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Post by Stein on Aug 27, 2017 18:08:57 GMT 2
On August 30 the Swedish TV channel SVT1 will air an episode of the documentary series Hitlåtens historia (The story of the hit song) that will be dedicated to "The Final Countdown"! Source: www.tv-tabla.se/program/tv.asp?id=svt1.svt.se__201708302100Hitlåtens historia - The final countdownSwedish music documentary series from 2017. 30 years ago Europe's big hit "The Final Countdown" made 27 million people go to the record store. We'll discover how the song came to be, why the band refered it to as "The Final Breakdown" during the recording sessions, and how it gave a hope for freedom to the youth behind the Iron Curtain during the 1980s. Season 7, episode 2 of 6. Broadcast 9.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. August 30 on SVT1. Special thanks to lottalove62 for this info!
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Post by raginronic on Aug 28, 2017 16:40:56 GMT 2
Do you know if it'll be available for those outside Sweden to see it, with English subtitles? Though I'm in Canada, I kinda wanna check it out too. o.o
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Post by Stein on Aug 28, 2017 16:55:25 GMT 2
Check out this link on August 30. The episode with TFC will be added to this page then, probably right after it's been broadcast on TV. www.svtplay.se/hitlatens-historia?tab=sasong7From what I can tell, it will be available to watch worldwide, but English subtitles will not be provided.
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Post by Stein on Aug 30, 2017 22:09:10 GMT 2
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Post by Spirit Of The Underdog on Aug 30, 2017 23:18:52 GMT 2
Great thanx
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Post by europecod on Aug 31, 2017 3:48:44 GMT 2
would be to much if someone translate to english what they are saying?? .
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Post by Eva Tomorrow on Aug 31, 2017 8:39:47 GMT 2
If someone can tell us a little report? The most important or interesting moments?
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Post by Tone Irene on Aug 31, 2017 11:26:57 GMT 2
if you can watch it, I recommend watching from 21:30 onwards. There should be some english... it's about a Rumanian fan, Roxana, and how she found Europe's music in a East-Block country where listening to music wasn't allowed! She shows where she used to have fan meets when the ban lifted.
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Post by Tone Irene on Aug 31, 2017 11:28:30 GMT 2
Also, from 18:19, an american guy is talking about how the song was interpreted, what people thought it was about, and what it symbolized to different people.
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Post by Tone Irene on Aug 31, 2017 11:31:40 GMT 2
....and that segment continues on the mark 20:00, after Joey has said something in swedish about basically just finding lyrics that fitted the song...
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