"Amsterdam" by Jacques Brel - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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N 52° 22.547 E 004° 54.402
31U E 629791 N 5804545
The song "Amsterdam" is performed by Jacques Brel and appears on the live album Olympia 1964 (1964) and on the live album Volume 9 - Brel En Public - Olympia 1964 (1988).
Waymark Code: WMG8MV
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/29/2013
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"Amsterdam" was composed and performed by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam. The tune is a slightly modified version of the traditional English folk song Greensleeves.
Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works. It was one of the songs Mort Shuman translated into English for the "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" musical.
John Denver released a version of this song on his album, Take Me To Tomorrow (1970). Irish singer-songwriter Jack L has also recorded a version of the song. Bellowhead have recorded Amsterdam on their 2010 album Hedonism. Rod McKuen made his own translation of "Amsterdam" and included it on his album Rod McKuen Sings Jacques Brel.
The coordinates are from the harbour of Amsterdam (our default picture) near the Sea Palace restaurant.
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