I've been to several of rhis guy's concerts as the stadium he's playing at is in my home town. Believe me, when this song comes along, you will get a beer shower from all directions.

Imagine that a few years back this guy went overseas to London, rented the prestiguous Royal Albert Hall, did a concert there filling all seats with dutch fans and then imagine the faces of the Englishmen working there when this song came along :-) Carnival in the Royal Albert.... priceless :-)!!

Guus Meeuwis' song 'Brabant' is more or less the anthem of my province Noord-Brabant. It's very beautiful. He sings (and talks) with a soft g. The northern Dutch use a hard g, we in the south have a soft g. Hard to explain the difference. But this is why his concerts are named 'groots met een zachte g' meaning 'great with a soft g'. Guus Meeuwis is a great singer and an amazing performer. You should visit one of his concerts! This particular song has a really 'carnaval' atmosphere, typical for the south.

About the swim or drown part: The lyrics are "pompen of verzuipen" which lit translates to "pump or drown" (a saying we have originating from shipping) Imho in this case I would have translated it to "drink or drown" as it refers to the beer that is falling from the sky in Meters (so yes, we use a distance to measure beer... A "Meter bier" is a Meter long piece of wood with holes that hold around 11 beer glasses. Often at a discount because we are still Dutch ;))

@fredschepers5149

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, nog niet goed hoor 🙂 Het is pompen of verzuipen. Is afgeleid van wegpompen of opdrinken! Listig gevonden tekst. In bier verdrink je niet. Je (ver)zuipt het of je gooit het weg... Weg pompen Pompen of verzuipen. In het Engels moet je het aanpassen naar de culturele uitspraak. There is thunder and it's raining.... It is raining miles of beer... We have to pump it (leegpompen) or we drink it... That is just the way it is... Dat is de meest herkenbare manier on zuks een lied te vertalen en begrijpeijk te maken in het Engels. ( Ik woon hier alweer een jaartje of 15) Om een zin te vertalen moet je de gebruikswoorden van een Taal gebruiken. Je pompt bier niet zomaar weg, en je verdrinkt er ook niet in. Bier zuip je... of verzuip je als het veel is. 🎼ThEre is thunder and it's raining🎵 🎼It is raining miles of beer🎵 🎼We have to pUmp it or we drInk it🎶 🎼ThAt is jUst the way it is🎵 Klemtoon in hoofdletters. Je kunt het dan ook woord voor woord zingen. Tis tenslotte een "zuip veel bier" lied.. 😉

@fredschepers5149

2 жыл бұрын

[blush] Sorry... Foutje There is thunder and there's lightning And it's raining miles of beer [/Blush]

@david6054

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredschepers5149 Kan ik het toch niet helemaal mee eens zijn hoor. Ten eerste is het Meter en niet Mile. Ja ook in het Engels is Meter een woord. Een Mijl is gewoon een compleet andere maat. Daarnaast is Meter zoals ik al aangaf een maat voor bierm slaat nergens op om dat ineens een Mijl te noemen Daarnaast z"n bier verdrink je niet. Je (ver)zuipt het of je gooit het weg... Weg pompen" klopt natuurlijk niet. Natuurlijk kan je in bier verzuipen als er maar genoeg uit de hemel valt... zoals ze ook zingen. Het spreekwoord heeft in elke taal die ik ken en waar ze een dergelijk spreekwoord gebruiken de opbouw "actie anders gevolg". Jij maakt er "actie anders actie" van. Het lijkt er op dat jij zuipen en verzuipen als universeel verwisselbaar ziet en dat is niet het geval. Zuipen = To drink Verzuipen = To drown* 2 compleet andere vertalingen... (* Geld Verzuipen = Spending money on alcohol. Maar dat is hier zeker niet aan de orde) "In het Engels moet je het aanpassen naar de culturele uitspraak."/"Om een zin te vertalen moet je de gebruikswoorden van een Taal gebruiken." Dat wil niet zeggen dat je de betekenis van een zin moet veranderen.

