Doe Maar - Nederwiet Reaction! 

RIP Henny Vrienten (bass, songwriter, idol of the eighties...). A year gone already, so very sad. You were such a part of my youth, I miss you.

Henny Vrienten, Bass and lead singer/songwriter, died today. Such a big loss.. There goes a big part of my youth. Thanks Henny.

This was a big hit in the eighties - and has been a Dutch classic ever since.

Props to whoever did the subtitles, by the way. Translation and timing are spot on!

The windmill was not broke, it was stoned as a Flemish parrot.

Can you imagine that this band was as big as the Beatles in the Netherland, it was complete madness, total chaos, so much that the band could not handle this pressure. It broke them and left them in a million pieces. Now decenia later they reunited again for a while.

For me the best Dutch singing band ever. Get well soon Henny!!

RIP Mr. Bassplayer, Henny Vrienten. One of the truly greats in writing and performing.

Never seen / heard this version! Thanks. It’s like a second National Anthem, everyone knows the lyrics by heart from beginning until the end. Even the younger generations. Goosebumps everywhere 😂🎉

Awesome concert.. did you see the background😂 even the windmill changed😂 .. ❤❤ greatfull to be born in 81

Doe Maar was the biggest band in Dutch music history. It was a Dutch language Reggae/Ska band with often pretty serious or controversial lyrics on things like drugs, also the bad, promiscuity, nuclear war, among songs about love and girls. But despite already being in their thirties the singer/bass player (not the one who sings this song) and the singer/keyboard player had a boyband appeal. A Beatlemania emerged, the girl fanbase went from 18 to 16 to 13 and then the younger sisters, while the guys became less openly fan. So they ended up playing for thousands of girls in some improvised venues like cattle auction halls who were all screaming the lyrics they were far too young for to really understand word for word, except all those 11-year olds who fainted, and then often got attented to by the band members afterwards. Counterproductive probably, but they were just genuinely nice guys. They were in steady relationships with women of their own age and then some 12-year old girl would be out in the rain in front of their window at night and they would drive them home. There are hundreds of thousands Dutch women who once had a crush on one of those two band members, and most of female audience in this video probably had. So it got a bit uncomfortable, they were just too good a band and too old to be a boyband. They quit, the absolute headline of all the media that day, and probably to the relief of many parents. It seems a sad story, a band killed by their own fans, but these girls are my generation and I look a bit different at it. I've known them in their twenties and they all stil knew a good bass line and a proper reggae drummer when they hear one. Those girls had the privilege of having the crush on boyband experience with good music and good lyrics, not the slick, commercial nothingness that usually exploits teenage girl's hormones.

My son has a "Doe Maar" tattoo, he is 22 . Doe Maar was succesfull long before he was borne. But we listened to these "old" music all the time in the car . He has grown up with Nederwiet and other Doe Maar songs. He has the best memories of that time and Doe Maar music pulled him through a really tough period in his life. I 'm happy you like it toooooo!

Basically this should be our national anthem

Did anyone notice the windmill at the background! That's the effect of the plant.. 😂

Doe Maar was my favourite band a kid, I was heartbroken when they quit in 1984. Can you imagine me singing along to songs about drugs as a 6-7yo? My parents were like, "Well, she has no clue what it means, so..." 🤣

This entire concert is gold.

This guy; Joost Belinfante is a respected musician and producer in the Netherlands. Excellent trombone player.

10:03 It took a very long time for you to notice. The windmill is not broken. Have you perhaps smoked some Nederwiet or has the windmill smoked some?

Its our Dutch nationale anthem for 30 years now, great band

3:02 - "I wanna do some finger-painting with him ..." Hahaha, such a specific activity, perfect. You win my day :-) :-)

The windmill is as stoned as a Flamish parrot or as the Dutch say, as stoned as a shrimp.

Good ol' days. Thank you for the throwback. Now you know why we Dutch are so happy-go-lucky.

