wimvriezen Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Already some people I told last Saturday that my country Holland loves most of all the song Don't wanna say goodbye. Every year since 1999, the year which was the first All Time Top 2000 broadcasted, the Dutch Radio 2 listners vote that song in their All time favorite list. Top 2000 is a yearly program on Radio 2, the last six days of the year. They count of till the new year starts. This year there were 6,5 million listners to the Radio show and there were over 9,2 million pageviews of the site. Mention the Netherlands has a total population between 15 and 16 million people, you see how populair this show is. So almost every second Dutchman knows the song although it never made the Top 40! What do you think of that?Place 1429) Raspberries - Don't wanna say goodbye (1972) 1999: 1306 2000: 771 2001: 1645 2002: 986 2003: 1158 2004: 1429 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldblue Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 That's pretty remarkable for a song that was released in 1972 and never got a lot of airplay in the United States. Makes you think radio stations here kind of missed an opportunity, eh?After hearing the guys do that song in concert Saturday, it has become one of my favorites, too.Take Care,John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 I understand John and what do you think of me, it is already over 32 years, with no doubt, my all time favorite song and then after so many years you'll hear your favorite song by your favorite group in a wonderful live version, that gives a thrill I can asure you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susana Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wim - it was so nice to meet you. Hope we get to visit more the next time. This makes me even happier about your trip. The band absolutely nailed that song and it was a moment that people got to see part of what makes the 'Berries such a great band....can't even do justice to Eric and Wally's vocal chemistry on it, not to mention the musicianship.Do hope to see you again soon...and am delighted your trip was such a fantastic one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wim, glad you made it home, and it was a pleasure to meet you, and help you out. Please keep in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 We do keep in touch Jeff, for sure! My special thanks to you Jeff, you know why, greetings from Holland to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregkevinw Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 wimvriezen, it was nice to meet you,and like you, i have a new appreciation for DWSG...it sounds crazy but, saturdays rendition puts the cd/lp version to shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Wim, I hope to see you at the next concert! You have made so many Raspberries fans so happy! I know of another fan from your country: Patrick Beckers. Greetings to you both in Holland! It's so wonderful to know how much the music is loved there! It sounds like you brought a warm, loving and wonderful dimension to the Chicago concert! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 I spoke to Patrick last week and I promised to call him back this week, so I will soon try to do and I will all let you know how it went out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordharris Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Hey Wim, if you ever come to Canada, how about some of that Holland Gouda Cheese, huhI will be the last person to see the Raspberries concert here, I will need it.I'll bring the raspberrie wine, ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Who knows Gord, but if any Raspberries fan will ever wants to visit Amsterdam, I'd love to be their guide and show them the finest places of our beautiful city, deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymooladi Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Wim, I am so happy you had such a wonderful experience. I would like to get the chance to meet you at a future show, soon.June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 The link in Kathy's post up above leads you to the first Top 2000 from december 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Here's another link: www.members.lycos.nl/hitdossier70/top%2070/1998.htm It's a Top 70 voted by listeners of same Dutch Radio 2 in a yearly special 70's only week in 1998.Highest position ever for DWSG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trindy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 All I can say is, anyone who would even consider allowing this song to drop from the set list should be hanged, drawn and quartered...Oh, and when they played it after reading the e-mail from Captain Hilton in Iraq it seemed all the more meaningful...especially the second verse...I cannot think of better words to describe the loneliness of the soldier far away from home, in harm's way, wondering if anyone back in the rest of the world can possibly understand how he feels. No wonder Captain Tim has made a lifeline out of this music.And Wim...gee, it would have been nice to meet you in Chicago too...maybe some other day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 Next Sunday on Dutch Radio 2, they'll be playing "Don't wanna say goodbye" again, see the playlist: www.radio2.nl sunday 13-3-2005 (1968 & 1978)14:00 - 15:00 (08:00 AM-09:00 AM in NYC)01 