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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

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Is that group Dutch??
I thought the name of the song was "Hocus Pocus", and the group was Focus


Certainly! Although way before my time, Focus was a Dutch band back in the day before Jan Akkerman (guitar) and Thijs van Leer (flute, organ & yodel-voice) lost their balls, ehm, musically speaking Wink

'Live at the rainbow' is the must-have live Focus recording imho, including the live version of hocus pocus with amazing vocal performance of Thijs van Leer.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Fozzie wrote:
Thijs van Leer (flute, organ & yodel-voice)

what kind of drugs did he use Question you are an expert, right Question Wink

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Nah, I meant this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTB0NZnDnGA

Although, Focus, yeah!
Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer, Ceryl Havermans en van der Linden (lost his first name, whicfh isn't Rik, BTW)

The girls are called K3 and are Belgian, but very popular in The Netherlands.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Fozzie wrote:
Certainly! Although way before my time, Focus was a Dutch band back in the day before Jan Akkerman (guitar) and Thijs van Leer (flute, organ & yodel-voice) lost their balls, ehm, musically speaking.
Jan Akkerman didn't! Still one of the best guitar players in the world...

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seraph wrote:
Fozzie wrote:
Thijs van Leer (flute, organ & yodel-voice)

what kind of drugs did he use Question you are an expert, right Question Wink
Thijs was well known to be anti drugs!

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Wout Blommers wrote:
Fozzie wrote:
Certainly! Although way before my time, Focus was a Dutch band back in the day before Jan Akkerman (guitar) and Thijs van Leer (flute, organ & yodel-voice) lost their balls, ehm, musically speaking.
Jan Akkerman didn't! Still one of the best guitar players in the world...

Wout


Hmmm, I tend to disagree. Yes, he still is an exceptional guitar player, but his music - at least what I have seen and heard - is a bit uninspired imho.

BTW, I think it is Pierre vd Linden

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what kind of drugs did he use Question you are an expert, right Question Wink

Sorry to disappoint you on the issue of the Netherlands and drugs, but I just noticed a newspaper article in 'de volkskrant' this morning that had statistics on European drug usage. Consumption of 'soft drugs' in Netherlands is about low-average in comparison to other european countries but quite a bit lower than 'suppressive' countries such as France and the US. Personally, I never felt the urge to use any drugs, even though some are legal here.

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Fozzie wrote:
seraph wrote:

what kind of drugs did he use Question you are an expert, right Question Wink

Sorry to disappoint you on the issue of the Netherlands and drugs, but I just noticed a newspaper article in 'de volkskrant' this morning that had statistics on European drug usage. Consumption of 'soft drugs' in Netherlands is about low-average in comparison to other european countries but quite a bit lower than 'suppressive' countries such as France and the US. Personally, I never felt the urge to use any drugs, even though some are legal here.

I only meant that you have a degree in chemistry, right?

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seraph wrote:
Fozzie wrote:
seraph wrote:

what kind of drugs did he use Question you are an expert, right Question Wink

Sorry to disappoint you on the issue of the Netherlands and drugs, but I just noticed a newspaper article in 'de volkskrant' this morning that had statistics on European drug usage. Consumption of 'soft drugs' in Netherlands is about low-average in comparison to other european countries but quite a bit lower than 'suppressive' countries such as France and the US. Personally, I never felt the urge to use any drugs, even though some are legal here.

I only meant that you have a degree in chemistry, right?


Ah Laughing , well, close, it's in immunology. Anyway, it was a nice opportunity to spill some trivia on Dutch drugs consumption Wink .
BTW, unfortunately not too many links in my professional life to music, apart from the radios in the labs.

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