Eurovision Rewatch: Brighton 1974

[Zu]

Isn't that the moopy tagline?

No, that’s ARTFULLY BENT

Well, at least SOME of us are

 

[ButterTart]

Fine. But I'll give them out in the same manner as the votes for this year. Confusion all round

I give that comment seven likes. I think I'm doing it right?

 

[lolly]

We definitely are.

I mea we are, but there are people watching football repeats on ITV4. Cretins.

 

[Zu]

What do you think we are, a modern day FREAK SHOW?

I was going to say earlier that lounge freak show favourite Tiny Tina The World’s Smallest Horse seems to have disappeared and I’m a bit worried, but maybe she’s hiding inside Sizeable Sue The World’s Largest Vagene

 

[ButterTart]

No, that’s ARTFULLY BENT

Well, at least SOME of us are

There was a quote of yours knocking around for a bit where you called us a zauberhaus of freaks, depressives and insomniacs. I think that summed us up quite neatly.

 

[ButterTart]

I mea we are, but there are people watching football repeats on ITV4. Cretins.

Sad bastards living in the past.

 

[lolly]

No, that’s ARTFULLY BENT

Well, at least SOME of us are

You're STILL thinking about that FRANKFURTER CROWN, aren't you?

 

[Zu]

There was a quote of yours knocking around for a bit where you called us a zauberhaus of freaks, depressives and insomniacs. I think that summed us up quite neatly.

So did I!

It was actually insomniacs, depressives, autistics and hysterics, but close enough

 

[dmlaw]

Sad bastards living in the past.

The sport forum has been quiet lately. I wonder if anyone would be up for a sync rewatch of England v Netherlands from Euro 96.

 

[Zu]

You're STILL thinking about that FRANKFURTER CROWN, aren't you?

I SO AM!

 

[lolly]

I SO AM!

Here's a little something to take your mind off it

Anyone for seconds?

 

[Zu]

You’ve got a collection of these, haven’t you?

What’s with the repeated HOLE IN THE MIDDLE theme? Looks so RICH AND MOIST

 

[lolly]

I do find GREY is the MOST APPETISING colour

 

[Kate]

Thanks to @Kate we do have a bearded lady.

No putting me on display THANK YOU! My beard is staying firmly in my PANTS

 

[Kate]

Also UGH at being dragged into this putrid forum

 

[ButterTart]

No putting me on display THANK YOU! My beard is staying firmly in my PANTS

 

[Diddy]

Well that was quite sweet, it’s my first time with a vintage one. Though oddly I remember watching Melodifestivalen 1974 in the hotel when I was in Malmö in 2013.

the wheels fell off a bit for the second half of the songs, but on the whole, SOIXANTE QUATORZE was a jolly few hours of quaint 70s programming

 

[AGinAg (37)]

This is currently on iPlayer if anyone fancies it.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

And 1998

 

[AGinAg (37)]

For reasons unknown the commentary of 1974 switches from English to another language half way through.

 

[lolly]

For reasons unknown the commentary of 1974 switches from English to another language half way through.

It's a good show though, isn't it? And pretty good quality video.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Yeah it's clearly been polished of late.

Speaking of polished ABBA, I notice Dancing Queen video has been given the 4k treatment. I'd prefer Super Trouper, KMKY or Chiquitita.

 

[lolly]

I imagine they are doing the lot for some Gold repackage. That's about to hit a THOUSAND weeks on the chart and it's been a while, so perhaps not so far away...

 

[D5K]

Yeah it's clearly been polished of late.

I think that's part of the dual-commentary thing, they've taken the best bits of whatever film they could find.

 

[D5K]

Also can someone change the thread title? Every time it pops up I get confused about a new sync watch tonight.

 

[lolly]

I remember watching it about a year ago and although the video was complete, at least a couple of the songs had the audio muted.

 

[D5K]

I remember watching it about a year ago and although the video was complete, at least a couple of the songs had the audio muted.

An improvement in some cases?

 

[lolly]

An improvement in some cases?

I'm not sure I remember any real howlers that year! Portugal perhaps?

Fairly sure both Mouth & MacNeal and Gigliola were missing from the one I saw. And the latter is a stone cold classic.

 

[lolly]

This is on BBC4 on Sunday 7th April, with a celebratory introduction by Hannah Waddingham, if anyone fancies doing it all again.