It was forty years ago today, on August 8th of 1969 at 11.30 in the morning, that The Beatles walked the zebra crossing – very close to the Abbey Road Studios in which they have recorded almost all of their songs. One of the six photos taken while they did that, became the front cover [...]
Hey! I'm Andrew Vroomans. A singer/songwriter/producer from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In Europe, that is. It feels like I have been writing and singing songs about life and love and emotions since birth. These days I even do that professionally. The musical thing, not birth.... I love playing either my own songs, or those tons of great magical songs that have been written in the past 50-odd years. The songs I write are in whichever style I feel fits the songs' subjects best. Melody and harmony and atmospheres and words are my means to get the stories across. I perform and record these songs both solo and with my bands The Rodberries and Cry Ugly.
Archive for the ‘Songs’ Category
Song: Monica (2008)
Dec 1st
For those who have followed me and my band Cry Ugly through the years: yes, you’ve spotted it well, this is ‘Monica’, the same song that we’ve released on our first album ‘Book Of Dreams’. The song that once went straight to number one in the Westpop Top 10, and stayed there for weeks on [...]
Song: The Hardest Day
Nov 22nd
This one kinda goes together with ‘Loneliness Means Freedom Now’.
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Song: Loneliness Means Freedom Now
Nov 22nd
Sometimes love stops being love…..
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Song: Say Yes Tonight
Aug 22nd
I wrote this one for the wedding of two of my friends. The groom’s sister asked me to write and record a song for them as a wedding present. I did and here it is, in all its rocking glory!The opening was of course written by Felix Mendelssohn, who can do without him in a [...]
Song: Life Just Hurts You
Jun 4th
This is a sad one, dark, not an upbeat rocker. But I think this song is also pretty in its own gloomy fashion.I wrote and recorded this for an American documentary that wanted to address the unpleasant situation people in homes for the elderly have to live in over there. Lyrics are here.
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Song: It’s A Bummer These Days
Jun 3rd
For those who bought it: yes you’re right, this song was also on my 2005 ‘An Informal Trade-off’ mini-album. Only I like this one here slightly better and this one here is a slightly updated version: some added harmony vocals and a somewhat different mix. The ’seagulls over the cliff’ that were already present on [...]
