Ladies and Gentlemen....Seriously, Cheesy, Calling.......

"Ladies and Gentlemen....Miss. Grace Jones...."Slave to The Rhythm".

"I`m just playing around, baby.  Work All Day, as Men who Know, Wheels must Turn, to keep The flow...."

Unfortunately, there are no GRACE JONES`S, at THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
In fact, quite the, err, Opposite.

But it did give us The Eternal, The InExpendable, The Ingenious, and Fantastic, All-Time :  ABBA :)

And, I do believe, that we have all, Danced to : "Dancing Queen"?!

And I really do mean, we have ALL DANCED TO "DANCING QUEEN" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HM5dctUdfw

 

And it will remain, an All-Time Classic, for young and old, and the Above : "Techno Viking" :) !!

Today, in spite of Increasing Pyrotechnics, Wattage Factor, and: The usage of The Wind Machine, Blasting in the face, and long flowing hair, of virtually every Lead Singer.
All singing, from the depths of their veins, virtually a-popping with The Drama.
Singing and dancing, flame throwing, fire eating, and, err, even, Ice Skating....
From Countries, we are mostly, somewhat, still embarrassed to have, err, STILL: "Never Heard of".....??..!!


THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
OH YES !!
What people love - to - hate.
And hate - to - love.


I fall under, the former category.
After, Working All Day.....and Keeping one`s mouth nicely shut, to keep the Wheels Turning, to keep the Flow....Gotta Pay those Bills....
What an Enjoyable RELEASE !!! :)
To have a Good, Honest, Shout at, and a Good Laugh at, amongst friends, at the, err, "Expense", of The, Most Serious, and yet Most Ridiculous - Eurovision Song Contest.
Priceless. 
(Of course, this also, depends upon, what happens to be, your Type of, Sense of Humour...?)

Anyhow, even if THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, is something that you avoid, as if it were, a kind of Musical, Entertainment "Plague".
My question, in this Post, does have something to do with Switzerland.
Really it does !


THE FIRST EVER - EUROVISION SONG CONTEST - was held, here, in SWITZERLAND.
On May 25th, 1956.
In Lugano - The Italian Part, of this country.


It was the very same year, that ELVIS PRESLEY recorded his first record: "HeartBreak Hotel".
And, made is FIRST EVER Appearance, on U.S. Television.
        
1956.

And, as for Switzerland....

Well that was THE FIRST TIME, AND THE LAST TIME IT WON, The Eurovision Song Contest.

With a song, sung in French, called : "Refrain".

Sung by Lys Assia.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TA9mNzUKSs 




And there, ends, this Musical Interlude.
Hope you got your drinks, pop-corn, hot-dogs, nachos, and ice-cream, during the process !


Until next time, Thanks for reading, Yours CFC x