What a great artist. Superfan. This is from the dvd who’s included with the chante album. I do love Ramses music but this version always brings tears to my eyes every time.
What a champ!. I knew she was good, but this is outrageous. She indeed switches multiple times from French to Dutch and back. Here in Europe it is not that extraordinary to speak 2 or more languages, certainly not in Belgium. Back here in the Netherlands we all learn Dutch, English, French, German and nowadays you can choose Spanish and Chinese and even Russian like my kids do.
Bij ons werd geen Spaans of Russisch en zeker geen Chinees gegeven. Bij ons was het gewoon de standaard Engels, Frans en Duits met nog Latijn en Grieks vanwege het gymnasium. Ik heb het zelf maar bij Latijn gehouden. Dat hoeft maar een kant op en niet beide kanten zoals bij moderne talen en mijn Grieks is beroerd.😂 De Mythen en geschiedenis hebben me altijd erg aangesproken.😊
Oh I really, truly love Wende! She's very special, powerful, a powerwoman. I love her French chansons, but she did a lot more. Thanks for this request! ❤
She sings, Dutch, French, English, German, South African, Spanish .Mostly Englisch, French and Dutch. From Rock to chansons, to dance to jazz to classicle music and that also lots of times combined in a show. Multi talent!
A very powerful performance by Wende! And the song is in Dutch & French. The original is amazing too. Check out Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List & Alderliefste - Laat me/vivre.
The original is still Ma Dernière Volonté from Serge Reggiani. ;) Ramses Shaffy - Laat Me is a Dutch cover of that song. And Wende combined them into this.
My life song from Ramses Shafie. Best cover ever by Wende. Laat me. Let my do it my own way. Look at her facial expressions, she is not only singing that song, she is feeling it.
Yesss.. Thank you Jacko.. This is another one of my all time favorites.. Good you liked it too HXC and you even noticed she changed languages back and forth. 👌👌
Thank you! Wende is such a great performer, she not only sings, but gives you the feeling she also lives in het songs. Hopefully I will soon have the pleasure of going to one of her theatershows, I was unable to go to her last one a few weeks ago. If you like Wende, perhaps you will like Ellen ten Damme as wel. Just like Wende, she goes her own way in the music- and theater world. Both are, in their own unique ways, outstanding performers.
It's a mix of French and Dutch. A version of a classic Dutch song by Ramses Shaffy. Original here, worth checking out ua-cam.com/video/fyTvY_7ws30/v-deo.html
Ramses Shaffy made this song legendary. He was old, and famous, when he did this version with Liesbeth List, also a famous singer. The version Wende sings is very, very good, but.. it somehow lacks the depth that Ramses could give to this song: being so so old. ua-cam.com/video/bBPCjUOoPbc/v-deo.html
A great song which most Dutch people know since the mid 70's by Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy . "Laat Me" is a cover of the French song Ma dernière volonté (Vivre) (1977) by Serge Reggiani (French lyrics by Sylvain Lebel and music by Alice Dona) with Dutch lyrics by Herman Pieter de Boer. There is also a great version by Stef Bos and Miss Montreal from last years Beste zangers, ua-cam.com/video/zfmAqZQz94E/v-deo.html
Heard the original this weekend and was checking if you had already done a reaction, as I thought you needed to hear this song. Found this video and didn’t know this version but was not disappointed😁 Love to see your reactions too! Thumbs up from NL!
The original of this song is "Ma Dernière Volonté" by Sergio Reggiani. In the late seventies it was translated into Dutch as "Laat me" and became the signature song of the Late, great Ramses Shaffy, a performer who you would call a stand-up comedian. A cabaret performer may be a better description; telling happy or sad stories on stage, telling jokes, singing songs. In any case, in the late nineties he did a new version of this song with the band "Alderliefste" and his muse Liesbeth List, combining both the Dutch as well as the French lyrics. This is the version Wende performed here.
Wende covers Anouk's song Lost. Wende covers A song by the late Toon Hermans: Als de liefde niet bestond. She has a lot of own songs. She can sing everything with full passion. I saw her recently twice in one week with the same show. Once in theater and once in a pop temple. Incredible.
Check out her Beautiful song about Amsterdam cry´s The song tells the horrible story about the juds during the second world ware. So full of emotions sang by her.
