A beautiful song and a fabulous singer Ilanit! The backing singers are very good, just need more coaching in the Hebrew . In those days everything was put together at the the last minute and flying backing singers in from Israel might have been considered too expensive i suppose.
02:18 shows clearlly that backgrouand singers doesn't know Hebrew. I can;t explain that! To Hebrew speakers, you can hear a hard foreign accent, like Douch or something simillar. The right woman even sings "Ahava (love) he shir LIPNAYI"!!! instead of LISHNAYIM.
They just don't know Hebrew, beleave me. They even doesn't have an Israeli look!
Some Israeli can explain? Maybe the original Israeli background singers were sick and they took a local singers?!
The backing singers were BBC singers so did not know any Hebrew at all. They were given the lyrics to learn earlier in the day so it's no surprise they weren't perfect.
Having said that it is still my absolute favourite of 1977 (which is a very strong year) and also my favourite Israeli entry. Wonderful!!!
Definately the best song that year and I was living in Britain (a Canadian) at the time. I bought the english version 45 rpm single and still play it today. Wonderful song
Always thought this was the best song that year. Definately should have done better. Her voice is amazing. I remember buying the 45 rpm record in English which I still have all these years later. One of my favourite songs.
I love how they show the audience members. Its like looking back into the past and what Eurovision was like. Plus, I love those 70's outfits and hair styles :)
hi, i'm from israel. my sister just got married (dec 2008), and this was the song of her wedding. it is very emotional, probably was written by a woman in love. i translated for non-hebrew speakers (But my all time ESC favourite is Anne-Marie David - Tu Te Reconnaitras)
Yes, yes, it plays again A very old song Rewritten for you Ill sing it to you Again answers the violins Although Im like a string made for one tune - Your tune The skies will sing Love is a song of two The whole world Laughs for me and sings How good, how good !
@ axeInandor Ey Sham (Somewhere) Midnight comes and I'm awake Dreams come to the threshold It's the silence which is before the storm Let's go right now CHORUS: There, there I've seen a rainbow in the clouds There, there the morning rises in white Somewhere, there we'll find together the garden The garden of love
whats ur prob?? i LOVE ilanit and LOVE this song! i was just saying the back up singers were not israeli. they were british and they really didnt know what they were singing.
the backing singers were chosen and taught the words at the last minute because the IBA couldnt fly the original ones. so what? its still a great singer and song.
i think so too but the person who posted this video wrote at the info that maybe this song got only to the 11th place because of, and i quate, "creepy-looking backing vocalists" so i told this person that they were not the original back up singers and that they didnt even know the songs meaning. anyways its still one of israels clasics in the esc.
Confused: what is creepy about the backing singers? You're right, though, that this performance is flawless. This is also a truly lovely song that I must admit I never paid much attention to before now. And my does Ilanit look stunning or what.
This is a great song and a great memory from when the Eurovision was a song contest and not a freak show.....
Escul1960 1 month ago
אילנית מדהימה אני חייב להגיד! גם יפה, וגם שרה מרגש ומקצועי
אם לא היו אנטישמים, היום היינו אימפרית אירוויזיון עם איזה 10 זכיות!
jnus2 2 months ago
After Harel Skaat in 2010 it is the best Israeli entry of ESC!
junisalnassrib 3 months ago
A beautiful song and a fabulous singer Ilanit! The backing singers are very good, just need more coaching in the Hebrew . In those days everything was put together at the the last minute and flying backing singers in from Israel might have been considered too expensive i suppose.
Tenortalker 5 months ago
כוס אמא של הגויים האלו הכול שם חרטה אנטישמים מסריחים....
שיר כל כך יפה לא זכה סתם זבלים
pini1221 7 months ago 2
this voice remember me Dalidà.....and the hair look, Barbra Streisand (version 1975)
mogly62 8 months ago
LOL what's so creepy about those backing singers? Not too many close-ups. Is it the aunts of Dana International?
SRJ1DK 8 months ago
such a wonderful song - indeed one of the best of 1977. Evergreen qualities unlike many others
SRJ1DK 8 months ago
That's a beautiful song, reminds me of Barbara Streisand.
btw the background singers are dragqueens, believe me ;)
PatRicklover66 10 months ago
@PatRicklover66
02:18 shows clearlly that backgrouand singers doesn't know Hebrew. I can;t explain that! To Hebrew speakers, you can hear a hard foreign accent, like Douch or something simillar. The right woman even sings "Ahava (love) he shir LIPNAYI"!!! instead of LISHNAYIM.
