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.
Linda
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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Met betraande ogen
Wat is er mis
Wat kan ik voor je doen
Vertel me
Alles wat gebeurd is
Misschien dat ik iets weet
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Gaan we naar Parijs
De Moulin Rouge
Of naar New York
Broadway lights
We slapen
1001 nacht
In 1001 hotel
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
The lyrics of Frank Boeijen's song Linda portray a person who is trying to comfort and console someone named Linda who is sitting in front of them with teary eyes. The singer is asking what's wrong and how they can help her. They want her to tell them everything that happened, hoping they might know of something that could make her feel better.
But the mood quickly shifts when the singer starts making grandiose promises to Linda. He proposes taking her to faraway places like Paris and New York, living like royalty in extravagant hotels, and watching the Moulin Rouge or the Broadway lights. It becomes apparent that the singer is deeply infatuated with Linda and wants to do everything in his power to make her happy.
The song seems to be a mix of a romantic gesture and a comforting one. Linda is in need of support or help, and the singer offers to do everything he can to make it better. However, the grandeur of the suggestions in the second part of the song could also suggest that the singer is trying to distract or overcompensate for Linda's troubles, instead of actually addressing the root of the problem. Ultimately, the lyrics leave the listener wondering about the context of the song and the relationship between these two characters named Linda and the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
Zoals je daar nu zit
As you sit there now
Met betraande ogen
With tearful eyes
Wat is er mis
What is wrong
Wat kan ik voor je doen
What can I do for you
Vertel me
Tell me
Alles wat gebeurd is
Everything that happened
Misschien dat ik iets weet
Perhaps I know something
Linda
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
I want everything for you
Linda
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
I want to do everything for you
Gaan we naar Parijs
Shall we go to Paris
De Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge
Of naar New York
Or to New York
Broadway lights
Broadway lights
We slapen
We sleep
1001 nacht
1001 nights
In 1001 hotel
In 1001 hotels
Contributed by Benjamin G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@tropimalus
Zoals je daar nu zit
Met betraande ogen
Wat is er mis
Wat kan ik voor je doen
Vertel me alles wat gebeurd is
Misschien dat ik iets weet
Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Linda, ik wil alles voor je doen
Gaan we naar Parijs
De Moulin Rouge
Of naar New York
Broadway-lights
We slapen 1001 nacht
In 1001 hotel
Hmmm
Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
Linda, Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Linda, ik wil alles voor je
Linda, Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je
Linda, Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Linda, ik wil alles voor je
Linda
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Linda, ik wil alles voor je doen
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Ik wil alles voor je doen
Linda
@merelhoekstra7330
De Frank Boeijen groep heeft een stel geweldige hits gemaakt met een diepere betekenis. Dit was gewoon een vrolijk nummer en wat was die Frank vroeger toch een mooie jongen...die ogen! ❤😊
@Staphorst724
Die hebben we allemaal toch?
@merelhoekstra7330
Allemaal zo mooi en doordringend??
@Staphorst724
@@merelhoekstra7330 Een vrouw ziet dat, een man niet, was een grapje Merel.
@merelhoekstra7330
Het allereerste oogcontact? 😍
@virtual30
2021 en ik luister nog! Jeugdsentiment! Tears in my eyes...... memory lane
@leonhaven6262
Tears for Fears
@cor2250
Zo lekr nummer , vooral die keyboards in dit song 🖤 nostalgie
@jordybeukeboom539
Wat een gave clip! Ik was toen in 1983 nog maar 1 jaar oud haha
@michaelxu7951
Awesome song!