Music Appreciation

turbinetree

(27,735 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2025, 10:29 PM Jul 2025

Golden Earring - Vanilla Queen - 4/25/1975 - Winterland

George Kooymans.......................

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Golden Earring - Vanilla Queen - 4/25/1975 - Winterland (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2025 OP

Great song and performance. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #1

Golden Earring - I've Just Lost Somebody turbinetree Jul 2025 #2

One of the early (1968) songs George cowrote with their bass player, Rinus Gerritsen, who the next highplainsdem Jul 2025 #3

Thank you.............. turbinetree Jul 2025 #4

You're welcome! :) Btw, there's very old video of that song, done for a Dutch TV show in 1968, highplainsdem Jul 2025 #5

That was very cool to know.............. turbinetree Jul 2025 #6

highplainsdem

(63,112 posts)

1. Great song and performance.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 10:50 PM

Jul 2025

turbinetree

(27,735 posts)

2. Golden Earring - I've Just Lost Somebody

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:08 PM

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highplainsdem

(63,112 posts)

3. One of the early (1968) songs George cowrote with their bass player, Rinus Gerritsen, who the next

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 03:03 PM

Jul 2025

year became his brother-in-law. George and Rinus cowrote a lot of their songs at first. Then for a few years George did all the songwriting, and then he started writing songs with lead singer Barry Hay, letting Barry write the lyrics for most of their songs (not all; Barry came up with the lyrics for Radar Love, while George wrote Twilight Zone by himself).

turbinetree

(27,735 posts)

4. Thank you..............

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 07:32 PM

Jul 2025

highplainsdem

(63,112 posts)

5. You're welcome! :) Btw, there's very old video of that song, done for a Dutch TV show in 1968,

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 08:50 PM

Jul 2025

with the band for some reason down in a construction pit for the Amsterdam Metro.

The drummer there, Jaap Eggermont, was replaced in 1969 by Sieb Warner - he can be seen in their video for Another 45 Miles - who was replaced in 1970 by Cesar Zuiderwijk, creating the lineup (with Kooymans, Hay, and Gerritsen) that lasted till they disbanded a few years ago.

turbinetree

(27,735 posts)

6. That was very cool to know..............

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 08:52 PM

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