21. Peron

21.Peron (21st Platform) was a Turkish progressive rock band in the 1970s. The band participated in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with the song called "Seviyorum". The band won in the elimination round; however, due to political concerns, the Turkish Republic decided not to attend the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Israel.[1]

Formation

The foundations of the group were laid at the Turkish High School Music and Folk Dance Competition, organized by the Milliyet newspaper in 1970. İzmir Koleji participated in the competition with the song "The Only Voice of Only". Andreas Wildermann was on the keyboard of the group. Haluk Öztekin, the guitarist who would join the group later, was also present. In their performances, they also interpreted the songs of famous groups such as The Who in addition to their own compositions. In 1973 Öztekin and Wildermann entered the Aegean University. 21. Peron was founded in Bornova, Izmir, on 11 July 1973, with the meeting of 6 people at the 11th bus stop at 11 o'clock. The first formation of the group included Wildermann on keyboard, Öztekin and Seyhan Eriş on guitars, Aron Serez on bass, Halil Yildirim on drums, and Alp Gültekin on violin. The band used to play both foreign rock parts and Anatolian rock-style music, which was popular in the period. In 1974, They prepared a single for Ümit Tuncağ, who had radio program on TRT (Turkish Radio Television). In this period they began to make their own compositions. They started giving concerts in 1975. In May 1975, they made their first recordings at the homes of their friends. The songs on these records include "Anne", "18400 TL", "F.M.O. (may be movie music)", and "Childhood Memorials".

Eurovision Song Contest

The band participated 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with the song called "Seviyorum" (I love), which was written by Epik. However, a month later, Turkey decided not to participate in the contest, which was to be held in Israel, because of pressure from Arab countries. Epik and 21. Peron recorded long titles like "I Love" the same year. This record was in soft rock and pop style as opposed to Peron's earlier work. The half of the album was composed by Epic, and the other half was composed by the 21st Peron. Two of them were Necati Cumali poems (Rainy Sea, Next to the Day) and two of them came from Orhan Veli Kanık poems (I can not say, Suddenly) with their own compositions. They decided to leave Epik and continue their solo career as the group's producers were not satisfied with the way they changed because of the pressure. In 1980, however, the group members decided to go their own way and they broke up.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Retired Eurovision countries and-songs: an overview". Songfestival.be.
  2. Şeftalicioğlu, Cem. "Geç Gelen Tanışma". birzamanlar yazarları. birzamanlar.net. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. Aya, Gökhan. "21.Peron". progressive.homestead. 2003 Arkaplan ltd. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. "21.Peron | 45 Devir". Internet Archive. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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