I absolutely and unequivocally do NOT ever under any circumstances need to hear that heavy metal yodel ever again in my life no matter what undonditionally.
@Olivier: That was pretty good. Strong early 60s instrumental guitar vibes. The Dutch are kind of overrepresented in rock. There was Shocking Blue, who had a big hit with Venus; Golden Earring with Radar Love and Twilight Zone; and The Cats didn’t really make it across the Atlantic, but they were huge in Europe with that soft early 70s sort-of folk.
Also, I LIKE this song. Maybe because, while it got airplay when and where I was growing up, it was limited, so you’d only hear it every couple of months or so.
Re:’Venus’, I’m more familiar with the Bananarama version. The ‘Twilight zone’ song is cool. Folk is decidedly not my kind of music, Dutch or otherwise.
@Olivier: The Cats aren’t even folk. It’s that hyperprocessed, flavorless pap pretending to be folk that was so prevalent in the early to mid 70s. Think helmet-hair, peasant shirts and acoustic guitars.
I kept waiting for the alleged yodeling everyone was on about; I got as far as the part where Popeye started “singing”, and gave up. (Or maybe it was that guy from “Full House” whose only claim to talent was doing a bad Popeye imitation…)
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I absolutely and unequivocally do NOT ever under any circumstances need to hear that heavy metal yodel ever again in my life no matter what undonditionally.
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unCONditionally. Don’t want any confusion on this.
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Well, if you want nicer Dutch music, try ‘The rabbit that hunts tigers’, by Yinyin.
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My all-time favorite yodeling song.
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@Olivier: That was pretty good. Strong early 60s instrumental guitar vibes. The Dutch are kind of overrepresented in rock. There was Shocking Blue, who had a big hit with Venus; Golden Earring with Radar Love and Twilight Zone; and The Cats didn’t really make it across the Atlantic, but they were huge in Europe with that soft early 70s sort-of folk.
Also, I LIKE this song. Maybe because, while it got airplay when and where I was growing up, it was limited, so you’d only hear it every couple of months or so.
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Re:’Venus’, I’m more familiar with the Bananarama version. The ‘Twilight zone’ song is cool. Folk is decidedly not my kind of music, Dutch or otherwise.
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Two cover versions of my fave yodeling song . . .
. . . and the original . . .
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“The Dutch are kind of overrepresented in rock.”
Kinda like small dogs who think they’re big dogs and make lotsa noise to make it seem so. That’s us Dutch[wo]men.
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@Olivier: The Cats aren’t even folk. It’s that hyperprocessed, flavorless pap pretending to be folk that was so prevalent in the early to mid 70s. Think helmet-hair, peasant shirts and acoustic guitars.
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What about the Folksmen?
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As a fan of folk, I enjoyed “A Mighty Wind” and the soundtrack it spawned.
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It’s an outrage that The Folksmen once opened for Spinal Tap and got booed off the stage.
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Love this song! Thanks indeed.
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I kept waiting for the alleged yodeling everyone was on about; I got as far as the part where Popeye started “singing”, and gave up. (Or maybe it was that guy from “Full House” whose only claim to talent was doing a bad Popeye imitation…)
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