Cornelis Vreeswijk was born Dutch and came to Sweden at age 12. He learnt our languaguage so well, to become one of our greatest poets and songwriter in modern time. Often much inspired by Brazilian music, as here.

@birrextio6544

23 күн бұрын

He did not just learn the language, he mastered it and played with it. It was sad that he wasn't able to stop drinking and smoking, he died too early.

@carinarodebak9419

23 күн бұрын

@@birrextio6544 I certainly agree. Some artists you do miss more than others.

@cellarroom1580

15 күн бұрын

Cornelis and Georg Riedel, two of our greatest musical national treasures. Both born outside Sweden. I think Georg came to Sweden when he was six years old.

one of the best written songs in any language ever. Cornelis deserved to be a world known artist.

Good lord you don't know how good this is when you understand Swedish.

@o.w.i.m

4 күн бұрын

So true.

I just can't believe you found Cornelis on your channel. Such a beloved artist in Sweden, but not really known outside of Sweden!

@vansting

20 күн бұрын

The truth is that in his mother land, the Netherlands, he is well known. He made a lot of records in Dutch to, in fact same records as in Swedish and the other way around. He wasn’t dumb 😂

@john-toregundersen2655

20 күн бұрын

Ahemm Very well known here in Norway and highly loved by norwegians.

@einha19

18 күн бұрын

Norwegians love Cornelis aswell. My father told me a story of how he came to play a local pub in a small town in Norway back in the 70s

@styx85

18 күн бұрын

​@@john-toregundersen2655 Isn't Norway like the capital of Sweden tho

@john-toregundersen2655

16 күн бұрын

@@styx85 No 😂

Sadly a a lot of his poetic flair gets lost in the english translation, he was such a great artist.

@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556

22 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@johan.ohgren

21 күн бұрын

I would've translated it differently.

@janpersson9818

21 күн бұрын

I have complained about translations for decades now (keeping an actual list of the worst examples I have seen). This translation seems pretty accurate to me. If your goal is to have the same poetic flare as the original I think you would have to forgo the accuracy and change the phrases a bit. I spent about 10 minutes thinking about how I would translate it and didn't come up with anything better.

@tifflan7351

16 күн бұрын

About a decade later... I seem to recall I intentionally made this more of a "word-by-word" translation. A poetic translation would be great as well of course, but it would be something else.

Cornelis Vreeswijk is so beloved in Sweden. A troubled man in life, but an incredibly talented musician. He's composed so many epic modern Swedish folksongs! Gone too soon and dearly missed!

@Thaerii

19 күн бұрын

And the ones he translated he often enhanced by quite a lot. I'm part of a language learning community, and every single native English speaker learning Swedish so far has agreed that _Brev från kolonien_ is a step up from _Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah_

@elfredo70

5 күн бұрын

Word! Rest in vrede Maestro

Cornelis was deep, philosophical, brutal and accurate. One of a kind. One of my favorites is "Balladen Om Herr Fredrik Åkare Och Söta Fröken Cecilia Lind".

@dlind1985

22 күн бұрын

Bland de bästa som gjorts någonsin! (I had forget that beauty of song.)

@magnushelin007

11 күн бұрын

Så vacker!

his songs are a national music treasure here in Sweden

Cornelius, from Sweeden 1968 was very popular in Denmark I loved his wit and good sence of humor. Sweeden have a long, long tradition in folk Music ❤ Thank you from Denmark 🌼 Agnete

@nibel13

12 күн бұрын

Det är väldigt kul att läsa nordiska syster! Kim Larsen är väl älskad i Sverige. Jag är född '90 och Kim var den första jag kom att tänka på Kerlek fra Adam

@agnetesorensenelbom5085

12 күн бұрын

@@nibel13 Tak så mücke 🥰

@Errathetube

9 күн бұрын

Lika som nibel13 skriver så är Kim Larsen fantastisk. Min far visade mig Larsen och Gasolin som liten pojk. På senare tid har jag funnit tycke för Skousen og Ingemann. "Herfra Hvor Vi Står" är en favorit som kan rekommenderas! :)

@agnetesorensenelbom5085

9 күн бұрын

@@Errathetube Thank you

He's a national legend and treasure here in Sweden. Amazing to see this.

On a vacation to Sweden we started at Stockholm in the harbor. Right there was a bust of Cornelis Vreeswijk and there also was a museum about him in Stockholm, but I believe that the museum doesn’t exist anymore. Our guide told us that Cornelis Vreeswijk was a revelation to Swedish people by his lyrics about living in the here and now, and to not worry about money and possessions, because you couldn’t take anything with you once you died.

