Racoon
Racoon is a Dutch pop-rock band founded in 1997 in Goes, Zeeland. Bart van … Read Full Bio ↴Racoon is a Dutch pop-rock band founded in 1997 in Goes, Zeeland. Bart van der Weide (vocals) and Dennis Huige (guitar) were fed up with the sound of their hardcore rockband Vic'tem and decided to go acoustic. Their first writings resulted in a song called Rapid Eye Movement. For their first release, a demo called "It's an Ice Cream Day", Stefan de Kroon (bass) and Paul Bukkens (drums) completed the band's line-up.
The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers. Contracted by Sony's S.M.A.R.T. label, they released their first album Till Monkeys Fly in January 2000. Produced by Michael Schoots, former Urban Dance Squad drummer, the album hit the charts receiving nationwide airplay. Both the first single Feel Like Flying and the second one, Blue Days, became a 3FM megahit. Their festival appearances on Parkpop and Lowlands confirmed their image as a live-act.
Summer 2001 Here We Go, Stereo! was released as their second full-length record. Widely acclaimed, this record was their ticket to play at the Netherlands's largest festival: Pinkpop.
While working on their third album, Sony ended the record deal. With help from Dutch radio station 3FM and the producer of their first album, they signed a contract with PIAS, to release their 3rd album early 2005. The fresh and mature sound, combined with a more serious approach on songwriting got Another Day a slow start with Happy Family. The second single Love You More hits hard: they claimed 3rd spot on the Dutch Top 40; the album skyrocketed to 6th position in the Album Charts. A succesful club tour during autumn and winter 2005 resulted in the release of their first live DVD called Another Night. And the fans really found their true love back, voting Racoon to be Pinkpop's Gouden Tip ("Viewers Choice") for 2006, claiming a spot on the mainstage.
After this clubtour they decided to fulfill a long-lasting dream for the bands vocalist (Bart van der Weide) and went on a theatertour all across Holland, with the adition of a keyboardplayer (Manu van Os) and a re-write of most of the songs to slim them down a bit. They blew away most fans with the awsome sounding back to basics tour filled with emotions and a new track called Close Your Eyes.
After the theatertour Manu went on to join Di-rect for their theatertour. Currently the band is recording a new album
Members
- Bart van der Weide (vocals)
- Dennis Huige (guitar)
- Stefan de Kroon (bass)
- Paul Bukkens (drums)
Links
www.racoon.nl
Official fansite
PIAS Nederland
3FM
The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers. Contracted by Sony's S.M.A.R.T. label, they released their first album Till Monkeys Fly in January 2000. Produced by Michael Schoots, former Urban Dance Squad drummer, the album hit the charts receiving nationwide airplay. Both the first single Feel Like Flying and the second one, Blue Days, became a 3FM megahit. Their festival appearances on Parkpop and Lowlands confirmed their image as a live-act.
Summer 2001 Here We Go, Stereo! was released as their second full-length record. Widely acclaimed, this record was their ticket to play at the Netherlands's largest festival: Pinkpop.
While working on their third album, Sony ended the record deal. With help from Dutch radio station 3FM and the producer of their first album, they signed a contract with PIAS, to release their 3rd album early 2005. The fresh and mature sound, combined with a more serious approach on songwriting got Another Day a slow start with Happy Family. The second single Love You More hits hard: they claimed 3rd spot on the Dutch Top 40; the album skyrocketed to 6th position in the Album Charts. A succesful club tour during autumn and winter 2005 resulted in the release of their first live DVD called Another Night. And the fans really found their true love back, voting Racoon to be Pinkpop's Gouden Tip ("Viewers Choice") for 2006, claiming a spot on the mainstage.
After this clubtour they decided to fulfill a long-lasting dream for the bands vocalist (Bart van der Weide) and went on a theatertour all across Holland, with the adition of a keyboardplayer (Manu van Os) and a re-write of most of the songs to slim them down a bit. They blew away most fans with the awsome sounding back to basics tour filled with emotions and a new track called Close Your Eyes.
