Dublin 1981 - Post your top 20

[Edward]

Debut year for Cyprus. And one of the most memorable editions of the contest. Reading about it is learning what Eurovision is all about

1- Israel
2- Greece
3- Germany
4- Portugal (only 9 points? This song was beyond robbed. At least the Germans seemed to get the appeal of it. One of the best Portuguese entries of all time, still sung by everybody nowadays. Contains some of the wittiest and funniest lyrics in the contest ever)
5- Switzerland
6- UK
7- Austria
8- France
9- Belgium
10- Netherlands
11- Sweden
12- Luxembourg
13- Turkey
14- Yugoslavia
15- Spain
16- Ireland
17- Cyprus
18- Norway
19- Finland
20- Denmark

 

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[EscGeek]

 

[Terence]

01. The best ever Greek entry. Underrated? Melancholic yet so warm and soothing
02. possibly also the best Swiss entry. Love the panpipes and Italian language is a plus!
03. Catchy though I can see why some people dislike it
04. another underrated entry. Performance is 3 minutes of fun! RIP
05. Another underrated entry in the scoreboard. Good staging too!
06. Lovely disco tune!
07. solid debut!
08. i don't know if I would've liked it this much had I not seen the performance. Okay winner
09. Liking the organ at the beginning!
10. UNDERRATED. Killed by that awful staging. I mean, WTF

11. Good song. Took me a while to remember it though
12. Okay, decent.
13. average. Forgettable
14. not my cup of tea
15. Irritating chorus
16. Irritating vocals
17. good but forgettable
18. Dated cheese
19. just no
20. Reggae not okay!

 

[anto475]

RTÉ have released a behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 contest!

 

[musicfan]

Not ranking and not bothering with the weaker songs (never get the point of that, no time for it)

Danish (nice energy and performance, weak lyrics though as most hearing it wouldn't have known....)
Greek (good ballad and interesting lyrics)
Ireland (catchy, light dance number like UK one but less skittish sounding)
Israeli (good melody, performance alright if not among the best)

UK one would be in top 5 I guess, but not really a winner beyond their energy. Vocally not the best, like the Israeli. Lyrics ok.

Overall at present I would have been happy with Danish, Greek or Israeli song winning.

 

[Remembrance]

Dublin 1981 - my top 20

Peter, Sue and Marc - Io senza te
Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Hakol Over Habibi - Halayla
Jean Gabilou - Humanahum
Island - Monika
Björn Skifs - Fångad i en dröm
Emly Starr - Samson
Yiannis Dimitras - Feggari kalokerino
Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron - Krøller eller ej
11 Carlos Paião - Playback
12 Bacchelli - Y sólo tú
13 Finn Kalvik - Aldri i livet
14 Riki Sorsa - Reggae OK
15 Linda Williams - Het is een wonder
16 Marty Brem - Wenn du da bist
17 Jean-Claude Pascal - C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
18 Sheeba Horoscopes
19 Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Ayşegül - Dönme Dolap
20 Vajta - Lejla