Bettie Serveert
Bettie Serveert is a Dutch indie-rock band, founded in 1991 in Arnhem, The … Read Full Bio ↴Bettie Serveert is a Dutch indie-rock band, founded in 1991 in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Their name, which translates to "Bettie serves," is taken from a series of tennis instructional books by Dutch tennis player Betty Stove, who lost the Wimbledon Ladies singles final in 1977.
Comprising vocalist Carol Van Dyk (vocals), Peter Visser (guitar), Herman Bunskoeke (bass) and Berend Dubbe (drums) they originally formed in 1986 as a side-project of De Artsen. After De Artsen split up in 1990, Bettie Serveert became a full-time project. Bettie Serveert released their debut album Palomine in 1992, which, fifteen years after its release, is still a modern indie rock classic, wonderfully blending together influences of Velvet Underground and Neil Young with melancholic lyrics, catchy tunes and a lo-fi-feel.
After releasing the full-length albums Lamprey (1995), Dust Bunnies (1997) and the Velvet Underground cover album Venus In Furs (1998), drummer Berend Dubbe decided to leave because of musical disagreements. He started his own samplepop-project: Bauer, receiving critical acclaim in Holland and Belgium. Various drummers took the place of Dubbe on the albums that followed (Private Suit, Log 22, Attagirl and Bare Stripped Naked). During most gigs, Gino Geudens of Belgian nineties power pop band Metal Molly, plays the drums.
For the 30th anniversary of Palomine, their most popular album, there was a re-release on Matador and a tour in 2023.
Comprising vocalist Carol Van Dyk (vocals), Peter Visser (guitar), Herman Bunskoeke (bass) and Berend Dubbe (drums) they originally formed in 1986 as a side-project of De Artsen. After De Artsen split up in 1990, Bettie Serveert became a full-time project. Bettie Serveert released their debut album Palomine in 1992, which, fifteen years after its release, is still a modern indie rock classic, wonderfully blending together influences of Velvet Underground and Neil Young with melancholic lyrics, catchy tunes and a lo-fi-feel.
After releasing the full-length albums Lamprey (1995), Dust Bunnies (1997) and the Velvet Underground cover album Venus In Furs (1998), drummer Berend Dubbe decided to leave because of musical disagreements. He started his own samplepop-project: Bauer, receiving critical acclaim in Holland and Belgium. Various drummers took the place of Dubbe on the albums that followed (Private Suit, Log 22, Attagirl and Bare Stripped Naked). During most gigs, Gino Geudens of Belgian nineties power pop band Metal Molly, plays the drums.
For the 30th anniversary of Palomine, their most popular album, there was a re-release on Matador and a tour in 2023.
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Bettie Serveert Lyrics
1 Off Deal People on sidewalks Engaging in small talk And all I can thi…
21 Days Oh no, enough is said, dumb words inside my head. Run down…
2nd Time Started to fade Innocent but odd enough anyway And caused in…
All The Other Fish You smile so sweetly when you dream And I wonder what…
Attagirl Stuck in a rut and a very tight place Judge and…
Auf Wiedersehen So it's auf wiedersehen, I guess I'll see you around. If I…
Balentine Balentine, if we could turn back the time We would've made…
Brain-Tag How does this rhyme, 'cause every time I see you Well,…
Calling You're blocking the reasons You're blocking the pain There…
Captain of Maybe You put the pleasure in my hand Sending out those signs…
Certainlie How many times can you tell a lie Before it has…
Change4Me This is enough, what were you thinking of? Don't play the…
Co-Coward Tell me 'bout your youth. Ah, just tell the truth. Was it…
Crutches Boredom always lurks within strange places But still I find…
Cut 'n Dried It's funny, how we seem to forget all the hassles and…
Cybor D Isn't it time, to open your mind. It's just me and…
Cybor*D Isn't it time, to open your mind. It's just me and…
D. Feathers What a wonderful solution. Now we all can rest our weary…
D.I.Y. Isn't it time, to open your mind. It's just me and…
De Diva Evil thoughts & blue minds. Leave the cynics all far behind…
Deny All You're scared What for? There's a demon lurking at your do…
Don't Touch That Dial! Hear me now Now don?t just stand there I can't see your…
Dreamaniacs Don't give up on me Dreamaniacs don't aim to please, yeah …
Dust Bunny Pass the cracks on every weird occasion You keep your finge…
Fallen Foster Throw it on the floor Never mind the mess 'Cause I've been…
For All We Know Love, look at the two of us Strangers in many ways We've…