Wende is amazing! I really love her performances and passion while performing! Also greats songs with amazing messages are "Die begin van die aarde" (t's south african instead of Dutch) and "Mens durf te leven"
Wow!!! Seen many covers. The original with Ramses Shaffy is awesome. The one with Ramses and De Alderliefste is awesome and pretty emotional, but even I never heard Wende. And it made me choke. Felt the meaning behind this song since it's pretty familiar for me. But her voice! It brought the story to another level. Wow 😳 And thanks again. Being Dutch, btw, I didn't even realize the transfer between languages... For you... Well noticed... And your pronunciation is top. You are a world citizen....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been waiting for this one. She is really something else and I love her for it. Some artists have the guts to steer away from the popular and commercial stuff and just follow their creative hearts. She is definitely one of them. Others mentioned Ramses Shaffy. He is one of them. In fact he challenged every social norm out there. Although Wendy was never as extreme, she does question and challenge what is generally accepted. And she does so with a lot of power. She doesn't shy away from those little vulnerable sweet songs if she recognizes the art in them. An example is a song by a very famous entertainer in the Netherlands Toon Hermans: "Als de liefde niet bestond" ('If love didn't exist'). She really honored him with her rendition of this song. If you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/fS_CugDz-pc/v-deo.html In the mean time enjoy her performances, there are many out there. And like I said: Thank you.
Listen to this song sang by stef bos an miss Montréal on beste zangers, they didn't practise it because Stefs dear friend the original singer would have loved the rawness.
FYI: she also has an liveshow on DVD (recorded at Carre Amsterdam) which almost entirely in English. Here are some cracking performances from that show: ua-cam.com/video/Rpb_ZJgXlWU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/s3GHW5E_wX4/v-deo.html (this is one of the few songs from that show not in English) ua-cam.com/video/EKglv2Ezajs/v-deo.html (and this is my favourite of the whole show)
ok so ... this was a good cover ... but a cover none the less ... little backstory about this version. the French version was the original ... a Dutch singer launched a Dutch rendition of the song and scored a hit with it ... after a long and succesfull career he landed his ass in an old folks home, and stopped preforming. When the Dutch preforming community heard they were like ... no you don't ... which lead to this. ua-cam.com/video/Ih5i8lEpaH0/v-deo.html you see the band that set this up together with his life long friend and him. safe to say it exploded.
Wende Snijder is a Dutch singer, who is specialized in French chansons. I like her music very much. If you really want to see something beautiful, you should watch her performance at the Uitmarkt in Amsterdam. That's really beautiful.
Wende sings with her heart too. Goosbumps! I love Wende and listen to this when i need it.
What a performance! That hit me right in the heart.
Love her and her voice. One of my favourite singers I must confess.
Wende is amazing. So intence.
wende is more than great and the emotian in her voice.......tears over my cheeks, for real 🥲
Perfect.bravo.
Thanx highly .. Your mouth whas wide open and that made me happy ☺👍 greating jacco
Touches my soul everytime i hear Wende singing this beautiful song♥️
You finally discovered Wende 🥰
I love the combination of the two languages in this song. The original is amazing.
One of the best but least appreciated Dutch singers. She's got my respect. ❤
Wende is Dutch, she sings in several languages, she is encroyable, like Floor
Isn't that most people in The Netherlands speak, write or understand English, German and Dutch.
Born in England, she spent her childhood in Indonesia and Guinea-Bissau, where she attended a French school.
Yes, from French to Dutch. Wende is Dutch, but sings a lot in French.
Thank you Jacco! ❤️✌️Beautiful!
Thank you for this comment 😘🙌
This is totally intense. Thank you, whoever requested this.
It whas me Mary how request this song ..and no thanx ☺👍groetjes Jacco
What a great performance! Thanx to you. You made me a proud Dutchy!😇🥰😘
You're welcome!
I had tears in my eyes this song is so powerful.
What a great artist. Superfan. This is from the dvd who’s included with the chante album. I do love Ramses music but this version always brings tears to my eyes every time.
You are right, Wende is from the Netherlands. All the good singers come from the Netherlands
I have never seen this, although I'm dutch.
What a champ!. I knew she was good, but this is outrageous. She indeed switches multiple times from French to Dutch and back. Here in Europe it is not that extraordinary to speak 2 or more languages, certainly not in Belgium. Back here in the Netherlands we all learn Dutch, English, French, German and nowadays you can choose Spanish and Chinese and even Russian like my kids do.
Bij ons werd geen Spaans of Russisch en zeker geen Chinees gegeven. Bij ons was het gewoon de standaard Engels, Frans en Duits met nog Latijn en Grieks vanwege het gymnasium. Ik heb het zelf maar bij Latijn gehouden. Dat hoeft maar een kant op en niet beide kanten zoals bij moderne talen en mijn Grieks is beroerd.😂
De Mythen en geschiedenis hebben me altijd erg aangesproken.😊
What a voice!
