{"id":1018,"date":"2011-01-09T18:05:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2011-01-09T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T18:05:51","slug":"kehas-overrated-ringing-in-2011-with-queen-the-eagles-meatloaf-pink-floyd-u2-golden-earring-and-boudewijn-de-groot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/kehas-overrated-ringing-in-2011-with-queen-the-eagles-meatloaf-pink-floyd-u2-golden-earring-and-boudewijn-de-groot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ke$ha’s Overrated: Ringing in 2011 with Queen, the Eagles, Meatloaf, Pink Floyd, U2, Golden Earring and Boudewijn de Groot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pinpointing how exactly the Dutch like their pop music is not an exact science, except for in the days immediately preceding each Oud en Nieuw<\/em>.\u00a0 Starting on Christmas day, Radio 2 broadcasts what Dutch voters have designated as the Top 2000 songs of all time.\u00a0 Number one airs as the last minutes of the old year tick away \u2013 and, since the number one song of all time is always either \u201cHotel California\u201d or \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d those last few moments can feel\u2026elongated.<\/p>\n

The twee duizend liedjes<\/em> \u2013 read the whole list here<\/a> \u2013 do sum up at least one strain of Dutch taste, the strain I tend to identify with men of my father\u2019s generation.\u00a0 There is nostalgia here for a kind of seventies theatricality that has gone by the wayside \u2013 the kind of arena rock that icons like Freddie Mercury and Meatloaf perfected.\u00a0 Number 9 on the list, Meatloaf\u2019s \u201cParadise by the Dashboard Light\u201d reminds us that the Dutch love both camp and cynicism.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, this song is one step away from being the entire Rocky Horror Picture Show.<\/p>\n