Telex at Eurovision 1980

Seminal, surreal Belgian contestant. Finished last despite their greatness.

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[DoubleMiz]

The irony here is if Kraftwerk did this song it would've been an instant classic.

[davidhurleyjnr]

STILL better than any of the shit that is produced in Eurovision nowadays

[Kapouille]

This was a piss-take on the cheesiness of the Eurovision contest. Their goal was last place.

It's clear that it sounds european and lacks the freshness and awesome inventiveness that anyone will objectively find in the American pop culture. This is a universal truth.

[John Rockley]

Have you seen this? youtube.com/watch?v=Vz58Hw9hld­w

[davina davis]

this is when eurovision was great !

[jannepori]

This was so misunderstood those days. It is genious! So ahead of it's time!

[ludo281160]

This was Fun!!! And what a Laughter back then to the Eurovison Contest even in 1980 ;-))))

[SpectreMk2]

Vive la Francophonie!

[munherpes]

How can anyone not like this?

[sirarthur knightsoftheround]

awesome song here wow cool dude

[Furienna]

They didn't finish last. Morocco (who had their only ESC entry so far that year) and Finland ended up lower down on the scoreboard.

[AromaticDogwood]

I feel like these guys are trying really hard to be stereotypical. it seems like they were definitely trying to embody that euro-modern-futurist archetype that has been overdone since the late 70's. when will european pop culture realize that there is nothing new under the sun?