Unchained melody - David Garrick02 Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra03 It's only a matter of time- Breeze04 Love is blue - Paul Mauriat05 Another morning - Moody Blues06 Forever afternoon (Tuesday)/Time to get away - Moody Blues07 Big city - Tol Hansse08 I wish it would rain - Temptations 3nahalf3 - ingezonden door Richard Rombouts uit Wassenaar09 Mouldy old dough - Lt. Pigeon10 Baby I'm a want you - Bread11 Bread and butter - Newbeats12 Words - Bee Gees13 We'll never have to say goodbye again - England Dan & John Ford Coley14 Fire brigade - The Move15 The night the lights went out in New York City - Trammps16 If I were a carpenter - Four Tops15:00 - 16:00 (09:00 AM-10:00 AM in NYC)01 City to city - Gerry Rafferty02 Step inside love- Cilla Black03 Am I that easy to forget - Engelbert Humperdinck04 Wuthering heights - Kate Bush05 Green tambourine - Lemon Pipers06 Match talk men and match talk dogs- Brian & Michael07 Guitar man - Elvis Presley08 Thank you for being a friend - Andrew Gold 3 na half 4 - ingezonden door Wim Vriezen uit Doetinchem09 Don't wanna say goodbye - Raspberries10 Incense and peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock11 Jelly jungle - Lemon Pipers12 What a wonderful world -Art Garfunkel & James Taylor13 No money for the roses - Shoes14 Keuze luisteraar - steenen.tijdperk@avro.nl15 Denis - Blondie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Wim what an incredibly interesting playlist. The Moody Blues, Bread, the Move, the Tramps and Engelbert in the same playlist? Woah! The fact that the band Venice is immensely popular in the Netherlands gave me an inkling that the audiences there had keen tastes, but this playlist proves it beyond a doubt. Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 They often said: If it's a hit in the Netherlands (or Holland) it's a hit in whole Europe. Holland seemed to be a sort of port of the rest of Europe, especially in the seventies and eighties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Ya, when I was in Amsterdam in '92 there seemed to be a lot of "entering" going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Now that's a radio station I could listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Well Craig just follow the link next Sunday 08.00 AM (NYC time): www.radio2.nl I'll try to put another Raspberries song into the playlist of my own oldiesshow on RTLFM.Let you all know if it's gonna work out, here's the link of Stenders RobDossier, a weekly oldies show (Dutch Top 40 from 1965-1990: www.rtlfm.nl (every saturday from 06.00 PM to 09.00 PM, NYC time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Hi Marvin, 'bout Venice: A few months ago they won a prize by a Dutch radio station for the Best Radio Rock Song of the last five years: For the song Think again from their Welcome to the rest of your life album.A few years ago they also released a Dutch only unplugged album for their many, many Dutch fans.Maybe you're right and are we (the Dutch audience) a special kind of music lovers. Another example: that "rare" song Jeff Harris mentioned some time ago: Maybe tomorrow by the Iveys (the pré-Badfinger group) was a Dutch Top 20 hit in 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Wim Venice's story is very puzzling and interesting. Here is a band from California (Venice), that is virtually uknown by the music-listening audience in the U.S. and Canada including other Californians, yet thousands of miles away on the other side of the world, they are superstars who sell out concerts months in advance. I've had to order the last three Venice discs from a contact in Netherlands because they've been difficult to find in North America. I've been singing their praises for years and have convinced some people about their incredible vocal abilites, but still the word is spreading much too slowly for a band this talented.Marvinp.s. How do I get a copy of their unplugged album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally G Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Oh my goodness. Strawberry Alarm Clock! I forgot all about that band. I was into them as a kid! Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Wim!Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvriezen Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Marvin, I'll bring you a copy of the unplugged album, because I'm sure to see you in NYC this summer. About their last album Pacific standard time: they have a brilliant new single out called: Everybody's opium, it's getting a lot of airplay and their album sells very well over here.The last album is more in the Crowded House way, superb vocals and the band also rocks in a fine way.By the way: I'll tell you a strange story: On summer vacation a few years ago we drove through Bretagne, on the west side of France, we passed a small village called Lennon (as a Venice fan you know that is their family name). I took a picture of the village from a small mountain and went back into my car, I turned the radio on and guess the song they were playing on M FM?? It was Woman by John Lennon. I looked at my wife and she smiled to me in a way: You and your love to music did it again. It gave me such a thrill that wonderful moment, I think you'll understand.And Sally G? Did Paul McCartney write that song (Sally G) especially for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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