4th of July
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Posted:Jul 4, 2020 3:28 am
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Me being Dutch, I don't celebrate Independence Day. But anyway, to all my American friends here:
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15 years ago today
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Posted:Jul 2, 2020 4:03 pm
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2020 1:47 pm
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2nd of July, 2005. Live8. As a music lover I had to enjoy each and every second of that day! Apart from the political idea behind the whole event, I was really interested in the musical aspect. And it had been 20 years since Live Aid...
That day, I got to know quite a few acts and bands I had never heard of until that day. Snow Patrol, Keane, Travis, Razorlight.... And of course quite a few of my 'heroes' played that day: Paul McCartney, U2, The Who, Coldplay and, to top it all off, for the first time in 24 (!) years: Pink Floyd, in their most famous lineup. Also, sadly, the very last time. 3 years later, Richard Wright passed away.
For weeks after the event, I searched the internet for recordings of that day. At least the ones of the bands I really liked. I ended up finding some 5 to 6 hours of music which I burnt on 4 cd's and kept playing and playing for years.
Somehow, I forgot about them. Don't know how, I just got busy listening to other music. But the other day, I found those 4 self made discs again and, oh yessssss, they still worked! From now on I'm gonna play them again for a bit. Enjoying all that wonderful live music again....
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Angels
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Posted:Jun 23, 2020 7:28 am
Last Updated:Apr 27, 2024 3:54 am
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I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate?
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old?
'cos I have been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it she offers protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take
I know that life won't break
When I come call she won't forsake
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it she offers protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take
I know that life won't break
When I come call she won't forsake
I'm loving angels instead
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Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)
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Posted:Jun 17, 2020 5:59 am
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2020 1:48 pm
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Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Now I understand
What you tried say
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now I understand
What you tried say
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could've told you Vincent
This world was never meant for
One as beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frame-less heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
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Misunderstood
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Posted:May 11, 2020 7:39 am
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2020 1:48 pm
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Lately, I find that I can't seem to do anything right. People tell me I have done them wrong, while I'm actually not even aware that I offended them. Let alone that I did it on purpose. To those I offended or upset, I apologize. Because I value our friendship a lot more than winning any silly argument.
At days like these, when a rather simple, innocent remark easily turns into a bitter fight, these lyrics seem appropriate...
Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But don't you know that no one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that all I have do is worry
And then you're bound to see my other side
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never meant to do
Because I love you
Oh, Oh baby don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
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Million Years Ago
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Posted:Dec 29, 2019 5:57 am
Last Updated:Dec 29, 2019 5:58 am
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At times, I just feel like this.... Slightly changed a few words. Whenever I've been stupid. Hurting myself by hurting other people. People I love....
Adele wrote it well. Wish I had written this.... Because it's how I feel right now.
I only wanted to have fun
Learning to fly learning to run
I let my heart decide the way
When I was young
Deep down I must have always known
That this would be inevitable
To earn my stripes I'd have to pay
And bare my soul
I know I'm not the only one
Who regrets the things they've done
Sometimes I just feel it's only me
Who can't stand the reflection that they see
I wish I could live a little more
Look up to the sky not just the floor
I feel like my life is flashing by
And all I can do is watch and cry
I miss the air I miss my friends
I miss my father I miss it when
Life was a party to be thrown
But that was a million years ago
When I walk around all of the streets
Were I grew up and found my feet
They can't look me in the eye
It's like they're scared of me
I try to think of things to say
Like a joke or a memory
But they don't recognise me now
In the light of day
I know I'm not the only one
Who regrets the things they've done
Sometimes I just feel it's only me
Who never became who they thought they'd be
I wish I could live a little more
Look up to the sky not just the floor
I feel like my life is flashing by
And all I can do is watch and cry
I miss the air I miss my friends
I miss my father I miss it when
Life was a party to be thrown
But that was a million years ago
A million years ago
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Sparta Geest
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Posted:Dec 21, 2019 3:20 pm
Last Updated:Jan 6, 2020 4:57 am
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Als de geest van Bok de Korver
Zich warm loopt langs de lijn
En de kreet Sparta naar voren
Boven Het Kasteel uit stijgt
Weten wij de tijd gekomen
Ons ten gorden tot den strijd
En de vijand te bestormen
Tottie een hartverzakking krijgt
Nimmer zullen wij versagen
Strijden om elke meter grond
Nooit de Spartamars beschamen
Aan geen enkel voetbalfront
Als Spartaan zijn wij geboren
Als Spartanen sterven wij
In de geest van Bok de Korver
En de naam van Cor van Rijn
J.A. Deelder, 1944 - 2019
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Christmas Time
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Posted:Dec 9, 2019 7:14 am
Last Updated:Jul 19, 2020 3:09 pm
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Yup, it's that time of year again. "The most wonderful time of the year" I like this time, but I don't really appreciate the music. Mariah tells me 100 times a day that I am all she wants for Christmas, but so far I have not been delivered to her doorstep, gift wrapped... And 'White Christmas' is all very nice, but here in Holland it's usually wet Christmas, as we cannot remember the last really white Christmas in our small country below the sea....
