{"id":894,"date":"2010-10-10T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=894"},"modified":"2014-07-18T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:43:11","slug":"kip-patat-en-appelmoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/kip-patat-en-appelmoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kip, Patat en Appelmoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to know whether my childhood desire to sing in front of large audiences of people was born of watching <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em>, or whether I liked <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em> because of some innate musical inclination.\u00a0 I fantasized about being a part of the beloved Dutch children\u2019s choir, which was started in 1980 and is still going strong; its albums are consistent bestsellers, and its yearly television broadcasts remain popular.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing I wanted more than to be a part of <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em> was to be featured on the <em>Mini-Playback Show<\/em>, which \u2013 with the help of an amazing wig department \u2013 transformed children into their favorite pop stars.\u00a0 I was most inspired by a timeless rendition of Whitney Houston\u2019s \u201cHow Do I Know,\u201d but this emphatic Cyndi Lauper wannabe (who has a lot to learn about lip-synching) should give you some idea of the glamour involved.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mini Playback Show girls just want to have fun 1991\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxamrvrZyJ8?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>Over the years, <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em> has done an admirable job of keeping its finger on the pulse of a changing musical \u2013 and political \u2013 landscape.<\/p>\n<p>But times change, and gone with the oversized red cardigans and light pop beats are the innocent themes of 20 years ago.\u00a0 Perhaps the most famous \u2013 or, at least, the most frequently YouTubed \u2013 <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em> song is an anthem from 2005, \u201cTwee Vaders,\u201d about a boy whose adoptive fathers are a gay couple, sung live here by its subject and author, Terrence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kinderen voor Kinderen song - Two Fathers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qf0puHJ-KM?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>There is a quality in the song and its singer that, especially to anyone who has spent time in the US, seems charmingly progressive and unabashed.\u00a0 A YouTube commenter writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u00a0always get chills at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_qf0puHJ-KM\">2:23<\/a> when he says &#8220;So what, I&#8217;m their son!&#8221; There something about the look he gives&#8230; it doesn&#8217;t say &#8220;I&#8217;m better than you,&#8221; but rather &#8220;I&#8217;m equal with you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It may seem trite or over-generalizing to say that one often notes a spirit of egalitarianism and tolerance in Dutch children, but I do think that\u2019s what gives <em>Kinderen voor Kinderen<\/em> some of its unique sparkle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to know whether my childhood desire to sing in front of large audiences of people was born of watching Kinderen voor Kinderen, or whether I liked Kinderen voor Kinderen because of some innate musical inclination.\u00a0 I fantasized about being a part of the beloved Dutch children\u2019s choir, which was started in 1980&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/kip-patat-en-appelmoes\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11791,11789,11790],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-appelmoes","tag-kinderen-voor-kinderen","tag-mini-playback-show"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}