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Two hours of Dutch pop music history, live from the city of Zwolle in The Netherlands.

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Favoriting October 27, 2021: #099 The World’s Greatest Dutch Language Covers

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An + Jan  Gouwe ouwe   Favoriting 2006 
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Dierenpark  'n Paardestaart Is Zo Passé   Favoriting 2002 
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Saturday Night Fever Dutch Cast  You Should Be Dancing   Favoriting 2001 
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Johnny Camaro  Ik ben de weg kwijt   Favoriting 1989 
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Annet Hesterman  Draag Schoenen Om Te Lopen   Favoriting 1966 
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Boudewijn de Groot  Een respectabel man   Favoriting 1966 
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Normaal  Hallo Ajouw   Favoriting 1989 
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De Fouryo's  Surf-city   Favoriting 1963 
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An + Jan  Mis Je   Favoriting 2010 
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Bert Heerink  Juli, July   Favoriting 1995 
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Tobi Rix  De grote groene grotten griezel   Favoriting 1954 
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The Shepherds  Dronken Zeeman   Favoriting 1967 
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Paul van Vliet  Zo'n vreemd gevoel   Favoriting 1965 
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Teenager Muziek!
Lydia and The Melody Strings  Ik zal Tommy Missen   Favoriting 1960 
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Charles and The Melody Strings  Ik blijf van Laura houden   Favoriting 1960 
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André Hazes  Zeg maar niets meer   Favoriting 1981 
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Cocktail Trio  Spookhuis   Favoriting 1961 
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An + Jan  Denis   Favoriting 2006 
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The Eurfians  Waaro?   Favoriting 1966 
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Willem Duyn  Angeline/Oh Mama   Favoriting 1980 
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Tobi Rix  Mijn Vader Is Een Mooie, Een Mooie Vuilnisman   Favoriting 1960 
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Tony Ronald  Venus   Favoriting 1963 
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De Fouryo's  Bloem en de bij   Favoriting 1965 
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Floris VI  Ze nemen me eindelijk mee, ha-haa!   Favoriting 1966 
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Hugo de Groot  Ze nemen me eindelijk mee aha...   Favoriting 1966 
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Bob Bouber  Ik wil me Donalduckie   Favoriting 1968 
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Spinvis  Was   Favoriting 2007 
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ZZ & De Maskers  Ik Bedoel Het Altijd Goed   Favoriting 1965 
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Brigitte Kaandorp & Herman Finkers  Duet   Favoriting 1990 
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Dingetje  Ik Ga Weg Leen   Favoriting 1977 
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Rob de Nijs  Peggy Sue   Favoriting 1964 
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Ria Valk  Mijn Bonnie Is Bij De Matrozen   Favoriting 1962 
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Mariska Veres  Is het waar?   Favoriting 1965 
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André van Duin  Als je huilt   Favoriting 1982 
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An + Jan  Ik heb jou, lief   Favoriting 2006 
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De Fouryo's  Bye Bye Love   Favoriting 1957 
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi everyone!
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MHLee:

Hi Jan!
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Mr Fab:

Thanks again, Weatherman. And hello my flatland friends!
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi MHLee!
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi Mr Fab!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Gefeliciteerd!
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Mr Fab:

Another two hours of great records that I'll never be able to find!
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hey PK, Happy Birthday!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Hahaha! Thanks, Jan!
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MHLee:

Happy birthday!
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Candy-O'67:

Hey, Jan and everyone! Happy birthday, PK!!!
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hey Candy!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Thanks! Hi Candy! Hi Mr. Fab! Hi MHLee! And Hi Jan! Hope you all enjoy your day.
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David in California:

Hello, Jan. Are you the Jan of An + Jan?
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MHLee:

I have a Dutch language version of Twa Corbies... De Twa Roeken
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi David, no :-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Wait.. No falsetto? That is lame.
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Candy-O'67:

I just pledge a little, Jan! Let's see if I get my ghost! :))
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Candy-O'67:

It may take a minute...
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Jan Turkenburg:

"twa" MHLee? technically that would by Frysk :-)
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Jan Turkenburg:

It usually does, Candy. Thanks!
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Candy-O'67:

You're welcome, Jan!
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Jan Turkenburg:

www.discogs.com... ??
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Mr Fab:

THANK YOO, Candy-O!

