Just on the day singer Hugo Sigal (75) declared he would never sing his song again, news broke that the Flemish evergreen is an unprecedented hit in Ukraine.
Good morning, good morning, good day
good-day, good-day
Happy to see you this morning
good-day, good-day
Good morning everyone
Thank you for allowing me to join you again
Sing, dance..
No, they don’t know the word “good morning” in Ukraine, but something close to it. ‘Goei’ means something like ‘fucking mess’. A strong curse word. And who started it is not known, but the NOS reported last weekend from Kiev that Ukrainians ease their angst with their own versions of the song. “So when the lights go out: good morning,” a woman explained to reporter Kysia Hekster. TikTok is teeming with videos. The Flemish broadcaster VRT is now speaking of ‘a musical middle finger to Putin’.
Good-day, good-day was the Belgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 (winner: Sévérine on behalf of Monaco with A bench, a tree, a road). The authors themselves did not sing that evening – the female half of the duo Nicole and Hugo was ill, so their replacements took fourteenth place. It didn’t become a No. 1 hit, but it has become an inseparable part of the Flemish party and holiday repertoire. And Nicole and Hugo are of Flemish heritage. For about 50 years.
The latter was also evident when Nicole passed away a month ago. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for some time and fell down the stairs. All Flanders sympathized with her funeral, as people were not present: the stars were. Hugo thought back to that last weekend. In a rare interview with The newspaperand via a letter of thanks The latest news.
“For more than 50 years we have always felt loved, but we didn’t know you love us so much,” she wrote. She had received thousands of emails, letters and postcards. “I miss Nicole so much that now I sleep on her side of the bed. And I spray some of her perfume on her pillow. So I feel it closer to me ».
When asked if heGood morning tomorrow‘ he sang again, he answered vehemently: ‘Never! I don’t know with whom!”
Nicole and Hugo – he will always speak in the plural, Sigal emphasizes in his letter, have not yet responded to the enthusiasm in Ukraine. The substitutes who were allowed to sing in the Eurovision Song Contest at the time. Very special, said Lily Castel (85). “The dances I’ve seen are very beautiful.”
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