Ramses Shaffy
Tuesday we lost Ramses Shaffy. A popular, charismatic dutch singer. He was popular when my parents were younger, so I was confronted with his songs while i grew up.
The lyrics were fascinating and mostly cryptic. for those that want a taste of dutch culture, here is a nice song, the title catches aspects of life and translates to: sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire. The clip shows appropriate stills at each word.
I agree totally with this article. And wrote about him on my own blog http://www.egobert.wordpress.com If you want to, take a look.
Sammy is one of the many songs I liked too. I always assumed it was about a cat somehow, but yesterday I learned it contained bits and pieces of all Ramses’ friends…