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12 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Luxembourg.gif Céline Carzo - Quand je te rêve
10 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Spain.gif Azúcar Moreno - Bandido
08 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/France.gif Joelle Ursull - White and Black Blues
07 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Italy.gif Toto Cutugno - Insieme: 1992
06 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Yugoslavia.gif Tajci - Hajde Da Ludujemo
05 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Norway.gif Ketil Stokkan - Brandenburger Tor
04 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Iceland.gif Stjórnin - Eitt lag enn
03 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Switzerland.gif Egon Egemann - Musik Klingt In Die Welt Hinaus
02 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Denmark.gif LONNIE DEVANTIER - Hallo Hallo
01 - http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Israel.gif Rita - Shara Barkhovot

11. http://www.escforum.net/img/Smileys/Flags/Ireland.gif Liam Reilly - SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE
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Secret Garden
Nocturne

Ноктюрн

Пусть день просто растворится
В тёмной ночи, наблюдающей за тобой,
Бархатно-синей и бесшумно-молчаливой.
Она окутает твое сердце и душу
Ноктюрн...

Никогда не тоскуй и не плачь
И не надо спрашивать - почему
Продолжай жить и мечтать
Проведи эту ночь в грёзах со мной
Ноктюрн...

Не бойся прихода ночи
Грёзами наполнит она тебя
Нежно и так заботливо,
Как спящего ребёнка
Ты найдёшь меня там,
Ибо я ожидаю тебя
Ноктюрн...

Мы взлетим и потребуем себе небеса
И не надо спрашивать - почему
Не переставай жить и мечтать
Проведи эту ночь в грёзах со мной
Ноктюрн...

Покрыв всё, ночь отступит
Когда родит она день
Ноктюрн...

перевод Виктора Фроста

I just made up a list my all-time Top 25 songs of the Eurovision Song Contest, a staple of European popular culture since 1956. Although always surrounded by controversy and hated by many, no one can say it never showed up any good tunes.

As for the ranking itself, like any other ranking, it may be biased by several facts:

a) I'm not a Eurovision fan. This means I'm not particularly interested in most of the music that is usually successful in the contest, so I may tend to favor uncommon songs and those closer to the music genres I like. When doing the ranking, however, I tried to balance between my own taste, the position each song achieved at its respective contest and later success and popularity of the artist/song.

Example 1: Sébastien Tellier ranked 19th out of 25 at the 2008 final, while I'm ranking his song as 6th of all time. This is just an example of how I'm biased by an indie taste (or the people who voted that year by their pop/bubblegum/eurotrash taste ^^.

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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (21 Nov 2008)
Hayley Westenra - Dark Waltz
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/2146657.jpg1000th track: (02 Feb 2009)
Howard Shore - The Leave Taking
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/37752019.png2000th track: (27 Feb 2009)
Sarah McLachlan - Fear
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/117286.jpg3000th track: (08 Mar 2009)
Nickel Creek - Can't Complain
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/18291.jpg4000th track: (20 Mar 2009)
Laura Sullivan - Morning in the Meadow
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/14304909.jpg5000th track: (09 Apr 2009)
Cross Canadian Ragweed - Alabama
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/12464103.jpg6000th track: (22 Apr 2009)
3 Doors Down - Your Arms Feel Like home
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/19984097.jpg7000th track: (08 May 2009)
Loscil - Halcyon
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/103850.jpg8000th track: (29 May 2009)
Oasis - Hello
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/2932252.jpg9000th track: (17 Jun 2009)
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Found this question list by accident and thought, well let's try it.

1. How did you get into 29? (Trijntje Oosterhuis)
She was part of Total Touch, and later she started to sing solo songs, some of which I listen to.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Frank Boeijen)
I don't remember. I have known him since my childhood. Maybe Kronenburg Park or Zwart wit.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Krezip)
From Promise

Sometimes, somewhere
you try to hide your mind for good
You know it ain't fair
but you're just misunderstood
Now try, just try to say
What's on your mind

4. How did you get into 49? (Snap!)
I listened a lot to them in the 1990s and I still like them.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (2 Unlimited)
One or two.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Secret Garden)
The winning song of Eurovision Song Contest 1995, Nocturne. I once have heard other tracks of them, but I can't remember actually.

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// My (semi)anniversary tracks:

500: (2007-09-20 20:36:13): Michael Andrews - Mad World
1000: (2007-09-27 10:05:14): blablacio - on 4.33
1500: (2007-10-29 17:55:15): Moonspell - Opium
2000: (2007-12-02 08:47:50): Ostava - Sex In The Morning
2500: (2007-12-20 17:06:32): Hooverphonic - We All Float
3000: (2008-01-13 00:35:59): Europe - Open Your Heart
3500: (2008-01-31 21:21:12): Nest - Call of the Wild
4000: (2008-02-12 12:58:08): Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
4500: (2008-02-24 22:57:04): Gary Moore - Spanish Guitar
5000: (2008-03-14 17:20:49): Pure Reason Revolution - Bullitts Dominæ
5500: (2008-03-29 22:52:07): Macy Gray - I Try
6000: (2008-04-20 23:18:03): Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me
6500: (2008-05-05 22:28:07): Conjure One - Tears From the Moon
7000: (2008-05-28 16:04:57): Zeromancer - Die of a Broken Heart
7500: (2008-06-19 16:54:20): Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Song For Jesse
8000: (2008-07-15 20:07:42): Jem - Falling for You
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There are certain songs I just love listening to. They are all very melodic and catchy, or simply relaxing and beautiful. Whenever one of those songs comes up in my playlist, I can't help but hum or whistle along. :)

Here they are, at least most of them:

01. Estranged
02. Ashes
03. Queen Of The Sun
04. Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish
05. Beyond the Sunset
06. Loreley
07. Under a violet Moon
08. Way To Mandalay
09. Into the Boom
10. Wisdom
11. Flames Of Love
12. Alice in fashionland
13. Lilium ~saint version~
14. Herr Mannelig
15. Crockett's Theme
16. Lilium ~opening version~
17. Unforgivable Sinner
18. Hijo de la Luna (Sentimento)
19. The Mummer's Dance
20. Moonlight Shadow
21. To France
22. 銀河の誓い(EUROBEAT MIX)
23. The Sacrifice
24. Nova
25. Comme J'Ai Mal
26. Désenchantée
27. Je Te Rends Ton Amour
28. Mylène Farmer
29. AOI SHOUDOU (Extended DJ Light Warrior Remix)
30. Impact BLUE
31. Journey To Shambala
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