This one gives me that wintery feel, without being all about sleighbells and the likes. It was released as a 7" single here in the Low Countries back in 1978 and somehow I liked it. The last of the glam rock bands perhaps, called Angel. The song is appropriately called "The Winter Song" and that's what it is. No more, no less.
I would include a link to one or the other popular video channel, but this site won't let me. So you'll have to search for yourself. But I can assure you it's there.
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"Avond' - Boudewijn de Groot
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Posted:Nov 27, 2019 3:30 pm
Last Updated:May 4, 2020 11:59 pm
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Nu hoef je nooit je jas meer aan te trekken
En te hopen dat je licht het doet
Laat buiten de stormwind nu maar razen in het donker
Want binnen is het warm en licht en goed
Hand in hand naar buiten kijken waar de regen valt
Ik zie het vuur van hoop en twijfel in je ogen
En ik ken je diepste angst
Want je kunt niets zeker weten en alles gaat voorbij
Maar ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
En als je 's morgens opstaat ben ik bij je
En misschien heb ik al thee gezet
En als de zon schijnt buiten gaan we lopen door de duinen
En als het regent gaan we t'rug in bed
Uren langzaam wakker worden, zwevend door de tijd
Ik zie het licht door de gordijnen
En ik weet, 't verleden geeft geen zekerheid
Want je kunt niets zeker weten en alles gaat voorbij
Maar ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
Ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
Ik doe de lichten uit en de kamer wordt nu donker
Een straatlantaarn buiten geeft wat licht
En de dingen in de kamer worden vrienden die gaan slapen
De stoelen staan te wachten op 't ontbijt
En morgen wordt ik wakker met de geur van brood en honing
De glans van gouden zonlicht in je haar
En de dingen in de kamer, ik zeg ze welterusten
Vanavond gaan we slapen en morgen zien we wel
Maar de dingen in de kamer zouden levenloze dingen zijn, zonder jou
En je kunt niets zeker weten en alles gaat voorbij
Maar ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
Ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
En je kunt niets zeker weten want alles gaat voorbij
Maar ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
Ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof, ik geloof in jou en mij
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Still a bit lovesick
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Posted:Nov 1, 2019 6:00 am
Last Updated:May 10, 2020 1:46 pm
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Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
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It was short but sweet. Or sweet but short...
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Posted:Oct 28, 2019 5:39 am
Last Updated:Apr 27, 2024 3:54 am
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She walked through the corn leading down to the river
Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left me to die like the fox on the run
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Cheer up
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Posted:Oct 25, 2019 7:11 am
Last Updated:Oct 29, 2019 2:58 pm
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If you are really feeling down and need some cheering up for 7 minutes or so, then play the 1977 live version of 'Just Like Vince Taylor' by Golden Earring. After more than 50 years still Holland's best ever rock band...
Not the album version, no, the live version recorded in London back in 1977.
Play it, and play it loud! It actually cheered me up for a bit this afternoon.... It's good.
Trust me.
Baz
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Don't we all sometimes feel this way? I know I do...
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Posted:Oct 24, 2019 7:27 am
Last Updated:Apr 27, 2024 3:54 am
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I am the
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the and the heir
of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone
You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does
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