Curator: Jan Turkenburg
Subject: The Last Seven Days - De Laatste Zeven Dagen
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Curator: Jan Turkenburg Subject: The Last Seven Days - De Laatste Zeven Dagen echo 52 « vorige week epiloog » |
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De laatste zeven dagen - The last seven days In week nummer 52 keer ik terug naar de bron van mijn liefde voor muziek: oude krakerige singletjes. Ook eindigen waar we in dit project begonnen zijn: in de kerk. Tegelijkertijd met week 52 verschijnt de epiloog die dagelijks bijgewerkt zal worden met toegevoegd materiaal In week number 52 I return to the source of my love for music: worn down singles. We also end where this project started: in church. At the same time with this last week the epilogue is launched, which will be updated everyday with additional material. |
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1. Gloria: The last seven days Apocalyptic song by the dutch reli-popgroup (Unit) Gloria. Unit Gloria was based in Utrecht, in the centre of Holland and was founded on the ashes of two bands: The Yelping Yackals and Bob Revvel & the A-Ones. After a couple of bad selling records the record company persuated the band to perform a couple of so-called ’religion’ songs (reli-pop) for them. The first one, The last seven days is an instant hit. Also follow-ups like The storm, Our life, Wild bird, Our father, Heartaches and sorrows and Back in the sun are hits. The role of singer Robert Leverman, calling himself Robert Long at the time became so dominant that the band had to change it’s name into Robert Long and Unit Gloria. As in 1970 Dutch groups like Shocking Blue, Tee-Set and George Baker Selection hit the charts, Unit Gloria also visit the States – even performing in the Hollywood Palladium – but without any succes. In 1972 Rober Long leaves the band for a succesfull solo career. His place is taken by Amsterdam girl singer Bonnie St. Claire and also this line-up had lots of succes in the early seventies. Meer info - more info nog meer - a lot more info |
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2. Jules de Corte: Waar blijft de tijd? "Where has the time gone?" by the blind Dutch ballad singer Jules de Corte (1924-1996) Jules de Corte homepage (Dutch / Nederlands) |
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3. Jan van Veen: Meer (more) "There is more in life than a mortal can see right away, at first sight, in the blink of an eye". Melancholic poem by Jan van Veen, who started in 1968 as DJ for both two famous off shore pirate radio stations at the North Sea. Became famous with his romantic radio program "Candlelight" in which he expressively recited poems written by his listeners, always playing Mantovani's version of Greensleeves on the background. |
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4. Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List, Loesje Hamel, Polo de Haas: Shaffy Cantate "A Dutch-Franco-Polish-Russian-Egyptian mixture of Tom Waits and Frank Sinatra: Ramses Shaffy! With his spirited, lively and touching songs he seduced the Dutch, who - at least until the late 1960s - were renowned for their lack of flamboyance. It's said that during the 1960s everybody in Amsterdam was in love with him. And it was reciprocal!" meer info - more info |
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5. Rupert Zondermeer: Ik heb zin in boerenjongens Hard to translate. About a man who needs a break: I'm in the mood for "boerenjongens" (=liturally "farmer boys", but also the name of a dutch delicacy, with a lot of alcohol) and a farmer girl. Play this on a first date with a dutch lady, and report to me! |
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6. D.C. Lewis: Mijn gebed D.C. Lewis is the name under which Ruud Eggenhuizen made this first reli-pop hit in Dutch history in 1970. It's about someone who asks God if it's alright for a non-believer to enter the church only for the music. Later he had a few smaller hits. He suffered from the muscle desease fibromyalgy, but it was not until 1986, when an article about this syndrom was published, that doctors recognized his condition. He died poor, neglected and confused on april 28th 2000. meer info - more info 7. D.C Lewis: De laatste zeven dagen This is a dutch translation of "The last seven days" of Gloria. |