Great playing and singing Baz. And a good singalong chorus.

Nice guitars on this.  Nice atmosphere. 👍

Really cool! For a genre I usually think of as "nostalgic folk Americana," it's really cool to hear such a good version of it in another language, coming from another place. Great track!

Awesome guitar job and sound. Great melodies too.

Mooi liedje Bas. Kritische tekst is tof, fingerstyle gitaar ook. Melodie kan misschien iets verrassender? Keep it up.

I like the guitar strumming. What language is this?

Watch Rehearsal Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUVQXHoJ2c

She is all that I want for me
She, she knows how to love me good

When I met her first, 
I saw her body 
dancing in the darkness
The soft light of the moon 
gently fell on her silky, velvet skin

She is stealing my heart and soul
I don’t see ways to get free

She is inside my head, 
She controls my whole self, dreams and thoughts
I'm slowly going crazy
I can't breathe if she doesn't allow me to

She is the virus in my system
She is the nightmare I can't forget

She is stealing my heart and soul
I don’t see ways to be free
She is the virus in my system
She is the nightmare I can't forget

Light Years Away

She - Light Years Away (2021)

Horseplay

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03 - Big Beautiful Nonsense

Shooting Stars & Satellites

2econd Skin - Ups And Downs

when you see a flower   
your mind makes up color
it sends you down a chute of pretty lies
into a fanta-

-sy and when you picked me
such is my power
I shield you from the truth
with propaganda

pity the fool
who walks alone through the muck
as his poor knees give in (it's a given)

had he worn our wool
the moment his luck ran out
would enrich someone living
(someone important)

life isn’t fair
when you’ve always had a bear 
when you’ve only had a bear for a mother
you best let her hear
your loudest cheer your sincerest
praise of your only Godfather

so let’s hear your cheer
for your present and only Godfather

if you stock my cellar
I’ll rubber-stamp your valor
and send you to a place where you can rest
it’s only six feet deep

if you deny me
such is my power
I’ll make your own wife and child detest
your living, breathing company

woe to the fool
who thinks he can reason 
his way out of my daydreams!

I’m invincible
as long as the dim multitudes 
choose to bow to my sentries

Chorus: repeated

amazing, infallible
amazing, infallible, courageous
amazing, infallible
amazing, infallible, voracious

Chorus: repeated
 
then one day you’ll cheer
for your next and your only Godfather

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Godfather

12. Lightning Bolt

A simple sort of love song...some interesting harmonies and with saxophone play out,   Thank you for listening :)

Perfect Love

What's the meaning of human rights when they can be ignored without real consequences? What's the use of laws when they are not enforced? Song about migrant workers in the Netherlands. Where exploiting these people is actually still a lucrative business model. New mix & master 2023.01.21.

[Translation]
PICK THE PICKERS

Pick the pickers 
Pick them where you can 
Pick the pickers 
Get them to our country 

Promise them mountains of gold 
And give them a contract 
That they don't understand 
So you have them in your pocket 
Cram them into an apartment 
Ten men at a time 
Let them pay usury rents 
Fire everyone who complains
It really works, you can see it quickly 
This is a lucrative business model 

Pick the pickers 
Pick them where you can 
Pick the pickers 
Get them to our country 

Drive them to the greenhouses 
Drive them to the fields 
Don't pay all their working hours 
‘Less is more’ when it comes to money 
And if someone is sick 
Or looked too deep into his glass 
Then you give him a fine 
For stains in the mattress 
If some fall out, don't worry 
You will have a new pick in no time 

But one thing you must know 
If someone asks about it 
Hide that all of your business 
Can't tolerate daylight 

So wave away what they say 
With a friendly smile 
As long as the dogs sleep 
There is no one doing anything 
Play nice weather, don't flinch 
The rights of a picker exist 
Only on paper 

Pick the pickers 
Pick them where you can 
Pick the pickers 
Get them to our country 
Bring them to our beautiful country

Song & performance: Bas Kooman
Backing vocals: @HesterKirkels
Cover art: Jan de Waardt (1871-1909)

PLUK DE PLUKKERS (mix & master 2023)

Bas Kooman

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