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Celebrating Måneskin, Past Winner of Eurovision

It's been a wild ride, these seven episodes. 

If you like what you've listened to so far, please share the link to all the episodes: https://stmpodcast.com/category/finding-esc/

The last episode of Finding Eurovision is a talk about last year's winner of Eurovision - Måneskin. These Italian superstars have seen their careers take off in a big way and a large part of that was their Eurovision win in 2021. 

Noise and I talk about the band, their fandom, and what it's like to see them live. 

Enjoy the episode and thank you for listening.

Track listing:

1. Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni (Italy: 2021)
2. Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad (Latvia: 2022)
3. Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave (Live at Coachella 2022)
4. Måneskin - Mamma Mia (link)
5. Måneskin - Nom de la Padre (link)

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

Eurovision is first and foremost a songwriting contest and language plays a huge part in that. Should the song be in English? The countries native language or maybe a mix of the two? Rat joins me on this episode to talk about Norway's 2019 entry Spirit in the Sky by Keiino, jojking, and linguistics. 

Does adding an ethnic slant to the song through a native language, give it a leg up in the popular vote?

Note: Norway grabbed 291 votes from the public, 30 points more than the winner Duncan Lawrence. 

Track listing:

1. Keiino - A Spirit in the Sky (Norway: 2019)
2. Jamala - 1944 (Ukraine: 2016)
3. In Corpore Sano - Konstrakta (Serbia: 2019)
4. Soldi - Mahmood (Italy: 2019)

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

Come in and chat, Acidica has some stories about growing up with Eurovision on TV (even on the news!) and how they fell both in and out of love with the song contest while growing up in Sweden. After all, as they say in the episode, Eurovision is religion in Sweden.

While this episode isn't all positives, there's plenty of good music.

I say good because, well, let's face it, the songs over the years haven't been all bangers. This episode has a lot of music and most of it Acidica was kind enough to recommend and give a little backstory on it. 

Track listing:

1. Waterloo - ABBA (Sweden: 1974)

2. Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me To Your Heaven (Sweden: 1999)

3. Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira - Run Away (Moldova: 2010)

4. Sébastian Tellier - Divine (France: 2008)

5. Ruslana - Wild Dances (Ukraine: 2004)

6. LT - We Are the Winners of Eurovision (Lithuania: 2006)

7. Sestre - Samo Ljubezen (Slovenia: 2002)

8. Hatari - Hatrið mun Sigra (Iceland: 2019)

9. Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer (Sweden: 2022)

10. Grotesco - Tingeliin (Tingeling russian base-lovers remix) (Melodifestivalen: 2009)

Extra show notes from Acidica! 

Carola - Fångad av en Stormvind (Sweden:1991)
We won with this in Italy 1991. Fun fact, until Måneskin, Italy hadn't won since 1990 when they hosted this competition where Sweden won!

Ping Pong - Sameyakh (Israel: 2000) 
Be happy...

AWZ - Vizlát nyár (Hungary: 2018) 
For the Blind Channel fans... This guy could give Matthias a run for his money

Alf Poier - Weil der Mencsh Zählt (Austria: 2003)

Can Bonomo - Love me Back (Turkey: 2012) 

Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland 2006)

Pirates of the Sea - Wolves of the Sea (Latvia: 2008)
As the song goes on, fewer and fewer mics are on

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

The Technical Side of Eurovision

Cue lights, sound, cameras! It's time to get to the technical side of things!

Day four takes a peek behind the scenes and behind the enormous curtain that is behind the scenes of Eurovision. Michael joins me to dazzle with technical facts (how many lights?!) and to uncover the wonder of frequencies. 

If you enjoy Eurovision, you'll enjoy learning how it becomes more than just people singing onstage. 

This is one of the documentaries that Michael mentions in the podcast.

https://youtu.be/XrqKsaq_WXQ

Track listing:

1. Blind Channel - Dark Side (Finland: 2021)

2. Daði and Gagnamagnið - 10 years (Iceland: 2021)

3. Fyr & Flamme - Øve os På Hinanden (Demark: 2021)

4. Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate (Germany: 2021)

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

The most important part of Eurovision is the music! I sit down to talk to Oscar about two artists he's getting into while waiting for Eurovision 2022: The Roop and Jeangu Macrooy! In this artist spotlight, we talk about their music, and their stage act, and delve deeper than surface level about why this music speaks to us.

Track listing:

1. The Roop - Love is All We Got (Youtube)

2. The Roop - Yes, We Do (Youtube)

3. Birth of a New Age - Jeangu Macrooy (Netherlands: 2021)

4. Gold - Jeangu Macrooy (Youtube)

5. On Fire - The Roop (Lithuania: 2020)

6. Hatrið Mun Sigra - Hatari (Iceland: 2019)

 

Moving on from American Song Contest, I sit down to chat on zoom with Isabelle in the United Kingdom about many topics including Conchita Wurst, 2014 winner for Austria. This episode focuses on representation at Eurovision, how it attracts queer fans, two different types of drag and the idea of seeing yourself on stage.

How important is it to see different walks of life in a song contest?

Track listing:

1. Rise Like a Phoenix - Conchita Wurst (Austria: 2014)

2. Dancing Lasha Tumbai - Verka Serduchka (Ukraine: 2007)

3. LoveWave - Iveta Mukuchyan (Armenia: 2016)

4. Apricot Stone - Eva Rivas (Armenia: 2010)

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

Like the cover songs episode, Start the Music! presents talking and music with the first part of a seven-part series on Eurovision. The first half of the episode my partner Chris (from Doctor Who podcast Radio Free Skaro) and I talk about our adventures finding Eurovision and become fan. The second half I talk to Teo from Denmark about the American Song Contest, what we all thought was going to be Eurovision Comes to the States... but is it?