@fredschepers5149

Жыл бұрын

Sorry voor de late reactie. Ik woon nu bijna 17 jaar in Engeland. Geloof me... "Its raining miles of beer" klinkt tien keer beter in het Engels. En je moet woorden soms aanpassen, Anders wordt het een onbegrijpelijke mengelmoes in het Engels. Ik zit hier met duizenden nederlanders, en op Facebook liggen wij regelmatig in een deuk vanwege te letterlijke vertalingen. In het Engels heeft "a monkey out of the sleeve" totaal geen waarde. Zelfs niet als je het probeert uit te leggen.... 😉

@MrMarinus18

7 ай бұрын

Ik ben Nederlands en ik dacht dat "meters bier" betekende dat er een meter bier uit de tappen komt, net zoals we hoogte gebruiken om aan te geven hoeveel het regent.

I was in the pit that night. You always need a rain jacket when this song starts! It literaly rains beer at these concert!

People genuinely do not understand how much beer goes into the air during this song. people get trays of beer just to trow it in the air during this song... its insane.

Guus meeuwis also has a song about brabant the province that's beutiful. And you should also check out 'krijg toch allemaal de klere' from the Dutch musical ciske de rat.

@maartenvandriel7958

2 жыл бұрын

Krijg toch allemaal de klere heeft tie al op gereageert

@laura-qc5sg

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ik dacht dat dat alleen de variant was in de arena zonder ondertiteling en door iemand anders. Maar ik zal er voor zoeken

Never a dull concert with Guus

At this song people throw beer and then it’s raining beer 😂

my favourite song of all the guus meeuwis song the beer showers the fun of the whole song perfect

the dutch are famous for their parties ,we have the best dj's and our artists like to make a party to

I was at this show one day after this video was recorded, during the matineeshow and whan this song started, the show had to be suspended because of a thunderstorm passing over. We had loads of fun tho, because after the storm passed, the show continued (even though rain was still pouring) and we were all soaking wet. I used to go here every year with my brother and my parents, the vibe is terrific!

About 50 years at concerts of a dutch farmers rockband Normaal who sang in dialect they started to throw with beer in the audiance you bought 10 glasses drink one and throw the other nine in the air

This year , 2024 , will be the end of "Groots met een zachte G" (big whit a soft G) the G for the soft announcing of the G in dialect from yhe province Brabant. A series of concerts by Guus Meeuwes held in the philips stadium (in Eindhoven) since ...a geus...1998 !?!? (Each Year ,7-8 concerts in June in 10 days. ALWAYS sold Out ) FIrst one i visited was in 2003 , last one in 2018.... I still heavent got tickets for this one .............................................................

Highly, thanks a lot for your reaction and Mandy for the subs!

It's a really fun song but also about what it means to party and why it's important. Guus Meeuwis is really great in giving meaning to songs without that being distracting from the vibe. This was also made because he felt Carnaval was in decline with people staying inside all day.

I've been there a few times with my daughter. One big party "Groots met een zachte G" (big with a soft G = let me explain that. Like Floor Jansen and myself we are from the South and our G Sound is much softer that the area Amsterdam, middle and North of the Netherlands). Every year this is in Eindhoven and every year it's sold out.

Het regent meters bier. In the Netherlands, you can buy a meter of beer. meaning they have a plank of 1 meter with holes in them filled with 11 cups of beer. Sometimes they hold it up above their heads but accidentally drop it, so it is raining beer.

You don't understand, with this song... if this song gets played... all beer goes in the air... EVERYONE thats taking cover under plastic blankets and stuff is doing that because people are actualy throwing all their beer in the air... its litterly raining beer in that stadium right now 😂

😂 kedeng kedeng.. you know it really very well! 😀 i think because it is in the head and very easy to remember

It's actually 'You either pump or you'll drown. ' This song heavily leans on our voc times on the ships ;)

I always used to thinks the lyrics where, Its raining meters of beer. Its either drinking or drowing thats the only way.

this is dutch glory, love it

Man you're really loving the dutch party vibe don't you? I love the response video's hehehe am bingewatching it currently and its fcking funny.

Can not wait till these time are back. Just looking at this vid makes me happy and in a mood to party, but then Guus always knows how to make it a party, if you like the music or not, you all go along with it.

