As I keep saying, this stuff isn't mine and may very well be pulled for breach of copyright. You can, of course, go looking on YouTube, or its variants, for other copies. I'm sure you know how.
From my very early days, before I started school was a favourite programme of mine and it came with a great ending song. The intro was not so great. This programme came after Four Feather Falls and Super Car. It starred Steve Zodiac, Dr Venus, Professor Mattic and Robert. It also had Zoonie the Lazoon but the less said about that the better. It was Fireball XL5 and this is the theme song that went with it.
You would think that the letter X would be difficult to find songs for but I have found a way around it by using Xenophile - you know, the opposite of Xenophobe.
I suppose, like most folk, I heard "foreign" music through foreign artists singing in English. The first I have to offer up is from that Dutch band Golden Earring. That song got a lot of us into guitar at school.
Allez hop! Yes, you know what's coming - straight outta Belgium. I give you a song made famous by Plastique Bertrand and sung here by him and then by the all female Swiss line-up "Tears" : Ça plane pour moi.
I hear you asking about Germany so I'll give you these two offerings. The first you'll recognise. You might know it as Dum Dum but it does have a real title. It was done by Draffi Deutscher back in the 60s. There is a more modern take by the Mallorca Allstars but it appears to have vanished from YouTube.
The second comes courtesy of the ESC 1982. Nicole does a lovely German song. As an aside, I own three different 7" versions of this song, Dutch, English and German. If you're looking for the white 12 string, it is elsewhere.
Next up is a Romanian song, sung in English that was at the ESC in 2017. Feature a little bit of yodelling and went by the title Yodel It! It didn't win. Maybe if they'd sung in a Romanian language? I'll give you the official video.
I hummed and hawed about Christmas and finally came down of the Spanish side. With a German Twist. I give you Helene Fischer and Felice Navidad.
And finally from Slovenia we have Atomik Harmonik and their timeless polka classic.
As usual, feel free to add your thoughts, whether you agree with me or not. It would be helpful to know what you think and if you want this to take any particular direction.
