Song of the Day – Germany sent the young aspiring singer and actress Inge Brück to the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 in Vienna. She had won the International Song Festival in Brazil in 1966 and based on this merit was selected internally by the German broadcaster. Her song “Anoushka” was also chosen by the broadcaster. The song was written by Hans Blum, who also conducted the orchestra. The entry is a ballad in which Brück tells a friend that a man (probably a former lover) will return soon and is “always thinking about you”. With 7 points, the song came 7th.
Here is the Eurovision performance of Anoushka:
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I quite like “Anoushka” and the typical 60′s sound in it; it’s in my top10 for that year.
01.FINLAND: Fredi- Varjoon-suojaan
02.SWEDEN: Φsten Warnebring- Som En Drφm
03.YUGOSLAVIA: Lado Leskovar- Vse Roze Sveta
04.UNITED KINGDOM: Sandie Shaw- Puppet On A String
05.PORTUGAL: Eduardo Nascimento- O Vento Mudou
06.Italy 07.France 08.Germany 09.Luxemburg 10.Ireland
just missing out: Austria
can’t stand: Belgium
Btw, 1967, is the year with my most favourite entries from both Finland and Sweden ever
Gentle and pretty song from the great year of 1967. Strangely, I actually think it seems as if the contest lost much of its musical qualities when they switched over to colour TV…
Since I have nothing better to to tonight, I think I’ll re-watch ESC 1967 and make a list of all entries, just as I have done with ESC 1956 and 1962 on this blog earlier.
I am looking forward to reading your comments.
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‘Anoushka’ is a song from the golden period of ESC (1963-1969) but unfortunately it is one of the weaker ones imo. With 4/12 it is only in 16th and 2nd to last position on my 1967 list. The 1967 contest is still among my 5 favourite contests ever and the songs have an average of 7.18/12 on my list.
1967 songs I love: Sweden, Yugoslavia, Spain, France, Portugal and Italy
1967 songs I like: UK, Switzerland, Monaco, Ireland, Norway and Finland
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Off topic: Our federal government organisations had an open day today and I saw Nana Mouskouri, who was a guest at our ministry of finance. She was making a case for Greece.
1967 is one of the very best esc years ever with many incredible entries
my top 5 is all together amazing: 1 Sweden (in my all time top 20), 2 Portugal, 3 Yugoslavia, 4 France and 5 Spain… ll incredible entries but then Monaco, Uk, Finland or Italy are all good too… Luxembourg is hugely overrated with fans (a true mystery to me)
Germany is my 14th above Austria, Netherlands and Belgium, the only actual song I hate that year…
Almost total agreement on 1967. LOL
Poor Belgium has 0/12 on my list in this amazing year.
I know when I saw your list your top 10 is basically mine… I already knew we agreed on Sweden (a huge huge huge masterpiece imo) being the best of 1967 but we agreed on almost every song it seems! Common sense? :p
My common sense must have escaped when I started to listen to “Ik heb zorgen” Does anyone have the number to the lost-and-found center?
But at least you loved France! it’s very difficult for Noëlle considering the absolute two masterpieces that followed from France, but it’s a truly magnificient song which you described very well, her modern yet simplist performance of a sad and angry song makes it moody and eternal. I have it 4th to Sweden, Portugal and Yugoslavia who are three songs just coming out of nowhere in their excellencies but and along with Spain, these songs do make esc history so wonderful!
Is it true what I’ve heard that Hubert Giraud and Pierre Delanoë wrote two songs for Noëlle that year to choose between; “Il doit faire beau la-bàs” and “Il est mort le soleil”? And that French TV finally chose the first one, because they felt that it was wrong to send a song with the word “mort” to a supposedly lighthearted song contest; so the song was picked up by Nicoletta instead who made it into a big hit.
yes it is, I even sent “Il est mort le soleil” to some “national final songs contest” as it can be considered as such
Here they are, feel free to comment everyone.