They just don't know Hebrew, beleave me. They even doesn't have an Israeli look!
Some Israeli can explain? Maybe the original Israeli background singers were sick and they took a local singers?!
namrur2 6 months ago
@namrur2
The backing singers were BBC singers so did not know any Hebrew at all. They were given the lyrics to learn earlier in the day so it's no surprise they weren't perfect.
Having said that it is still my absolute favourite of 1977 (which is a very strong year) and also my favourite Israeli entry. Wonderful!!!
ijm123 6 months ago
הינו צרכים להגיעה למקום 2 לפחות שיר מהמם !
ronansex 1 year ago
This song is fairy tale! Good luck from Slovenia.
9Bostjan 1 year ago 3
Very good song! Good luck for Israel.
9Bostjan 1 year ago 2
Definately the best song that year and I was living in Britain (a Canadian) at the time. I bought the english version 45 rpm single and still play it today. Wonderful song
manchester2 1 year ago 3
כוסאמק, למה הפסדנו אז???
Israkard 1 year ago
That was one dodgy looking man in the audience at the beginning of the clip!
HollyApple777 1 year ago 3
AMAZING SONG!!!
It's underrated, should be in the top 5
ferretmanboy 1 year ago 4
Wow!!! This is great!!!
mikagogol 1 year ago
איזה יפיפיה
איזה קול מדהים
אין עליה!!!
dguri 1 year ago
איזה זמרת
תענוג
כוסית
כ ו ס י ת
zvikazur 1 year ago
אחת הזמרות הגדולות של מדינת ישראל
shaharmos 1 year ago 2
איזו זמרת!
shaninooshka 1 year ago
Great song. Great singer with powerful voice!
escpat 1 year ago 2
Always thought this was the best song that year. Definately should have done better. Her voice is amazing. I remember buying the 45 rpm record in English which I still have all these years later. One of my favourite songs.
manchester2 1 year ago 2
אילנית כ"כ גדולה, כ"כ מוכשרת, כ"כ יפה. ישראל בשבילי תמיד מס' 1
youvalss 1 year ago
Amazing ! where are these wonderful days !
AnOnlineDude 1 year ago
12,points for france, 10 points to israel,8 points to italy, love this esc !!!
ronansex 2 years ago
איזה מדהימה,שיר יפה
nirgit 2 years ago
She looks like Barbra Streisand! Look at her profile..
ocsiero 2 years ago
I love how they show the audience members. Its like looking back into the past and what Eurovision was like. Plus, I love those 70's outfits and hair styles :)
GKnight2020 2 years ago 3
The guy with the moustache in the beginning cracks me up!!
LalaLibre 2 years ago 6
Best entry that year and one of Israel's best entry.
klarinetta 2 years ago 26
Col ha cavot mi Schweizaria
Vogulisy 2 years ago 2
I love this song!! 12 points from Portugal
henry53055 2 years ago 7
הייי... הבחור עם השפם זה גידי גוב בתחפושת!?
1234shmulik 2 years ago 6
very nice song deserved to be in a better place greetings from greece :D
harris5413 2 years ago 3
Awesome! (:
MaksimLevinskyMusic 2 years ago 3
Wonderful song & performance!
katoeuro 2 years ago 4
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she's old and ugly
montezoma 2 years ago
It doesn't compare to Israel's two winners following it, but it's still rather good.
Furienna 2 years ago 2
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Well the best songs usually don't win.
klarinetta 2 years ago 3
ilanit is the best ! love israel !!!!!!
ronansex 2 years ago 5
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this girl was christian ?
10nemsu 2 years ago
nope.
justoren78 2 years ago
such a shame she landed on such a n average 11th place ! 10 pts from France !