I know the original song. I've never heard this version, I love it ❣️
Oh I really, truly love Wende! She's very special, powerful, a powerwoman. I love her French chansons, but she did a lot more. Thanks for this request! ❤
You are right!!That is wat the French people do!! They are very passioned!!
She sings, Dutch, French, English, German, South African, Spanish .Mostly Englisch, French and Dutch. From Rock to chansons, to dance to jazz to classicle music and that also lots of times combined in a show. Multi talent!
A very powerful performance by Wende! And the song is in Dutch & French. The original is amazing too. Check out Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List & Alderliefste - Laat me/vivre.
The original is still Ma Dernière Volonté from Serge Reggiani. ;)
Ramses Shaffy - Laat Me is a Dutch cover of that song. And Wende combined them into this.
France is now crying.........
Wende is a great singer. Her performances of Jacques Brel songs are extraordinary.
That's an beautiful performance! I knew the song from various artist, but this one is going into my playlist.
My life song from Ramses Shafie. Best cover ever by Wende. Laat me. Let my do it my own way. Look at her facial expressions, she is not only singing that song, she is feeling it.
Yes Highly! WOW!!
Thx Jacco for this one!
Thank you HalewijnV ..for this comment ☺😉
Wow!! Love this, zo mooi!❤
This is great
3:36 Yes, she changed from French to Dutch, and back and forth... Great!
Wende Snijders is the best singer in the Netherlands
Yes please more Wende!!
More Wende is coming for you on the 29th!!
Yesss.. Thank you Jacko..
This is another one of my all time favorites..
Good you liked it too HXC and you even noticed she changed languages back and forth. 👌👌
Thank you! Wende is such a great performer, she not only sings, but gives you the feeling she also lives in het songs.
Hopefully I will soon have the pleasure of going to one of her theatershows, I was unable to go to her last one a few weeks ago.
If you like Wende, perhaps you will like Ellen ten Damme as wel. Just like Wende, she goes her own way in the music- and theater world. Both are, in their own unique ways, outstanding performers.
So much emotion in this song.... I love Wende, this was amazing!!
It's a mix of French and Dutch. A version of a classic Dutch song by Ramses Shaffy. Original here, worth checking out ua-cam.com/video/fyTvY_7ws30/v-deo.html
The original is French
Ramses Shaffy made this song legendary. He was old, and famous, when he did this version with Liesbeth List, also a famous singer. The version Wende sings is very, very good, but.. it somehow lacks the depth that Ramses could give to this song: being so so old. ua-cam.com/video/bBPCjUOoPbc/v-deo.html
I always love when Wende sings in French, she’s 1 of the best Dutch French Chanson singers
A great song which most Dutch people know since the mid 70's by Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy . "Laat Me" is a cover of the French song Ma dernière volonté (Vivre) (1977) by Serge Reggiani (French lyrics by Sylvain Lebel and music by Alice Dona) with Dutch lyrics by Herman Pieter de Boer. There is also a great version by Stef Bos and Miss Montreal from last years Beste zangers, ua-cam.com/video/zfmAqZQz94E/v-deo.html
Ramses Shaffy zong dat geloof ik met Liesbeth List: ua-cam.com/video/Ih5i8lEpaH0/v-deo.html
Heard the original this weekend and was checking if you had already done a reaction, as I thought you needed to hear this song. Found this video and didn’t know this version but was not disappointed😁 Love to see your reactions too! Thumbs up from NL!
The original of this song is "Ma Dernière Volonté" by Sergio Reggiani. In the late seventies it was translated into Dutch as "Laat me" and became the signature song of the Late, great Ramses Shaffy, a performer who you would call a stand-up comedian. A cabaret performer may be a better description; telling happy or sad stories on stage, telling jokes, singing songs.
In any case, in the late nineties he did a new version of this song with the band "Alderliefste" and his muse Liesbeth List, combining both the Dutch as well as the French lyrics. This is the version Wende performed here.
Wauw.........
Roquefort 🇫🇷and Gouda 🇳🇱🧀 at its best ! ❤️🌷
Wende has some great songs! I alsof really like the song "Do Berlin". Very different vibe. But great!
Wende covers Anouk's song Lost. Wende covers A song by the late Toon Hermans: Als de liefde niet bestond. She has a lot of own songs. She can sing everything with full passion. I saw her recently twice in one week with the same show. Once in theater and once in a pop temple. Incredible.
there is also a beste zangers duet version (miss montreal & stef bos)
Serge Reggiani made the original French version, en Ramses Shaffy made a Dutch version.