1. France: One of the best ESC songs ever. The sad music unites perfectly with the sad lyrics about the abscense of the singer’s beloved one. But it is also rather bitter lyrics, which makes this song stand out from the usual stuff in this genre. And Noëlle has this nice typical look of the 60′s that gives the song some extra flavour to me. A masterpiece.
2. Luxembourg: One of the most remembered and well-known Eurovision songs ever and it’s not hard to understand why. It has a very effective hook and melody that really spellbounds me and millions of other people on our globe. The lyrics are also great, once again simple but yet so striking. And Vicky is such a great performer to this. Way better than “Ápres toi”.
3. Ireland: Ireland had really become trapped in this type of slow dance ballads performed by a male singer with a deep voice. But this one stands out far from the other songs from the Green Island. This is a lovely piece performed by one of ESC’s best male vocalists ever imo, and I love the pretty melody which I usually hum along to.
4. Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia is one of the best countries when it comes to ESC imo. They used to send these dark and mature songs that I love, and this is no exception. A song that just raises higher and higher, intense and striking. The lyrics are fine poetry as usual. But why is his tie so short?
5. Netherlands: You can’t really think of a greater difference than the songs from NL and YU 1967, can you? But I love this one as well. The title sounds like a typical ESC cliché song, but I think this has a deeper meaning. It’s a happy-go-lucky song about carpe diem, and sweet Steinmetz delivers the message in a flawless way. It reminds me a bit of “Een beetje”, another favourite of mine.
6. Sweden: This year, my own country didn’t send a song which contained the word “waltz” in the title like they had done in 1965 and 1966. Bad timing, when the show was broadcasted in Vienna. But we tried something new for this year. A sweeping and dramatic song that starts almost like a Spanish folk song, but developes into this symponic and enchanting melody I really like. One of our best songs.
7. Monaco: Serge Gainsbourg is back with a bombastic and direct march song. Boum badaboum! Just as with “Ring dinge ding”, I think this song has a deeper meaning than what you might catch from the title. I’m not gonna mention it here and therefore I recommend that you read about it on Tobson’s ESC blod. Back to the song; Minouche has the perfect voice for this and it is her character that makes this song live.
8. Spain: I like this song by Raphael better than the one he did in 1966, which everyone seems to love so much. This entry relies totally on its intense and fiery performace that’s just so filled with Spanish flavours and passion, and Raphael surely knows how to do it right. Very enjoyable.
9. Germany: A very pretty and likeable ballad, that has a straightforward melody and a fine composition. The lyrics are nothing to write home about, but they work together with the song.
10. United Kingdom: A happy and modern song that would be some sort of trademark for the UK during the following years, this “cuckoo clock song”. It’s clever and very appealing. I have to say though that the studio version is much better than the live version, and it’s the arrangement I’m thinking about. Sandie Shaw gives a confident a good performance and eventhough I don’t get how this could win with such a huge margin, I like this one very much.
11. Norway: Yes, another song about a puppet. The song is an innocent one with lyrics I don’t really get. Are they supposed to be metaphorical or what? But what makes this one interesting is the very high and difficult notes that Kirsti manage to do in a flawless way. This is her best song and it is only because of the strong field she doesn’t get a higher place on my rank.
12. Belgium: OK, I know many fans hate this song. Paul Quintens and Philippe van Cauwenbergh has once again written a song that relies on its catchiness and it’s very simple; yes, I know that. But I can’t resist it, the tune is so catchy that I must sing with it every time I think of it. Oh, oh, ik heb zorgen. Oh, oh, ik heb zorgen… see! I like the false ending too… ik heb zorg… stop it!
13. Portugal: A rather different song than Portugal usually send, I think. It is delivered in a great way by Eduardo and I really like the lyrics, they are great. So why is it so low? Once again, because of the great competition, but also because I think the song is a bit hard to catch. It’s a bit hard to explain, but I some sort get lost in it every time I hear it. But again, there is nothing bad about it.
