Nederbeat
{{Short description|Dutch rock music boom of the mid-1960s}}
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| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Beat music|Nederpop|garage rock}}
| cultural_origins = Mid-1960s, Netherlands
| instruments = {{hlist|Electric guitar|bass guitar|acoustic guitar|drums|piano||keyboards}}
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| other_topics = Dutch pop and rock
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Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) is a genre of rock music that began with the Dutch rock boom in the mid-1960s influenced by British beat groups and rock bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.{{cite web |url=http://strangecurrenciesmusic.com/an-introduction-to-nederbeat/ |title=An Introduction To Nederbeat |work=Strange Currencies Music|date=20 June 2022 |first=Matt |last=Ryan }} Much like British freakbeat, it is essentially the Dutch counterpart to American garage rock.{{CN|date=April 2023}} Among the best-known Nederbeat groups are the Golden Earring, The Motions, The Outsiders and Shocking Blue.
History
File:Foto van het optreden van de Beatles in Blokker, NL-HlmNHA 1478 02577 03 K 06.JPG performing in Blokker, Netherlands in 1964]]
In the 1960s, The Beatles and the Merseybeat sound began to dominate the Dutch charts. The popularity of such music led to interest among Dutch musicians in forming bands to play this type of rock music, replacing a previous genre Indorock performed by Indonesian immigrants in the Netherlands.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Elizabeth J Miles |entry=Immigrant Music in Europe |editor=Chris Goertzen |editor2=James Porter |editor3=Timothy Rice |encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music| volume= 8|entry-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh03DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT422|year=2017|isbn=9781351544269|page=411 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|via=Google Books}} The interest was further spurred on by the Beatles concerts in the Netherlands in 1964 that drew large crowds, followed by a performance by The Rolling Stones at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen disrupted by an excited audience. The emergence of pirate station Radio Veronica also worked to stimulate the Dutch music community to produce a great amount of 'Nederbeat'.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
File:Hartewens Festival in de badmintonhal met the Motions, 1966 (3).jpg in 1966]]
The Hague was the country's beat capital, where bands such as "the Golden Earrings" (the predecessor of Golden Earring), InCrowd, Q65, Het, Sandy Coast and The Motions were formed,{{cite book |author=Willem Frijhoff |author2=Kees Schuyt |author3=Marijke Spies |title=Dutch Culture in a European Perspective: 1950, prosperity and welfare|url={{Google Books |JZfvCVndvXoC|page=411|plain-url=yes}}|year=2003|isbn=9789023239666|page=411 |publisher=Royal Van Gorcum|via=Google Books}} along with its neighbouring coastal town Scheveningen. The clubs on its boulevard, from where Veronica's pirate ship was constantly visible, became the locus for Dutch talent.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} Other bands such as the Outsiders also emerged in Amsterdam. These bands generally performed in English, with the exception of a few such as Het who performed in Dutch.
The Motions were the first Nederbeat band to produce charting singles in the Netherlands with their songs "It's Gone" released in late 1964, and "Wasted Words", in 1965.{{cite web |url= https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/motions|title=Motions |work=Top 40}} Their guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen would later form Shocking Blue. Other popular groups were the Outsiders, Q65, Golden Earring, Ro-d-ys, The Shoes, and Cuby & the Blizzards.
Nederbeat had association with the psychedelia and counterculture of the 1960s in the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://nederbeat.nl/indexa.htm |title=Amsterdam |work=Nederbeat }} The beat sound was popular for a few years before the sound started to change, and the musical style of the bands evolved. Soul and Rhythm and blues became more popular, groups that performed in such style include Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group. The Cats shifted into the palingsound they created, while Cuby & the Blizzards developed their own distinct style of blues.
The bands were mostly popular only in the Netherlands, but a few bands found success internationally. In 1970, Tee-Set had a top 10 hit with "Ma Belle Amie" in many countries, while Shocking Blue did better with "Venus", which became the first ever No. 1 single by a Dutch band on Billboard Hot 100. Later in 1973, Golden Earring also had a worldwide hit with "Radar Love". However, despite the successes, the genre had faded in the 1970s as popular music moved on to other genres and tastes such as Disco.
List of Nederbeat bands
File:Fanclub - Q65 - Jay Baar 3.png in 1967]]
File:TV programma '...Puntje, puntje, puntje...'. Popgroep Tee Set, Bestanddeelnr 921-5933.jpg in 1968]]
File:Fenklup1968TheOutsiders.jpg in 1968]]
The following is incomplete list of Nederbeat bands and some of their songs:
- {{Ill|Les Baroques|nl}} – "Such A Cad", "I Know"{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/les-baroques |title=Les Baroques |work=Top 40 }}
- {{Ill|The Buffoons|nl}}{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/buffoons-the |title=The Buffoons |work=Top 40 }}
- {{Ill|The Bumble Bees|nl|Bumble Bees}}
- The Cats – "What A Crazy Life", "Sure He's A Cat"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/cats-the |title=The Cats|work=Top 40 }}
- Cuby & the Blizzards – "Window of My Eyes"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/cuby-blizzards |title=Cuby + Blizzards|work=Top 40 }}
- Eddysons – "Ups and Downs"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/eddysons|title=Eddysons|work=Top 40 }}
- Golden Earring – "Radar Love"
- Group 1850
- {{Ill|Het (Dutch band)|nl|Het (Nederlandse popgroep)}} – "Ik Heb Geen Zin Om Op Te Staan"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/het |title=Het|work=Top 40}}
- Jay-Jays – "Baldheaded Woman (No Sugar In My Coffee)"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/jay-jays |title=Jay-Jays |work=Top 40 }}
- {{Ill|Johnny Kendall & the Heralds|nl}} – "St. James Infirmary", "Jezebel"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/johnny-kendall-and-the-heralds |title=Johnny Kendall and the Heralds|work=Top 40 }}
- The Motions – "Wasted Words", "Why Don't You Take It"
- The Outsiders – "Touch", "Monkey On Your Back"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/outsiders-nederbeat |title=Outsiders ((nederbeat))|work=Top 40 }}
- The Phantoms (Dutch band) – "I'll Go Crazy", "Tormented"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/phantoms-the |title=The Phantoms|work=Top 40 }}
- Q65 – "The Life I Live", "You're The Victor"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/q65 |title=Q65|work=Top 40 }}
- {{Ill|Ro-d-Ys|nl}} – "Take Her Home", "Just Fancy"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/ro-d-ys |title=R0-d-Ys |work=Top 40 }}
- Sandy Coast – "A Girl Like You", "I See Your Face Again"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/sandy-coast |title=Sandy Coast |work=Top 40 }}
- The Shoes – "Na, Na, Na", "Standing And Staring"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/shoes-the |title=The Shoes |work=Top 40 }}
- Shocking Blue – "Venus", "Never Marry A Railroad Man"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/shocking-blue |title=Shocking Blue|work=Top 40}}
- Tee-Set – "Don't You Leave", "Early In The Morning"{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/tee-set |title=Tee-Set |work=Top 40 }}
- Zen – "Hair"
- {{Ill|ZZ & de Maskers|nl|ZZ en de Maskers}} –
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.nederbeat.nl/ Nederbeat database]
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{{Rhythm and blues}}
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