Eurovision 1979 - Greece

Elpida performing “Socrates“, the Greek entry at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. Despite being such a bombastic song and performance that it occasionally borders on kitch (but. hey, kitch can be a good thing, too!), this liberal recounting of our ancient philosopher’s life is another absolute classic from the late 70s, our first “golden age“ at the contest, and one that was even pitched for victory by some (Elpida herself has admitted to being in tears when it failed to do so). Also note, in the backin