1. Fr… Read Full Bio ↴Two musicians from The Netherlands are known as Frank Boeijen:
1. Frank Boeijen is a Dutch singer/songwriter, who was the front man of popular (and eponymous) pop group De Frank Boeijen Groep from 1980 until 1991, the year he went solo. As leader of De Frank Boeijen Groep, Boeijen was one of the pioneers of Nederpop; along with the likes of Doe Maar en Het Goede Doel. After the peak of Nederpop passed, Boeijen broke new ground by touring theatres with his band and bringing pop music to new auditoriums and audiences. As a solo artist, he has kept to this theatre based approach of his music and maintained a productive pace.
Frank Boeijen was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on November 27, 1957, as the last in a family of ten children. His father was a typesetter in a factory. His older brothers were into American pop music; in the Boeijen household, Bob Dylan and Neil Young were often to be found on the record player (years later, Boeijen would write a song about this, appropriately titled Robbert Zimmerman). Young Frank learned to play the guitar. After finishing high school, Boeijen started a musical collaboration with guitarist Wout Pennings. Boeijen en Pennings released an album together in 1977. The songs of the album were re-recorded and the album was re-released a year later, with Rob de Nijs acting as producer. It was appropriately titled Boeijen en Pennings. To fulfil live engagements, drummer Henk Wanders en bass player Nels Busch joined the duo.
Pennings left the band in 1979 and was replaced with guitar player Wil Theunissen. The name was changed into the Frank Boeijen Groep. The b-side of their fist single, a song entitled Verjaardagsfeest was picked on up by radio disc jockey Frits Spits, who played the record a lot during his evening show. The group released their debut album, simply entitled Frank Boeijen Groep, album later that year. On the base of the airplay of Verjaardagsfeest, the album reached the Tipparade.
Nederpop, pop music with Dutch vocals, was becoming a mainstream success in the early eighties, and the Frank Boeijen Groep hitched a wagon to that train, when their single Linda, reached the Top Forty. Zwart Wit, another single, written after a racial murder had taken place in Amsterdam, became a number one hit. 1982's Twee and 1983's 1001 Hotel became big sellers.
In 1984, the Frank Boeijen Groep was awarded the Zilveren Harp by Conamus. In that same year, album Kontakt was released. Lead guitarist Wil Theunissen quit the group later that year and replaced with Maarten Peters, who himself was replaced two years later by Ger Hoeijmakers. In 1985, the group released Foto Van Een Mooie Dag. Single Kronenburg Park -- named after Kronenburger Park a park in Nijmegen, Boeijen's place of birth and residence -- became a huge success. Follow up, In Nature, released in 1986, didn't do as well, but still sold respectively.
Towards the end of the eighties, Boeijen's music fell somewhere in between het levenslied of André Hazes, the chansons of Ramses Shaffy and the pop of Doe Maar. According to Frank Boeijen and his manager Paul Schouwenaars the group had outgrown clubs and tents. With the release of album Welkom In Utopia in 1987, the group decided to tour Dutch theatres. The Welkom In Utopia tour started in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam in September of the same year. Two more albums were released: studio album Een Zomer Aan Het Eind Van De Twintigste Eeuw (1989) and live album Hier Komt De Storm. During these years, Frank Boeijen dated Sky Channel presenter Amanda Redington. The two would marry in 1990. The album Dans In Slow Motion, released in 1988, was written for her. In juni 1994 scheidden ze weer van elkaar.
In the spring of 1991, Boeijen announced the ending of his group. In November of that year, he released his first solo album Wilde Bloemen. The musicians on the album were drummer Norman Bonink, guitar player Peter van Benthem and bass player Michel van Schie. Van Schie was replaced by touring bass player René te Voortwis, and pianist Ton Snijders was also recorded. Wilde Bloemen featured several duets with other well known Dutch musicians, among them were: Twee Gezichten, a song written and recorded with Henk Hofstede of The Nits); and Het IJs, written and recorded with Henny Vrienten of Doe Maar).
In the summer of 1993, Boeijen recorded Jazz in Barcelona; an album concerned with the break up between him and Amanda Redington. The subsequent theatre tour was a big success, with sold out shows every evening. Traces of Boeijen's break up were also to be found on next album De Ontmoeting (1994 - an even more spare and intimate affair than Jazz In Barcelona. De Ontmoeting also featured a single, Twee Mannen Zo Stil, with music and lyrics by Boeijen and Stef Bos. Although the single failed to mount the charts, over the years it became a Nederpop classic, often played at funerals. In the same year, Boeijen produced an album for Liesbeth List, the female voice of Ramses Shaffy's recordings. In 1995, another live album, Stormvogels, hit the shelves.
