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highplainsdem

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8. They had so many more hits, and George wrote a lot for other artists as well. See this 2022 thread
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:23 PM
Jul 23

Last edited Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:10 PM - Edit history (1)

from Music Appreciation (which I host) for reply 2 there and the list of Golden Earring threads I'd posted to that point (which included the very long thread in the Lounge that I also posted in the OP in this thread): https://www.democraticunderground.com/103480101#post2

I've also posted a lot about the Dutch supergroup trio Vreemde Kostgangers (Strange Boarders, which is a Dutch way of saying "It takes all kinds" ) that George formed about ten years ago with a pop/ska singer who'd been one of the Netherlands' biggest stars in the 1980s, and the folk and protest singer who was the Netherlands' version of Bob Dylan. Their last album, which had been mostly complete before the pop singer died of cancer and George was diagnosed with ALS, was completed and released and topped the Dutch charts. And George was also recording with American singer-songwriter-guitarist Frank Carillo. All the while still working with Golden Earring and keeping them together. He'd done his last touring with VK in spring of 2020, right before Covid shut everything down. That summer was when he first started seeing doctors to diagnose the problems he was having playing guitar, but it wasn't conclusively diagnosed till that fall and wasn't announced till early 2021, with the announcement that Golden Earring would disband.

Video below of Vreemde Kostgangers in 2018, playing old hits. Their new music was all in Dutch, and George's VK bandmates had also recorded in Dutch throughout their long careers, but Golden Earring had always recorded English lyrics (I've read that 90+% of Dutch adults know English). But in this clip they're doing two of Golden Earring's early hits, and then an old song that was a hit for folksinger Boudewijn de Groot (left). Pop star Henny Vrienten, center, would also do some old hits during VK concerts. I'll post an old (1969) Golden Earring video of Another 45 Miles below the VK video.






That song was a concert staple for Golden Earring. It had been on the Dutch charts more than two months. Live, acoustic, 1993, from a concert that became one of their biggest-selling albums:




My favorite from that concert was their acoustic cover of "Eight Miles High" - which they'd done a 20-minute electric cover of for an early album.



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"One more Radar Lover Gone" mackdaddy Jul 23 #1
It hurts. So many of tne great artists who created the soundtrack of our lives are gone. highplainsdem Jul 23 #11
I'm sorry for a loss I'm sure you feel deeply HPD AZJonnie Jul 23 #2
Thank you for that sweet message! highplainsdem Jul 23 #12
Alas... Hugin Jul 23 #3
Very painful days. highplainsdem Jul 23 #13
Damnit Traildogbob Jul 23 #4
One of the true classics of classic rock. highplainsdem Jul 23 #14
I only know "Twilight Zone", but that song was amazing Polybius Jul 23 #5
They had so many more hits, and George wrote a lot for other artists as well. See this 2022 thread highplainsdem Jul 23 #8
Tweet from one of the many Dutch artists George helped, and translation: highplainsdem Jul 23 #6
One of my fav lyrics ever: EllieBC Jul 23 #7
That's such a great song. It was inspired by Robert Ludlum's spy novel The Bourne Identity. highplainsdem Jul 23 #15
I was a kid when that song came out EllieBC Jul 24 #26
Rolling Stone article: highplainsdem Jul 23 #9
The greatest moment in history 1,000 drummers in Rotterdam playing Radar Love Botany Jul 23 #10
Thanks for posting the video! That was a fantastic performance! highplainsdem Jul 23 #16
That is fucking amazing! Oeditpus Rex Jul 23 #17
How was it so coordinated? E Z lots of talented people on both sides and lots of Dutch/Hollanders people Botany Jul 23 #19
I was thinking more technically Oeditpus Rex Jul 23 #20
I found a fan's account, in English, and a 42-minute video showing ALL of the drummers' performance, highplainsdem Jul 23 #22
See my reply 22 below for some explanation and a 42-minute video you'll enjoy. highplainsdem Jul 23 #23
I've never looked up the details, but will. The most important thing IMO was how much the Dutch loved that highplainsdem Jul 23 #21
Rest in music SheltieLover Jul 23 #18
There are so many talented musicians on the other side. highplainsdem Jul 23 #24
RIP area51 Jul 23 #25
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