Have any Eurovision songs stood the test of time?

[Deleted User] · 03/06/14 - 12:56

Listening to some of my old records and can't help but think how badly some Eurovision songs have aged!

Think Euphoria may last a long time and possibly Only Teardrops. Maybe Serbia 2007 as well but can't think of many others that don't sound dated already?

Ulfgeirr · 03/06/14 - 13:38

Most 'pop' songs tend to sound dated eventually, but that's because they're pop songs. Generally the more 'alternative' entries (rock, folk, etc) won't sound dated so quickly. I wouldn't say it's any different to non-Eurovision music.

CAF · 03/06/14 - 15:04

I wonder how you define 'stood the time' - I would claim that music become a kind of throw-away art. No matter if it is pop or another music genre - as long as it is doesn't belong to classical music (and even in classical music are kind of trends)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a popular composer, but most of the people know him today, due a part of his Te Deum is used for the Eurovision Intro

AcerBen · 04/06/14 - 13:50

When I watch some of the 00s contests I end up zapping through a lot of the songs because they've dated so badly.

[Deleted User] · 05/06/14 - 08:06

Not a winner but Gina G is still usuallt a staple at family parties/weddings etc.
Euphoria aswell, a lot of people don't realise it's a eurovision song.

MissMidgard · 05/06/14 - 17:13

'Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)'?

vauxhall1964 · 06/06/14 - 20:45

Pop music by definition is of its time and soon dates. Looking at old Top of the Pops on BBC 4 proves that, so Eurovision is no different. Songs that still have a life outside of the contest are:
Volare
Waterloo
Congratulations

All three many decades old. It's too early to say which of the more recent songs will have the same longevity. But it's harder for modern ESC songs to become standards simply because they never get to enjoy the massive airplay and prolonged chart lives and sales that Eurovision hits could expect in the 60s and 70s,...certainly as far as this country goes..

zsb37105qtyz · 06/06/14 - 21:36

Israel 2000?

lealeeds · 06/06/14 - 23:17

No better or worse than any songs

[Deleted User] · 07/06/14 - 00:14

zsb37105qtyz wrote: »

Israel 2000?

That just reminded me of this little edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTr_IJclrU

georgetheaspie · 09/06/14 - 13:08

Spain 1973 (Eres tú) is still very, very popular in Spain and Latin America. In Spain, especially, it is one of those songs that everybody knows and loves.

vauxhall1964 · 09/06/14 - 21:49

georgetheaspie wrote: »

Spain 1973 (Eres tú) is still very, very popular in Spain and Latin America. In Spain, especially, it is one of those songs that everybody knows and loves.

I was going to add that one to my earlier list (it was a big hit in America in its English version Touch the Wind) but left it off as it wasn't well known in the rest of Europe.