After the theatertour Manu went on to join Di-rect for their theatertour. Currently the band is recording a new album
Members
- Bart van der Weide (vocals)
- Dennis Huige (guitar)
- Stefan de Kroon (bass)
- Paul Bukkens (drums)
Links
www.racoon.nl
Official fansite
PIAS Nederland
3FM
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Racoon Lyrics
2014 Time flies and it seems to me The older ones get…
90 Miles 3am fully awake In my head all still is buzzing Waiting…
Almost Made It Life′s like a dance, there's no second chance When you drop…
Autumn Tunes Summer turned it's back too soon Now we're playing autumn t…
Back You Up Sometimes the world is an ending and sometimes there's a…
Bedroom Floor Bedroom floor Waking up on a bedroom floor I don't remem…
Before You Leave Before you leave Before you leave me now Tell me where the…
Better Be Kind Where the streets are paved With chewing gum and beer Wher…
Biggest Fan I never meant to stalk or haunt you or to…
Blow Your Tears Blow your tears into my face Sadness is for later times My…
Blue Days Broken down and shut-eyed, dangerous down the road. People'…
Brick By Brick Brick by brick We build a house And then we broke it…
Brother It's four o'clock, the rain has stopped, He's in too deep…
By Your Side Oh, It's Saturday, all right Bring some beers and come on…
Chick Song Strange affliction's watching over My hangover can't be so…
Clean Again There's a big numb stare Coming off of his face…
Close Your Eyes Lost the things that you thought you would never miss Let…
Couple of Guys Just a couple of guys From my neighbourhood They put their…
Daily News I don't know how to get up early. A church bell…
De Echte Vent Waar je van hield Is niks meer om op te vertrouwen Wanneer…
De Held En De Lul De held van de stad, loop soms ook op z'n…
Don't Give Up the Fight Please don't give up the fight For no reason, but your…
Don't Hold Me Down You can tell me to breathe What to say when I…
Eric's Bar Let's stay in bed, no better yet Take my bike and…
Eric’s Bar Let's stay in bed, no better yet Take my bike and…
Feel Like Flying Yeah I'm walking home after drinking all my pennies. So no…
Freedom You got me thinking I'm really thinking Don't want a palac…
Fun We Had Here′s to the friends We used to have That slipped away Like…
Geef Je Hart Niet Zomaar Weg Toen onze meid een klein meisje was En best wel aardig…
Good and ugly Good and ugly We cough up love and we think that…
good to see you I came down from high places, and I′ll be leaving…
Got to Get Out You get a spoonful shoved down your throat You need a…
Guilty Don′t ever look down On a broken man Pulls himself up the…
Hallelujah Well I heard there was a secret chord That David played…
Hanging With the Clowns Strangers are talking. Bullshit is walking tonight. Young lo…
Happy Family VERSE 1 It would be nice if we could all just…
Happy Thoughts I may not have clothes to wear, I may not…
Hee Joh Jip Hee joh Jip, wat kijk je sip Ga je mee een…
Hero's in Town You read about it in the paper You hear about it…
Het Is Al Laat Toch Wat een idee, wat een plan, oh verdomme man Waarom ben…
Hilarious Take a little minute love, take a little time To listen…
Ice Cream Time Your skin is getting sun-tanned; I don't want to peel it…
If You Know What I Mean Please get my hands untied, if you know what I mean Listen…
Impossible Call me crazy in the head. Call me numb and stupid. A…
Kingsize Ain't it great I got a lot of cash My creditcard…
Laugh About It Can you give me solid ground, cause all my footsteps turn…
Little Down on the Upside I got myself everyting I need Peace of heart and my…
Liverpool Rain Stuck in a van As far away as I possibly can Stuck…
Lose Another Day I guess the party is over now The drinking stops tonight I…
Love You More Clouds above go sailing by I found my meaning in this…
Lucky All My Life She calls and send you, stuff you letters Yeah you can…
Monkey Business Well, Lord have mercy Well, Lord have mercy This ain′t no go…
Mrs Angel Mrs. Angel I heard he took your dreams and how He broke…
My Town We got a supermarket and a church For anyone who’s got…
Never Alone Never alone Call up your loving friends And spit 'em in the…
Nickel For Goodbye I almost went to your house Heard something about A way to…
No Mercy She walks in and says come on let's have it She…
No Story to Tell Ran into water, right up to the neck To keep the…
Nothing between us I’ll walk the line You can shove everything that you…
Oceaan Er is verrekte veel te zeggen En te liegen nog veel…
Paper Home I walk passed the phone, I like to be alone, all…
Particular First we drink our coffee now, and talk about nothing in…
Rapid Eye Movement Rapid eye movement bores the shit right out of me. But…
Reach I am sorry that you missed me, guess I'm on…
Rudest Behaviour I apologize for my rudest behaviour Filthy escape but it′s s…
Run Out Run out Someone should know the way But they just failed to…
Shoes Of Lightning How I wish for a flame that never dies Like a…
Shooting Star Shooting star, here you are, the first time you fly…
Side Effects All the side effects were never mentioned to me I am…
Smoothly So much difference now, the feeling's letting down. I have …
Spit Your Heart Out Spit your heart out Just be careful what you say to…
Start a War Start a war Start a war with all your friends Kick 'em…
Telephone Song I'm waiting here for you to call But still don't…
the little one falls Oooh oooh ooh Oooh oooh ooh The Less we have The more we…
The Man Who Lost His Pride Fell out of the family tree Lost my face, saw people…
Thinking of You There's a lot of things I didn't do There's a lot…
Tic Toc Tic toc, 1 listen to the clock I wonder if she's…
Tijd Verliezen Luister even kleine heer Het is al laat m'n vriend ik…
Took a Hit One party to call. Two people. one falls No mermory at…
Tornado Iaaa-wei- iaaaaaaa-wei-iooua-heeeeea Wei-iou-heeea-wei-heehe…
Walk Away You cover your eyes, if you can't stand the side Walk…
Water By The Bed Stay alone love, mommy's going away tonight Leave the light…
We Willen Meer Meneer Wordt genoeg ooit eens genoeg Nee daarvoor is 't nog te…
Wendy Daybreak, another new day shines, the school dance is coming…
Whatever Song Walk away, don't make me cry Please don't try to save…
World On A Plate I don't mind that you're pulling my hair again And I…
World Without Worries What would you do in a world without worries Where would…