By the time you see this, dear reader, we will quite possibly have landed in the capital of gaydom, Amsterdam!
There is only one song I need to play, really...
It's a tradition.
"Normal" service will be resumed next Tuesday.
By the time you read this, dear reader, we should be in the skies across the North Sea heading for our beloved Amsterdam!
Only one song will do (it's traditional!):
"Normal" service will resume some time after our return on Monday...
We have a centenary to celebrate, and I almost missed it! One hundred years ago yesterday, the Dutch musical legend that is Johnny Jordaan was born.
So revered is Mijnheer Jordaan in Amsterdam that he has a whole Plein named after him, complete with a statue (later joined by those of fellow musical legends Tante Leen, Manke Nelis and Johnny Meyer):
Not really so surprising, as most (if not all) the great man's wonderful sing-a-long "levenslied" numbers are indeed dedicated to our favourite city, like these...
...and this one, which I play every year as we depart for our annual long weekend in Mokum:
Johnny Jordaan (born Johannes Hendricus van Musscher, 7th February 1924 – 8th January 1989)