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  • @carinarodebak9419
    @carinarodebak9419 Місяць тому +203

    Cornelis Vreeswijk was born Dutch and came to Sweden at age 12.
    He learnt our languaguage so well, to become one of our greatest poets and songwriter in modern time. Often much inspired by Brazilian music, as here.

    • @birrextio6544
      @birrextio6544 Місяць тому +32

      He did not just learn the language, he mastered it and played with it.
      It was sad that he wasn't able to stop drinking and smoking, he died too early.

    • @carinarodebak9419
      @carinarodebak9419 Місяць тому +12

      @@birrextio6544 I certainly agree. Some artists you do miss more than others.

    • @cellarroom1580
      @cellarroom1580 21 день тому +5

      Cornelis and Georg Riedel, two of our greatest musical national treasures. Both born outside Sweden. I think Georg came to Sweden when he was six years old.

  • @nisselarson3227
    @nisselarson3227 26 днів тому +83

    Good lord you don't know how good this is when you understand Swedish.

    • @o.w.i.m
      @o.w.i.m 11 днів тому +1

      So true.

  • @nocturne7371
    @nocturne7371 Місяць тому +194

    I just can't believe you found Cornelis on your channel. Such a beloved artist in Sweden, but not really known outside of Sweden!

    • @vansting
      @vansting 27 днів тому +23

      The truth is that in his mother land, the Netherlands, he is well known. He made a lot of records in Dutch to, in fact same records as in Swedish and the other way around. He wasn’t dumb 😂

    • @john-toregundersen2655
      @john-toregundersen2655 27 днів тому +16

      Ahemm Very well known here in Norway and highly loved by norwegians.

    • @einha19
      @einha19 25 днів тому +10

      Norwegians love Cornelis aswell. My father told me a story of how he came to play a local pub in a small town in Norway back in the 70s

    • @styx85
      @styx85 25 днів тому +5

      ​@@john-toregundersen2655 Isn't Norway like the capital of Sweden tho

    • @john-toregundersen2655
      @john-toregundersen2655 23 дні тому +6

      @@styx85 No 😂

  • @hastrom
    @hastrom Місяць тому +70

    Sadly a a lot of his poetic flair gets lost in the english translation, he was such a great artist.

    • @thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556
      @thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556 28 днів тому +3

      Agreed!

    • @johan.ohgren
      @johan.ohgren 28 днів тому +6

      I would've translated it differently.

    • @janpersson9818
      @janpersson9818 28 днів тому +9

      I have complained about translations for decades now (keeping an actual list of the worst examples I have seen). This translation seems pretty accurate to me. If your goal is to have the same poetic flare as the original I think you would have to forgo the accuracy and change the phrases a bit. I spent about 10 minutes thinking about how I would translate it and didn't come up with anything better.

    • @tifflan7351
      @tifflan7351 22 дні тому +2

      About a decade later... I seem to recall I intentionally made this more of a "word-by-word" translation. A poetic translation would be great as well of course, but it would be something else.

  • @JimmyOlsson
    @JimmyOlsson 27 днів тому +88

    Cornelis Vreeswijk is so beloved in Sweden. A troubled man in life, but an incredibly talented musician. He's composed so many epic modern Swedish folksongs! Gone too soon and dearly missed!

    • @Thaerii
      @Thaerii 26 днів тому +7

      And the ones he translated he often enhanced by quite a lot.
      I'm part of a language learning community, and every single native English speaker learning Swedish so far has agreed that _Brev från kolonien_ is a step up from _Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah_

    • @elfredo70
      @elfredo70 12 днів тому +1

      Word! Rest in vrede Maestro

  • @agnetesorensenelbom5085
    @agnetesorensenelbom5085 Місяць тому +85

    Cornelius, from Sweeden 1968 was very popular in Denmark
    I loved his wit and good sence of humor.
    Sweeden have a long, long tradition in folk Music ❤
    Thank you from Denmark 🌼 Agnete

    • @nibel13
      @nibel13 19 днів тому +2

      Det är väldigt kul att läsa nordiska syster! Kim Larsen är väl älskad i Sverige. Jag är född '90 och Kim var den första jag kom att tänka på
      Kerlek fra Adam

