Eurovision rewatch: London 1968

[D1ZZY]

September's Eurovision Again is...

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Ooh, different YouTube countdown visuals.

 

[Madisön]

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Has this always been in colour? I would have sworn the clips that I have seen weren't.

 

[Madisön]

Has this always been in colour? I would have sworn the clips that I have seen weren't.

Pretty sure it has been.

 

[Iguana]

Bring back the orchestra

 

[Iguana]

Is everyone else heading dubbing?

 

[Pingu]

It was the first one in colour.

 

[D1ZZY]

Is everyone else heading dubbing?

The sound mix is a little odd

 

[Madisön]

I wonder why Sweden’s copy was better than the BBC’s.

EDIT: Norway.

 

[Pingu]

Also WHY is there foreign commentary all over this? I understand it’s very old and there might not be a clean feed in existence, but why choose this year for the rewatch? It’s not like it’s THAT renowned as a classic is it?

 

[D1ZZY]

Sometimes they stitch together various versions so we may not have this dub throughout

 

[EuroTischion]

The sound mix is a little odd

I wonder why Sweden’s copy was better than the BBC’s.

EDIT: Norwegian.

Also WHY is there foreign commentary all over this? I understand it’s very old and there might not be a clean feed in existence, but why choose this year for the rewatch? It’s not like it’s THAT renowned as a classic is it?

Yes have they put the correct one up?

 

[Iguana]

Carlos Mendes

 

[Madisön]

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Getting the Portuguese entry out of the way early. I approve.

 

[Pingu]

Yes have they put the correct one up?

It’s the only colour copy apparently.

Still though, was there not a cleaner audio available?

 

[D1ZZY]

Is he in pain?

 

[Iguana]

If he isn't I would make sure he is

 

[D1ZZY]

It’s a jaunty little song before he starts moanIng

 

[Madisön]

Thankfully short

 

[Madisön]

40 Portugal

 

[EuroTischion]

It’s the only colour copy apparently.

Still though, was there not a cleaner audio available?

I thought the whole idea of Eurovisionagain was to clean these up and archive them so we had a nice compendium for later viewing? This one seems totally stitched together from what happened to be on YouTube.

Anyway, I'll stop MOANING now and try to enjoy the music. That wasn't actually a terrible Portuguese entry.

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

The audience don't seem thrilled. I bet they are wondering when they can go for an ice cream.

 

[Madisön]

The Dutch have such an unfair advantage with their sexy sexy language.

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Strong serial killer vibes from the Dutch singer. Better song than Portugal.

 

[EuroTischion]

DAPPER turtleneck and blazer combo.

Who would we say we have to thank for these more upbeat songs? France Gall?

 

[Madisön]

40 Portugal
62 Netherlands

 

[Iguana]

There's really no messing about between songs is there

 

[EuroTischion]

I'm not sure the big scary faces as the backdrops were the best idea

 

[D1ZZY]

I thought the whole idea of Eurovisionagain was to clean these up and archive them so we had a nice compendium for later viewing? This one seems totally stitched together from what happened to be on YouTube.

Anyway, I'll stop MOANING now and try to enjoy the music. That wasn't actually a terrible Portuguese entry.

To be fair they’ve done excellent work in digging things out at all; it’s mainly an amateur effort after all.

 

[Iguana]

This is beautiful

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

I guess we now know what Blanche used as the model for her performance.

 

[Madisön]

This is Ronnie Netherlands now, with his husband:

 

[Madisön]

40 Portugal
62 Netherlands
69 Belgium

 

[Laß diemlaw Sonne in dein Herz]

Austrian singer is our first dead of the evening. Except Katie Boyle.

 

[Iguana]

I keep thinking the platform is rising at the beginning of each performance, but it's the camera

 

[Iguana]

Drama!

 

[Madisön]

Did none of them watch the previous year’s contest and think to copy the winner?

 

[D1ZZY]

I need subtitles to work out whether his gurning is creepy or not