{"id":1477,"date":"2011-08-11T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T12:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:13:48","slug":"dutch-singer-marco-borsato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-singer-marco-borsato\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Singer: Marco Borsato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first came to the Netherlands, there was a song on the radio and music channels almost non-stop.\u00a0 That song, which I will share with you in my next post, was sung by the Dutch singer <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.borsato.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Borsato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Borsato was born in 1966 in the Dutch city of Alkmaar.\u00a0 He and his family spent a significant amount of time in Italy and Marco speaks fluent Italian.\u00a0 In fact, he began his singing career singing in Italian.\u00a0 However, it wasn\u2019t until 1994 when Marco brought out his first Dutch single \u201cDromen Zijn Bedrog\u201d (&#8220;Dreams are Deception&#8221;) that he became quite popular.\u00a0 The single reached number one on the Dutch Top 40 chart where it remained for twelve weeks.<\/p>\n<p>You can see Marco perform &#8220;Dromen Zijn Bedrog&#8221; in the video below and if you wish to sing along, have a look at the lyrics at the end of the post.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marco Borsato - Dromen Zijn Bedrog\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuA2U9iU6lQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marco\u2019s second single, \u201cWaarom Nou Jij\u201d (roughly, \u201cWhy You\u201d) also reached the number one spot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tv special Borsato VTM Live Waarom Nou Jij\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFCF4r3eXb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marco Borsato is an ambassador of the Dutch NGO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warchild.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">War Child<\/a> whose aim is to help children in (post)conflict areas cope with their war experiences.\u00a0 His work with War Child Netherlands and his \u201cservices to Dutch music\u201d were recognized in 2004 when he was made an Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau (Orde van Oranje-Nassau).<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t all been positive for Marco though.\u00a0 In 2009, The Entertainment Group of which Marco was a key shareholder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.biz\/bbbiz\/content_display\/industry\/news\/e3icbd5f8a8048766fcfabf7f8b068518c8\" target=\"_blank\">declared bankruptcy<\/a> following a reported \u20ac1 million loss in 2008.\u00a0 However, despite the financial difficulties Marco Borsato remains, in my opinion, a great Dutch singer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Marco Borsato &#8211; Dromen Zijn Bedrog Lyrics*:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steeds als ik je zie lopen<br \/>\ndan gaat de hemel een klein beetje open.<br \/>\nSterren, je laat ze verbleken<br \/>\nmet je ogen die altijd stralen.<\/p>\n<p>Jij kan de zon laten schijnen<br \/>\nwant je loopt langs en de wolken verdwijnen<br \/>\nen als je lacht, lacht heel de wereld mee.<\/p>\n<p>De meeste dromen zijn bedrog<br \/>\nmaar als ik wakker wordt naast jou dan droom ik nog.<br \/>\nIk voel je adem en zie je gezicht<br \/>\nje bent een droom die naast me ligt.<br \/>\nJe kijkt me aan en rekt je uit<br \/>\neen keer in de zoveel tijd komen dromen uit!<\/p>\n<p>Jij moet me een ding beloven<br \/>\nlaat me nog lang in mijn dromen geloven.<br \/>\nZelfs als je even niet hier bent<br \/>\nblijf in mijn slaap dan bij me.<\/p>\n<p>En als de zon weer gaat schijnen<br \/>\nlaat dan dat beeld wat ik heb niet verdwijnen.<br \/>\nAls je zou gaan neem je mijn dromen mee.<\/p>\n<p>De meeste dromen zijn bedrog<br \/>\nmaar als ik wakker wordt naast jou dan droom ik nog.<br \/>\nIk voel je adem en zie je gezicht<br \/>\nje bent een droom die naast me ligt.<br \/>\nJe kijkt me aan en rekt je uit<br \/>\neen keer in de zoveel tijd komen dromen uit!<\/p>\n<p>Ooh jij kan de zon laten schijnen<br \/>\nwant je loopt langs en de wolken verdwijnen.<br \/>\nEn als je lacht, lacht heel de wereld mee.<\/p>\n<p>De meeste dromen zijn bedrog<br \/>\nmaar als ik wakker wordt naast jou dan droom ik nog.<br \/>\nIk voel je adem en zie je gezicht<br \/>\nje bent een droom die naast me ligt.<br \/>\nJe kijkt me aan en rekt je uit<br \/>\nzo een keer in de zoveel tijd komen dromen uit!<\/p>\n<p>Je kijkt me aan en rekt je uit<br \/>\neen keer in de zoveel tijd komen dromen uit!<\/p>\n<p>De meeste dromen zijn bedrog<br \/>\nmaar als ik wakker wordt naast jou dan droom ik nog.<br \/>\nIk voel je adem en zie je gezicht<br \/>\nje bent een droom die naast me ligt.<br \/>\nJe kijkt me aan en rekt je uit<br \/>\neen keer in de zoveel tijd komen dromen uit!<\/p>\n<p><em>*lyrics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlyrics.com\/songs\/m\/marcoborsato9029\/dromenzijnbedrog304554.html\" target=\"_blank\">STLyrics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"250\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2011\/08\/429px-Foto_Marco_Borsato-250x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2011\/08\/429px-Foto_Marco_Borsato-250x350.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2011\/08\/429px-Foto_Marco_Borsato.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p>When I first came to the Netherlands, there was a song on the radio and music channels almost non-stop.\u00a0 That song, which I will share with you in my next post, was sung by the Dutch singer Marco Borsato. Marco Borsato was born in 1966 in the Dutch city of Alkmaar.\u00a0 He and his family&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-singer-marco-borsato\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":1478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[60713,3590],"tags":[27725,27724,108,10149,2513],"class_list":["post-1477","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-2","category-dutch-language","tag-dutch-singer","tag-marco-borsato","tag-music","tag-netherlands","tag-singer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}