Icy - Gleðibankinn (1986 Iceland Eurovision Song Contest)

The performance of the Icelandic entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986. This was Iceland's first participation - one of the team members is Eirikur Hauksson who also represented the country in 2007 and Norway in 1991.
Gleðibankinn
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Tíminn líður hratt á gervihnatta öld
Hraðar sérhvern dag, hraðar sérhvert kvöld
Ertu stundum hugsandi yfir öllum gulu miðunum
Þú tekur kannski of mikið út úr Gleðibankanum
Hertu upp huga þinn, hnýttu allt í hnút
Leggur ekkert inn, tekur bara út
Syndir þínar sem þú aldrei drýgðir sitja í þankanum
Óútleystur tékki í Gleðibankanum
Þú skalt syngja lítið lag
Um lífsgleðina sjálfa í brjósti þér
Og láttu heyra að þú eigir lítið gleðihús
Kósi lítið lag, sem gæti gripið mig og hvern sem er
Þú leggur ekki inn í Gleðibankann tóman blús
Þú skalt syngja lítið lag
Um lífsgleðina sjálfa í brjósti þér
Og láttu heyra að þú eigir lítið gleðihús
Kósi lítið lag, sem gæti gripið mig og hvern sem er
Þú leggur ekki inn í Gleðibankann tóman blús
Hertu upp huga þinn, hnýttu allt í hnút
Leggur ekkert inn, tekur bara út
Syndir þínar sem þú aldrei drýgðir sitja í þankanum
Óútleystur tékki í Gleðibankanum
Þú skalt syngja lítið lag
Um lífsgleðina sjálfa í brjósti þér
Og láttu heyra að þú eigir lítið gleðihús
Kósi lítið lag, sem gæti gripið mig og hvern sem er
Þú leggur ekki inn í Gleðibankann tóman blús
Time flies by in the age of satellites
Faster every day, faster every night
Are you sometimes pondering over the bounced cheques
Perhaps you're withdrawing too much from the Bank of Joy
The Bank of Joy
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Cheer up and tie up all loose ends
Never deposit, only withdraw
The sins that you never committed lie dormant
An uncashed cheque from the Bank of Joy
You should sing a little song
About the joy in life that's in your heart
And let the world know that you have a house of joy
A cosy little song that can grab you at any time
You don't deposit your empty blues in the Bank of Joy
You should sing a little song
About the joy in life that's in your heart
And let the world know that you have a house of joy
A cosy little song that can grab you at any time
You don't deposit your empty blues in the Bank of Joy
Cheer up and tie up all loose ends
Never deposit, only withdraw
The sins that you never committed lie dormant
An uncashed cheque from the Bank of Joy
You should sing a little song
About the joy in life that's in your heart
And let the world know that you have a house of joy
A cosy little song that can grab you at any time
You don't deposit your empty blues in the Bank of Joy
(English translation from: www.diggiloo.net/?1986is)

[@TheNightingaleMaster]

I still can't understand how this debut didn't win... Iceland has ruled the contest from this moment!!

[@Furienna]

As a Swedish lingustics nerd, the most interesting about Icelandic to me is, that it still pretty much is the same language, that our common ancestors spoke one thousand years ago. The old more complicated grammar, that we Swedes only can find in some old expressions these days, is still very much alive in Icelandic and Faroese. In this song, the expressions "i Gledhibankanum" and "tóman blús" are great examples of this.

[@Alb_01]

A great blast from the past - late 80s was eurovision at its best (no boring ballads or way too many entries ...good ol'days)

[@dasmysteryman12]

I love the song! Icelandic is such a beautiful language...

[@MoongBear]

Icelandic is such a beautiful language

[@stephanetessereau5641]

The guy at right, with black suit & black gloves, is it really Eirikur Hauksson / Eric Hawk, now singer of the norwegian power-metal band called Artch ? It's amazing, I cannot believe it...

[@purpledawn2727]

Yup it's him😁

[@jankupka9106]

Great Debut

[@JiGe96]

Pure awesome song. It should've ended way higher.

[@bobbymkd457]

Amazing!

[@MrPolodog123]

þetta er eitt af bestu lögum sem ísland hefur sent!!!!!!!

[@merkkuri]

wow nice, nice lyrics. thanks for reminding us by posting this!

[@1jonssonh]

Þú skalt syngja lítið lag! Love it!