    • @agnetesorensenelbom5085
      @agnetesorensenelbom5085 18 днів тому +1

      @@nibel13 Tak så mücke 🥰

    • @Errathetube
      @Errathetube 15 днів тому

      Lika som nibel13 skriver så är Kim Larsen fantastisk. Min far visade mig Larsen och Gasolin som liten pojk.
      På senare tid har jag funnit tycke för Skousen og Ingemann. "Herfra Hvor Vi Står" är en favorit som kan rekommenderas! :)

    • @agnetesorensenelbom5085
      @agnetesorensenelbom5085 15 днів тому

      @@Errathetube Thank you

  • @jorgenandersson424
    @jorgenandersson424 22 дні тому +20

    his songs are a national music treasure here in Sweden

  • @RandomerFellow
    @RandomerFellow Місяць тому +65

    Cornelis was deep, philosophical, brutal and accurate.
    One of a kind.
    One of my favorites is "Balladen Om Herr Fredrik Åkare Och Söta Fröken Cecilia Lind".

    • @dlind1985
      @dlind1985 29 днів тому +6

      Bland de bästa som gjorts någonsin! (I had forget that beauty of song.)

    • @magnushelin007
      @magnushelin007 18 днів тому +1

      Så vacker!

  • @masztaarc
    @masztaarc 24 дні тому +25

    He's a national legend and treasure here in Sweden. Amazing to see this.

  • @reinjanmaat1839
    @reinjanmaat1839 Місяць тому +34

    this is a surprise 😘❤️now I'm going to listen to Cornelis all night

    • @risputte
      @risputte 29 днів тому +1

      Jag med :)

    • @reinjanmaat1839
      @reinjanmaat1839 20 днів тому +2

      Al voor de tweede nacht aan het luisteren naar Cornelis in een taal die ik niet versta maar krijg er geen genoeg van wat een artiest ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @maclundqvist2944
    @maclundqvist2944 Місяць тому +35

    Cornelis is the G.O.A.T

  • @moniquevandoorn8347
    @moniquevandoorn8347 28 днів тому +15

    On a vacation to Sweden we started at Stockholm in the harbor. Right there was a bust of Cornelis Vreeswijk and there also was a museum about him in Stockholm, but I believe that the museum doesn’t exist anymore. Our guide told us that Cornelis Vreeswijk was a revelation to Swedish people by his lyrics about living in the here and now, and to not worry about money and possessions, because you couldn’t take anything with you once you died.

  • @perthyren601
    @perthyren601 Місяць тому +29

    Lovely, a skald in Sweden. Telling some uncomfortable realities. But it so beautiful and insightful in the simplicity of the lyrics

    • @herrbonk3635
      @herrbonk3635 Місяць тому +2

      There were many similar skalds, troubadours, authors, and play writers in Sweden,
      one more cynical than the other... But Cornelis was the jazziest! Still is probably.

  • @g-o-n9508
    @g-o-n9508 Місяць тому +24

    I know Cornelis Vreeswijk from his poetic Dutch songs. I like him very much. I don't speak Swedish well but his music still feels so natural to me. Tnx Highly ❤.

    • @liepsan
      @liepsan Місяць тому +2

      Man I was thinking that is a very Dutch name! Never heard of this guy, this is very interesting.

    • @Lilygirl283
      @Lilygirl283 Місяць тому +1

      I was thinking the same​@@liepsan

    • @HenrikJansson78
      @HenrikJansson78 Місяць тому +4

      @@Lilygirl283 ​ @liepsan He moved to Sweden when he was young, lived here all his life (I think) and became one of our most beloved songwriters. Even todays kids knows him. But he actually never got a swedish citizenship. It's said that he once tried, but when talking to the immigration office, they told him he would have to take a swedish test. He answered "Do you know who I am? You have been singing my songs for many years and you doubt I speak swedish?". So he just left. :) Great story. And very much Cornelis. He was a great artist...

    • @SteamboatW
      @SteamboatW 10 днів тому

      ​​@@liepsanYes, he was born dutch and retained his Dutch passport his whole life. He released a few records in Dutch. Try searching here for "Veronica" in Dutch.

  • @satanihelvetet
    @satanihelvetet 27 днів тому +15

    Very nice to see a reaction to Cornelis from someone who isn't either dutch or swede.