Jeremiemf 2 years ago 8
BEAUTIFUL
Simmyorl 2 years ago 7
VIVA ISRAELE!!!!
roybarechli 2 years ago 33
what this guy translated has nothing to do with the song ... !!! haha
sarahgirl18 2 years ago 2
תירגעי אם לא שמת לב, היא ביקשה את התרגום ל"אי שם" ^_^
yardkk86 2 years ago
חחחח אתה צודק אבל כולם חושבים שתירגמת משהו שמה חח
ComunidadeGrecia 2 years ago
wow,the show looks so civilized bk then! lol
HelenaChristensen 2 years ago 2
OMG the guy with the mustache cracks me up!
LOL
LalaLibre 2 years ago
Yeah, love is a thing of two, Andrei Ciorei X___X. I like this song... is very nice :). Viva Israel!!!
Romitadinda 2 years ago 3
amazing
807615 2 years ago 5
the song is beautiful the voice fo ilanit is the best !!!!
ronansex 3 years ago 5
I would have voted this second to France.
VealParmigiana 3 years ago 2
Eh Shaym was better
ps Please forgive bad spelling
jgllies 3 years ago
1 point.
שממממממממממתם ללללללללללללב איייייייך ההההההההההם כוווווותבייייייייים אאאאאאאאאאת ההההההשם שששששששששששל ההההההההההההההשייייייייייייייייר?
shnoziyahu 3 years ago
hi, i'm from israel. my sister just got married (dec 2008), and this was the song of her wedding. it is very emotional, probably was written by a woman in love. i translated for non-hebrew speakers (But my all time ESC favourite is Anne-Marie David - Tu Te Reconnaitras)
ranni1974 3 years ago
ranni1974 3 years ago 4
The skies will sing
Love is a song of two
Cause my song is the song for you
Yes yes it plays again
A very old song
And today well sing in two
In two well sing
cause the song wont end
It will be sang always, always
ranni1974 3 years ago 4
thanks for transaltin´g this wonderful song; i just love Ilanit!!!
My question, could you translate "ey sham" as well? i would be very pleased!
axelnandor 2 years ago
yardkk86 2 years ago
(continuing translation)
The winds enwrap my house tonight
Grabbing it from each side
To beyond the clouds we fly
Holding hand in hand
A new day knocks in my heart tonight
And you come closer with it
The pale blue gardens we'll seek together
We shall enter their gates
CHORUS...
yardkk86 2 years ago
*correction: the chorus has a second part:
There, there I've heard an ancient song
There, there the moon shines every night
There, there we'll find together the garden
The garden of love
yardkk86 2 years ago
@ yardkk86
thank you so much!
axelnandor 2 years ago
Beautiful song!!
JerusalemHolyLand 3 years ago
Song is beautiful... and i love her voice!
ErdalYildizFan 3 years ago 2
אחד הטובים שישראל שלחה! אני פשוט מאוהבת בשיר הזה! לגמריי היה צריך לנצח!
44hilla44 3 years ago 3
I like this song very much... strange it came only 11th
snstreet 3 years ago 7
yes it should have got much much higher!
feliknos 3 years ago 4
i think thet israeli music is the best spaciely the esc songs.....
yairbier 3 years ago 6
the backing singers arent israeli.. they didnt even know what they were singing.
feliknos 3 years ago
do bot criticizes if yuo do not have a better opption!!!
shaiNaftali 3 years ago
whats ur prob?? i LOVE ilanit and LOVE this song! i was just saying the back up singers were not israeli. they were british and they really didnt know what they were singing.
feliknos 3 years ago
the backing singers were chosen and taught the words at the last minute because the IBA couldnt fly the original ones. so what? its still a great singer and song.
misolico 3 years ago
i think so too but the person who posted this video wrote at the info that maybe this song got only to the 11th place because of, and i quate, "creepy-looking backing vocalists" so i told this person that they were not the original back up singers and that they didnt even know the songs meaning. anyways its still one of israels clasics in the esc.
feliknos 3 years ago
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muslim Europe love us before you vote for killing Israel, we love you for ever
linus256 3 years ago
Creio que começou aqui a saga de boas canções apresentadas por Israel.
DRUGNOT 3 years ago
Lovely!
tekalynn 3 years ago
the love is the song for two is very pretty is a song of god
unkn00ws 4 years ago 2
Confused: what is creepy about the backing singers? You're right, though, that this performance is flawless. This is also a truly lovely song that I must admit I never paid much attention to before now. And my does Ilanit look stunning or what.
setheurovision94 4 years ago 2