Name that tune - solved

[perry7 at mac.com]

thank you very much, this is indeed a very lovely
song worth to be remembered, and so many beautiful
details that i know now! thanks man...

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On Apr 12, 2008, at 22:01 , Peter Korsten wrote:

> So there is this Italian song from the eighties, where I've spent over
> 20 years trying to find out what it's called.
>
> So yesterday, I actually found out it's called "I treni di Tozeur",
> which means "The trains of Tozeur". Tozeur turns out to be an oasis/ 
> town
> in Tunisia, and the song was Italy's entry to the Eurovision Song
> Contest in 1984.
>
> There's quite an extensive Wikipedia article about it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_treni_di_Tozeur
>
> The original video:
> http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=4PthV0GxTQg
> It doesn't look anything like Tunisia, though.
>
> Their performance at the 1984 ESC:
> http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2BED1hAOk
> I recognise the props, this was held in the Netherlands...
>
> And whereas the drum line is rather clich?, the way the lyrics are
> spaced, and how the female vocal continues what the male vocal was
> singing, is quite interesting. There's also a short line (in German)
> sung by three female opera singers.
>
> In fact, the Wikipedia article has a whole section on the  
> composition of
> the song, and it's fair to say that it is one of the most intricate
> songs ever to enter the ESC. So obviously, it didn't win. :(
>
> Anyway... after 24 years, the search is over. Some of my colleagues
> aren't even that old... :)
>
> - Peter
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