Monday 30 March 2020

Of de tijd stil heeft gestaan



It's the start of another turgid week in lockdown, but we just have to grit our teeth and just get on with it, I suppose.

The sad news that one of our fave Dutch artists the lovely Liesbeth List joined the great oom-pah band in the sky last week provides us with a chance, however, for a triple-bill of jollity on this Tacky Music Monday, as we recall her typically up-beat music...

...first up, with an early hit from way back in 1969:


Next, a remarkable bit of weirdness; a duet with frequent collaborator Ramses Shaffy from the lady's own television show - about which I said back in 2013 when I first came across it:
The accompanying footage features (for some baffling reason) Mr Shaffy in what can only be described as a gold sequinned strongman costume, trapped in a topaz globe, while Miss List reclines nonchalantly and appears to sing a completely different song. No drugs involved there, then.

And, finally, the song that first brought Miss List to our attention her at Dolores Delargo Towers, when we purchased a vinyl compilation album of Dutch hits from 1974. We love this, and sing it whenever we are in, heading to, or even thinking about, Amsterdam [which is a lot; but less-than-likely to happen this year - sob, sob]:


That's brightened me up!

RIP Liesbeth List (born Elisabeth Dorathea List, 12th December 1941 – 25th March 2020)

4 comments:

  1. She's a bit young to be popping off.
    Have a good week, Jon, despite the lockdown.
    Sx

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    1. Well, she was 78. She had also been diagnosed with Alzheimers, unfortunately. She left a few good things to remind us of her, at least.

      Have a good week too! I'm still working... jx

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  2. I thank her from the bottom of my heart for providing the sound track to so many fabo trips to Amsterdam
    Bless her

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