Boeijen returned with two new albums in 1997: a greatest hits compilation, Het Beste En Het Mooiste and an album of new material, Vaderland. The year before, Boeijen had travelled extensively through Asia, and a lot of the songs, although concerning Boeijen and The Netherlands, were written from a distant perspective. In 1999, De Ballade van de Dromedaris, recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio's appeared, followed by live album Door De Jaren Heen, containing several duets with Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List and Stef Bos. Both albums were big sellers. In 2001, Heden, was released. Drummer Norman Bonink left the group to join BLØF. He seat was filled by Oscar Kraal. Helder contained a collaboration between Boeijen and BLØF front man Paskal Jakobsen, single Geen Gevaar. The song was released in the summer of 2002. In the same year, Boeijen won an Edison award as best singer.
2. Frank Boeijen is also the name of the keyboardist for the Dutch group The Gathering.
De Woede Van De Armoede
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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In de blik van de bedelaars
In de zweren van de kreupelen
De woede van de armoede
In de schreeuw van de moeder
In de schaamte van de vader
In het geweld van de zoon
De woede van de armoede
In het gejank van de honden
In de modder in de straten
Op de vuilnisbelt aan de rand van de stad
De woede van de armoede
In het rottende vlees in de zon
In de ogen van bange ratten
In de onvruchtbaarheid van het land
De woede van de armoede
In de uitputting van de grijsaards
In de uitbuiting van de arbeiders
In de luiheid van de rijken
De woede van de armoede
In het onrecht in de derde wereld
In de angst van de toerist
In het schuldgevoel van de getuigen
De woede van de armoede
In de machteloosheid van de helpende hand
In de uitzichtloosheid van de toekomst
In de last van het verleden
De woede van de armoede
In het verzet van de vrijheidsstrijder
In de wreedheid van de dictator
In naam van god
De woede van de armoede
The lyrics in Frank Boeijen's song De Woede Van De Armoede paint a picture of the anger that arises from poverty. The first stanza describes how poverty is reflected in the eyes and wounds of beggars and the disabled. The second stanza shows how poverty affects families, as mothers scream and fathers feel ashamed, while sons lash out in violence. The third stanza shifts the focus to the wider community, as dogs howl on the streets, garbage bins overflow, and the land fails to produce. The fourth stanza highlights the impact on vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, exploited workers, and the poor versus rich divide. The fifth stanza brings in the concept of global poverty and how it affects even those who travel as tourists or bear witness to it, leading to guilt and further frustration.
The sixth stanza describes the futility of attempts to help those living in poverty, as helpers feel powerless and the future seems bleak, while the past continues to weigh heavily. Finally, the seventh stanza depicts the different responses to poverty, from the resistance of freedom fighters to the cruelty of dictators to actions carried out in the name of religion. Overall, the lyrics of De Woede Van De Armoede speak to the overwhelming and pervasive nature of poverty and how it can generate feelings of rage and despair across different levels of society.
Line by Line Meaning
Je zag het in de ogen
You could see it in their eyes
In de blik van de bedelaars
The look of the beggars
In de zweren van de kreupelen
The sores of the crippled
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In de schreeuw van de moeder
The scream of the mother
In de schaamte van de vader
The shame of the father
In het geweld van de zoon
The violence of the son
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In het gejank van de honden
The howling of the dogs
In de modder in de straten
In the mud on the streets
Op de vuilnisbelt aan de rand van de stad
At the garbage dump on the edge of the city
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In het rottende vlees in de zon
In the rotting flesh in the sun
In de ogen van bange ratten
In the eyes of frightened rats
In de onvruchtbaarheid van het land
In the infertility of the land
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In de uitputting van de grijsaards
In the exhaustion of the elderly
In de uitbuiting van de arbeiders
In the exploitation of the workers
In de luiheid van de rijken
In the laziness of the rich
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In het onrecht in de derde wereld
In the injustice in the third world
In de angst van de toerist
In the fear of the tourist
In het schuldgevoel van de getuigen
In the guilt of the witnesses
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In de machteloosheid van de helpende hand
In the powerlessness of the helping hand
In de uitzichtloosheid van de toekomst
In the hopelessness of the future
In de last van het verleden
In the burden of the past
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
In het verzet van de vrijheidsstrijder
In the resistance of the freedom fighter
In de wreedheid van de dictator
In the cruelty of the dictator
In naam van god
In the name of God
De woede van de armoede
The anger of poverty
Contributed by Max T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
joop de vries
Frank groeit naar een bijzonder niveau.....zo mooi.
Ina De Frankrijker
Geweldig zeg.
joop de vries
Beste nummer van zijn laatste tour......
Ina De Frankrijker
Wat een te gekke uitvoering zeg gaaf.
Ina de Frankrijker
Voor al een mooi intro.
Naoufal Ouahid
Ik leef in de woede van de armoede
ri2al2
mooi intro
Harry De Vries
De mens in armoede heeft geen tijd over om woedend te zijn ;-) ...
Ina De Frankrijker
Wat een dijk van een lied zeg.
liesbeth de kruijf
Ik hoor je