Wim Harwig

Category: music

  • Atom heart mother

    When I bought this record 40 years ago, this music exploded in my brains as a atom bomb. I kept playing this music all my life in all kind of situations. During  vacations I’ll listen to this number several times. It became part of me. Now, years and years later, thanks to WWW and YouTube,…

  • Makana

    We are the many …  You can download the song here. 40 years ago, there would be a lot more passion and “stir it up”-rhythm in a protest-song like this.  On their site I read; “There is love. All else is propaganda.”  Maybe that is why this protest-song listens as a love-song …   The…

  • piekboek

    Today the “piekboek” was presented to the public. We were part of “the club of 40 +3” , who paid for the first edition. “de Piek” is a well known pop-podium in Vlissingen, although one of the smallest in the Netherlands. In the early years, youngsters could sleep there for just one Dutch Guilder per…

  • Textures

    A Dutch band at the start of becoming famous  in the world …. I don’t really like their music, but I admire their professionalism and quest for adventure. Two ingredients for success ! click on the photo for their YouTube channel

  • Mein Land

    Rammstein is back ! And for the video clip of their first single “Mein Land” they used typical Rammstein-humor … 

  • Andy Tielman …

    … is no more.  Died after a long rock&roll life. When I was a teenager, it was my brother-in-law who introduced me to this music. He was my first guitar-hero. He used the guitar as it should be used.  Listen to this video … Good old times !

  • True love …

    …will find you in the end.

  • ELP

    Rehearsal in 1973 ;     At their best ;     Reunion in 2010 ;

  • Tom Waits …

    … created some new songs. Till now Waltzing Mathilda was my all-time favorite and when I listen to Bad as Me on his new record, I think this won’t change …

  • Harry is no more …

    His music will always be there …

  • RIP

    Johnny Cash

  • Wally Tax

    I was 11 years young and heard the Outsiders on the small transistor radio. I had the idea that they were “world-famous”, but it turned out to be just another small Dutch band (who still play in 2011, although Wally died a long time ago). I like Wally even more after I read his wikipedia-biography …..…

  • bellydance

    Last weekend Majidah organised a bellydance event in Vlissingen. A short impression ….

  • ….blackbird ….

    ….. must have thought that it was a bird’s paradise inside our house …. and then there was this invisible wall of glass …. and too much greed and speed …. … too young to die old…

  • She likes weeds …..

    The title of this post is an old song from the early seventies ..