Viver senza tei - Switzerland 1989 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra

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CREDITS:
Furbaz: "Viver senza tei"
Country : Switzerland
Year : 1989
Lyrics : Marie-Louise Werth
Music : Marie-Louise Werth
Arrangement : Hardy Schneiders, Georges Walther
Conductor : Benoît Kaufman

[@lorofcb3]

As a Swiss I am getting a bit sentimental about this and the fact that in all of Eurovision history this language was heard only once!

[@TriStarIII]

Kunsch vo Chur?

[@lorofcb3]

@@TriStarIII Nei aber mag d Sproch trotzdäm

[@joeschacher1479]

So do I, I'm Suisse and living in Spain for more than 30 years.

[@jonathanfischer9971]

Die Schweiz sollte wieder einmal ein Lied in Rätoromanisch zur ' Eurovision ' senden!

[@BartWellens-h4v]

Nice entry of Switzerland, one of my favourites that year.

[@MechthildHaas-l8l]

Oh how i loved this song and still do.

[@heinergarg6401]

one of the most beautiful Swiss entries 🥰

[@ΘεόδωροςΦιλιππόπουλος-σ9χ]

Great song. Excellent performance. 9 /10!!! ❤️🇨🇭

[@ViktorViktor-wx9uw]

wonderful, best song from Eurovision...hugs from Macedonia

[@IzayoiArwena]

Viktor300 Viktor300 and a true winner. Because its right after a godess. They were praising her. Thats why they have a religious anthem. Hugs from Poland. And pocivaj Toshe u miru. Toshe lives in me.

[@kuzeyboy]

It's beautiful to hear Romansch being sung!

[@koppadasao]

It's a melodic language. Quite beautiful

[@wernerruckdeschel580]

Wegen mir hätte seinerzeit die Schweiz ruhig noch einmal den Sieg einfahren können. Der Beitrag ist jedenfalls wunderschön.

[@jimsullivan6973]

Princess Diana could sing

[@Gajol1000]

I thought this was dull and boring in 1989. But l was only 12. It has grown over the years and now l see that its quite classy. Well performed.

[@lindakristinekjlibraten757]

I wish Switzerland could come back with a song in Romanish or what the English word for this wonderful language is. Back in 1972 Ireland sang in Irish In 1996 France sang in Bretanic I wish that countries could «dare» to sing in languages of their own. Eurovision is about to turn out to be a Eurovision British Song Contest. Give a like if you agree.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Well, not British, most singers have (or least try to) an American accent.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

By now it's Swedovision, since half the songs have been written by Swedish composers and Sweden is the only country that gets top5 every year.

[@lindakristinekjlibraten757]

Ok, you two an Ameriovision Melodifestivalen then!😁😁😁😁

[@SchinniNobody]

Dialects and different languages make every Eurovision better.

[@pascal2554]

Switzerland sings in french this year🥳

[@philipprice3993]

C"est Fantastique/ Merveilleux!. I loved this song at the 89 Contest and prayed that it would win. I love Romanish since it is a minority Language and I always try to support minoritiy languages - they are vital to global culture. I love Switzerland and the diversity of lingusitic ability four official languages is how it should be in many countries. The group was superb all good looking, gelling well together, beautifully attired a real credit to Switzerland. This is one of all time great entries along with the fabulous Lys Assia of 1956.

[@House..231Van]

Beautiful song and performance.

[@wernerruckdeschel580]

Die Schweiz präsentierte sich als Gastgeber auf rätoromanisch, und das obendrein noch verdammt gut und professionell. Hat sich was von wegen Bauernitalienisch: das war wirklich schön.

[@jazemabo]

Felicitats a Suïssa, que respecta la diversitat lingüística dins el seu país. Això uneix més a un país.

[@Gajol1000]

Nice song and well performed. Was this the only time that the host country’s song’s lyrics weren’t understood by the majority by the home crowd in the venue?

