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.
Mooi geweest
Frank boeijen Lyrics
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Maar wat je vond verloor je weer
En als dan de zon opkwam
Liet je iedereen maar alleen
Rusteloos ademloos eindeloos
Heb jij je een weg gebaand
Wie had er geen ontzag voor jou
Het is mooi geweest
Je bewoog hemel en aarde
Je zong in de nacht onder het raam
En iedereen die jou zag
En iedereen die je lief had
Vergat nooit meer jouw naam
Ik hoef je niet te vertellen
Er is niemand zoals jij
Die bergen kan verzetten
Er is niemand zo vrij
Het is mooi geweest
Luister ergens in de verte
Zingt een man zijn zwanenzang
Een lied van verlagen
Een lied van de liefde
Van het geluk waar hij maar niet bij kan
En wat ik je nu zou willen zeggen
Met pijn in mijn hart
Kan voor jou geen geheim zijn
Ik heb niemand meer zo lief gehad
Het is mooi geweest
Het is mooi geweest
Totdat de avond viel
Mooi geweest
Vallende ster verloren ziel
The song "Mooi geweest" (which translates to "It's Been Beautiful") by Frank Boeijen explores themes of loss, regret, and acceptance. In the first verse, the singer describes someone who was always searching for something greater in the world, but ended up losing what they found. They would leave everyone behind when the sun rose, restless and without direction. The second verse describes how this person was once admired and respected, but is now seen as foolish.
The chorus, "It's been beautiful," seems at first to be a statement of nostalgia for what has been lost. However, as the song progresses, it becomes clear that the phrase is more about acceptance of what cannot be changed. The third verse introduces a new character, a man singing his own swan song somewhere in the distance. He sings of love and happiness that he can't seem to find. The final lines of the song reveal that the singer, too, has loved and lost, and that it is time to let go.
Line by Line Meaning
Je was op zoek in alle kroegen
You were searching in all the bars
Maar wat je vond verloor je weer
But what you found, you lost again
En als dan de zon opkwam
And when the sun came up
Liet je iedereen maar alleen
You left everyone alone
Rusteloos ademloos eindeloos
Restless, breathless, endless
Heb jij je een weg gebaand
You have carved out a path
Wie had er geen ontzag voor jou
Who didn't have respect for you
Nu bewonderen ze een dwaas
Now they admire a fool
Het is mooi geweest
It's been beautiful
Je bewoog hemel en aarde
You moved heaven and earth
Je zong in de nacht onder het raam
You sang under the window at night
En iedereen die jou zag
And everyone who saw you
En iedereen die je lief had
And everyone who loved you
Vergat nooit meer jouw naam
Never forgot your name
Ik hoef je niet te vertellen
I don't need to tell you
Er is niemand zoals jij
There is no one like you
Die bergen kan verzetten
Who can move mountains
Er is niemand zo vrij
There is no one so free
Luister ergens in de verte
Listen somewhere in the distance
Zingt een man zijn zwanenzang
A man sings his swan song
Een lied van verlangen
A song of longing
Een lied van de liefde
A song of love
Van het geluk waar hij maar niet bij kan
Of the happiness he can't reach
En wat ik je nu zou willen zeggen
And what I would like to tell you now
Met pijn in mijn hart
With pain in my heart
Kan voor jou geen geheim zijn
Can't be a secret for you
Ik heb niemand meer zo lief gehad
I haven't loved anyone as much as you
Totdat de avond viel
Until the evening fell
Vallende ster verloren ziel
Falling star lost soul
Contributed by Jasmine M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ADeKok-bm1tt
Geweldig liedje. Frank is geweldig.
@jacv.5984
We mogen met z'n allen best een beetje trots zijn op deze fantastische man. Een van de beste zangers, een fijn mens, en een lieve vriend voor mijn BFF, Lieve Frank, breng 'in ongenade ' alsjeblieft uit, het nummer is zo vreselijk mooi!
@01Pieternella
Ik hoor het nummer voor het eerst. Wat een prachtig eerbetoon aan Ramses, en wat een geweldig nummer van Frank Boeijen.
@brouwery
Geweldig nummer. Vanuit het hart gezongen. Het beluisteren meer dan waard.
@pihoihoi
Prachtig lied. Ode aan een vrijgevochten mens! Mogen alle mensen op deze wereld, die zoeken naar zichzelf de moed en de kracht vinden om zo zichzelf te zijn als Ramses was.
@iiiiiccccc
godsgruwelijk mooi
@missjeanferalcatsrmylife5335
❤❤❤😍😍😍 Thank you so much for this soul stirring tribute to my newfound "love" who resposes across the many miles, Ramses Shaffy. I don't understand/speak Dutch at all but became enamored with Ramses Shaffy when I saw him acting in a Dutch TV adaptation of Jane Austen's book, Pride and Prejudice. He offered a very effective portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy. His relationship with Liesbeth List is unclear to me because of the language barrier for me. But, I am glad to see so many beautiful photos of the two together. Again, thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute. An American fan who can say, late have I loved you Ramses Shaffy. 🙏❤
@Fifodeclown
2024❤
@HansEurope1962
Helemaal goed. Ik zet het iets te vaak op merk ik....Mooi !
@CreeBega131
wat een prachtig nummer