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.
Sneeuwblind
Frank boeijen Lyrics
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Staan twee mensen klaar
Klaar om op weg naar de top te gaan
Het verleden blijft achter
Beneden is geweest
Ze zijn op zoek naar
De eeuwige sneeuw
Ze zijn sneeuwblind
Sneeuwblind
Liefde is blind
En de wind roept de namen
Van hen die zijn voorgegaan
Romeo en Julia hebben hier gestaan
Dit is een poging om te winnen
En de wereld kijkt mee
Twee jonge mensen
Op zoek naar de eeuwige sneeuw
Sneeuwblind
Ze zijn sneeuwblind
Sneeuwblind
Liefde is blind
Maar ik wil nooit meer zien
Onderweg zie je de sporen
Ze gaan alleen omhoog
Een terugweg was er niet
De top is nu bewoond
Wat betekent liefde
Is er iemand die dat weet
Deze twee zochten het antwoord
In de eeuwige sneeuw
In Frank Boeijen's song Sneeuwblind, we find two people standing at the foot of Mount Everest, ready to start their ascent. They leave their past behind and are searching for the eternal snow at the top. The lyrics depict the danger and thrill of climbing a mountain but also the sense of adventure that comes with it. The singer is driven by the desire to explore and find answers to the questions that plague them. The song speaks of the love between the two people, which is all-consuming and blind.
The recurring phrase "sneeuwblind" in the song can be interpreted in different ways. Literally, it means "snow blind" - a condition that mountaineers can experience due to prolonged exposure to the sun's reflection on the snow, leading to temporary or permanent loss of vision. However, in the context of the song, "sneeuwblind" can also mean "blinded by the love of adventure" or "blinded by the grandeur of the mountain". The song suggests that love and desire for adventure can lead one to sacrifice almost anything, even their well-being, to achieve their goal.
The last line of the song, "Maar ik wil nooit meer zien" (But I never want to see again), highlights the bitter-sweetness of the journey. It shows the price that the two people had to pay to reach the top and their conflicting emotions about it. They may have found what they were looking for, but it came at a high cost. The last line suggests that the singer wants to keep the memory of the experience but not feel the pain of it again.
Line by Line Meaning
Aan de voet van de Mount Everest
At the foot of Mount Everest
Staan twee mensen klaar
Two people are ready
Klaar om op weg naar de top te gaan
Ready to journey to the top
Het verleden blijft achter
The past stays behind
Beneden is geweest
Below is in the past
Ze zijn op zoek naar
They are searching for
De eeuwige sneeuw
The eternal snow
Sneeuwblind
Snowblind
Ze zijn sneeuwblind
They are snowblind
Liefde is blind
Love is blind
En de wind roept de namen
And the wind calls the names
Van hen die zijn voorgegaan
Of those who have gone before
Romeo en Julia hebben hier gestaan
Romeo and Juliet have stood here
Dit is een poging om te winnen
This is an attempt to win
En de wereld kijkt mee
And the world is watching
Twee jonge mensen
Two young people
Op zoek naar de eeuwige sneeuw
Searching for the eternal snow
Maar ik wil nooit meer zien
But I never want to see again
Onderweg zie je de sporen
Along the way, you see the tracks
Ze gaan alleen omhoog
They only go up
Een terugweg was er niet
There was no way back
De top is nu bewoond
The top is now inhabited
Wat betekent liefde
What does love mean
Is er iemand die dat weet
Is there anyone who knows that
Deze twee zochten het antwoord
These two sought the answer
In de eeuwige sneeuw
In the eternal snow
Contributed by Adeline N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.