[@pascal2554]

Yes I think so, only about 1% of the population of Switzerland speaks Romansh.(Rumantsch)

[@emanuelefabbri7925]

In 91 Italy sung in Neapolitan, a regional dialect

[@carlesbarquero3227]

No. In many countries the songs are in english where it isn't spoken.

[@pascal2554]

@@carlesbarquero3227 yes but it is a national language in Switzerland but only 0.6% of the population speaks it. And there are 7 different Romansh dialects some of the are unintelligible even for romansh speakers with a different dialect

[@lindakristinekjlibraten777]

Norway did also sing in a local dialect both in 1989 and in 1993. Both from the county of Rogaland in the South western part of Norway. Britt Synnøve Johansen 1989 from Karmøy and Silje Vige from Jørpeland in 1993.

[@asgertonsberg2457]

Such a beautiful song and all the comments are in a way negative...

[@abrahansaezsanchez9191]

Una gran canción,muy a lo folk suizo,me gusta muchísimo¡

[@klarinetta]

This one has grown a lot on me recently. Might end up on top 5 for 1989. There is something that reminds me of Swiss landscape when I hear this song.

[@roseblanche6541]

magnifique chanson fantastique merci

[@hafizhwk5092]

She looks like Princess Diana

[@joeschacher1479]

Ich bin Auslandsschweizer, es ist für mich wie Lyoba einer der schönsten Songs.

[@HenningUhle]

I have no idea what they sing about. Even online translators did not hear of Rumantsch. But I always remember this song as it is so special due to this language. And like someone commented: This is what ESC is about. It's not about everybody singing a random EDM song in English with tons of effects and an eye-hurting live performance. It's about bringing together all the cultural diffrences to combine them to one Europe. Switzerland has Rumantsch, France has Bretonian, Germany has Sorbian. I believe the competition would be much better if minorities and special languages would play a much bigger role.

[@IzayoiArwena]

They were praising the godess of Europe, Celine Dion. Thats why they are anthemish and true winners. Together with Germany

[@voloshanca]

The was they pronounce the "s" as sh, the amount of the "u"'s and the words with a latin root but ending in consonants resembles Western Lumbard a lot to me.

[@blandet_musik]

The best Eurovision Song Contest song EVER

[@thierrylaugier3245]

Pour la première-et hélas, pour le moment, dernière-fois, l'occitan a fait son entrée à l'Eurovision avec cette chanson en Romanche

[@escpikayohann4760]

L'occitan ?!

[@beautifulflowersafterhours]

romansh sounds like a mix of switzerland’s other official languages

[@joeschacher1479]

Thank you not a mix, an official language. Wish to speak, only can read and understand.

[@voloshanca]

No it sounds a lot like Western Lombard to me.

[@sallyfischer1204]

Dazu esse ich ein Stück Bündner Nusstorte und geniesse ein Glas Rotwein aus Maienfeld. Und der Abend ist eingeläutet.

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Romansh should be the only official language of Switzerland. The other three were created in other countries and then brought there.

[@pascal2554]

We speak Swissgerman and not German. The germans do not understand swissgerman because it is quite different

[@pod777]

So which should be the official language of Brazil?

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

@@pod777 European Portuguese 😉 much more melodic and authentic

[@samwill5]

@@FannomacritaireSuomi You have some faulty logic. So Romansh should be the only official one, yet Portuguese (and European at that) should be the official one of Brazil, but not the indigenous languages? Also, the original three cantons of future Switzerland were German-speaking, the Romansh ones joined later, as well as the French- and Italian-speaking ones, so I don't think anyone brought anything to Switzerland - sure, Romansh loss a lot of its power, but it was when the cantons were already joined in a one state.

[@moboha]

I would have fired the awful cousins...!!!!

[@wherever1717]

awful , oldfashioned

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Old-fashioned is awesome ❤️

[@huwphotographer9389]

yes 1989 years is a while ago, fashions change, that's where the expression "Old Hat" came from 🙂