Check out her Beautiful song about Amsterdam cry´s The song tells the horrible story about the juds during the second world ware. So full of emotions sang by her.
Wende is amazing! I really love her performances and passion while performing! Also greats songs with amazing messages are "Die begin van die aarde" (t's south african instead of Dutch) and "Mens durf te leven"
Wende!!! 💖
Wow!!! Seen many covers. The original with Ramses Shaffy is awesome. The one with Ramses and De Alderliefste is awesome and pretty emotional, but even I never heard Wende. And it made me choke.
Felt the meaning behind this song since it's pretty familiar for me.
But her voice!
It brought the story to another level.
Wow 😳 And thanks again.
Being Dutch, btw, I didn't even realize the transfer between languages...
For you... Well noticed... And your pronunciation is top.
You are a world citizen....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been waiting for this one. She is really something else and I love her for it. Some artists have the guts to steer away from the popular and commercial stuff and just follow their creative hearts. She is definitely one of them.
Others mentioned Ramses Shaffy. He is one of them. In fact he challenged every social norm out there. Although Wendy was never as extreme, she does question and challenge what is generally accepted. And she does so with a lot of power.
She doesn't shy away from those little vulnerable sweet songs if she recognizes the art in them. An example is a song by a very famous entertainer in the Netherlands Toon Hermans: "Als de liefde niet bestond" ('If love didn't exist'). She really honored him with her rendition of this song. If you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/fS_CugDz-pc/v-deo.html
In the mean time enjoy her performances, there are many out there. And like I said: Thank you.
haha wende she rocks ! Go check out Eefje de visser as well or room eleven if you want more Dutch singers that own !
Listen to this song sang by stef bos an miss Montréal on beste zangers, they didn't practise it because Stefs dear friend the original singer would have loved the rawness.
EPIC🤩🤘
Did you listen to "mens durf te leven" (man, dear to live!) From Wende Snijders yet? She is so powerful in her singing
If you like Wende, you will for sure be blown away by this: “Wende #Mens - Au suivant”
Look at the flags highly 😉
Wende also sings in english
Ye man, from French to Dutch
@3:40 yes...
HxC you have...... dutch enclave of fans (because almost all of the response are dutch names)!
Yep she changed from french to dutch language and back again... LOL
She went from French to Dutch
FYI: she also has an liveshow on DVD (recorded at Carre Amsterdam) which almost entirely in English. Here are some cracking performances from that show:
ua-cam.com/video/Rpb_ZJgXlWU/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/s3GHW5E_wX4/v-deo.html (this is one of the few songs from that show not in English)
ua-cam.com/video/EKglv2Ezajs/v-deo.html (and this is my favourite of the whole show)
yes the french want freedom the dutch want too be left alone
Beautiful choice! Please hear her song: Wende Official Videoclip 'Hey' - UA-cam
This song was also sung by Stef Bos and Miss Montreal in the duet episode in Beste Zangers. Can you react on that? So different from this one!
its a dutch song Highly :)
😢Listening to this as a Dutch man who lost his best friend of 30+ years to suicide in 2022. Fak.
Dude, you need to check her live performance ‘Au Suivant’ from her ‘MENS’ tour! Do it dammit!
ok so ... this was a good cover ... but a cover none the less ...
little backstory about this version. the French version was the original ... a Dutch singer launched a Dutch rendition of the song and scored a hit with it ... after a long and succesfull career he landed his ass in an old folks home, and stopped preforming. When the Dutch preforming community heard they were like ... no you don't ... which lead to this.
ua-cam.com/video/Ih5i8lEpaH0/v-deo.html
you see the band that set this up together with his life long friend and him.
safe to say it exploded.
Hi Highly, Check her Fado's but also her Dutch songs. Raw as "Dit is alles" with subtitels, is hard to find.
Hi, Please add your suggestions to the googleform. You can find the link under every video. Just make sure it follows the guidelines. Thanks
...you have to check her singing , a one take , Au Savant
ua-cam.com/video/rvWAvkPIXtE/v-deo.html
Ramses Shaffy
New 1 for you,i care who you are but dont give a peep of what you are
Wende Snijder is a Dutch singer, who is specialized in French chansons. I like her music very much. If you really want to see something beautiful, you should watch her performance at the Uitmarkt in Amsterdam. That's really beautiful.
ua-cam.com/video/2nEUFf8CqAs/v-deo.html Ina Wroldsen at her best