Caffe` Latte` with Alan Ross

Monday, May 8, 2017

THE FINAL RANKINGS FOR EUROVISION 2016... As eager Eurovision fans await the start of this year's contest, let's look back on where last year's competing nations finished up:

How did last year’s 42 countries finish up ?

Here is the final ranking of the 26 Grand Finalists and the 8 songs culled in each of the 2 Semi-Finals:

THE RESULTS OF

EUROVISION

2016

1. UKRAINE

2. AUSTRALIA

3. RUSSIA

4. BULGARIA

5. SWEDEN

6. FRANCE

7. ARMENIA

8. POLAND

9. LITHUANIA

10. BELGIUM

11. NETHERLANDS

12. MALTA

13. AUSTRIA

14. ISRAEL

15. LATVIA

16. ITALY

17. AZERBAIJAN

18. SERBIA

19. HUNGARY

20. GEORGIA

21. CYPRUS

22. SPAIN

23. CROATIA

24. UNITED KINGDOM

25. CZECH REPUBLIC

26. GERMANY

27. Bosnia-Herzegovina

28. FYR Macedonia

29. Belarus

30. San Marino

31. Norway

32. Montenegro

33. Slovenia

34. Iceland

35. Finland

36. Ireland

37. Albania

38. Greece

39. Denmark

40. Moldova

41. Switzerland

42. Estonia

Sunday, May 7, 2017

200 SONGS WITH THE BEST LYRICS. This post: #165- SUPERWOMAN. Continues: tomorrow.

CAFFE` LATTE` PRESENTS

200 SONGS

WITH THE

BEST LYRICS

A countdown of the 200 songs possessing the best lyrics of all-time. A playlist on spotify will be added at the end of the week.

#165

SUPERWOMAN

(WHERE WERE YOU

WHEN I NEEDED YOU)

“…When the winter came,

you went further south,

parting from love’s nest,

leaving me in doubt.

Where are you when I need you,

like right now?...”

Stevie Wonder's lengthy track "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" was included on his 1972 album 'Music Of My Mind'. His lyrics deal with changes in a relationship.

At the song's start, his partner Mary decides she wants to be a film star. The protagonist wishes she would stay, but supports her ambition. Mary pursues her dream, leaving him eagerly awaiting her return. Seasons come and go, but Mary does not come back to him.

As new songs are covered on this blog, a definitive version will be added to a spotify playlist. Find it and the other Caffé Latté playlists at:

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte

BEFORE THE HIT VERSION. This post: LXVII- POOR POOR PITIFUL ME. Continues: next week.

BEFORE IT WAS A HIT SONG…

These songs are well known but you may not know about the earlier attempts to score a hit record with prior versions of the same song.

Poor Poor Pitiful Me

Linda Ronstadt recorded "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" for her hit album 'Simple Dreams'. That LP was issued in 1977. The track was lifted as a single the following year.

Ronstadt's interpretation was a remake of a composition by singer/ songwriter Warren Zevon. He recorded the original version for his eponymous album which was released in 1976.

Each new song will be added to the spotify playlist named: ‘Before It Was A Hit Song’. You can check out the previous earlier / original versions of the hit songs you know and love.

The playlist and other Caffe` Latte` selections can be found at:

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte

THE TOP 200 ROCK ANTHEMS. This post: #100- 81. Continues: next week.

Caffe` Latte` presents…

THE 200 MOST ESSENTIAL

ROCK

ANTHEMS

Rock out as Caffé Latté presents the 200 Most Essential Rock Anthems: the crowd-pleasers, motivating tracks and songs that celebrate the sweat and grit of rock music. So, plug in your air guitar and let’s rock…

100

LET'S GO

THE CARS

Year: 1979

Album: Candy-O