[salsa-man]

Originally Posted by Mazzzja

Thanks

When writing down me asking you what the reason was I mentioned bands to you, I suddenly remembered! (where's the smilie with the instant light bulb when you need it...)

First Nick en Simon - Rosanne.
A popular singer Jan Smit - Cupido.
Horrible video (couldn't find the videoclip) of Frans Bauer - Heb je even voor mij. Grandmothers love him
Typical Amsterdam style music (please save me!) Frans Duijts - Lieveling

And then we ask ourselves why it is that the Dutch music doesn't cross the borders, except for Belgium

Enjoy! or not...

So again, morbid curiousity made me go look. (and listen). ......wow.......I never would have guessed that music was from Holland. It wasn't that bad tho. Well OK.... yes it was. But I'd rather listen to that than the crap they play today that's nothing more than a large woofer creating sonic booms throughout the neighborhood.

Actually, we have something in the US today that resembles that Dutch music. It's called Tejano. It's regional (and ethnic) so you'll only find it in abundance in certain cities (mainly those along the US-Mexico border). It evolved in South Texas and is a style of music that has roots in the German "oompah" style band and the Mexican/Spanish music of old. The Tejanos (people born in Texas of Mexican descent) are the primary fans of this music.
Here is a little blurb on it's history -> Tejano Music History So you can see a distinct European influence there - similar to what I was hearing in those videos.

Out of the 4 songs, Lieveling was the most tolerable. If it were in English, I could easily see this one at least making the charts back in the 1970's. It also has a slight resemblance to the style of ABBA.

BTW what does Lieveling mean?