" was a cheerful bleepy song with deliberately banal lyrics about the contest itself.

The Eurovision audience seemed unsure how to react to the performance, and after the band stopped playing there was mostly stunned silence, with scattered polite applause; Marc Moulin took a photograph of the bewildered audience. The band walked off amidst sounds of muttering. A mark of the confusion caused by the performance was when vote-counting began, and Greece awarded Belgium three points, the announcer thought she had misheard and tried to award the points to The Netherlands.

Id award the points to the Netherlands too. In fact, everyone that I know from Belgium is now officially from the Netherlands. Sorry folks, you now speak Dutch and have cheaper booze. Congrats.

Funky Rainy Sunday 70s Post

Electric Company DJ


Vegetable Soup theme

BTW, you should watch Vegetable Soup.

Rufus & Chaka "You Got the Love"


Electra Woman and Dyna Girl funky theme

gerry phillips' hands of magic

Gerry covers Maiden's The Trooper.


Gerry is a manualist. A real good one. Supposedly THE BEST. He gets my vote. Just for the Trooper alone.

Super Mario Bros


Oh screw this. Im laughing too hard to write anything. At the couch.

Take on Me: A ha.

Adventures in Success: Will Powers

What the HELL is this about? And why do i love it?

Look at everyone who used to be (and in some cases, still are) relevant talking about just WHO IS WILL POWERS?


The video (Adventures in Success)


From Wiki:

Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, when she created a self help comedy music album. The album, entitled Dancing for Mental Health, uses affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self help entrepeners who "build the listener's inner self and encourage personal growth through the thought that anything is possible".
Will Powers is portrayed by Goldsmith during the spoken word sections as well as in the sung sections; her voice processed through a vocoder. Goldsmith's key musical collaborators were Jacob Brackman and Steve Winwood. Additional contributors to the recording include Sting, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, Carly Simon, and Tom Bailey.

Well that tears it. This is completely the coolest thing ive ever seen.

Ok mourning over

I just have to move on. Sorry Al.

Anyway.

Wow... I havent heard this thing IN YEARS. Never knew who did it. Now I do.


Oh NOW i remember where i heard this song!
A guy named Al sent me this song on a tape years and years ago. Not the aforementioned Al. This one was white and named Alistair. And he's presumably still alive, unless some poor woman beat him to death.

Never knew the name of this sucker either. Now I share with you.
Manzel: Space Funk


Never heard this before.
Jackson Sisters: I believe in miracles

RIP Al Wilson

I like this song. Too bad he died before I remembered it. On the bright side, now Ill remember who sang it.

You Make My Pants (want to get up and dance)

Im a gal of few words when it counts.
Englebert Humperdink. 1982 Las Vegas Hilton.



I came across this gem a year or so ago, and then forgot who it was that performed this song. Naturally you can understand my excitement in remembering that it was mr HUMPERDINK. Humperdink. What a stooooooooopid name.

That being said, this is perhaps the video most worthy of being on a website called "the slop sink". Enjoi.