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.
Ze Geeft Om Mij
Frank Boeijen Lyrics
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Van die onbekende weg
Er is zoveel gebeurd
Sinds die tijd
Sommigen bleven lang
En anderen maar kort
Soms deed het pijn
Wist ik maar
Waarom
Wat ik wel weet
Is wat zij deed
En wat ik toen ook
Vroeg
Ze geeft om mij
Ze geeft om mij
Ze heeft me lief
Ze geeft om mij
En nu ik hier weer sta
Op de rand van een nieuw begin
En die verhalen en geruchten
Achterlaat
Hoor de stemmen in de nacht
Vol afgunst haat en nijd
Oh kom hier
Leg je hoofd hier maar neer
Want wat ik wel weet
Is wat jij deed
En wat ik toen ook vroeg
Ze geeft om mij
Ze geeft om mij
Ze heeft me lief
Ze geeft om mij
Ze geeft me vrijheid
The song “Ze geeft om mij” by Frank Boeijen tells the story of the singer’s journey through life and love. He starts by reminiscing about the unknown path he once sang about, and how much has changed since then. He acknowledges that some people stayed with him for a long time, while others barely made an impact. He also admits that there were times when it hurt him, and wonders why things had to happen that way.
Despite all this, the singer knows that there is one person who has consistently shown him love throughout it all. He sings about how this person cares for him deeply and has always been there for him when he needed her. He feels her love, and now that he’s on the brink of a new beginning, he’s leaving behind all of the negative stories and rumors he’s heard.
In the final verse, the singer hears voices in the night that are filled with envy, hate, and jealousy. He invites this person to come to him, to rest her head on his shoulder, because he knows that she’s the one who truly cares for him. He ends by singing about how she gives him freedom, which is something that he cherishes deeply.
Overall, this song speaks to the power of love and how it can help us get through difficult times. The singer has been through a lot, but he knows that he can always count on this person to be there for him.
Line by Line Meaning
Je weet nog dat ik zong
He is recalling a time when he sang
Van die onbekende weg
Of that unknown road
Er is zoveel gebeurd
There has been so much happening
Sinds die tijd
Since that time
Sommigen bleven lang
Some stayed long
En anderen maar kort
And others for just a short time
Soms deed het pijn
Sometimes it hurt
Wist ik maar
If only I knew
Waarom
Why
Wat ik wel weet
What I do know
Is wat zij deed
What she did
En wat ik toen ook Vroeg
And what I also asked then
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
Ze heeft me lief
She loves me
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
En nu ik hier weer sta
And now as he stands here again
Op de rand van een nieuw begin
At the edge of a new beginning
En die verhalen en geruchten
Leaving behind the stories and rumors
Achterlaat
Leaving them behind
Hoor de stemmen in de nacht
Hearing the voices in the night
Vol afgunst haat en nijd
Full of envy, hate, and malice
Oh kom hier
Oh, come here
Leg je hoofd hier maar neer
Lay your head here
Want wat ik wel weet
Because what I do know
Is wat jij deed
Is what you did
En wat ik toen ook vroeg
And what I also asked then
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
Ze heeft me lief
She loves me
Ze geeft om mij
She cares about me
Ze geeft me vrijheid
She gives me freedom
Contributed by Julian L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
marja luijendijk
Wat een prachtig nummer.. dankjewel Frank... 😊
Mister Ancker
Super Lied. Mooi gezongen.
Dendro Morphe
gewoon subliem !
R Schraa
Heel mooi;)
Richard van der Werff
Mooi !
Lady Die
zo mooi👊💋
Mr, JB-L 🦈
Ik deel je mening Miss D ⚘⚘
Colette Sillekens
Bijzonder mooi Frank
Just me
❤️
Lady Die
❤