Milestones (Austrian band)

Austrian rock band

Milestones, also referred as The Milestones (per the Eurovision official web site), were an Austrian rock band, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.

1968-1972

The band's original line up was Beatrix Neundlinger, Günter Grosslercher, Robert Unterweger and Rudi Tinsobin. Their first self-titled album was released in 1970. In 1972, Unterweger and Tinsobin left the band and were replaced by Norbert Niedermeyer and Christian Kolonovits.

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1972, Milestones were selected internally by broadcaster ORF as the Austrian representatives for the 17th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Falter im Wind" ("Butterfly In the Wind"), which was a very contemporary and atypical song for Eurovision at the time. At the contest, held in Edinburgh on 25 March, "Falter im Wind" proved unexpectedly popular with the jurors, finishing in fifth place of 18 entries.[1] It remains one of Austria's most successful Eurovision entries, as only four songs have placed higher.

1973-1975

The band's second album, Emigration, was released in 1973. They split up in 1975; Neundlinger and Grosslercher joined the group Schmetterlinge, with which they would make another Eurovision appearance in 1977, while Niedermeyer became a member of Springtime who became Austria's Eurovision entrants in 1978. Kolonovits moved into music production.

Discography

Singles

  • 1969: "Einmal"
  • 1970: "An diesem Freitag"
  • 1971: "Paul"
  • 1971: "20 Uhr 02"
  • 1972: "Falter im Wind"
  • 1973: "Apfelbaum"
  • 1974: "Schade"

Albums

  • 1970: Milestones
  • 1973: Emigration[2]

References

  1. ^ "ESC History 1972". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  2. ^ Austrian Charts database
  • Milestones Information pages (German)
  • Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1972
Preceded by
Marianne Mendt
1971
 Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
1972 		Succeeded by
Waterloo & Robinson
1976
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Participation
ArtistsSongs
  • "Alive"
  • "All to You"
  • "Amen"
  • "Boom Boom Boomerang"
  • "Du bist"
  • "Du bist Musik"
  • "Du hast mich so fasziniert"
  • "Einfach weg"
  • "Falter im Wind"
  • "Für den Frieden der Welt"
  • "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"
  • "Get a Life – Get Alive"
  • "Halo"
  • "Heute in Jerusalem"
  • "Hurricane"
  • "I Am Yours"
  • "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"
  • "Keine Mauern mehr"
  • "Kinder dieser Welt"
  • "Limits"
  • "Lisa Mona Lisa"
  • "Loin d'ici"
  • "Maria Magdalena"
  • "Merci, Chérie"
  • "Mrs. Caroline Robinson"
  • "Musik"
  • "My Little World"
  • "Nobody but You"
  • "Nur ein Lied"
  • "Nur in der Wiener Luft"
  • "Nur noch Gefühl"
  • "One Step"
  • "Reflection"
  • "Rise Like a Phoenix"
  • "Running on Air"
  • "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
  • "Say a Word"
  • "The Secret Is Love"
  • "Sehnsucht"
  • "Shine"
  • "Sonntag"
  • "Tausend Fenster"
  • "Venedig im Regen"
  • "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
  • "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"
  • "Warum nur, warum?"
  • "Weil der Mensch zählt"
  • "Weil's dr guat got"
  • "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
  • "Wenn du da bist"
  • "We Will Rave"
  • "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
  • "Wohin, kleines Pony"
  • "Woki mit deim Popo"
  • "Y así"
  • "Die Zeit ist einsam"
  • "Zusammen geh'n"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete
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Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "À la folie ou pas du tout"
  • "Als het om de liefde gaat"
  • "Amanece"
  • "Après toi"
  • "Beg, Steal or Borrow"
  • "C'est la chanson de mon amour"
  • "Ceol an Ghrá"
  • "Comé-comédie"
  • "Comme on s'aime"
  • "Falter im Wind"
  • "A festa da vida"
  • "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
  • "Härliga sommardag"
  • "L-imħabba"
  • "Muistathan"
  • "Muzika i ti"
  • "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"
  • "Småting"
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