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.
Wolven in de nacht
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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Ik weet niet wat mij dreef
Welke macht had van mij bezit genomen
Het moet de Duivel zijn geweest
En ik schreeuwde jouw naam
Herkende je de klank
Of dacht je als iedereen
Dat er een wolf huilde
In de nacht
Hoeveel jaren zijn voorbij
Dat ik leefde als in een cel
Met onzichtbare muren
Maar jij voelde het wel
En we bedreven de liefde
Zetten alles in vuur en vlam
En we sloten onze oren
Voor de wolven in de nacht
De liefde van je leven
Herken je niet direkt
Het is gewoon een
Ander verhaal
Uit het dagboek van een gek
Maar het is een dunne lijn
Tussen liefde en haat
Wie van de twee
Huilt als een wolf onder
De maan
In Frank Boeijen's song "Wolven in de nacht," he sings about the mysterious, uncontrollable force that takes over him when he starts his car, causing him to scream out the name of his lover as if possessed by the Devil. The lyrics explore the thin line between love and hate, and how the power of love can both ignite passion and drive one to madness. The singer describes a past life of feeling trapped in an invisible cell, until finding solace in the arms of his beloved. Despite the "wolves in the night" howling around them, they were able to shut out the outside world and create their own passionate reality.
The opening lines of the song convey a sense of helplessness and surrender to a force beyond the singer's control. This chaos is further emphasized by the unclear motivation behind his actions - he isn't sure what drives him to start the car or shout out his lover's name. The mention of the Devil hints at the supernatural nature of his experience. The chorus suggests that the singer doesn't care whether anyone else recognizes his desperate cries for love, as they appear to sound like a wolf's howl to anyone who isn't attuned to his specific desires. The howling of wolves is used metaphorically to represent the threat posed by society's norms, which seek to engulf and extinguish unconventional passions.
The lyrics suggest that love can be all-consuming and irrational, but it also has the power to liberate and offer refuge from the harsh realities of life. The singer refers to his love as the "liefde van je leven" (love of your life), but warns that it can be difficult to recognize as it exists "uit het dagboek van een gek" (in the diary of a lunatic). Love and hate are depicted as two sides of the same coin, with the wolf howl representing both the primal, animalistic nature of passion, as well as the potential danger of succumbing to its intensity.
Line by Line Meaning
En ik startte de auto
I began driving my car
Ik weet niet wat mij dreef
I don't know what drove me
Welke macht had van mij bezit genomen
What power had taken possession of me
Het moet de Duivel zijn geweest
It must have been the Devil
En ik schreeuwde jouw naam
And I shouted your name
Herkende je de klank
Did you recognize the sound?
Of dacht je als iedereen
Or did you think like everyone else
Dat er een wolf huilde
That a wolf was howling
In de nacht
In the night
Hoeveel jaren zijn voorbij
How many years have gone by
Dat ik leefde als in een cel
That I lived as if in a cell
Met onzichtbare muren
With invisible walls
Maar jij voelde het wel
But you felt it
En we bedreven de liefde
And we made love
Zetten alles in vuur en vlam
Set everything on fire
En we sloten onze oren
And we closed our ears
Voor de wolven in de nacht
To the wolves in the night
De liefde van je leven
The love of your life
Herken je niet direkt
You don't recognize it right away
Het is gewoon een
It's just
Ander verhaal
Another story
Uit het dagboek van een gek
From the diary of a madman
Maar het is een dunne lijn
But it's a thin line
Tussen liefde en haat
Between love and hate
Wie van de twee
Which of the two
Huilt als een wolf onder
Howls like a wolf under
De maan
The moon
Contributed by Emily R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Xcuse54
Dit is een van de weinige Hollands talige bands die mij boeit . Dit gaat veel verder dan waar de anderen stoppen,dit raakt mij echt,met nog veel meer nummers van Frank, perfect,thanks GREAT.
Dendro Morphe
"De liefde van je leven..." Noodzakelijkerwijs sublieme herinneringen!
LiguriaProductions
Nummer stond niet meer op youtube,dit nummer mag dus niet vergeten worden,daar is het echt te mooi voor ;-)
Xcuse54
Dit nummer mag ook nooit meer ontbreken in you tube ,great job thanks.
Samuel van der Meij
Prachtig nummer vind ik , mooie tekst ook
Ina De Frankrijker
Blijft zo'n goed nummer van mij mag hij die weer eens zingen op een tour.
Celia Jaspers Riksten
Heel mooi......
Ina De Frankrijker
Zó zó mooi.
B. Doucy
Altijd kippenvel moment...
Vincent Corjanus Lyrics
het blijft een goed nummer