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.
Dromen Van De Toekomst
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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Zo graag zou willen doen
Is te dromen in jouw armen
Net als toen
Voordat het
Te laat was of te vroeg
Wie zal het zeggen
Dromen van de toekomst
Van jou en mij
Dromen van de toekomst
Doet toch geen pijn
Wat ik nou
Zo graag zou willen doen
Is te denken aan die dagen
En nachten van toen
Hoe zou het
Met jou en mij nu zijn
Wie zal het zeggen
Dromen van de toekomst
Van jou en mij
Dromen van de toekomst
Doet toch geen pijn
Dromen van de toekomst
Van jou en mij
Dromen van de toekomst
Het verleden wordt vergeten
Het verleden is uit de tijd
Alles gaat verloren
En alles gaat voorbij
Maar weet je
Wat zo vreemd is al die tijd
In gedachten bleef je bij me
Je blijft bij mij
Dromen van de toekomst
Van jou en mij
Dromen van de toekomst
Doet toch geen pijn
Nee dat deed toch geen pijn
The song "Dromen Van De Toekomst" by Frank Boeijen is a beautiful, melancholic piece about reminiscing an old relationship and wondering about what could have been if things were different. The first stanza talks about dreaming in the arms of a loved one, just like in the past, before it was too late or too early. The singer wonders who can say what exactly changed and led to the end of the relationship. The second stanza mentions thinking about those days and nights of the past and questioning how things would be if they were still together. The singer once again ponders on who knows the answer to that.
The chorus features the repeated phrase "Dromen van de toekomst", which translates to "Dreaming of the future". The singer states that dreaming of a future with the loved one doesn't hurt, suggesting that it may be easier to focus on something that's imagined rather than dwelling in the past. The final stanza talks about how everything fades away and is forgotten, except for the memories that the singer had of the loved one. The singer acknowledges the strangeness of the fact that the loved one remained in their thoughts for all this time, even though they are no longer together.
Line by Line Meaning
Wat ik nou
I want to
Zo graag zou willen doen
Dream
Is te dromen in jouw armen
To dream in your arms
Net als toen
Like before
Voordat het
Before it
Te laat was of te vroeg
Was too late or too early
Wie zal het zeggen
Who can say
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Van jou en mij
Of you and me
Doet toch geen pijn
Doesn't hurt
Wat ik nou
I want to
Zo graag zou willen doen
Dream
Is te denken aan die dagen
To think of those days
En nachten van toen
And nights of then
Hoe zou het
How would it be
Met jou en mij nu zijn
Between you and me now
Wie zal het zeggen
Who can say
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Van jou en mij
Of you and me
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Doet toch geen pijn
Doesn't hurt
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Van jou en mij
Of you and me
Het verleden wordt vergeten
The past is forgotten
Het verleden is uit de tijd
The past is out of time
Alles gaat verloren
Everything is lost
En alles gaat voorbij
And everything passes
Maar weet je
But you know
Wat zo vreemd is al die tijd
What's so strange all this time
In gedachten bleef je bij me
In thoughts you stayed with me
Je blijft bij mij
You stay with me
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Van jou en mij
Of you and me
Dromen van de toekomst
Dreams of the future
Doet toch geen pijn
Doesn't hurt
Nee dat deed toch geen pijn
No it didn't hurt
Contributed by Addison L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.