Δευτέρα 14 Αυγούστου 2017

Timeless: Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο 1960

Το 1960 το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο βρέθηκε για ακόμη μια φορά στη δεύτερη θέση, στον πέμπτο διαγωνισμό της Eurovision που φιλοξενήθηκε στο έδαφος του. Ο Bryan Johnson ερμήνευσε το τραγούδι "Looking High, High, High" (Κοιτάω Ψιλά, Ψιλά, Ψιλά), σε μουσική και στίχους του John Watson. Διαγωνίσθηκε από την πρώτη θέση, ανοίγοντας την αυλαία του διαγωνισμού και τερμάτισε δεύτερο με 25 βαθμούς. 






ESC 1960: 02. Bryan Johnson: "Looking High, High, High"




Για δεύτερη συνεχόμενη χρονιά το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο τερματίζει στη δεύτερη θέση, οι χώρες που το ψήφισαν ήταν: Ολλανδία και Λουξεμβούργο από πέντε βαθμοί, Ελβετία με τέσσερις βαθμούς, Αυστρία με τρεις βαθμούς, Νορβηγία και Ιταλία με δυο βαθμούς και από ένα βαθμό έδωσαν η Σουηδία, το Μονακό, η Γερμανία και το Βέλγιο. 

Οι στίχοι του τραγουδιού:

I once had a love and oh...
I loved her very dearly
She told me she loved me so
I thought she spoke sincerely

But one day, away
I found that she had flown
And off to find that love of mine
I set alone

Looking high, high, high
Looking low, low, low
Wondering why, why, why
Did she go, go, go?
For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know
I shall die, die, die 'cause I love her so

I journeyed across the sea
I sought her with devotion
Oh, where she could really be?
I've not the slightest notion
But so bright the light of love within me shone
I knew full well, what e'er befell, I must go on

Looking high, high, high
Looking low, low, low
Wondering why, why, why
Did she go, go, go?
For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know
I shall die, die, die 'cause I love her so

Due east over desert sands
Due west where grass is greener
I asked in a dozen lands
But none had ever seen her
It was clear, I fear, my quest was all in vain
So I departed, sad at heart, for home again

Looking high, high, high
Looking low, low, low
Wondering why, why, why
Did she go, go, go?
For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know
I shall die, die, die 'cause I love her so

But when I arrived, all brown
And tanned by wind and weather
You sure could have knocked me down
With the proverbial feather
She stood there, so fair
And sweetly she confessed
That she'd been wrong
And all along she'd loved me best

I'd looked high, high, high
I'd looked low, low, low
Wondering why, why, why
Did she go, go, go?
Now that I, I, I have found my love, I know
Till I die, die, die, I will love her so

(Looking high, high, high)
(Looking low, low, low)
(Wondering why, why, why)
(Did she go, go, go?)
For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know
I shall die, die, die 'cause I love her so
(Looking high, high, high)


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