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Escucha este álbum: Steve Rowland & The Family Dogg, A Way Of Life; The Greatest Hits
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Escucha este álbum: Steve Rowland & The Family Dogg, A Way Of Life; The Greatest Hits
Luxembourg 1974
'Bye Bye I Love You', performed by Ireen Sheer. Composition by Ralph Siegel. Lyrics by Michael Kunze.
"To be memory holed" in the parlance of reality TV is to be placed right after a hugely memorable act in such a way that the performance cannot be recalled. Ireen Sheer has a strong claim to be one of the biggest memory holes in history.
Singing for Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, she had the challenge of going out on stage after ABBA performed 'Waterloo'. To gather a fourth place after that suggests a strong song.
'Bye Bye I Love You' straddles the two dominant Eurovision styles of the seventies. On one side you have the chanson styled presentation and soaring voice. On the other side you have the lighter side of the seventies with a strong bubblegum beat keeping it light. And do I detect a threat of breaking into "My… heart… goes… Boom Bang-a Bang…"?
Sheer would be back in 1978 and 1985, but this would be her best result. She brings her best game to the Brighton stage, but there's no bite to 'Bye Bye I Love You' and this little fluffy number is blown away by a Swedish hurricane.
Points: 14. Placing: 4th