(And of course thanks to all the other groovy people who keep this show on - music you are just not going to hear elsewhere.)
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MHLee:

Interesting... In England it's the Two Ravens sometimes Two Corbies... but it's the Twa Corbies in Scottish. I didn't realize Scots and Frysk shared a number
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Mr Fab:

"Johnny Camaro," what a great name.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Alfred Lagarde in the not-PC corner.
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Candy-O'67:

You're welcome, Mr. Fab!
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Candy-O'67:

Yay, there's my ghost!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

hey a little ghost!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

I asked myself the same about the chorus of the SNF song, Jan.
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Mr Fab:

Is Halloween celebrated in the Netherlands the same way we weird Americans do it?
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drolletje:

that Annet Hesterman was awesome!
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drolletje:

Hello Jan and all you crazy No Mountaineers!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

@ Mr Fab: Until recently, I wasn't. But because of the commerce and all that it now gets more and more popular in shops and decorations.
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Jan Turkenburg:

We didn't use to celebrate it at all, but the last decade it's "blowing over" from the US... bt we do the trick or treat on Nov 11, t
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hy Darryl!
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David in California:

Jan, were there Dutch artists who, like Ray Davies, were known for social commentary in their lyrics?
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Jan Turkenburg:

11 nov is Saint Martin overhere
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drolletje:

same here, sadly... over the last few years it's become a 'thing'. I yearn for the says when we were not subjected to such nonsense
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Jiust like Valentine's day. It has mainly been introduced by the commercial part of the nation. Shops, commercial TV, things like that. And I think also globalisation is guilty in this matter..
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Jan Turkenburg:

@David, Boudewijn de Groot in his early years, Armand, Bots are the most wellknown
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David in California:

Jan, thank you.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Oh yeah. Bots. Didn't they also sing in German?
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Jan Turkenburg:

yes they did and i mustn't forget Robert Long of course, who also sang in German btw
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MHLee:

@Drolletje I was watching the folk horror revival facebook complaining about how turnips have been surpassed by pumpkins in Wales for Jack-o-laterns
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MHLee:

One of the comments was, "okay but have you ever tried to carve a turnip!"
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Hey Darryl!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

for this song alone the Fouryo's deserve every chair thrown at them in the Kurhaus.
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Jan Turkenburg:

and not "Woke" at ALL!!!!
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drolletje:

Hi MHLee... Hi PK
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drolletje:

Tat doesn't surprise me, MHL... but turnips must be a real pain to carve, and they're so small!
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drolletje:

does this version carry on the original's story of racial disharmony?
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Tom:

Aaaaaargh. Can’t hear Jan & Kaz
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Mr Fab:

The other day listener sufferwords hipped us to the fact that funk group Hot Chocolate had the first version of "Brother Louie." We were astonished! In the US we only knew the Stories version.
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi Tom!
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Jan Turkenburg:

@drolletje, not that I'm aware of...
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MHLee:

@Mr Fab they also have a version of give peace a chance that is....
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drolletje:

Yes, Mr F: it was one of Hot C's first Top 10 singles... a few years after they debuted with Give Peace a Chance for Apple
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Paper Kosmonaut:

In the sector of parodies, Tobi Rix could be seen as the predecessor of Dingetje.
But Dingetje didn't have a magician's daughter as a daughter.
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Jan Turkenburg:

The Shepherds are like better quality Fouryo's
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Paper Kosmonaut:

They had Helen.
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Jan Turkenburg:

And I think we can agree that Tobi was a great musician as well as a parodist unlike Dingetje
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Paper Kosmonaut:

You can say that again, Jan.
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MHLee:

Death disk
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Jan Turkenburg:

Tandarts!
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MHLee:

Also late year to choose to cover this one
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Jan Turkenburg:

oops typo!
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drolletje:

DENTIST!!! TANDARTS!1!1
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Paper Kosmonaut:

DOODSSCHIJF!
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Jan Turkenburg:

and now, ladies and gentlemen the legendary André Hazes sr. !!!
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MHLee:

Ahh that makes sense, Jan! I was thinking Sha na na might have been playing it in 1970 but they wer a nostalgia act
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drolletje:

Klaus Nomi did it better (as did Lesley Gore, obvs)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

ooh I forgot about that corny keyboard-solo in Zeg maar niets meer....
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Jan Turkenburg:

just couldn't resist
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MHLee:

That felt almost like a stroke...
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Jan Turkenburg:

Now the chain gang is being turned into a ghost house!
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MHLee:

Why did they do this lol
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Paper Kosmonaut:

The Cocktail trio already poldered in the sixties.
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Mr Fab:

Hahaha! And the cover art is great, too.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Poldergeist.
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David in California:

PK, what does polder mean when it's used as a verb?
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Paper Kosmonaut:

In my opinon: To choose the easiest way, the golden mean. careful to upset no one.
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Jan Turkenburg:

seeking compromises
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MHLee:

that was a pitiful flute
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David in California:

PK, thank you.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

That's better, Jan,
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David in California:

And thank you, Jan.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

"Polderen" is from this political phenomenon. en.wikipedia.org...
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MHLee:

