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Wat is Ginger een heerlijk wicht/with Ginger
Another one/couple in a series of Dutch/English Songs.
We know so much about cancer (or you name it), how come we know nothing about blushing?
A song with a previous life.
Wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht
Link to the Dutch version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjgl
Dat blozen voor veel mensen
een rotte eigenschap is
terwijl ik vind het wel leuk hoor
heel leuk zelfs, niks mee mis
En omdat het ook kan volgen op
een complimentje - ook nog gemeend
je zou d'r z'wat katten
zodat ze niet gelijk versteent
Onderzoek HIV en kanker
blozen onderzoeken we niet
gelukkig voor mij kun je zeggen
jammer voor een rooie griet
br
Geërgerd door de vloedgolf van hitte
- wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht -
die opkomt in haar hals en zich
knalrood verspreid over haar gezicht
Ref
Ik geef haar dus maar gauw een knuffel
zij verbergt haar gezicht
tot 't ergste is geweken
wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht
W30nov2016
With Ginger
Link to the English version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjge
Oh for many people blushing
is an annoying feature
while I admit I likei t though
very nice, Ginger! Lovely creature
Also if I compliment her
sincere, yes, I’m that kind of guy
I almost say: just joking
to avoid her to petrify
We research HIV and Cancer
blushing? The wrong end of the stick
yes, you might say good for me
too bad for a ginger chick
Bridge
Annoyed by a tidal wave of heat
(freckles, freckles, freckles everywhere)
it slowly conquers territory
bewitched I can’t help but stare
Ch
So i give her a consolatory hug
no matter what, she hides her face
untill the worst is over
with Ginger I’m in a lovely place
W EN 26dec2019
Enjoy!
Kind regards, Gus
We know so much about cancer (or you name it), how come we know nothing about blushing?
A song with a previous life.
Wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht
Link to the Dutch version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjgl
Dat blozen voor veel mensen
een rotte eigenschap is
terwijl ik vind het wel leuk hoor
heel leuk zelfs, niks mee mis
En omdat het ook kan volgen op
een complimentje - ook nog gemeend
je zou d'r z'wat katten
zodat ze niet gelijk versteent
Onderzoek HIV en kanker
blozen onderzoeken we niet
gelukkig voor mij kun je zeggen
jammer voor een rooie griet
br
Geërgerd door de vloedgolf van hitte
- wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht -
die opkomt in haar hals en zich
knalrood verspreid over haar gezicht
Ref
Ik geef haar dus maar gauw een knuffel
zij verbergt haar gezicht
tot 't ergste is geweken
wat is Ginger toch een heerlijk wicht
W30nov2016
With Ginger
Link to the English version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjge
Oh for many people blushing
is an annoying feature
while I admit I likei t though
very nice, Ginger! Lovely creature
Also if I compliment her
sincere, yes, I’m that kind of guy
I almost say: just joking
to avoid her to petrify
We research HIV and Cancer
blushing? The wrong end of the stick
yes, you might say good for me
too bad for a ginger chick
Bridge
Annoyed by a tidal wave of heat
(freckles, freckles, freckles everywhere)
it slowly conquers territory
bewitched I can’t help but stare
Ch
So i give her a consolatory hug
no matter what, she hides her face
untill the worst is over
with Ginger I’m in a lovely place
W EN 26dec2019
Enjoy!
Kind regards, Gus
Published 30th May 2022
| Edited 9th Jun 2022
Author's Note
Link to the Dutch version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjgl
Link to the English version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjge
(This should make the link actually link you if you click it)
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjgl
Link to the English version
https://soundclick.com/r/s8cjge
(This should make the link actually link you if you click it)
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8th Jun 2022 6:03pm
Hi Gus I'm Daniel it's nice to check out your writing and welcome to the site if you've recently joined. I've been here several years, but been away a while. It is interesting to contemplate the meanings of the images and questions posed here. There is something intimate and romantic about the way it unfolds, and I wonder if the mentions of HIV and cancer are perhaps laments from personal association and loss, reminiscing on someone beloved that has passed on. Also it makes me think about the great deficit of compassion and communication in our society, that has surely given rise to so many of it's ills.
9th Jun 2022 1:18pm
Hoi hoi D.,
Hope this finds you well.
It’s a very rare thing if my lyrics are autobiographical. There is an I, who isn’t me and there is Ginger. A very dear friend of mine but not my wife, lover etc.
It’s an observation (as you rightly guessed) that the race for profitable patentable cures leads to lack of sharing of knowledge. Plus we all know that a normal headache will be gone tomorrow, even without pills.
The budgets allotted to HIV were enormous. With exults that are not too terrific.
Same for cancer research. I’ve got a very good friend at the top of that moloch in NL. They are doing fantastic work. But even she (the friend) admits that the money could be more effectively spent.
So, let’s check what people need instead of checking what coughs up the most if the patent is granted.
I’ve tried to make a relatively light song about the subject.
Please remember that all the tracks were improvised and recorded in one take.
Thank you for listening. Or reading. I’ll surely check your work out.
Kind regards, Gus
Hope this finds you well.
It’s a very rare thing if my lyrics are autobiographical. There is an I, who isn’t me and there is Ginger. A very dear friend of mine but not my wife, lover etc.
It’s an observation (as you rightly guessed) that the race for profitable patentable cures leads to lack of sharing of knowledge. Plus we all know that a normal headache will be gone tomorrow, even without pills.
The budgets allotted to HIV were enormous. With exults that are not too terrific.
Same for cancer research. I’ve got a very good friend at the top of that moloch in NL. They are doing fantastic work. But even she (the friend) admits that the money could be more effectively spent.
So, let’s check what people need instead of checking what coughs up the most if the patent is granted.
I’ve tried to make a relatively light song about the subject.
Please remember that all the tracks were improvised and recorded in one take.
Thank you for listening. Or reading. I’ll surely check your work out.
Kind regards, Gus
16th Jun 2022 3:59pm
I hear you and thank you for giving me insight into your process. I tend to write in reflection of events that are long past, always in the autobiographical, so of course my interpretive lens is going to be colored by mine own approach to artistry. It's good to connect with you Gus.
17th Jun 2022 6:55am
Hoi hoi
Great that you took the time to read a rather long winded explanation.
I’ll certainly be looking out for your writes.
Have a great day.
Kind regards, Gus
Great that you took the time to read a rather long winded explanation.
I’ll certainly be looking out for your writes.
Have a great day.
Kind regards, Gus
