[Moody]

The last few years the Dutch pop/rock scene has delivered a few nice bands.
Here are some (with a few YouTube fragments). Please tell me which you like.

A Balladeer
genre: pop/rock
a few songs:
- Swim with Sam
- All I wanted
- Fortune Teller

Anouk
genre: rock ("rockbitch")
a few songs:
- Michel
- Nobody's Wife
- Girl
- Sacrifice

Racoon
genre: pop/rock
a few songs:
- Laugh about it
- Love you more
- Girl
- Sacrifice

Kane
genre: rock
a few songs:
- Rain down on me
- Dreamer
- So glad you made it
- Sacrifice

The Sheer
genre: rock
a few songs:
- Right now


The greatest Dutch sanger is Marco Borsato. A shame he only sings in Dutch.

Marco Borsato
genre: pop
a few songs:
- De speeltuin (The Playgrounds)
- Bestemming (The Destination)
- Zij (She)
- Rood(Red)
- Een wereld zonder jou (A world without you)

I will list some other bands later

 

[steviebee]

No Shocking Pink?

God, I used to love 'Venus' back in the Radio Caroline days...






and that dopey ad for Stimorol chewing gum!

 

[philodox]

Anyone know of any music coming out of Fryslân? I've always been interested since my Mothers side of the family comes from there.

[singing in English is not a requirement... I already listen to quite a bit of music in other languages]

 

[scompton]

The only Dutch bands that I've heard, at least that I know of, are Focus and Flairck. Focus sounds dated, but I still love Flairck. I've never seen any of their albums on CD.

 

[robert1325]

I don't care much for dutch music

Most of it is sooooo cheesy or fake.

 

[Ellen_125]

You forgot Coparck.

I think it's the best Dutch band of this moment....
You tube links:
- A good year for the robots
- The world of tomorrow

 

[Ellen_125]

Ah, and you also forgot to mention "Room Eleven"
They're really great too!


Great (bit of a jazzy) cover of Meredith Brooks "Bitch"

One of their own songs:
Sad song

 

[Ellen_125]

And the best Dutch-singing band is with no doubt Bløf.

Here's a live performance from Bløf and The Counting Crows with a double language version of "Holiday in Spain":
Holiday in Spain

 

[Moody]

Quote:

Originally Posted by philodox /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyone know of any music coming out of Fryslân? I've always been interested since my Mothers side of the family comes from there. [singing in English is not a requirement... I already listen to quite a bit of music in other languages]

2 biggest band from Fryslân (for outsiders: a province of Holland) are 'De Kast' and 'Twarres'. You can Google them

 

[philodox]

Cool, thanks Moody.

 

[Gatticus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif The only Dutch bands that I've heard, at least that I know of, are Focus and Flairck.

Everyone knows Radar Love by Golden Earing (they are Dutch). For a while there in the mid 70's they put out a few really good progressive rock albums but became quite bland later on. I used to really like the album Switch (1975) and their double live album that came out in 1977.

 

[scompton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gatticus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Everyone knows Radar Love by Golden Earing (they are Dutch). For a while there in the mid 70's they put out a few really good progressive rock albums but became quite bland later on. I used to really like the album Switch (1975) and their double live album that came out in 1977.

I didn't realize they were Dutch. Did they sing in Dutch at all, or were they aimed at the English market?

 

[Gatticus]

A few good Golden Earing songs besides Radar Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y8m3Cb9gy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfH5X88knqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHV5MENK6c

 

[skellington]

Daryll Ann were ace!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndID=147791651

Great songs and the band knew how to play together.

 

[Gatticus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif I didn't realize they were Dutch. Did they sing in Dutch at all, or were they aimed at the English market?

I've never heard them sing in Dutch. Most Dutch people are quite fluent in English anyway. Only met one older person in Holland in '85 who couldn't speak English.