[@gwendoherty9015]

The 1980s... When Money💰💸💶💵💷 Mullets 💇.and Glam Costumes👠👡💄👢 were👑 King & Queen.. 👑.. Love it..💋 Great Début from Íslands 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸

[@Poppcorn2468]

Þetta er Svo gott lag ég elska þetta Lag Gleðibankinn!

[@user-cg8ny8fo6e]

Как хорошо, что текст песни есть ) для изучающих язык очень пригодится!

[@Walnut500]

Æðislegt! Ekkert smá sítt að aftan! love it

[@DuncanLafayette]

@McMuminsnadi Thank you for your comments, McMuminsnadi!!! Bless bless!!.....or good bye!!

[@ashtviceland]

Afhverju unnum við ekki, fræbrt byrjunarlag

[@pandemits]

If an Icelandic song should had won the ESC it would be that one...

[@olafurj]

That is the only education Icelandic bankers got, sadly :-p

[@rufeilrahtieh7885]

Á dögum hrunsins stóð ég við hliðina á Gunnari Þórðarsyni utan við vegg alþingisgarðsins. Í alþingisgarðinum höfðu mótmælendur hópast saman. Í þann mund sem lögreglulið marseraði inn í garðinn horfumst við í augu og verð ég að segja að annan eins reiðisvip hef ég sjaldan séð á öðrum manni. Ég vippaði mér yfir vegginn og Gunnar þórðarson á eftir eins og hann hefði aldrei gert neitt annað um ævina. Allan tímann hafði Gunnar ekki sagt orð, reiðisvipurinn sagði allt sem segja þurfti. Þarna reyndi lögreglan að tvístra hópnum og er mér það ógleymanlegt þegar einn lögreglumannana æddi ógnandi að Gunnari. Ég fylgdist sérstaklega með þessu og þarna á þessum tímapunkti skynjaði ég reiði Gunnars sem áþreifanlega. Gunnar sté eitt skref fram með hendur á síðum og þannig ekki ógnandi en með alla þessa réttlátu reiði í andlitsdráttum. Um leið birtist hikandi svipur lögreglumannsins og ákvörðun hans að taka á Gunnari varð vandræðaleg. Svo vandræðalegt varð augnablikið að hann tók sér svolítinn tíma að ákveða hvorn mótmælandann hann ætti að takast á við.

[@gunnlaugurhalldorsson1654]

Flottir tíma love

[@Claktus]

Yeeeeee Boyyyy

[@spkanava]

ICY 86

[@gunnlaugurhalldorsson1654]

gamal og gott

[@hrolfur12]

@DuncanLafayette Yes they are...my mom loves eirik haukson:$

[@hsmari]

hell yeeee

[@DuncanLafayette]

Hi Mr. Ronnie, Thanks for your reply. Maybe I was a bit absent-minded, but the English lyrics of this Icelandic song appear in the own presentation of this video by eurovideonary, below the label "more info"....bye!

[@criminalord0705]

Great song from turkey

[@tinnaosk3488]

flott og cool

[@TraustiLaufdal]

þumlar á loft

[@MegaBenni92]

þetta er besta lag i heimi

[@MultiPhoenix06]

Alltof gott

[@Sammeep02]

Me: Hey, there are redheads in Iceland friend: Bullshit, that's a facking lie! Me: *shows them this*

[@DuncanLafayette]

Thank you for the English lyrics!!... You´re Icelandic, are these singers still popular in your country??? Thanks!

[@purpledawn2727]

I'd like to add the trivia that Eirikur Hauksson(guy in black) is kind of an "honorary norwegian"😅 he is well known in norway as well and he speaks norwegian fluently.

[@marelmolenaar7636]

Hello, I have a question. I am currently making a educational audio about the history of Icelands Eurovision journey and I would love to use a snippet of this song in there. Could I maybe use it or is there any way you could direct me to the makers of this song so I can use it without copyright? Thank you so much in advance

[@DuncanLafayette]

Hi...I don´t speak Icelandic and I can´t find the english lyrics of this song...could you tell me what the song is all about?? What do they say?? Thanks

[@berniedu7185]

Mario Montero here you are : www.diggiloo.net/?1986is

[@mMrGreengang5]

Geggjað

[@MultiPhoenix06]

vá, æðislegt

[@robben896]

lol ja kannski bara.

[@Valtteri2]

better than the boring winner =)