Song of the day: 1980 by Ezginin Günlüğü

Let’s listen to the song “1980” by Ezginin Günlüğü (English: Melody’s Diary), a band formed in 1982 in Turkey.

Ezginin Günlüğü (English: Melody’s Diary) is a music band formed in 1982 in Turkey. The music band was formed just after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état so its first concert was held in 1983 at the Istanbul Hodri Meydan Culture Center. Its first album was released in 1985.

In its 40-year musical career, the musical band set the poems of many poets to music. 20 singers came together and released an album named, “40 Yıllık Şarkılar-Ezginin Günlüğü (English: Song of 40 Years-Ezginin Günlüğü)” in 2020 for specially the 40th anniversary of the music band.

The albums released by the band are as follows:

Seni Düşünmek (To Think of You- 1985), Sabah Türküsü (Morning Ballad-1986), Alagözlü Yar (Hazel-eyed Love-1987), Bahçedeki Sandal (The Boat in the Garden-1988), Ölüdeniz (Dead Sea-1990), İstavrit (Horse Mackerel-1993), Oyun (Game-1995), Ebruli (Variegated-1996), Hürriyete Doğru (Through to Freedom- 1997), Aşk Yüzünden (Because of Love- 1998), Rüya (Dream-2000), Her Şey Yolunda (Everything's Alright-2002), İlk Aşk (First Love-2003), Dargın mıyız (Are We Peeved-2005), Çeyrek (Quarter-2007), Eski Arkadaş (Old Friend-2010), İstanbul Gibi (Like Istanbul-2015) and Aşk Zamanı (Love Time-2018)