Rules:
- Over 30 years old
- Should be a HUGE hit everyone in your country remembers to this day
- Preferably something that is relatively unknown outside of your country
- Preferably sang in your native tongue
I dunno if this is legendary, but most people in Denmark know this song from school: Livstræet (The (Norse) Tree of Life) from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSrdJF9hRg
DAD - Sleeping my day away.
They have made some very memorable song and have become even better since then!
Also note the left handed base player with the
fourtwo string base. He has had some very unique basses made through his career
I thought these were AI images for a moment
Another odd thing: those all look like they only have two strings.
My bad. Of course! I mentioned 4 strings but all basses have 4…
He only plays with 2 strings! Good spot!
Hell yeah, that’s weird lol I like it. These dudes kinda rule btw, I’m gonna be adding them to the 80s metal rotation with Savatage and Judas Preist and all that sort of stuff.
You may also like a band called
dizzy mizz lizzy
Cool I’ll check em out thanks! I like the name already lol.
Australia: Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce Shaddap you face
I was thinking of “Am I ever gonna see your face again”.
Brilliant, I had absolutely no idea that was Australian but it makes sense!
Btw it was a massive hit in the UK too
It kept Ultravox’s Vienna from number one in the charts. Apparently Midge Ure has never got over it.
That’s because he’s so short his wee legs won’t reach
Great idea!
A dutch song about Belgium from the 80s:
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That is a classic. Personally, for the Netherlands, I was thinking some Doe Maar.
Or possibly Little Green Bag, but I’m guessing that doesn’t fit the “relatively unknown outside the Netherlands” criterion, nor is it in Dutch.
'Kender du det ?" (1975) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
The country is Denmark :)
Another one in similar vein https://youtu.be/cX2nbYYW1uk?si=ADtUvbB3iSwCH0BW
This song was HUGE in the US. My one of my absolute favorite songs to play
No way, I love that song!
Sing it again, High-fructose Boy 😁
Use https://radiooooo.com and cheat
Portugal: Grândola, Vila Morena - Zeca Afonso. Probably not a hit when it came out, as it was banned by the dictatorial regime at the time but it became the anthem of our 1974 revolution, pretty much because it was the song that the revolutionary group chose to be played on the radio station (they took control of) to mobilize their forces.
Zeca Afonso has a bunch of other well-known (and really good) songs, all sung in Portuguese but this is the one most people know by heart. It helps that it gets played every year on the anniversary of the revolution and whenever there’s a protest.
Grândola is a good choice, though because of the political association it will never be a hit with the non-leftist crowd. Dunas or A minha casinha are probably more popular/neutral choices and, unlike Zeca’s song, no-one outside of Portugal has ever heard about them (Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
OTOH I’m fairly sure that in 50 years few will remember Xutos and GNR, while Grândola will still be sung over the centennial celebrations (assuming we don’t fall back into a far-right dictatorship by then…)
Yeah, that’s a fair point. After my post I thought A minha casinha or Não sou o único would also be good choices.
(Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
That’s true, from what I can tell, it’s pretty popular in Galiza.
On behalf of Canada, Home for a Rest
Nena - 99 Luftballons comes to my mind. Guess the country
Interesting. How do you guys feel about Bruttosozialprodukt?
We steigern it.
Butr only when the Werksirene dröhnt
And The Stichel lustvoll stöhnt
And the gabelstapelfahrer mit der stapelgabler prahlt
Schwurbelstan?
Bavaria?
Argentina: Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
It was actually a bigger hit in the US.
It’s still an absolute gem. I love it.
Huh. TIL.
I would say for Canada: The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking. They have a bunch of well known songs in Canada, but some of them are not quite 30 years old yet.
You know, literally minutes after I posted I thought to myself “maybe I should change it to the hip” but decided against it because hey, it’s Rush. But I agree, your choice is a good one.
Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi
Become an instant fan no matter your language
Skipper Klements morgensang: https://youtu.be/C0QQzXgKwOI?si=Ifno3B832V7P33D- A song from 1970 (I actually thought it was way older) about a civil war in 1534
Alternatively Midsommervisen, written in 1885, with the popular melody rewritten in 1980: https://youtu.be/q4i-5Df0oVc
Is sung on Sankt Hans Aften every year while roasting a (sculpture of a) witch on a huge bonfire.
Midsommervisen is so nice :)
What about https://youtu.be/sBvy_lHuir0 ?