Yeah, Doe Maar...the ultimate 'Dutchnes'!! They created their own sound. People call it 'Nederpop' A combination of Ska, Punk and Reggae. Had their heydays in the '80s. Songs with controversial topics. Fantastic band. You should check them out. Songs like: De bom, 1 nacht alleen, Pa and (my personal favorite:)Sinds 1 dag of 2....

Smoking a joint and watching this video. Greetings from Holland 🙋🏼‍♂️🇳🇱

The sun starts shining by hearing this song after so many years 🌞 I saw Doe Maar twice at Pinkpop in the eighties, joined by some nederweed we had a very good time 🤩

Welcome to the genius that is Joost Belinfante. Now how to explain him... Belinfante and Doe Maar Keyboard player Ernst Janzs had been long time friends and in the sixties were in bands together such as CCC Inc.The Slumberland band and The Rumbones. As well as touring together in the backing band of Boudewijn De Groot, which is also where the two of them met Henny Vrienten, who is the bass player in this clip. So in 1978 when Janzs got Doe Maar together it was almost certain that Belinfante would get involved too. But not just yet, it took the departure of original bass player Piet Dekker before Belinfante made his way in. Belinfante being a multi instrumentalist (If you look at the full show, you will see him play Trombone, Violin and guitar) bought himself a Bass and fit right in. So when Henny Vrienten came around to join the band as bass player Belinfante stayed around, played on the all of the band's albums and usually did lead vocals on a couple of tunes, of which "Nederwiet" was the biggest hit. But it was Vrienten's involvement which gave the song it's hit potential, because when the band was in the studio recording the Album "skunk" where Vrienten redid all the bass lines Belinfante played and went "Is this something good?" before playing that bass line which made the song legendary.

Just a song that teaches us something about nature, want to grow plants, don't remember how to do it.. listen.. just.. listen. Enjoy this relaxed learning curve.

Still one of the best Dutch bands ever. Their popularity actually killed them. Their songs have adult content but the style appealed to teenagers at the time. Oh well.

About the island vibes: a lot of Indonesians, Moluccans, Dutch Antilles and Surinam people brought the island vibes to Dutch culture😎

Can you imagine that every schoolkid in the Netherlands in the 80s sang along with this song lol (I was one haha)

Imagine being about 12 years old in the 80's and singing such songs with your younger sister loud out even at home with your parents 🤣🤣🤣 Even my mother danced on this.

These guys had the dub-vibe going... There is so much more to explore. The bass player, Henny Vrienten, is the main guy. And he is such a genius. If you can, try to find translations of their lyrics, they are out of this world. 'Is dit alles' (Is This All There Is?) has a dub vibe and is about a guy who is settled: 'a kid, a house , a car and each other ', but is questioning if this is it. Also check out their collaborations with Herman Brood, another Dutch giant. And look at the audience: in their hey day, those were hot young girls -and you still see that in their eyes. Fantastic stuff.

In 1980 when this song came out I was 5yo. I was a huge Doe Maar fan and even though I had no idea I sang this song out loud. I am now 46 and my husband and I own a hemp and CBD store in Austria. Just saying....LOL.

This is our national anthem!! Thanks for your music Henny R.I.P

Whaaaaaaaa YES! Our second national anthem with subtitles, who made those because I was not able to find subtitles under this song a few weeks ago.... The one who made them so now the rest of the world get to know our underground second national anthem.. THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING!!!! And for this upload, the reggae music from DOE MAAR, the weed and the freedom... Thank you... And the windmill is stoned!

This is going to be my best watched video from your channel I think 😂 The song itself is hilarious and your reaction makes it even better 😍

This song is worth gold!! Good video bro and thank you for making this. And yes when it plays here everyone sings along.

I love doe maar!! Some famous songs of theirs are ‘sinds 1 dag of 2 (32 jaar)’ and ‘smoorverliefd’. They’re great songs too!! Heroine by them is probably one of my favourites :)

I love how youre digging the groove dude! Im really enjoying youre vibing on it! Hope you'll go for more Doe Maar, my fave Dutch band!

I love Doe Maar, saw them a couple of times live and they were awesome.

