{"id":293,"date":"2010-04-27T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-04-07T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T10:37:19","slug":"dutch-music-andre-hazes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-music-andre-hazes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Music : Andre Hazes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No blog about Dutch language and culture would truly be complete if we didn&#8217;t at least mention Andre Hazes.\u00a0 Whether you love him or hate him, he&#8217;s here to stay and has won a very particular spot in the hearts of the Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Hazes was a folk singer who sang a particularly emotional and over the top style of music.\u00a0 He was only moderately popular until a movie about his life came out, and it seems that once people got a look into his often tumultuous personal life that he rocketed to even higher stardom.\u00a0 He was married to a woman who stood by him through his alcoholism, and many of his songs are ballads dedicated to his love for her, or him asking for her forgiveness for all the terrible things he had done, or other such tear-jerkers.\u00a0 I have a Dutch friend who said that Andre Hazes expresses all the emotions that Dutch men are unable to express for themselves.\u00a0 Well, I can&#8217;t argue with one part of that: it is very emotional.\u00a0 And no real Amsterdam cafe is complete without Andre Hazes playing in the background at least a few times in the evening, since his home base was definitely Amsterdam.\u00a0 Andre Hazes passed away, but his songs will stay with us and be played over, and over, and over&#8230;and over&#8230;and over&#8230;.again.<\/p>\n<p>And so, without further delay, your Andre Hazes ballad:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hazes - Zij gelooft in mij\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ieUAYSmz65w?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><strong>Zij Gelooft in Mij<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ik vroeg haar gister`navond wacht op mij<br \/>\nMisschien ben ik vanavond vroeger vrij<br \/>\nZe knikte wel van ja, maar zij kent mij (oh yeah)<br \/>\nNu sta ik voor je<br \/>\nIk ben weer blijven hangen in de kroeg<br \/>\nZo`n nacht ze weet het<br \/>\nHeb ik nooit genoeg<br \/>\nHoe was het dat was alles wat ze vroeg (wat ze vroeg)<\/p>\n<p>Want zij gelooft in mij<br \/>\nZij ziet toekomst in ons allebei<br \/>\nZe vraagt nooit maak je voor mij eens vrij<br \/>\nWant ze weet, dit gaat voorbij<br \/>\nIk schrijf m`n eigen lied<br \/>\nTot dat iemand mij ontdekt en ziet<br \/>\ntot een ieder van mijn songs geniet<br \/>\nZij vertrouwt op mij<br \/>\nZe gelooft in mij<\/p>\n<p>Ik zal wachten<br \/>\nTot de tijd dat ieder mij herkent<br \/>\nen je trots kan zijn op je eigen vent<br \/>\nOp straat zullen ze zeggen: Die Hazes is bekend<br \/>\nZolang we dromen<br \/>\nVan geluk dat ergens op ons wacht<br \/>\nDan vergeet je snel weer deze nacht<br \/>\nZij vertrouwt op mij dat is m`n kracht (m&#8217;n kracht)<\/p>\n<p>Want zij gelooft in mij<br \/>\nZij ziet toekomst in ons allebei<br \/>\nZe vraagt nooit maak je voor mij eens vrij<br \/>\nWant ze weet, dit gaat voorbij<br \/>\nIk schrijf m`n eigen lied<br \/>\nTotdat iemand mij ontdekt en ziet<br \/>\nTot een ieder van mijn songs geniet<br \/>\nZij vertrouwt op mij<br \/>\nZe gelooft in mij<\/p>\n<p>(door www.songteksten.net)<\/p>\n<p>If you have a favorite Andre Hazes song, tell us all about it in the comments section below!<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re interested in hearing more Dutch music, check out our posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/blf-dutch-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">BL\u00d8F<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/music-for-smiling\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rudi Carrell<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/a-little-dutch-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ramses Shaffy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No blog about Dutch language and culture would truly be complete if we didn&#8217;t at least mention Andre Hazes.\u00a0 Whether you love him or hate him, he&#8217;s here to stay and has won a very particular spot in the hearts of the Dutch. 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