Eurovision

rubber soul · 06-06-2022, 11:24 AM

I don't a lot about Eurovision either (sounds pretty Unamerican to me

) but didn't ABBA emerge from winning that competition?

Trollheart · 06-06-2022, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'd just like to say that no American has ever watched Eurovision nor have they even heard of it. The only mention of it I've ever come across has been on this forum.

Yeah, there's a reason it's called Eurovision!

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

I don't a lot about Eurovision either (sounds pretty Unamerican to me

) but didn't ABBA emerge from winning that competition?

ABBA did indeed win in I think '75 or '77 with "Waterloo". Others also went on to have decent careers including (splutter) Bucks Fizz and I think maybe Daughtry, though don't quote me on that. Also our own Johnny Logan (who?) and of course the eternal Peter Pan of Pop, Sir Cliff Richard.

Trollheart · 06-07-2022, 10:20 AM

Going all the way back to the year of my birth (what a wonderful year, eh?), and a song from Denmark, sung by Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann, called “Danesvise” (I would hazard it's something like dancer or dancing, but my Danish isn't up to scratch I'm afraid!), which was actually the winner of the 1963 competition.

Sounds like something you'd hear Lili Marlene sing in a seedy World War II German nightclub, is what I think! Oh well, it obviously got the most votes so they must have thought it was good. At least the guy on the guitar - Jorgen I presume - seems to be enjoying himself!

1963 --- Denmark --- “Danesvise” by Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann (Winner!)

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Going all the way back to the year of my birth (what a wonderful year, eh?), and a song from Denmark, sung by Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann, called “Danesvise” (I would hazard it's something like dancer or dancing, but my Danish isn't up to scratch I'm afraid!), which was actually the winner of the 1963 competition. Sounds like something you'd hear Lili Marlene sing in a seedy World War II German nightclub, is what I think! Oh well, it obviously got the most votes so they must have thought it was good. At least the guy on the guitar - Jorgen I presume - seems to be enjoying himself! 1963 --- Denmark --- “Danesvise” by Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann (Winner!) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018