  • @elisabethe8055
    @elisabethe8055 17 днів тому +8

    Cornelis is my childhood. Not only was he a songwriter, he was a poet, a philosopher and also an actor. Hes son Jack traveled his father's footstep, unfortunately he passed away last year but also was a well beloved artist. I am kind of in chock you found Cornelis, but i really hope you appreciate this great man, hes memory will live on for decades. He also was a well known interpreter of Carl Michael Bellman, a 18th century poet, singer songwriter. Look him up! :) Thank you for sharing! To compare, i guess he was Sweden's Johnny Cash. Telling the truth about the time he lived in.

    • @DornishVintage
      @DornishVintage 14 днів тому +1

      And he was from the Netherlands. But all the same understood the Swedish mentality so well.

    • @elisabethe8055
      @elisabethe8055 14 днів тому

      @@DornishVintage yes he was, and i think he brought new influence to music and poetry that made us love him so much due to that.

  • @annina134
    @annina134 26 днів тому +15

    Omg, I saw Cornelis on the title and hit play immediately. This was one of my dads favourite artists and when my dad died I listened to this song a lot. 🖤🖤

  • @janhanchenmichelsen2627
    @janhanchenmichelsen2627 24 дні тому +8

    Cornelis was a giant. Also revered here in Norway.

  • @Rix.67
    @Rix.67 Місяць тому +19

    Epic track from childhood
    🇸🇪

  • @MS-hc1ei
    @MS-hc1ei 22 дні тому +6

    Great musician, poet, singer. Love his music and wish he could have been longer with us. He had a special way with words. Poetic, beautiful, thoughtful, political and often very, very funny as well.

  • @mariabjorkdahl2785
    @mariabjorkdahl2785 13 днів тому +3

    So loved by us in Sweden.... his songs is about his love for people struggling...

  • @user-xi6nk4xs4s
    @user-xi6nk4xs4s Місяць тому +16

    Cornelis used to be on our regional radio station a lot when I was young. Mostly with his Dutch bardic songs. All about the lyrics. Kind of miss that these days in mainstream broadcasting.

  • @fecfox1
    @fecfox1 Місяць тому +10

    great man and singer. rest in pease my friend. we mis you and your songs

  • @Steffe
    @Steffe 27 днів тому +7

    I know a guy whose grandfather was a painter. He used to hang out with Cornelis, and they also fought about the same girl! My friends grandfather won that one and that is why he exists! Great artist. I often go for long walks on Södermalm and sometimes walk through the park named after Cornelis.

  • @robband145
    @robband145 26 днів тому +5

    Hes really a big folk artist in Sweden, loved by most as far as i know. 😢

  • @oskarfalkstrom1346
    @oskarfalkstrom1346 12 днів тому +3

    one of the best written songs in any language ever. Cornelis deserved to be a world known artist.

  • @evalu3369
    @evalu3369 19 днів тому +3

    He's the reason I learned to play the guitar, because I wanted to sing his songs. There is a lot of them and with a great variation.

  • @Lowshoehighhat
    @Lowshoehighhat Місяць тому +11

    The legend Cornelis

  • @user-pj8vy5rk8p
    @user-pj8vy5rk8p Місяць тому +14

    He was a troubled man but his sound was different and special and he made lots of great music

  • @elvira4702
    @elvira4702 18 днів тому +2

    I'm half swedish and my grandma would sing this song to me when I was falling asleep as a child. Never really paid that much attention to the lyrics until now. It's dark for sure wow

  • @rickard.eriksson
    @rickard.eriksson 24 дні тому +3

    He is a cultural symbol in Sweden, like Astrid Lindgren. Top notch poet and lyricist.

  • @MrPEROLS
    @MrPEROLS Місяць тому +10

    Nice with Cornelius!!!! The king of text

  • @Jullebulle1991
    @Jullebulle1991 25 днів тому +2

    I’m glad you found the music treasure of Cornelis Vreeswijk. He was a wonderful troubadour with a tragic life. My favourite song by him is Turistens Klagan (The Complaint of the Tourist).

  • @godhasgas
    @godhasgas 19 днів тому +1

    I love Cornelis music, I grew up with it.
    There was this one time though; he went overseas with a 14yo girl and they assumed she drowned bc they never found her body.. I was named after that song. He was a well known creep. Her name was Felicia.

  • @MikaelIsaksson
    @MikaelIsaksson 26 днів тому +3

    Cornelis mastered the Swedish language. You can have different grades of how good and poetic songs are and then you have an entire new level were Cornelis resides. I'm not sure this can be appreciated in another language, but if you become good enough in Swedish you will understand.