Owww I love this song! Doe Maar is a great band. Most Dutch people I know know all words. Yep, me too. lol.

Goosebumps right here!

Neder Weed the most joyful weed ever exist. Specially for a good joint. The leader of `Sisters of the Valley` in the USA learned about Neder Weed when she was on vacation in Amsterdam in Nederland in the 70th.

Remember they were Dutch/Indonesians, halve a million people fled from Indonesian to the Netherlands in 1950, to a country of than 10 million people. Many musicians in the 1960s, had Indonesian roots.

Doe Maar is great! Back in 2006 there even was a musical created around their biggest hits.

One of my all time favorite Dutch bands! I saw them live numerous times when I was about 14/15 years old. And they did this song back then as well. Always one big party.... I saw them again 2 years ago. I'm very sad the bass player is now sick and they cancelled their comeback-tour for now. My childhood heroes xxx

Lordy Lordy... I love love love that you did this reaction, epic evergreen of the Netherlands LMFAO... so very very good. Thanks Mate! Enjoyed this one!

This is a classic! Just GOLD!

don't forget..little green bag is also a dutch song way older and mega hit used in reservoire dogs the movie

One of my favourite dutch bands, even to this day... I was 16 when I discovered them, already golden oldies by then ❤

I love that this is just a fun lesson on how to grow your own stuff!

R.I.P. Henny Vrienten 27-July-1948 / 25-April-2022 (composer, lead singer guitarist, pianist and bassist)

This song brings me back to my vibe times in coffeshops around The Netherlands..DenHaag Amsterdam Utrecht Den Bosch....in my Datsun Sunny ;)

Great you listened to Doe Maar. They where the biggest band in the Netherlands in the 80's. I remember my sister crying her eyes out when the announced they where going to break up. This video is from one of the revivals.

I love this song and Doe Maar and was at this concert. Everybody was singing, dancing and enjoying it. Awesome to see you are enjoying it. You got to love the Dutch.

"I want to do some finger painting with him" You got me there, son.

I work in Amsterdam, even the pre rolled joints are destroying Americans. Lmao

Oh Doe Maar, ive been to the concert. it was epic, singing about weed with 17k people, most dubble my age. Doe Maar was formed in 1978 fyi. my mom used to love them back in the day, and still does tho. :') fingerpainting lmao

I tried this at that time, bought some seeds in Amsterdam and put in 5 pots outside. when the little points came out, the birds ate them straight away. That was not told in the song :-)

Doe Maar was famous for this kind of music. Ska music. One of the main singers, Henny Vrienten, passed away last year. This group originated from my city, Tilburg. So proud of that. My mom was a headnurse in the 80s when the father of this singer was in the hospital, mom had to make sure he got the proper care, he was terminally ill, and this band was so popular back then that girls tried to get to the floor in the hospital where his father was just to hope to run into Henny Vrienten. The hospital tried everything to keep the fans outside. It was very frustrating. We in our family knew way before the mainstream media news knew how bad and tenacious the hardcore fans were. Those fans kinda ruined it for the band and all the other normal fans of the band. They made fantastic music. They split up begin of the 80s, but got back together in 2000. My brothers and I and our significant others went to a concert of them.back then....so fantastic. Nostalgia galore 😊❤

Thanks for checking this out bro, that was a lot of fun 😁👍 Greetings from the Netherlands 😉✌

I was at this concert. Still one of the best concerts I have visited.

Great to see you genuinely enjoy =) Doe Maar is awesome really. There are many good songs they made. Its quite a contrast that the man in the blacksuit that does the "background vocal" also made music for Sesamestreet (among other things. I think he is an absolute legend)

Where did you find the version with english subtitles ? The subtitles are spot on , mostly it doesnt make sense but these are totally right

watch the windmill in the back at 8.44..... thx for the request and the reaction, grts from a dutch wiedewiedeweetie in sjermaniemania...... cough cough...... peace !!

