Two musicians from The Netherlands are known as Frank Boeijen:

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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.

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Taal Van De Tijd
Frank Boeijen Lyrics

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Wat is een mens zonder twijfel
Wat is een man zonder angst
Wie verkoopt zijn ziel aan de duivel
En wie weet nergens van

Wie spreekt de taal van de tijd
Wie draagt er water naar de zee
Wie spreekt de taal van de tijd
Wie leest er tussen de regels mee

En ik moet opnieuw beginnen
Me te herinneren hoe het was
En ik wil het niet weten
Wat er precies mis was

Spreek de taal van de tijd
Draag water naar de zee
Spreek de taal van de tijd
Lees tussen de regels mee

En ik kan hier niets meer goed doen
Alles wat ik doe lijkt verkeerd
Wij willen het niet weten
Heeft het leven ons dan niets geleerd

Spreek de taal van de tijd
Draag water naar de zee
Spreek de taal van de tijd
Lees tussen de regels mee

Spreek de taal van de tijd
Spreek de taal van de tijd

En ik wil dat niemand mij zo ziet
Ik gun niemand dat plezier
Ik wil dat niemand mij zo ziet

Maar ik spreek de taal van de tijd

En ik hou van de dag
En ik hou van de nacht
En ik hou van wit
En ik hou van zwart

En ik spreek de taal van de tijd

De taal van de tijd

Overall Meaning

The song "Taal Van De Tijd" by Frank Boeijen is a reflection on the struggles of life and the importance of understanding the language of contemporary times. The lyrics question the value of a man who lacks doubt and fear, and it emphasizes the need to decipher the hidden meanings in life. Boeijen looks back at his past, searching for clues on the mistakes he made, and he tries to learn from them. However, he realizes that he cannot change the past and instead focuses on understanding the present.

The chorus emphasizes the importance of speaking the language of the time, reading between the lines, and carrying water to the sea. Water to the sea is symbolic of doing something that is pointless, like carrying water to the sea. The message seems to be that the act of carrying water to the sea is valuable in itself, even if it doesn't change anything. Boeijen concludes the song by stating that he speaks the language of the time and loves the day, the night, the light, and the dark.

Line by Line Meaning

Wat is een mens zonder twijfel
What is a person without doubt

Wat is een man zonder angst
What is a man without fear

Wie verkoopt zijn ziel aan de duivel
Who sells his soul to the devil

En wie weet nergens van
And who knows nothing about it

Wie spreekt de taal van de tijd
Who speaks the language of the time

Wie draagt er water naar de zee
Who carries water to the sea

Wie leest er tussen de regels mee
Who reads between the lines

En ik moet opnieuw beginnen
And I have to start over

Me te herinneren hoe het was
Remembering how it was

En ik wil het niet weten
And I don't want to know

Wat er precies mis was
What was exactly wrong