  • @dlind1985
    @dlind1985 29 днів тому +4

    Åh, vad härligt att få höra Cornelius igen! Thank you for doing this, *Highly Combustible!*

  • @meteerbil2078
    @meteerbil2078 Місяць тому +7

    Cornelis Vreeswijk died on 12 November 1987 at Södersjukhuset from liver cancer. Only 50 years old

  • @simonerognas8226
    @simonerognas8226 21 день тому +1

    Beautiful song, thank you for reactiing!

  • @j.c6204
    @j.c6204 14 днів тому

    I’m Impressed You found this. ❤

  • @swedishmetalbear
    @swedishmetalbear 29 днів тому +6

    Cornelis son Jack Vreeswijk died not that long ago as well. He did a good cover of this song.

  • @carro-xb9oz
    @carro-xb9oz 18 днів тому

    omg ure actually gonna do this cornelis was one of me faves back in the day he was awsome!!

  • @dnevnoydozor2923
    @dnevnoydozor2923 19 днів тому +2

    How the f did you find Cornelis? This gem!

  • @FemaleSniper86
    @FemaleSniper86 25 днів тому +1

    LEGEND!!! We miss you, Cornelius!
    En av mina mest älskade sånger, måste jag medge... I loved this dong since I wad a chimd.

    • @styx85
      @styx85 25 днів тому

      "I loved this dong"
      Some things should be kept private 😜

    • @jontej79
      @jontej79 24 дні тому

      Hahaha

  • @LittleTehri
    @LittleTehri 27 днів тому +2

    Yes, I've been absolutely longing for this!

    • @staren7354
      @staren7354 27 днів тому

      Oh, please do, it is my favorite

  • @vansting
    @vansting Місяць тому +13

    Cornelis, Master Cees, is the god of swedish modern folkmusik. Belonging to the political left and always a song for every person on the rough side of life or a kick in the ass for every ignorant rich

  • @carro-xb9oz
    @carro-xb9oz 18 днів тому

    he had so much to say that we never ever even thought of

  • @johankaewberg8162
    @johankaewberg8162 Місяць тому +7

    Felicia Adjö. Saddest ballad from him.

  • @PernillaArtistic
    @PernillaArtistic 17 днів тому +1

    He has past on, but thankfully he left some of his amazing songs!! ❤❤❤

  • @robing6796
    @robing6796 19 днів тому

    jävlar vad mycket love du får nu

  • @charliegustavsson9794
    @charliegustavsson9794 27 днів тому

    Thanks man, he was one of a kind. I love him ❤

  • @ThomasVanhala
    @ThomasVanhala 21 день тому +3

    RIP Cornelis, you where loved and is missed. You was and still am a national treasure for us in Sweden.

  • @Akva77
    @Akva77 25 днів тому +1

    I love Cornelis😢❤

  • @emilerlandsson5536
    @emilerlandsson5536 22 дні тому +1

    I wish you could hear the lyrics knowing Swedish, although it's a good translation, I believe the lyrics cuts well deeper when listening to it as it was wrote.

  • @E-jit
    @E-jit 9 днів тому

    He failed Swedish in school as an immigrant from the Netherlands and then became the biggest troubadour in Swedish modern history.

  • @RetroTub99
    @RetroTub99 Місяць тому +3

    Very nice :)

  • @torgnyaanderaa2334
    @torgnyaanderaa2334 26 днів тому

    Cornelis was the man. So many great songs, although this is definitely a favorite.
    I don't usually plug stuff, but since you brought it up; according to my poem "The Serpent's Lament" (that you can find here on the 'yube' if you are so inclined), God has been bored for a loooong time ;)

  • @ylvabernhardtz1513
    @ylvabernhardtz1513 21 день тому +1

    This is about Wallenberg!

  • @Daniel-fr6we
    @Daniel-fr6we 26 днів тому

    Just real❤

  • @soledude
    @soledude 12 днів тому

    👏👏👏

  • @o.w.i.m
    @o.w.i.m 11 днів тому

    This is a good one but there is a really fitting one for the current day.. Especially for those ol' Russian lads..
    Check out: Desertören - Album: Visor, svarta och röda

  • @liesbethboesjes3307
    @liesbethboesjes3307 Місяць тому +6

    De nozem en de non

    • @lovetwelve12
      @lovetwelve12 Місяць тому +1

      And ‘Veronica’ of course…

  • @jststromberg6163
    @jststromberg6163 23 дні тому

    I love this song but I also like his song "Till Jack".

