Direct translation is I am blue, but it's more subtle than that. That is also a derogatory slur that I am calling myself. And that means I am punching down (see, self deprecating joke), which is really bad, I hear. Anyway it refers to an Indonesian of Dutch heritage, but in an offensive way. I have been researching slurs and working on a list of songs that are offensive to people and that may refer to illegal aliens. Of all races and countries of origin. If you know some put them in the comments. This pick, however, is not those songs. Just other songs I have listened to while researching and that I enjoyed and hadn't placed anywhere else. The cover is my Pop as a boy. He was never offended by anything (said it was stupid to be offended by someone else's opinion). He and my mom were in what was considered a mixed marriage. He would have hated all these songs, except for CCR and Kingtinued. Too bad, Pop, I like them.
Ik Ben Blauwe
01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Keep On Chooglin'
02 Haim - Rock N Roll Rules
03 Butthole Surfers - The Shame Of Life
04 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (12' Version)
05 Rockin' Billy and the Wild Coyotes - Gator Country
06 The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
07 Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
08 The Cure - Purple Haze
09 Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)
10 Asleep At The Wheel - Hot Rod Lincoln
11 Tim McGraw - I Like It, I Love It
12 Commander Cody - Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
13 Soft Cell featuring Pet Shop Boys - Purple Zone
14 Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
15 Switchfoot - Ba55
16 Barnstorm - Turn To Stone
17 Cerebral Corps - Pam's Purple Spyrograph
18 Fischer-Z - The Perfect Day
19 Kingtinued (Elvis Presley) - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Plenty of Frank zappa possibilities here. Maybe just a compilation of his naughtiest?
ReplyDeleteI definitely love the Frank Zappa (especially the naughty ones)
DeleteJij bent een blauwe, of ben jij blauw....Those are minor offensive slang for the blue shine in the black hair...
ReplyDeletePatjakker, Mislukker, those are the offensive words.
I don't mean to offend you. Blauwe is mild, very mild.
the p-word is for a bandit, a pirate, a low thug criminal, the m-word is a combination of Mislukt (faulty) and Molukker, someone from those islands between Sulawesi and New Guinea.
The Molukkers were very badly mistreated in the Netherlands and right now (75 years later) the KNIL soldiers just start to get recognition.
No offense taken. I was just looking at genealogy reports and at least one of my relatives (my Opa) was born on Sulawesi, which I found out today, although he lived on Java as a young man. He survived being a POW during the war, although my uncles died. He never wanted to talk about it. None of my family on that side ever got recognition and in fact got a lot of grief. My father always talked about how his marriage to my mother was considered a forbidden mixed marriage. He never took offense, though. Almost a badge of honor to him to be Henry Higgins. Treating everyone the same: making fun of all!
DeleteIn The Netherlands, as early as 1860, there were actions taken against the slavery (no it was not slavery, read the definition, see they are free to do as we tell them to do)
DeleteMax Havelaar was and is an improtant novel by Multatuli to raise awareness. It took another 90 years and a bloody war (no that was no war, it were mere police-actions) to give back their independence. The then statesman Joseph Luns told proudly, he would not give away Indonesia because "wij zijn van de heb" takers, keepers
I don't know about all that. But looking at it as an "outsider" (of sorts) before Nederland took over those islands they were not in great shape. And after they left (or were kicked out) those islands have been doing worse. Seems like NL was a positive. But I don't live there, nor have I ever. Usually different when you do. All I know is that I love the food (my favorite) and I am proud of my heritage.
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