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.
Vertrouwen
Frank boeijen Lyrics
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Die weten niet
Hoe lachwekkend ze zijn
Kijk ze lonken naar jou
Jij doet alsof ze er niet zijn
En dat bleke meisje daar
Ze heeft verdriet
Hij ging mee met de zeelui
Toen is hij niet meer gezien
Ik wil dronken met je worden
Dronken met je zijn
Tot het licht is geworden
En we vechten tegen de tijd
En de band is uitgespeeld
Het feest is voorbij
Tot groot verdriet
Ze speelden het verkeerde lied
En het publiek begreep het niet
En buiten staan de bedelaars
Dronkaards en nachtbrakers klaar
Om hun buit binnen te halen
Van de gasten van
Het verdwenen bruidspaar
Kon ik maar dronken met je worden
Dronken met je zijn
En opeens is daar het wonder
Van niet meer alleen te zijn
Kon ik maar dronken met je worden
Dronken met je zijn
Maar om samen dronken te worden
Moet er vertrouwen zijn
Kom wat dichterbij
Lees mijn hand en zeg mij
Wie ik ben hoelang ik nog heb te gaan
Zolang je maar bij me blijft
Was ik maar dronken met je geworden
Dronken aan het eind
Maar om samen dronken te worden
Moet er vertrouwen zijn
Er moet vertrouwen zijn
Vertrouwen zijn
The song "Vertrouwen" by Frank Boeijen is a poignant reflection on the fragility of love and the need for trust in relationships. The lyrics describe scenes of people who are disconnected, lonely and seeking comfort, and the singer of the song wants to escape this reality by losing himself in an alcohol-induced haze with someone he trusts.
The first verse describes businessmen who are trying to impress the singer by offering him money, but he sees through their fake smiles and is not impressed. Similarly, there is a young girl who is waiting for her boyfriend, who disappeared while on a trip, leaving her heartbroken. The chorus expresses the desire to be drunk with someone until the sun comes up, fighting against time, hoping to find happiness and companionship. The second verse tells the story of a wedding that has ended in disappointment; the band played the wrong song, leaving the crowd confused, and the newlyweds are gone without a trace. The last stanza is a plea for the person he is speaking to not to leave him, to tell him who he is and how much time he has left in this world. The song ends with the acknowledgment that trust is necessary to get drunk with someone.
Overall, "Vertrouwen" is a touching reflection on the universal desire for love and companionship and the vulnerability and trust required to achieve it.
Line by Line Meaning
En die zakenlui daar
The businessmen over there
Die weten niet
They don't know
Hoe lachwekkend ze zijn
How laughable they are
Kijk ze lonken naar jou
Look at them flirting with you
Jij doet alsof ze er niet zijn
You act like they don't exist
En dat bleke meisje daar
And that pale girl over there
Ze heeft verdriet
She is sad
Ze wacht op haar vriend
She's waiting for her boyfriend
Hij ging mee met de zeelui
He went with the sailors
Toen is hij niet meer gezien
Then he was never seen again
Ik wil dronken met je worden
I want to get drunk with you
Dronken met je zijn
Be drunk with you
Tot het licht is geworden
Until it's become light
En we vechten tegen de tijd
And we fight against time
En de band is uitgespeeld
And the band has finished playing
Het feest is voorbij
The party is over
Tot groot verdriet
To great sorrow
Ze speelden het verkeerde lied
They played the wrong song
En het publiek begreep het niet
And the audience didn't understand
En buiten staan de bedelaars
And outside there are beggars
Dronkaards en nachtbrakers klaar
Drunkards and night owls ready
Om hun buit binnen te halen
To get their loot
Van de gasten van
From the guests of
Het verdwenen bruidspaar
The disappeared bridal couple
Kon ik maar dronken met je worden
If only I could get drunk with you
En opeens is daar het wonder
And suddenly there is the miracle
Van niet meer alleen te zijn
Of not being alone anymore
Maar om samen dronken te worden
But to get drunk together
Moet er vertrouwen zijn
There must be trust
Kom wat dichterbij
Come a little closer
Lees mijn hand en zeg mij
Read my hand and tell me
Wie ik ben hoelang ik nog heb te gaan
Who I am and how much time I have left
Zolang je maar bij me blijft
As long as you stay with me
Was ik maar dronken met je geworden
If only I had gotten drunk with you
Dronken aan het eind
Drunk at the end
Er moet vertrouwen zijn
There must be trust
Vertrouwen zijn
Trust
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