On 6th of April 1974 Paulo de Carvalho performed for Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest and finished last. But “Depois do Adeus”, which means since our goodbye, became a winning song and played a major role in the Portuguese revolution, nineteen days later.

Portugal and music come as a package, especially near a Portugese campsite . The country is famous for its 'fado' – the song about life by fishermen's wives from Lisbon . There is also another fado from Coimbra, which is south-east of Porto, sang by students wearing black capes. The Lisbon fado started at the beginning of the 19 th century in pubs in the slums of the city. When in the 20th century both Portugal and Spain suffered from a military dictatorship, the music was associated with the followers of the regime. In fact, the Portuguese generals provided the fado, futbol and fatima (the pilgrimage city in the centre of the country). So it wasn't a fado that brought Portugal back to democracy, but an unsuccessful song contest song. 'Depois do Adeus' was the secret sign for the start of the revolution. We now know that the famous fado singer Amália Rodriguez was a secret revolution sponsor. These days you can listen to fado music again at campsites in Portugal without feeling uncomfortable.