Great to see someones first reaction to "Nederweed", especially as we dutchmen know the song all our lives. (song came out in 1980)

This sums up The Netherlands, a full stadium going mad on a song that teach you how to grow weed! Proud to be Dutch (L)

Doe Maar brengs back great memories. still smoking after 40years :)

Doe maar was bigger than the Beatles in the Netherlands in the 80's. And Doe Maar always makes Reggae/ska. Normally it's the bass player that sings. This is a guest singer.

Loved this as a kid....had no idea what they were singing about ...(I'm dutch)

Proud dutch smoker

Always listen to Doe Maar in the Summertime for the perfect vibe! 🌞🥰✌🏼

ah the song of my people :)

this is our alternative national anthem :P

Dit is een lied over een plant, een mooie plant, een nuttige plant!!!!

Such good vibes 😎 Love it!!!

Never needed to, never tried the stuff...but this live-version is of outstanding qualities! HxC, again, greetooz from The Netherlands.

I was at this concert. Epic! I love "doe maar" so much. Just found you on RU-vid. Your comments are the best.

Nederwiet! Symfonica in Rosso, Gelredome (home of footballclub Vitesse) Arnhem, the Netherlands Oktober 2012. Me and my wife were there on the stands on the right side.🙂 Unforgetable memory's...

Its funny to see a outsider laugh and enjoy about this song. This is one of the best dutch songs ever but not very famous. Bedankt dat je dit nummer heb vertegenwoordigd. Het was super leuk om dit te zien!

I was there! Ath that live concert...one of the best concerts I've seen

Where is the bong? Nah…I rolled myself a pretsigaret (funsigaret) Thanks man for bringing back good memory’s.

Great song in my day's😁😁

this is between reggae and ska I think maybe more ska. edit: this song was made before we developed seedless weed by the way :P I grew the first skunk(seedless) in 1987 it was a revolution back in the day.

Unfortunately, Henny Vrienten (the bassist and lead singer of Doe Maar) passed away last week.

DOE MAAR was a big Dutch band since the eighties , ska and reaggae but in Dutch .I am fifty yrs old and they are my childhood memories and happy smoking times. They still rule in my opinion

Yes, this was great, LOL

Shout-out and a like from the Netherlands. I was in my rebellious teens when this song was released and needless to say these guys were my heroes. Unfortunately today in the news I saw that Henny Vrienten (the guy playing the bass and lead singer of most their songs) has died at the age of 73. R.I.P. my hero, I will smoke one (or two) in your memory today as I listen to all those great old songs.

Note the guitarman in the front with the suit and nice hair was mostly the main singer.

When I was a teen I had many albums of Doe maar when they were younger of course hahah

Doe Maar brought SKA to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 A great ‘boy band’ from the eighties in NL. Set out to be a band playing the alternative side and small music halls but became a massive hit for all. Great lyrics, fun music … I guess all people under 40 in the era still know all the lyrics. From protest songs to little sweet songs till plain controversial songs. All sang by teenagers like they were lullabies :-))) (To big frustration of some band-members)

Great i will have this song all day long in my head... at work!!!!! Great Great!!!! na na na weed weed weed...la la la

Your welcome here my brother!❤

The bearded man is joost belifante,he was member of a band before doe maar but after doe maar was created he always was/ is a part of them.. thanks for this video man..ok i'm gonna listen my joint greetings from holland brother (he realy is a creativ dude!!)

It's exactly that: a weed-poem mixed with a song! 😎🪴 Love this performance!!

Finger painting 😂😂 dude LMFAO 🤣 he said

This was my era, good old times. To me 'Doe maar' was the Dutch answer for 'The Police'. 'Doe maar' means 'just do it'.

Funny thing.. Cannabis is also grown by farmers ( the variant with very low THC Content), but.. you should see the look on tourist's faces when encounter a field full of these plants.. a lot of them stop, and take pictures of themselves in these fields.. that probably makes the best souvenir!.. 😅

I was 14 yaers old when this band "doe Maar" the country totally blew everybody away when I left basic school after 6 years we playback this, and as with every concert the girls fainted before our eyes,,, it was beautiful. I bet you, that every person in the Netherlands can sing a long this song..

"just the tip"hylarious :-)