Muziek

Last night, Kim and I looked listened to Belgian and Dutch language music that he likes.  Here are some lovely songs for you to enjoy.  He is also married to a fantastic Italian woman, so there are a couple of those as well.  We were sharing music and talking last night, for hours.  This is the International Life.

This man has a dialect quite similar to Kim's.  Willem Vermandere.  And he is singing Lat Mie Mor Lopen, which means, "Let me walk."  The whole song is about this man not wanting any material girls, just a girl to walk down the street with, his bicycle, and his wooden shoes.  The chorus is all about his desire to walk down the street with his girlfriend to dance and kiss the night away.  He also sings about trying to get rid of his refrigerator and his razor... he doesn't need them anyway.

This man, Flip Kowlier, is singing Min Moaten, "My Friends."  It is another dialect similar to Kim's, and he says they play it in the bar around 1 or 2, when all the drunk friends will dance and hug together.  It is all about his friends and the different things that they do.  He's sweet talking about his buddies, with lots of love.

How about this sweet Italian song, Paolo Conte, Via Con Me.  A lovely romantic piece.

This one I first heard in Kim's car.  Fabrizio De Andre - Il gorilla.  I thought it was such a lovely little song.  It has this hilarious chorus, talking about the gorrriiiiiiillllllllaaaaa.  And it makes me want to sway back and forth and sing.  Of course, then Kim told me about the lyrics.  They aren't particularly suitable for children or anyone who is polite in Italian.  In fact, the song involves a gorilla who escapes from the zoo and does some dirty things to a judge.   Curious.