Jukebox Friday: Euro Wave.

Today's subject -- early '80s European New Wave! Pay attention, because it'll be on the quiz...

From France, Les Rita Mitsouko with "Marcia Baila":


From West Germany, Joachim Witt exhibiting his mad Defender skills on "Herbergsvater":


Also from West Germany, it's George Kranz performing "Din Da Da":


Of course, this post wouldn't be complete without Trio's "Da Da Da" (so well known for all its TV ad appearances):

Everybody Loves Europe!

The 2008 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is coming up, which always brings out the weird and wondrous. It's given us treats like Dschinghis Khan, Verka Serduchka and Lordi. One of this year's hopefuls is Sweden's Christer Sjögren and his made-for-Vegas extravaganza, "I Love Europe," which rightly deserves a place alongside those greats:



[via PCL LinkDump.]

Jukebox Friday: Camp From Across the Pond.

For no particular reason other than that I'm hopped up on cold medicine and feeling loopy, I'm declaring this Wacky Euro Day for this week's Jukebox Friday. Just keep in mind that we have the Eurovision Song Contest to blame for much of what follows.

From Finland, it's Armi & Danny doing "I Wanna Love You Tender":


La Bionda also wants to love you up. Here's an Italian television performance of "I Wanna Be Your Lover":


Live from the '80s, it's the French synth-jazz of Jean Michel Jarre doing "Zoolookologie"!:


Fredi Miller and his unibrow share some Slovenian lovin':


And as a bonus, here's Japan's own Pink Lady doing "S.O.S.":