So like pander
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MHLee:

This vocalist gives me Louis Prima vibes
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Mr Fab:

As well it should - this is a louis Prima cover
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Jan Turkenburg:

I didn't have time to tell you that Willem Duyn was the male half of Mouth and McNeal/ Big Mouth and Little Eve
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Mr Fab:

Really?! I used to love "How Do You Do" when I was a kid. Sounded nothing like that.
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Jan Turkenburg:

Tony Ronald is technically not a cover, but close enough...
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Mr Fab:

Taking that Telstar over to Venus...
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Jan Turkenburg:

"right
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drolletje:

This reeks of Joe Meek, doesn't it?
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Jan Turkenburg:

And here we go again!
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drolletje:

(not THIS... Venus!)
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Jan Turkenburg:

The other Venus didn't exist yet
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Paper Kosmonaut:

André Hazes - Quality?! KWAL-letie!
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Jan Turkenburg:

As if I wouldn't know LOL he lived in the village I grew up in. Never forget, too drunk to stand on his feet: "sir, could you please point me into the direction of my house?"
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Hahaha! also, 100 points for these two versions in a row!
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Mr Fab:

I love this far more than I should.
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drolletje:

Tony Ronald's 'Venus' WAS a cover version... it was originally recorded the year before as an instrumental by the Hurricane Strings
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David in California:

My preference is Hugo de Groot's version. Extra points for being on Havoc Records.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Was "donaldukkie' a cover?
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Jan Turkenburg:

100 point for Drolletje. I assumed it was the other way round. Never checked that...
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drolletje:

Poupee de Cire??
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Paper Kosmonaut:

was = wax = cire
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drolletje:

ahhh...
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drolletje:

Wax (not Wax)
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Jan Turkenburg:

Donald Dukkie sounded derived from 'coming to take me away' to me
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MHLee:

I don't know thw ornginal but this sounds great
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Poupee de Cire Poupee de Son, by France Gall - written by Serge Gainsbourg.
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drolletje:

The original was written by Serge Gainsbourg and won Eurovison in the early 60s - France Gall
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drolletje:

Haha! You beat me!
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drolletje:

the greatest Eurovision song ever
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Paper Kosmonaut:

It sure is one of the bestest.
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MHLee:

Very gtohic
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drolletje:

MHLee: www.youtube.com...
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drolletje:

he's no Eric Burdon
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drolletje:

...or Elvis Costello for that matter
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Jan Turkenburg:

And they did no effort to make the lyrics fit to the rhythm...
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MHLee:

not even lana del rAy
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drolletje:

...nor Nina Simone!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

This song is quite horrendous indeed. Mijn zak trekt langzaam vacuum.
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Jan Turkenburg:

just translated it liturally
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David in California:

This version lacks Nina Simone's soul.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

it lacks almost everything.
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drolletje:

Brigitte & Herman's final note was sublime
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drolletje:

My goodness... this really is something else, isn't it? Poor Dillinger!
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Why didn't they change the name of Peggy Sue to, say, Mamaloe?
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Jan Turkenburg:

Well it's a parody on the original, spelling Amsterdam io New York but the rest is quite different about a loser who wants to burn his bridges.
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MHLee:

Because she's from Texas
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Jan Turkenburg:

Of course Ria Valk has to be on this episode!
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MHLee:

The weird squeaky guitar(?) has character
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MHLee:

@WWR thanks so much for sharing the link to that original recording...
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Jan Turkenburg:

and just Ria, André van Duin is obligatory for this episode.
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Paper Kosmonaut:

"Wanneer je naar je vrouw kijkt en je wordt ineens niet goed"... LOL!!!! every time.
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Candy-O'67:

Thanks so much, Jan! Haven't had time to comment today (work), but have enjoyed it!
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drolletje:

You're welcome, MHLee!
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Jan Turkenburg:

thanks Candy!
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MHLee:

Classic Doo-Wop Progression, I can't determine if this is "Only You" or some other classic song
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Paper Kosmonaut:

JOhnny Ray's Cry
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drolletje:

This is going to appear on an episode of the WWRRS before too long
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Damn! This translation is great.
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MHLee:

This is done quite well
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Jan Turkenburg:

"en gaat het kut, heb ik het zwaar!"
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Paper Kosmonaut:

als man en kind - ha!
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drolletje:

Another excellent show, Jan
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Paper Kosmonaut:

100 points for you, Jan! Really great show!
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Mr Fab:

these hours flew by! Just a Jan-tastic episode.
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David in California:

Thank you, Jan. I've enjoyed the show. And thanks to the commenters who have also increased my musical knowledge.
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MHLee:

Great fun, Jan. I always love covers.
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