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Won Ton Ton is the successor to the group Chow-Chow that had a short but beautiful span of new-wave attention in the years 1984-1985.
After the split, Bea had started a career on television and continues to sing in the LSP-band (a changing group of musicians that perform mainly covers). Her popularity gets the group a new record contract. In 1987 the group reforms - under the name Won Ton Ton - and release the single "I lie and I cheat".
This splendid and emotional song becomes a big hit, both in Belgium (n° 10) and in Holland (n° 13). The successors, "Hey Marlene" and the intimist "Can I come near you" fair less well.
As Oor put it "The album debut, very poorly produced by Luc Van Acker disappoints many : weak songs that lack the tension of I lie and I cheat".
The group doesn't let its spirits drop after that, but continues to record. However, Bea Van Der Maat is only willing to give part of her attention to the band : it is shared by her television career (she makes the move to VTM and presents "Tien om te zien" - a program carrying the more commercially oriented Flemish music) and her personal life (she gives birth to two children). Perhaps it's this that prevents Won Ton Ton from going the extra mile and becoming a big group.
In 1996 Bea Van Der Maat releases a solo album with trip-hop music "Thin skinned" that gets very good reviews but sells poorly. The press on this : "After her job as a presenter of Tien om te Zien Bea Van der Maat has a hard time being taken seriously as an artist. That hurts. Rightly so, 'cause thin skinned is a more than convincing comeback for the former singer of Won Ton Ton. She is closer to Patti Smith than to Dana Winner and she feels her music is more in place on Studio Brussel than on Tien om te Zien. The question is : will she get a fair chance ?".
Why a solo record ? : "Because the songs are mine and mine alone and they had to sound the way I wanted. In Won Ton Ton I wrote part of the lyrics but didn't have an impact on the musical course. Won Ton Ton has never split. Never have I said "Okay guys, that was that, thanks, I quit". I just hadn't the time to record and give concerts when my children came."
Members (Won Ton Ton) :
- Bea Van Der Maat - vocals
- Ronny Timmermans - guitar
- Fons Noeyens - guitar
- Els Ravijts / Jos Borremans - keyboards
- Jan Biesemans - bass
- Raf Ravijts - drums
Won Ton Ton is the successor to the group Chow-Chow that had a short but beautiful span of new-wave attention in the years 1984-1985.
After the split, Bea had started a career on television and continues to sing in the LSP-band (a changing group of musicians that perform mainly covers). Her popularity gets the group a new record contract. In 1987 the group reforms - under the name Won Ton Ton - and release the single "I lie and I cheat".
This splendid and emotional song becomes a big hit, both in Belgium (n° 10) and in Holland (n° 13). The successors, "Hey Marlene" and the intimist "Can I come near you" fair less well.
As Oor put it "The album debut, very poorly produced by Luc Van Acker disappoints many : weak songs that lack the tension of I lie and I cheat".
The group doesn't let its spirits drop after that, but continues to record. However, Bea Van Der Maat is only willing to give part of her attention to the band : it is shared by her television career (she makes the move to VTM and presents "Tien om te zien" - a program carrying the more commercially oriented Flemish music) and her personal life (she gives birth to two children). Perhaps it's this that prevents Won Ton Ton from going the extra mile and becoming a big group.
In 1996 Bea Van Der Maat releases a solo album with trip-hop music "Thin skinned" that gets very good reviews but sells poorly. The press on this : "After her job as a presenter of Tien om te Zien Bea Van der Maat has a hard time being taken seriously as an artist. That hurts. Rightly so, 'cause thin skinned is a more than convincing comeback for the former singer of Won Ton Ton. She is closer to Patti Smith than to Dana Winner and she feels her music is more in place on Studio Brussel than on Tien om te Zien. The question is : will she get a fair chance ?".
Why a solo record ? : "Because the songs are mine and mine alone and they had to sound the way I wanted. In Won Ton Ton I wrote part of the lyrics but didn't have an impact on the musical course. Won Ton Ton has never split. Never have I said "Okay guys, that was that, thanks, I quit". I just hadn't the time to record and give concerts when my children came."
Members (Won Ton Ton) :
- Bea Van Der Maat - vocals
- Ronny Timmermans - guitar
- Fons Noeyens - guitar
- Els Ravijts / Jos Borremans - keyboards
- Jan Biesemans - bass
- Raf Ravijts - drums
Can I Come Near To You
Won Ton Ton Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Won Ton Ton:
Can I Come Near You Can I come near you when I'm naked Won't you hurt…
Hungry Heart Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack I went out…
I Lie And Cheat Every now and then I think about my life I see…
I Lie And I Chea Every now and then I think about my life I see…
I Lie And I Cheat Every now and then I think about my life I see…
I Lie And I Cheat. Every now and then I think about my life I see…
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Mario Sanz Cancela
Que buen tema de estos Belgas. Me costo encontralro pero sin duda una de la joyas de los 80´s se escucho poco en Uruguay pero sigue siendo un temon
Carlos Cuadro
Otro tema que también dejó de sonar o sono muy poco en los 90 en Uruguay fue una hermosa balada de Phoebe Snow, si pueden escuchenla
Carlos Cuadro
Hola también soy uruguayo y hoy lo pasaron en Del Plata On Demand, por suerte por la página de face me dijeron el nombre de la canción
Mario Sanz Cancela
@Daniel Molineli Uruguay nomas!
Daniel Molineli
Soy de Uruguay también y lo acabo de escuchar en Del Plata FM. Tambien me costó ubicarlo pero llegue aqui.
Oscar Belza
A great ballad ever, so deep!!! Until the bones!!! Beers from Uruguay!!!
Loek Rietmeijer
Still after all those years a beautiful song!!!
Bruno Pinkhof
We speelden in de tachtiger jaren in het voorprogramma van Won Ton Ton met onze New Wave groep: Blanco Beach.
We played in the eighties as a support act for Won Ton Ton with our New Wave band: Blanco Beach. Groepjes maken een hele evolutie door, dat gaat van beginner naar semi-professioneel naar professioneel. Ik vind dit een mooi nummer.
Contributeur
Merci d'avoir posté cette chanson. Je la cherchais depuis longtemps sur YouTube Je cherche également "Warm love" du même groupe et du même album.
jose Antony
Algun alma generosa que pueda subtitular esta cancion?