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Episode 5 – The Fast and the Polish

In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the highs and lows of Polish history, while enjoying all that Poland has to offer Eurovision!

Songs include:

Time To Party – The Jet Set (2007)

My Slowianie (We Are Slavic) – Donatan and Cleo (2014)

2 Long – Andrzej Piaseczny (2001)

Czarna Dziewczyna – Ivan and Delfin (2005)

Colour Of Your Life – Michel Szpak (2016)

… with facts about geography, climate, politics and of course, MUSIC! Polish is hard, but we tried!

And then The Yoda Beanie of Doom gave us our next country!

We’re off to Austria!!

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played. 

We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.” 

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

Snippets of audio used for entertainment purposes only: 

Fawlty Towers – The Germans (audio taken from YouTube)

Ghostbusters 2 – Vigo The Carpathian (audio taken from YouTube)

Licences available upon request.

Episode 4 – The Finnish Menace

In this episode, Mark and Danie transport themselves to Finland through the magic and music of Eurovision!

Songs Include:

Sing It Away – Sandhja (2016)

Marry Me – Krista Seigfrids (2013)

Da Da Dam – Paradise Oskar (2011)

Something Better – Softengine (2014)

Hard Rock Hallelujah – Lordi (2006)

… with facts about geography, politics, religion, climate and a serious history lesson, plus Finland in Eurovision since 2000! Finnish is hard. Seriously. So many k’s and i’s.

Then the Yoda Beanie of Doom gave us our next country!

We’re off to Poland!

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played. 

We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.” 

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

Find Eurovision’s shortest ever song here, Aina Mun Pitää by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (2015)

Snippets of audio used for comparison / entertainment purposes only: 

Monty Pythons’ Finland Song (audio taken from YouTube)

The Shadow’s Apache (audio taken from YouTube)

Licences available upon request.

Episode 1 – The Podcast Awakens

The Aussie Eurovision Podcast Awakens! Mark and Danie present their favourite songs:

Tomorrow – Gianluca Bezzina (Malta – 2013)

Pollaponk – No Prejudice (Iceland – 2014)

Push The Button – Teapacks (Israel – 2007)

Woki Mit Deim Popo – Trackshittaz (Austria – 2012)

I Didn’t Know – Serhat (San Marino – 2016)

… with facts from the countries and chats about why we love Eurovision, also Danie messes up pronunciation like a boss, oops! Also, we introduce The Yoda Beanie Of Doom, which determines which country we cover next episode.

We’re off to Sweden!

Legal and Licencing Notice: “We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played. We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.”

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

Licences available on request.