14. Finland: In comparison with what Fredi would sing nine years later, this is a masterpiece. It is still an interesting song, mostly because of Fredi’s distinctive voice. The lyrics are typically Finnish melancholy that I love, but the melancholy are not that present in the melody imo. Pity, because this could have been a real gem.
15. Austria: I can’t help but thinking of carnivals when I hear this song… It’s right element would be Prater in Vienna, I guess. It’s an old-fashioned but yet a nice and a good song, though the lyrics are… meh…
16. Italy: This is similiar to the Spanish entry: power, passion and intensity. And Claudio Villa surely knows how to shout the house down. What lungs he must have! But while I was blown away by “Addio, addio”, this leaves a lukewarm feeling with me. I’m simply not enchanted by this, it feels empty despite all intensity.
17. Switzerland: You must give credit to Switzerland for trying something new and daring. This feels more like a song that the English pop/rock groups of the 60′s could have done. And here’s where the problem is, this song doesn’t work with this orchestral arrangement imo. It gets cold and empty and nothing interesting. But it’s not a bad song; no songs of ESC 1967 were bad. A great year!
Thanks a lot.
Well, we obviously disagree on some of the songs but you have made very clear why you like what you like … and I like that very much. Kudos!
” Yugoslavia is one of the best countries when it comes to ESC imo.”
Agreed and signed … if we exclude the 80s when Yugoslavia tried to become modern in a Western pop music way and ended up being just dull in most years.
Thank you for your comment, togravus. Are you still in Berlin?
I don’t think our disagreements are that big though since we both love the most songs from this year. And I agree with what you write about Yugoslavia’s “westernisation” in the 80′s, eventhough I really like “Ja zam sa ples” f. e. The music of the Balkans is so enchanting.
Finally, I’m rather surprised to see that so many ESC fans love “Som en dröm”, this undeservedly forgotten song that could have put MF into a very interesting direction.
“eventhough I really like “Ja zam sa ples”
That is the one exception to the rule on my list too.
Yes, I am still in Berlin and will stay here at least until the end of October. Oh my, I am still working …
Tomorrow, I will take the first day off since I arrived in Berlin. I haven’t been to Potsdam for 20 years and tomorrow is the day to do go there again. We expect sunshine and almost 30 degrees, which is a very rare thing in Berlin. Oh my, how I miss Stuttgart! They have almost 40 degrees there atm and I long to go for a walk in the steep vineyards lining the meandring Neckar …
“Som en dröm” is in my all-time top 10. The best Swedish ESC song by a mile imo.
30 degrees, you say. Here in chilly Trollhättan, we should be happy if we got more than 20 degrees. Where did the summer go?
I haven’t been to Berlin for a couple of years. I remember that I found the city a bit difficult to understand. After all, it is like four different cities that were united into one in 1990, so there’s not the typical city structure. After that, I spent too many hours in Deutsches Historisches Museum (a great museum) and then running around searching after Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble. Being a theatre lover, I desperately wanted to have a picture with me and the bust of Max Reinhardt.
Max Reinhardt was fantastic!
Well, Berlin isn’t a beautiful city (well, parts of Charlottenburg are perhaps ..) but what it lacks in beauty, it compensates by being one of the most vibrant and interesting cities I know. I really enjoy my time here, as little time as I have to enjoy the city life …
You live in Trollhättan??? OMG … that was my favourite town when I was a small boy. I simply adored the ‘Troll’ in Trollhättan.
I even represented your city once when we played Olympic Games by Cities on the street more than 30 years ago … 
Good night!
I feel honoured. Good night!
The differences between the songs are so close this year so actually many of them could be said to share their rankings imo. I realise when I re-listen to the recap that I was too harsh towards Portugal. I want to put it on 9th place and switch the place of UK and Norway. And the last word is probably not said yet.
I love it:)
Nice to see that (Bad) Song of the Day is back.
As I wrote in previous SOTD this is completely random ^^
Switzerland 1967 is great musically but suffered from being sung by a girl with a poor voice. Had this entry been sung by a singer with a voice such as Anne Marie David it would have done much, much better.