Two musicians from The Netherlands are known as Frank Boeijen:

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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.

Weinig Is Niet Genoeg
Frank boeijen Lyrics

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Keer op keer
Gebeurde het weer
Was het de drank hoe dan ook
Het brak je hart

Dag na dag
Vroeg jij je af
Waarom ze niet verdween

Waarom ze bij je bleef

Voor haar was weinig al genoeg
En niets voor jou teveel
Geef het nou maar toe
Weinig is niet genoeg

Ze was zo mooi
Elke man draait zich om
Verliest zijn trots
Als zij alleen maar voorbij komt

Al die dagen
Al die nachten
Dat jij er niet was
Heeft zij tevergeefs op jou gewacht

Voor haar was weinig al genoeg
En niets voor jou teveel
Geef het nou maar toe
Weinig is niet genoeg

Jij bedroog haar
Zij bedroog jou
Bedriegers bedriegen elkaar
Maar wat heb je aan de waarheid
Die doet soms alleen maar pijn

Nu vraag je raad aan je beste vriend
Wat moet hij doen
Wat kan hij doen
Hij weet het niet

Het leven gaat door
En afscheid doet altijd pijn
Zolang alles maar
In beweging blijft

Voor haar was weinig al genoeg
En niets voor jou teveel

Geef het nou maar toe
Weinig is niet genoeg

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Frank Boeijen's song, Weinig Is Niet Genoeg, tell a story of a man who is in love with a woman who is not worthy of his love. He questions why she remains with him, and why he is unable to let her go despite the pains she causes him. The woman in the song is described as someone who is content with very little, yet the man tries to give her everything he can, even though it still doesn't seem to be enough for her.

The first stanza of the song describes how the man gets hurt every time he drinks alcohol, which leads to a broken heart. He wonders why the woman he loves stays with him, yet she settles for very little. She is so beautiful that every man who sees her can't help but stare at her. However, she chooses to stay with the man who doesn't have much to offer, and he can't let her go.

In the second verse, the man realizes that he has been cheating on the woman, but she has also been unfaithful to him. The truth sometimes only causes pain, so he turns to his friend for advice, but he is not sure what to do. The only thing that seems to offer solace is the idea that life goes on, and as long as things keep moving, everything will be okay.

Overall, the song highlights the themes of love, heartbreak, and the struggle to let go of someone who is not worth it. It shows that sometimes, we can't help who we love, even when that love causes us great pain.

Line by Line Meaning

Keer op keer
Repeatedly, over and over again

Gebeurde het weer
It happened again

Was het de drank hoe dan ook
It was the alcohol, somehow

Het brak je hart
It broke your heart

Dag na dag
Day after day

Vroeg jij je af
You wondered

Waarom ze niet verdween
Why she didn't leave

Waarom ze bij je bleef
Why she stayed with you

Voor haar was weinig al genoeg
For her, little was already enough

En niets voor jou teveel
And nothing was too much for you

Geef het nou maar toe
Just admit it