I have tickets to see guus meeuwis next year I love it so much

loving this reaction video. one of my favorite

We call it Hoempapa/hoompapa music after the beat/tuba in it, usually with text that's easy and not always makes sense and mostly played at parties/events like Dutch southern (mainly Brabant as Limburg prefers more local artists) Carnaval

Another thing why I love my Netherlands so much. Have a great party and enjoy, enjoy and enjoy.....

Normally when he sings tunder and lightning theres a tsunami of beer in the air people trow there beer as hard as they can in the air to make it rain beer. He invented this song for a shedparty called ajoc festival. It's a tradition to take a beer shower or trow beer at the party normally your soaked true after a minute in the partyshed. Guus saw the reaction of the people with other songs he did and made this song and the next hitsong was born. One of his greatest hits ever.

He's a happy dude ... from BRABANT

1:30 "Pompen of verzuipen" means pumping or drowning. It comes from ships cause when there is a LOT of rain the ship could get so heavy it could sink so you have to man the pumps. It's a Dutch saying when you HAVE to do something. Kind of the Dutch version of "do or die" though also not exactly as it's more used when it's clear that not doing something is worse than doing something wrong. Basically it's calling people to party because doing nothing will make you look more stupid than actually acting stupid.

from the Netherlands thanks for the video HXC

It is good mood music. If you are in a poor mood. This will get you smiling👍👍

I was supposed to see him in Eindhoven 2020, Rotterdam 2021 and Tilburg. Stupid covid. I miss the parties he throws!

This is so fun to watch. Was there the next dat.

He sings it's raining meters of beer. A meter of beer is a whole row of glasses in an meter long wooden mold so one person can hold a lot of glasses in one time. Saying it's raining something is an expression meaning there's lots of them. So people are ordering meters of beer all over the place.

One of those songs you love to hate. 😂

There is one small mistake in the cc. It is pumping or drowning. Not swimming. Its like or you drink the beer or you drown.

You need to react to a concert of the dutch rockband its called normaal

I whas on this concert.. and yes a lot 9f beer going in the aer

you should really do some Limburgs Carnaval I bet you like it.

Great song Question have you ever heard The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates ?

Eindhoven this song is great because he is from my home citty and he is big here he always does a concert in the psv stadium in Eindhovenand it is always a party

I whas at that concert at that time hahaha

Told you it was a beer song (Xeno). Hahahaha

You should watch something about the "Dutch Carnaval" is been hold in our province Brabant. it is not the same as any american Carnaval its completely different.

I was there, in the 1st ring stands left of the stage… what an amazing night that was

@timvanoosterbosch5181

2 жыл бұрын

The year before that I was there as well the day holland won from Spain with 5-1 in the soccer World Cup. That was truly epic. Guus stopped the concert and we watched the game with a full stadium. Beer was flying 🥳

@timvanoosterbosch5181

2 жыл бұрын

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In the most beautiful stadium of the world :)

Someone probably already said it, but the translation's a little off. He's basically saying it's raining beer! Literally; It's raining meters of beer- so yup, better swim or you'll drown!

@throughthewindowpane

2 жыл бұрын

Or drink 😉

people love to party here in the Netherlands

Yeah the circus hoompa music is not my favorite but the tine is nice and Guus always sounds like a really nice genuine guy so it's nice to listen to him. Very sympathetic, in his interviews too. You'd never guess he's a singer.

First concerts in 2000..........

Start with het is een nacht, guus meeuwis is more than this and kedeng kedeng.

So you're telling us it never rains beer at the parties you visit? Pretty comon over here really. 🍺🍻☔☔

You'll be fine with Dutch Carnaval then; ask the Southerners they'll inform you.

i had to deal with this nonsens, i live just around the corner of this event....

I love to see people enjoying themselves. But I would never go to such concert. I don't like standing in a rain of beer. It is also too massive for me. I enjoy listening to Kedeng, kedeng and to the Meeuwis songs that are less carnavalesk.

these concerts played for 2 and a half hours [with guest stars]

I swear we also have good music 😑

Different subject: are you honestly wearing a *DECEPTICON* t-shirt??!??