  • @torbjornulrichs8570
    @torbjornulrichs8570 8 днів тому

    I think you missed the point, the key is the phrases 3:14 to 3:39 in to the clip. It is about living your life here and now and enjoy the small pleasures in life.

  • @Krixtalized
    @Krixtalized 22 дні тому

    He also made a good cover of Kingston trios the sloop John B, even better in Swedish, jag hde en gång en båt

  • @Niinsa62
    @Niinsa62 25 днів тому

    This one is a classic! For more Cornelis, try Brev Från Kolonien! That one is more lighthearted, it's a letter home from a kid on a summer camp. And if I was that kid's parent, getting that letter, I'd be worried! 🙂 It is a cover of Hello Mother Hello Father, but a much better version than the original! And kind of darker, this camp seems to be totally unhinged! No discipline at all, the lunatics rule the asylum!

  • @zpitzer
    @zpitzer 17 днів тому

    Cornelis is a Swedish treasure, thogh he was dutch.

  • @ewonnestrand7298
    @ewonnestrand7298 13 днів тому

    True 😀 a bored God

  • @lup7271
    @lup7271 23 дні тому

    you should react to cornelis vreeswijk - brev från kolonien(Letters from the colony), if you can find one with english lyrics

    • @bjornvip2
      @bjornvip2 23 дні тому

      Or "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" with Allan Sherman, that´s the original of this song. :)

  • @Latro84
    @Latro84 14 днів тому

    God gave us free will.. That's it

  • @annina134
    @annina134 26 днів тому +1

    Other good Cornelis songs, hönan Agda and Polaren Pär är skärlekskrank. 😁

  • @user-vu5vu6cd9v
    @user-vu5vu6cd9v 19 днів тому

    Thåström Fan fan fan

  • @UrbanNilssonOssian
    @UrbanNilssonOssian 26 днів тому +1

    If god exists, he's a kid bored with his ant farm.

  • @Krixtalized
    @Krixtalized 22 дні тому

    Lasse liten blues😢

  • @danvernier198
    @danvernier198 27 днів тому +3

    This song doesn't work very well when put in an American cultural context.
    God and the Devil are only used as templates by a man who only had a very private relation to religion living in social circles where religion isn't spoken about at all.
    Note that the description of death is entirely forcused on reality, he knows nothing of suffering as long as he can be hidden under his loved one's hair, you know nothing in your grave.
    God doesn't care about tattered shoes because the suffering in this world is up to us to deal with.
    The devil laughs if someone walks tattered shoes until they stop walking because we allowed that evil to be.
    It's as tongue in cheek as Joe Hill's The Preacher and the Slave.
    Note how he describes the you in a hundred years as your corpse in the grave, not as a "soul".

    • @Fritjof-or7bt
      @Fritjof-or7bt 27 днів тому

      We don't like religion in Sweden for the most part. Because we know it's BS. That's why there's a trillion different religions contradicting each other. Because it's all made up by humans.

  • @midvinter
    @midvinter 7 днів тому

    Never seen so much feeling get lost in translation

  • @leonidlebeman9592
    @leonidlebeman9592 13 днів тому

    I'd rather listen to Cornelis than any God.

  • @user-mo6qx1ed3e
    @user-mo6qx1ed3e 25 днів тому +1

    Why do we need God if he (or her) let us police ourselves?

  • @AnnikaHassel
    @AnnikaHassel 17 днів тому

    Some walk with torn shoes
    Say why is it so?
    God Father who lives in heaven
    Maybe wants it so
    God Father who lives in heaven
    Shuts his eyes and sleeps so well
    Who cares about a pair of torn shoes
    Shen you are old and tired
    Who cares about how the days go by?
    They go as they please
    Friend, in one hundred years
    You'll no longer exist
    Then somebody else have taken your place
    You'll know nothing of it
    You feel neither rain nor sun
    Down in your dark graveWho cares about how thе nights go by?
    I don't care a bit
    As long as I can keep my face
    Buried in my lovе's hair
    I am a doubtful character
    Not good for much
    Behind a corner death lurks
    He takes me whenever he wants

  • @Servant_of_Christ
    @Servant_of_Christ 16 днів тому

    Poor old Cornelis, he is now screaming in hell for all eternity, I never heard him come to repentance.

  • @ABABSAVAR
    @ABABSAVAR 29 днів тому

    Felicia dissapear us better