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 12th March 2019, 01:42 PM
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 To mark the occasion of Israel being the host nation this year and to bridge the gap between now and the festivities beginning in Tel Aviv, it's time to have ourselves a competition to discover the best Israeli eurovision song of all time. Because Israel have got a plethora of gems in their back catalogue from disco to pop stompers to the signature Israeli power ballads. Plus, you'll come to see, a good helping of the downright weird! They're members of the very exclusive "winning while hosting" club, they have the record for most participations without ever coming last (we'll see if they still have that record next year!) they gave Eurovision its first trans winner in 1998 and, owing to their unique place in world history and political geography, controversy is usually never very far away from them. You'll find many songs here with layered meanings about the state of Israel/the Jewish people's survival, rallying feminist chicken noises, pleas for world peace and understanding, actual Hebrew prayer songs and one song telling us to "BE HAPPY!" 1973: Ilanit - Ey Sham 1974: Kaveret - Natati La Khayay 1975: Shlomo Artzi - At Va'Ani 1976: Chocolate, Menta, Mastik - Emor Shalom 1977: Ilanit - Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim 1978: Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta - A-Ba-Ni-Bi 1979: Gali Atari & Milk and Honey - Hallelujah 1981: Hakol Over Habibi - Halayla 1982: Avi Toledano - Hora 1983: Ofra Haza - Hi 1985: Izhar Cohen - Ole, Ole 1986: Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel - Yavo Yom 1987: Lazy Bums - Shir Habatlanim 1988: Yardena Arazi - Ben Adam 1989: Gili & Galit - Derekh Hamelekh 1990: Rita - Shara Barkhovot 1991: Duo Datz - Kan 1992: Dadna Dekel - Ze Rak Sport 1993: Sarah'le Sharon & The Shiru Group - Shiru 1995: Liora - Amen 1996: Galit Bell - Shalom Olam 1998: Dana International - Diva 1999: Eden - Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday) 2000: PingPong - Sameach 2001: Tal Sondak - En Davar 2002: Sarit Hadad - Light A Candle 2003: Lior Narkis - Milim La'Ahava 2004: David D'Or - Leha'amin 2005: Shiri Maimon - HaSheket SheNish'ar/The Silence That Remains 2006: Eddie Butler - Together We Are One 2007: Teapacks - Push The Button 2008: Bo'az Ma'uda - The Fire In Your Eyes 2009: Noa & Mira Awad - There Must Be Another Way 2010: Harel Skaat - Milim 2011: Dana International - Ding Dong 2012: Izabo - Time 2013: Moran Mazor - Rak bishvilo 2014: Mei Finegold - Same Heart 2015: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 2016: Hovi Star - Made Of Stars 2017: IMRI - I Feel Alive 2018: Netta - Toy Now since there's a lot of songs to get through, we're gonna be voting using the "18 points" system which, if you aren't familiar, works like this 18 - your favourite 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - your fifteenth favourite PM me your votes by close of play/23:59 GMT Friday 12th April - i.e. "Brexit Day". Results will come at some point that weekend/early the next week. |
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12th March 2019, 02:04 PM
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Ooh yes!
For ones among the non-obvious, you guys better not sleep on Amen. It's heavenly and I know that's the most groanworthy way to describe it but just listen to it! I also suspect among the ones I'm not so familiar with (mostly lesser known 70s/80s ones) there's potential for some really good ones because I love a good narrative/message song and Israel rarely lack for that. |
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12th March 2019, 02:32 PM
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'Amen' really is a masterstroke of "YOU WILL VOTE FOR THIS!" balladry.
The flipside of that is probably "Light A Candle" which is basically every criticism you could level at Russia's post ~p r o b l e m a t i c~ world event entries but without a Scandi songwriter on hand to make it at least a passable song. |
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12th March 2019, 06:09 PM
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anyone not voting for HaSheket SheNish'ar will be getting a STERN TALKING TO
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12th March 2019, 06:16 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Same Heart better not be done as dirty as it was in the actual contest....
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28th March 2019, 10:32 PM
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In light of receiving ZERO votes for this so far (deadline's extended u lazy bitches), how would people feel about a potential plug session of all of these?
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