Geek Rich, dumb, white kid thinks that he's everything Loud mout…
Given Isn't this simple? Everything's floating. Leave all the an…
Greyhound Song Well, i iost my little brother when i was still…
Had2Byou Started to fade Innocent but odd enough anyway And caused in…
Hands Off This is just a ghost town posing as a city It?s…
Have a Heart A pointless state of mind, You said so yourself. Now here's …
Healer You say my weakness is my pride, You say i shouldn't…
Healthy Sick Circumstance's confusing Close my eyes, it isn't there Tel…
Heaven I was looking through the portholes out on Heaven Wondering …
Hell = Other People You say your life's a total waste. You told me on…
Hell Is Other People You say your life's a total waste You told me on…
Keepsake Wrapped up in blue Painted by me and [F]you Some thought it'…
Kid Down in the cellar with Dolly and Sue Smoking fags and…
Kid`s Allright Down in the cellar with Dolly and Sue Smoking fags and…
Leg Tuesdays and Fridays I'd wait at the bus stop And guess…
Log 22 Just enough to peel it off and hide it in…
Love & Learn Bury me with my autograph And my pictures and letters from…
Love Lee Pale light is shining in my eyes, I want everyone…
Lover I Don I picked you out Of a crowd and talked to you Said…
Lover I Don't Have to Love I picked you out Of a crowd and talked to you Said…
Mariachi Souls Steel, what else can i feel, When nothing else seems real. …
Misery Galore Have I felt this way before? All my life was misery…
Mossie I captured your smile, it's been there for a while, I'm…
Musher I'd rather have nothing pale, white and sweet Modest but so…
My Fallen Words My fallen words are like pennies from heaven, Like a message…
Not Coming Down I'm down on your side with your everlasting heart. Your hal…
Painted Word Your name is like a song I sing so sweetly And…
Palomine Well I wish I had known your name Is it…
Pork & Beans Let me have this cutest thing I ever did see in…
Private Suit Little works of wonder in a nostalgic mood. Let no man…
Ray Ray Rain Moving on a …
Re-Feel Funny, how we run around and see what we got we don't…
ReCall Tunes, thumping like a symphony. Playing in my mind, I play…
Roadmovies I'm inside this movie And I'm some sort of actress They got…
Rudder Rudder - Bettie Serveert (from the album 'Dust Bunnies')intr…
Satisfied Callus on the sore, Were you hurt before, Are you happy no…
Semaphore This day and age is sad galore When even all my…
Shake-Her Move-her, shake-her Mover, shaker No, you're not allowed t…
Silent Spring Two skies and just one moon How could you change your…
Smack Smack in the middle of ridiculous places, Smack in the midd…
Smile I wasn't laughing How could I be laughing? I swore I'd never…
Something So Wild She had [C]3 more lovers, but they [E]all got cold…
Souls Travel All the souls travel on horseback, baby And they're lacing …
Sower & Seeds Well, it's deeper than sound And it's bigger than me Somet…
Staying Kind Caught up in dreamin', the reoccurrin' kind I heard myself …
Storm We know the cracks of life We've been here before Every othe…
Story in a Nutshell The average guy who lives next door Who's never been in…
Sugar the Pill Isn't it swell? We've got our own dark horse ride And lean…
Sundazed to the Core Circumstance's confusing Close my eyes, it isn't there Tell …
Tell Me Sad Rocking horse people, out on a limb, and tied to their…
The Link All I see is just a strange cat howling at a…
The Love-In I feel alive! It feels true! I feel fine! Now how…
The Pharmacy You've got New York eyes Always seem so slightly jaded No …
The Rope You pulled the slipknot right out of my hands I can't…
This Thing Nowhere Sometimes you tend to take the bark off See what's left…
Tom Boy From where I stand, i can see They've got the…
Totally Freaked Ou Totally Freaked Out lyrics Totally freaked oout, don't get i…
Totally Freaked Out Totally Freaked Out lyrics Totally freaked oout, don't get …
Under the Surface You could travel for a lifetime And still stay where you…
Unsound Took a tylenol and an hours' drive And somehow found a…
Versace On a clear blue day, Dreaming your heartache away, Versace. …
What Friends? Down, down at the parking lot At the same old spot…
What They Call Love What they call love Is just mother nature trying to have…
White Dogs Ah, keep on smiling now, Just like we did before. Chewing …
White Tales Too scared to move a mile Now why can't we stay…
Wide Eyed Fools I'm really glad to see you. Did i ever cross your…
Wide-Eyed Fools I'm really glad to see you. Did i ever cross your…
You've Changed Bettie Serveert You've changed You moved away from aroun…