Track listing:

1. We Could Be the Same - Manga (Turkey: 2010) 2. Ovo je Balkan - Milan Stanković (Serbia: 2010)

3. So Lucky - Zdob și Zdub (Moldova: 2011)

4. Fulenn - Alvan & Ahez (France: 2022)

5. Higher Ground - Rasmussen (Denmark: 2018)

Finding Eurovision is a 7-part podcast series about the Eurovision Song Contest and the music from a group of friends who watch it. #findingesc

On this episode a discussion with fellow Albertan punk rock aficionado Shannon about the Alberta punk scene and so much more. Also, what do bees waggle dances have to do with a person's taste in music? Tune in! 

Track listing: 

1. Better off Dead - Quitter

2. You're Pretty Good & I Remember You by Chixdiggit

3. Dan-Diddle-A-Na - the smalls

The music has been piling up! This episode brings new (to the podcast) tracks from around the world, some shoutouts and... what more do you need? MUSIC!  

1. Paper Rifles - Politics (Scotland)
2. Atlas for Home - Charming Call (France)
3. We’ll Go Machete - Sack of Flies (Austin)
4. Prey Drive - Foxes (UK)
5. Planet Mercury - Disaster (Mass)
6. Sabin Sharpe - When I Met You (South Carolina)
7. Elm Tree Circle - Yes It Is (Germany)

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This episode, we change up the format and I discuss the evolution of the cover song from the 1940s to now and play some punk covers.

See the full show notes including links to sources at: 

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On this episode an interview with Tabbert Fiiller, director of the documentary The Public Image is Rotten. We talk about his time interviewing John Lydon (Sex Pistols, PiL), how the documentary came to be and the quip in the film about a Toyota vs a Rolls Royce.

Now playing in cinemas across North America: 

https://thepublicimageisrotten.com/

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Percentages - Sauna Youth

2. Hey - I Against I

3. Not Nice - Lonely Parade

4. Rise - PiL

On this episode songwriting instructor, author and man of many hats Jeff Leisawitz. We talk about his job teaching songwriting at Pacific Lutheran University and his book available on Amazon (and other fine places) Not F*ing Around— The No Bullsh*t Guide For Getting Your Creative Dreams Off the Ground.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Recoil - Choke
2. High School Sucks - Bronnie
3. What I Want - Bad Waitress 

After the interview: Trash Talk - Brother Octopus

On this episode, director and "video guy" Fran Strine talks about his documentary Hired Gun, Ray Parker Jr., and those musicians you adore and don't even know their name. Watch Hired Gun on Netflix. Leave the podcast a review on iTunes!

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Misery Punk has ruined my life - Goodbye Blue Monday

2. My Body, My Choice - Basic Bitches

3. Lovely Day - Bill Withers

We have a music break! What do Canada, Australia and San Francisco have in common? They all have bands featured in this episode. There are probably other similarities, but that's the important part.

TRACK LISTING

Silo - The Shorts - Australian

The Great Escape - Spoiler - Toronto

Four Months of Rain - Family Meeting - Toronto

Guilty Again - Neon Taste Records - Vancouver

Desperation - the Stanfields - Halifax

Warning signs - Daylight at night - Vancouver

Tidal Wave - Living with Lions - Vancouver

Doin’ Time - Jesse Morris - San Francisco

This episode I talk with Jeff Alulis (also known as Jeff Penalty) about his book NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, working with NOFX on Backstage Passport, his time with the Dead Kennedys and his current project a travel blog called True Adventure Stories. 

His blog: http://www.jeffalulis.com/

Track Listing: 

In Vitro - September Again

Burn me Out - Fozzy

Pimps and Hookers - NOFX

In this episode I talk to the founders of Mable Syndrome! It's a longer than usual interview, but it's packed full of punk rock talk, women supporting women and much more. Check out the Mable Syndrome podcast & blog at: https://www.mablesyndrome.com/

TRACK LISTING: 

Self Loathing - Days 'N Daze

Mid 20s Skateboarder - Pkew Pkew Pkew

Mable - Goldfinger

This episode I'm joined by Christopher Tyng, composer for TV shows such as Futurama, Suits, Rescue Me as well as movies and video games. We talk about instruments used in the music of Futurama and how the musical tone was established and we discuss the "death" of record labels and the seeming lack of gatekeeping. We'll open with the Futurama theme, throw in a Cowmen track and close with a couple songs from Suits.

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow, everyone! 

TRACKING LISTING:

Futurama Theme - Christopher Tyng

Drinkin' - The Cowmen

Off to Jail (Suits) - Christopher Tyng

Zane vs Zane (Suits) - Christopher Tyng

On this episode of Start the Music! we break from interviews for a (virtual) road trip across Canada to experience punk music from each of the provinces. We've got pop punk, bummer punk, hardcore and folk all jammed together. Airfare across Canada is expensive, enjoy this free podcast instead and then check out their bandcamp pages and pick up some more for the road. Click the link for the full collection.

www.bandcamp.com

On this episode, an interview with Jan from german punk band Primetime Failure. We talk about the band, music videos and getting the chance to play with those who inspired you to start. Plus talk about Punk Rock Bowling, a new book about Big Shiny Tunes and more! 

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Distant - Rain Check

2. Sunny Side Up - The Bussieres

3. Celebrate the Winter - Primetime Failure

See all the show notes at stmpodcast.com

On this episode, an interview with broadcast assistant Sarah Stacey from the radio station Today FM in Ireland. We talk about the current state of radio (evolving), The Who's Quadrophenia and being a Beatles fan.  

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Get Well Soon - The Real Sickies

2. Looking for Amelia - Rebecca Lappa

3. Anywhere in the Universe - The Sevateem

Check out stmpodcast.com for full show notes!