...and there ain't no mixture that will give you back your youth No mystic machine that makes the sand turn to gold Like there ain't no magic word that holds you back from getting old ...
Frans Krassen burg, Jaap Eggermont, Peter de Ronde, Rinus Gerritsen, George Kooijmans, Barry Hay, Cesar Zuyderwijk Geweldige gezellige jongens en klasse muziek. Theo S.
Actually Kooymans (singer) wrote this song for another band. Their producer saw the hitpotential and made them record it. It's not their favourite song. Although nowadays they play a llot old songs, this one never makes it to their playlist.
The drummer is Jaap Eggermont, and you see on the keyboard Rinus Gerritsen! Not Eddy van Halen! Cesar Zuiderwijk drums after 1970 in the Golden Earring!
The lads were obviously having a laugh with this one... Probably egged on my the success of some of those silly sing-a-long tunes that top the charts on occasion. At this point Jaap Eggermont was still on drums (he would go on to produce the global hit 'Stars on 45'... remember, that cool medley of Beatle tunes? 'We are start on 45...'). After at least one more drummer (for their '8 Miles High' period they got Cesar Zuiderwijk and became a 'rock' band... 'Radar Love' etc. was their new standard.
Jammer van de ongeneeslijke ziekte van George. Misschien was Barry destijds wel jaloers op George, omdat toen de meiden hem de knapste van de vier vonden. En verder is dit gewoon een topnummer, hoeven ze zich echt niet voor te schamen.
@PlaceSoFarAway I agree. The 60s bands have a particularly rich output which they can be proud of. Yet, it's difficult to link these vibrant boys to their current age (no ageism, no negative implication!). It's just that their generation shaped the looks and fashion/ music taste of the next five decades. It is difficult to accept that the boys-next-door might have 'moved on' with time.
@vampire4000 Thanks, I googled them out; amazing career indeed and impressive songs. Their 80s' are slightly too dark for me but they are still performing!!!! (sadly in their 60s - I can't believe it!!!) What is their lead-singer's name in this clip and in Buddy Joe?
heard a little story on the radio just a while ago. at that time these guys thought i'd be funny to switch places just for the heck of it. glad they cleaned up their act though...
Although listenable top 40 fare ,and somewhat in the airy fairy 1967 mood, this was an opportunistic management idea....proving that Rinus and George, being able musicians and busy in the studio doing sessions for a host of other artists, they could do any musical style, including this caribbean little ditty....while their hearts were obviously still in "rock"....
GOEIE OUWE ZENNE EN ZEVER NIE!Of is hetgeen ge tegewoordig hoort zo vrolijk?Ge zoudt er iets aan overhouden!En dit is gewoon een ongecompliceerd vrolijk deuntje nie meer nie minder.
Dong? Dickie Dickie Dong? Is it too obvious for everyone here to mention it, or is it me who's just too vulgarized? If they sing what I hear, this song surely must have been banned from airplay in the US (if they knew it at all over there). With its brilliant video, this tune could have been even more subversive than FZ's Bobby Brown when played to non-English speakers ten years later ;
Ah, to have been around in the 70's...is this song about, ahem, oral sex? George was beautiful. (Women have hips people) Good Looking Band. I hope I get to see them live as they are still performing and I think they are awesome.
Hard to believe this is the same band that brought us "Twilight Zone" and "When the Lady Smiles". And fun to see those 1970s clothing style. And of course, it's a nice song ;)
George Kooymans sung this song again when he performed with Vreemde Kostgangers with Henny Vrienten and Boudewijn de Groot. He played the same instrument like in this video
Doesn't sound anything like the Golden Earring that I know, though I recognize three of them there (definitely not Cesar on drums). Funny to see Barry as guitarist.
Oh ja!!!! Ich war 15 als ich sie so zum ersten Mal gesehen habe. Seitdem sind sie meine absolute Lieblingsband. Bis zum heutigen Tag und in aller Ewigkeit.
Golden Earrings were supporting Spinal Tap whose Flower Power hit 'Listen to the Flower People' was at Number 1 in the Dutch Charts. At at open air concert in Holland Tap's drummer was decapitated by the sail of a windmill
I had to visit this page to pay my respects to the band. I just learned they are disbanding immediately, due to Kooymans having ALS. Best wishes to him.
I bet you they're not playing this song live anymore. lol. It actually looks ten times worse than it sounds. Just an innocent little summer tune. Great way to tease George!
Of course I remember G.E.'s Radar Love in the AM headphones as I mowed the neighbor's vacant lot in 1974, or was it '73...I was referring to the song, not the band.
