Bart August Maria Peeters (born 30 November 1959) is a Belgian singer, musi… Read Full Bio ↴Bart August Maria Peeters (born 30 November 1959) is a Belgian singer, musician, television presenter and actor.

Biography
Peeters studied Germanic philology and drama in Antwerp. There, he met Jan Leyers and Hugo Matthysen, with whom he worked later. In 1972, Peeters, still a teenager, played the title role in teen drama Bart Banninks. He went on to present some comedy and music shows aimed at teenagers. In 1978, Bart Peeters, Hugo Matthysen, Jan Leyers and Marc Kruithof played in a coverband called Beri Beri, but as a musician, Bart Peeters gained his fame with The Radios. This band (with Ronny Mosuse, Robert Mosuse, Dany Lademacher, Alain Van Zeveren and Marc Bonne) had an international hit with 'She Goes Nana' in 1991.

Television career
After gaining fame his television career took off, starting out with a main role in the now legendary series Dag Sinterklaas in which he visited Sinterklaas (played by Jan Decleir) in his castle. After that, he presented some of the most popular television shows in Flanders, such as De Droomfabriek and De Leukste Eeuw. Het Peulengaleis, a television spin-off from Het Leugenpaleis, a radio comedy show he presented together with Hugo Matthysen, gained a large cult following. He became the most popular television personality in Flanders, being selected to present large one-off shows such as the celebration show for 50 years of television in Flanders or the tsunami relief telethon and presenting some television shows in The Netherlands.

Music was always present in his television career: he presented the Flemish selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest several times, had his own talent show (De Grote Prijs Bart Peeters) and presented several music shows (Lalala Live, Nonkel Pop,). During this time, he was also the drummer for The Clement Peerens Explosition, a parody rock band that started in his radio show Het Leugenpaleis.

Solo career
After touring as Bart Peeters zonder circus (Bart Peeters without circus) and making a solo album based on the tour called Het Plaatje van Bart Peeters (The Record of Bart Peeters) in 2004, he decided to spend more time on music again, starting a proper solo career. In 2006 he made Slimmer dan de Zanger (More Clever Than the Singer) and in 2008 he released his third album, De Hemel in het Klad (Draft of Heaven), which went straight to number one in the Flemish charts. A fourth album titled De Ideale Man (The Ideal Man), said to be the third of a trilogy together with Slimmer dan de Zanger and De Hemel in het Klad, was released in October 2010. That same year, he won a Music Industry Award in Flanders for best Dutch-language artist, after which he released a compilation album called Het Beste en Tot Nog Eens (All the best and see you later) and took a break from recording music. In 2014, he made his comeback with Op de Groei (To Grow Into).

Personal life
Bart Peeters is married and has two daughters and a son. He lives in Hove near Antwerp.

Liefde Is Alles
Bart Peeters Lyrics

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Er wordt dikwijls over gaarne zien gelogen
Ik denk hierbij aan boysbands goor en plat
En verstoken van het geestelijk vermogen
Om hallo te roepen in een koe haar gat

En aan Romeo's in blitze discotheken
Met een zonnebank en een gebrek aan tact
En Marina's die al van diepgang spreken

Als je ze zonder boe of ba langs achter pakt

Liefde is alles liefde is alles
Wat er blijft wanneer de rest verloren is
leg je hand in de mijne
tot we samen verdwijnen
Dan wordt het helder wordt het simpel
Dan winnen we met vlag en wimpel
En zonder loopt het meestal ergens mis

Ik ben zelf dat weet ik ook
geen kruimel beter
Er zijn kosten aan en veel maar ik ben klei
ik vertrouw mijn eigen hersens
voor geen meter
Maak jij maar wat je wilt maak het van mij

Liefde is alles liefde is alles
Wat er blijft wanneer de rest verloren is
leg je hand in de mijne
tot we samen verdwijnen
Onhoorbaar en onzichtbaar worden

Onpeilbaar of iets van die orde
En zonder loopt het meestal ergens mis

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Bart Peeters's song Liefde is alles critique the way society views love. He discusses how love is reduced to superficial actions in the media, such as in boy bands and discotheques. The lines "Ik denk hierbij aan boysbands goor en plat / En verstoken van het geestelijk vermogen" show how love is often portrayed in a shallow and insincere way. Peeters even remarks on how love is talked about with false depth, as he says "En Marina's die al van diepgang spreken / Als je ze zonder boe of ba langs achter pakt," implying that even our common phrases of love lack any true meaning.

However, the chorus of "Liefde is alles" is a refreshing sentiment. Peeters believes that love is everything, despite how it has been presented in the media or in society. With lines like "Dan wordt het helder wordt het simpel / Dan winnen we met vlag en wimpel," Peeters suggests that true love is easy to see and it will overcome any difficulties that may arise.

Overall, Bart Peeters's "Liefde is alles" is a reminder that love is complex and meaningful, and should not be reduced to shallow actions or phrases. True love is something deeper and more important than what the media portrays it to be.

Line by Line Meaning

Er wordt dikwijls over gaarne zien gelogen
People often lie about loving someone

Ik denk hierbij aan boysbands goor en plat
I think of cheesy, vulgar boys bands when I say that

En verstoken van het geestelijk vermogen
Devoid of any intellectual capacity

Om hallo te roepen in een koe haar gat
To yell hello in a cow's behind

En aan Romeo's in blitze discotheken
And to Romeo's in flashy nightclubs

Met een zonnebank en een gebrek aan tact
With a fake tan and a lack of tact

En Marina's die al van diepgang spreken
And Marina's who speak of depth

Als je ze zonder boe of ba langs achter pakt
As if you catch them off guard from behind

Liefde is alles liefde is alles
Love is everything, love is everything

Wat er blijft wanneer de rest verloren is
What remains when everything else is lost

leg je hand in de mijne
Place your hand in mine