Cornelis is my childhood. Not only was he a songwriter, he was a poet, a philosopher and also an actor. Hes son Jack traveled his father's footstep, unfortunately he passed away last year but also was a well beloved artist. I am kind of in chock you found Cornelis, but i really hope you appreciate this great man, hes memory will live on for decades. He also was a well known interpreter of Carl Michael Bellman, a 18th century poet, singer songwriter. Look him up! :) Thank you for sharing! To compare, i guess he was Sweden's Johnny Cash. Telling the truth about the time he lived in.

@DornishVintage

7 күн бұрын

And he was from the Netherlands. But all the same understood the Swedish mentality so well.

@elisabethe8055

7 күн бұрын

@@DornishVintage yes he was, and i think he brought new influence to music and poetry that made us love him so much due to that.

Cornelis is the G.O.A.T

Lovely, a skald in Sweden. Telling some uncomfortable realities. But it so beautiful and insightful in the simplicity of the lyrics

@herrbonk3635

23 күн бұрын

There were many similar skalds, troubadours, authors, and play writers in Sweden, one more cynical than the other... But Cornelis was the jazziest! Still is probably.

Very nice to see a reaction to Cornelis from someone who isn't either dutch or swede.

So loved by us in Sweden.... his songs is about his love for people struggling...

Omg, I saw Cornelis on the title and hit play immediately. This was one of my dads favourite artists and when my dad died I listened to this song a lot. 🖤🖤

Great musician, poet, singer. Love his music and wish he could have been longer with us. He had a special way with words. Poetic, beautiful, thoughtful, political and often very, very funny as well.

this is a surprise 😘❤️now I'm going to listen to Cornelis all night

@risputte

22 күн бұрын

Jag med :)

@reinjanmaat1839

13 күн бұрын

Al voor de tweede nacht aan het luisteren naar Cornelis in een taal die ik niet versta maar krijg er geen genoeg van wat een artiest ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Cornelis was a giant. Also revered here in Norway.

I know Cornelis Vreeswijk from his poetic Dutch songs. I like him very much. I don't speak Swedish well but his music still feels so natural to me. Tnx Highly ❤.

@liepsan

24 күн бұрын

Man I was thinking that is a very Dutch name! Never heard of this guy, this is very interesting.

@Lilygirl283

24 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same​@@liepsan

@HenrikJansson78

23 күн бұрын

@@Lilygirl283 ​ @liepsan He moved to Sweden when he was young, lived here all his life (I think) and became one of our most beloved songwriters. Even todays kids knows him. But he actually never got a swedish citizenship. It's said that he once tried, but when talking to the immigration office, they told him he would have to take a swedish test. He answered "Do you know who I am? You have been singing my songs for many years and you doubt I speak swedish?". So he just left. :) Great story. And very much Cornelis. He was a great artist...

@SteamboatW

3 күн бұрын

​​@@liepsanYes, he was born dutch and retained his Dutch passport his whole life. He released a few records in Dutch. Try searching here for "Veronica" in Dutch.

Cornelis used to be on our regional radio station a lot when I was young. Mostly with his Dutch bardic songs. All about the lyrics. Kind of miss that these days in mainstream broadcasting.

Epic track from childhood 🇸🇪

Hes really a big folk artist in Sweden, loved by most as far as i know. 😢

I know a guy whose grandfather was a painter. He used to hang out with Cornelis, and they also fought about the same girl! My friends grandfather won that one and that is why he exists! Great artist. I often go for long walks on Södermalm and sometimes walk through the park named after Cornelis.

He's the reason I learned to play the guitar, because I wanted to sing his songs. There is a lot of them and with a great variation.

great man and singer. rest in pease my friend. we mis you and your songs

He is a cultural symbol in Sweden, like Astrid Lindgren. Top notch poet and lyricist.

I'm half swedish and my grandma would sing this song to me when I was falling asleep as a child. Never really paid that much attention to the lyrics until now. It's dark for sure wow

The legend Cornelis

He was a troubled man but his sound was different and special and he made lots of great music

@robertwaldronpalmer9572

12 күн бұрын

All his songs are covers lol

Nice with Cornelius!!!! The king of text

I’m glad you found the music treasure of Cornelis Vreeswijk. He was a wonderful troubadour with a tragic life. My favourite song by him is Turistens Klagan (The Complaint of the Tourist).

I love Cornelis music, I grew up with it. There was this one time though; he went overseas with a 14yo girl and they assumed she drowned bc they never found her body.. I was named after that song. He was a well known creep. Her name was Felicia.

Cornelis Vreeswijk died on 12 November 1987 at Södersjukhuset from liver cancer. Only 50 years old

Åh, vad härligt att få höra Cornelius igen! Thank you for doing this, *Highly Combustible!*

omg ure actually gonna do this cornelis was one of me faves back in the day he was awsome!!

I’m Impressed You found this. ❤

he had so much to say that we never ever even thought of

Beautiful song, thank you for reactiing!

Cornelis mastered the Swedish language. You can have different grades of how good and poetic songs are and then you have an entire new level were Cornelis resides. I'm not sure this can be appreciated in another language, but if you become good enough in Swedish you will understand.

