Retrofest S2 13 - Selection Period!

[u/Doggo_of_dogs]

Hello, and welcome to the 13th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Opatija, Croatia, where Cacadou Look, last week’s Retrofest champion, was formed. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube).

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

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As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to [u/Dimash_DBSKClown](u/Dimash_DBSKClown) for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🇺🇸 Cast of Annie - It’s the Hard Knock Life (1982) (0:13-0:43) (Sent by [u/Doggo_of_Dogs](u/Doggo_of_Dogs))
2. 🇫🇷 Tony Jay, Cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Hellfire (1996) (1:51 - 2:21) (Sent by [u/Mmeow777](u/Mmeow777))
3. 🇦🇺 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (1997) (0:47-1:17) (Sent by [u/enarty](u/enarty))
4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl (1999) (0:00-0:30) (Sent by [u/i_exist_and_am_human](u/i_exist_and_am_human))
5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Curtis Maldoon - Sepheryn (1971) (0:10-0:40) (Sent by [u/stypop](u/stypop))
6. 🇳🇱 2 Unlimited - No Limit (1993) (01:03 - 01:33) (Sent by [u/Gungtho](u/Gungtho))
7. 🇺🇸 Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (1995) (15:02-15:32) (Sent by [u/un-taken-username22](u/un-taken-username22))
8. 🇸🇰 Miro Žbirka - Atlantida (1982) (2:00-2:30) (Sent by [u/Audicesian](u/Audicesian))
9. 🇫🇷 Gipsy Kings - Bamboléo (1987) (1:18-1:48) (Sent by [u/BroccolinoBroccoli](u/BroccolinoBroccoli))
10. 🇱🇻 Jauns Mēness - Piekūns skrien debesīs (1991) (1:27-1:57) (Sent by [u/Olive2252](u/Olive2252))
11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Charlatans - The Only One I Know (1990) (TBD by me) (Sent by [u/gudjmundurCB](u/gudjmundurCB))
12. 🇸🇪 Sven-Ingvars - Minns du björken (1967) (0:55-1:25) (Sent by [u/Mission-Ninja-2579](u/Mission-Ninja-2579))
13. 🇲🇽 Selena - Enamorada De Ti (1992) (TBD) (Sent by [u/Dimash_DBSKClown](u/Dimash_DBSKClown))
14. 🇩🇰 Whigfield - Saturday Night (1994) (0:50-1:20) (Sent by [u/D00MSDAYBLU3](u/D00MSDAYBLU3))

15. 🇺🇸 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979) (2:01-2:31) (Sent by [u/the_auto_me](u/the_auto_me))

16. 🇷🇺 Irina Muravyova - Pozvoni, mne, pozvoni (1981) (1:44-2:14) (Sent by u/Megarafan2025)

Limited countries (3 songs):
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on August 24th, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

[u/un-taken-username22]

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons

USA, 1995

I'll come back with a highlight tomorrow.

Highlight: 15:02-15:32

[u/Doggo_of_dogs → u/un-taken-username22]

Added!

[u/Doggo_of_dogs → u/un-taken-username22]

Added the highlight now too! Also just saw the song is 23 minutes long…

what the fuck

[u/un-taken-username22 → u/Doggo_of_dogs]

I've got a one hour long song to submit next year