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.
Twee Gezichten
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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Of had kunnen bedenken
Maar ik vrees dat het waar is
Twee gezichten heb jij
Je kijkt me nooit aan
Recht in mijn ogen
Bang voor verraad
Een is helder warm en open
Een is donker gesloten en koud
Zeg me welk gezicht
Zeg me wat het is
Het ware gezicht van jou
De waarheid doet soms pijn
De waarheid komt soms boven
Wat moet ik nou geloven
Twee gezichten heb jij
En als ik jou dan zie
Wat moet ik jou dan zeggen
Dat ik weet dat het waar is
Twee gezichten heb jij
Een is helder warm en open
Een is donker gesloten en koud
Zeg me welk gezicht
Zeg me wat het is
Het ware gezicht van jou
Wat is het ware gezicht van jou
The song "Twee gezichten" by Frank Boeijen talks about the complexity of human personality and the idea that people can have two different faces or personas. The lyrics describe the singer's realization that the person they are talking to has two faces - one that is warm and open, and another that is cold and closed off.
The first verse states that nobody could have predicted this about the person, but it is now clear that they have these two different sides to them. The second verse describes how the person never looks the singer in the eye, possibly out of fear of being exposed as having two faces. The chorus repeats the title of the song and asks which face is the true one - the warm and open one or the cold and closed one.
The third verse acknowledges that the truth can sometimes be painful and difficult to accept, and the singer is unsure of what to believe about the person's true nature. The final verse questions what the singer should say to the person now that they are aware of their two faces.
Overall, the song suggests that people can be complex and have different sides to their personality, and that it can be difficult to know which one is the "real" version.
Line by Line Meaning
Er is niemand die het weet
No one knows the truth about you
Of had kunnen bedenken
Not even someone could have predicted it
Maar ik vrees dat het waar is
Unfortunately, I fear that it's true
Twee gezichten heb jij
You have two faces
Je kijkt me nooit aan
You never look me in the eyes
Recht in mijn ogen
Directly into my eyes
Bang voor verraad
Fearful of betrayal
Twee gezichten heb jij
You have two faces
Een is helder warm en open
One is bright, warm, and open
Een is donker gesloten en koud
One is dark, closed, and cold
Zeg me welk gezicht
Tell me which face
Zeg me wat het is
Tell me what it is
Het ware gezicht van jou
Your true face
De waarheid doet soms pijn
The truth can be painful
De waarheid komt soms boven
The truth can come to light
Wat moet ik nou geloven
What should I believe now
Twee gezichten heb jij
You have two faces
En als ik jou dan zie
And when I see you
Wat moet ik jou dan zeggen
What should I say to you
Dat ik weet dat het waar is
That I know it's true
Twee gezichten heb jij
You have two faces
Een is helder warm en open
One is bright, warm, and open
Een is donker gesloten en koud
One is dark, closed, and cold
Zeg me welk gezicht
Tell me which face
Zeg me wat het is
Tell me what it is
Het ware gezicht van jou
Your true face
Wat is het ware gezicht van jou
What is your true face
Contributed by Audrey M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Edward Laskowski
Mooi die tweede stem
Dave Huys
beste sylvia het maakt me blij te lezen dat ik niet de enige ben. het maakt me verdrietig dat ik blij ben met andere mensen hun verdrie Herman
Sylvia Pals
Bedankt voor jou lieve antwoord man . En toch probeer ik wel het positieve uit dit leven tehalen . Want ondanks alles probeer ik zo positief teblijven als het maar lukt. Maar er zijn echt wel dagen dat ik mijn lieverds mis . Hoe vaak en hou veel kun je afscheid nemen van degene die jou zo lieff was. Nou soms zijn er dagen dat het mij even niet lukt . Het zal je maar gebeuren denk ik dan . Liefs Sylvia Bos xxxxxx
D2D
was vergeten hoe mooi dit is...
Sylvia Pals
Ik lijk wel blij maar dat ben ik niet altijd . Ik kijk wel blij maar daar ben ik niet altijd. Voel me soms net een Clown in dit leven. Buiten ben ik blij op me werk achter de kassa en thuis zo somber na alle verliezen dat ik wel eens zou willen weten ziet dan echt niemand mijn Verdriet na deze moeilijke tijd??????. Ik lach wel maar ik ben ik niet altijd zo blij als ik er uit zie. Al gaat het wel beter nu. Rouwen nee dat kost je zo veel energie en de tijd tikt door gelukkig.Liefs Sylvia Bos.
Martin Huisman
mooi nummer... paul van vliet . denk ik. als ik zo luister..
wmcmps
Een duet met Henk Hofstede van de Nits