Cornelis son Jack Vreeswijk died not that long ago as well. He did a good cover of this song.

LEGEND!!! We miss you, Cornelius! En av mina mest älskade sånger, måste jag medge... I loved this dong since I wad a chimd.

@styx85

18 күн бұрын

"I loved this dong" Some things should be kept private 😜

@jontej79

17 күн бұрын

Hahaha

Yes, I've been absolutely longing for this!

@staren7354

20 күн бұрын

Oh, please do, it is my favorite

How the f did you find Cornelis? This gem!

Felicia Adjö. Saddest ballad from him.

He has past on, but thankfully he left some of his amazing songs!! ❤❤❤

Cornelis, Master Cees, is the god of swedish modern folkmusik. Belonging to the political left and always a song for every person on the rough side of life or a kick in the ass for every ignorant rich

I love Cornelis😢❤

He failed Swedish in school as an immigrant from the Netherlands and then became the biggest troubadour in Swedish modern history.

I wish you could hear the lyrics knowing Swedish, although it's a good translation, I believe the lyrics cuts well deeper when listening to it as it was wrote.

Thanks man, he was one of a kind. I love him ❤

jävlar vad mycket love du får nu

This is about Wallenberg!

RIP Cornelis, you where loved and is missed. You was and still am a national treasure for us in Sweden.

Very nice :)

Cornelis was the man. So many great songs, although this is definitely a favorite. I don't usually plug stuff, but since you brought it up; according to my poem "The Serpent's Lament" (that you can find here on the 'yube' if you are so inclined), God has been bored for a loooong time ;)

Just real❤

I love this song but I also like his song "Till Jack".

👏👏👏

This is a good one but there is a really fitting one for the current day.. Especially for those ol' Russian lads.. Check out: Desertören - Album: Visor, svarta och röda

Cornelis is a Swedish treasure, thogh he was dutch.

God gave us free will.. That's it

I think you missed the point, the key is the phrases 3:14 to 3:39 in to the clip. It is about living your life here and now and enjoy the small pleasures in life.

He also made a good cover of Kingston trios the sloop John B, even better in Swedish, jag hde en gång en båt

True 😀 a bored God

De nozem en de non

@lovetwelve12

24 күн бұрын

And ‘Veronica’ of course…

This one is a classic! For more Cornelis, try Brev Från Kolonien! That one is more lighthearted, it's a letter home from a kid on a summer camp. And if I was that kid's parent, getting that letter, I'd be worried! 🙂 It is a cover of Hello Mother Hello Father, but a much better version than the original! And kind of darker, this camp seems to be totally unhinged! No discipline at all, the lunatics rule the asylum!

you should react to cornelis vreeswijk - brev från kolonien(Letters from the colony), if you can find one with english lyrics

@bjornvip2

16 күн бұрын

Or "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" with Allan Sherman, that´s the original of this song. :)

Thåström Fan fan fan

Other good Cornelis songs, hönan Agda and Polaren Pär är skärlekskrank. 😁

Lasse liten blues😢

If god exists, he's a kid bored with his ant farm.

Never seen so much feeling get lost in translation

I'd rather listen to Cornelis than any God.

Why do we need God if he (or her) let us police ourselves?

Some walk with torn shoes Say why is it so? God Father who lives in heaven Maybe wants it so God Father who lives in heaven Shuts his eyes and sleeps so well Who cares about a pair of torn shoes Shen you are old and tired Who cares about how the days go by? They go as they please Friend, in one hundred years You'll no longer exist Then somebody else have taken your place You'll know nothing of it You feel neither rain nor sun Down in your dark graveWho cares about how thе nights go by? I don't care a bit As long as I can keep my face Buried in my lovе's hair I am a doubtful character Not good for much Behind a corner death lurks He takes me whenever he wants

Poor old Cornelis, he is now screaming in hell for all eternity, I never heard him come to repentance.

@Matokema135

6 күн бұрын

Luke 7:49 John 20:22

This song doesn't work very well when put in an American cultural context. God and the Devil are only used as templates by a man who only had a very private relation to religion living in social circles where religion isn't spoken about at all. Note that the description of death is entirely forcused on reality, he knows nothing of suffering as long as he can be hidden under his loved one's hair, you know nothing in your grave. God doesn't care about tattered shoes because the suffering in this world is up to us to deal with. The devil laughs if someone walks tattered shoes until they stop walking because we allowed that evil to be. It's as tongue in cheek as Joe Hill's The Preacher and the Slave. Note how he describes the you in a hundred years as your corpse in the grave, not as a "soul".

@Fritjof-or7bt

20 күн бұрын

We don't like religion in Sweden for the most part. Because we know it's BS. That's why there's a trillion different religions contradicting each other. Because it's all made up by humans.

Felicia dissapear us better