Growing up Dutch-Indo in California, December 5th was amazing! While everyone else was waiting for Santa, I was sweating it out for that chocolate letter 'P' and dodging the sack! I found out later in life that my Opa was Zwarte Piet. He would drive an hour to get to our house, knock on the door and throw stuff inside and hide around the corner while we picked up the goodies (and then he drove home.) This playlist is basically the soundtrack to that childhood adrenaline rush of the dogs barking and the whole craziness, but reimagined with enough rock and funk to match the chaos. Let’s be honest, Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet were basically buddies in an action movie. I did try to find a rockin' version of the last song in Indonesian (which my pop taught all us boys) but I failed. This pick does kick off with the panic of that first loud knock on the door, rides the energy of the horses stomping on the roof, and gets into the gritty "coal and soot" vibe of the chimney descent. It captures that rebellious feeling of hoping you weren't too naughty, the absolute chaos when the pepernoten started flying, and finally that sweet victory of unwrapping the goods before the visitors head back to Spain. It’s loud, it’s messy, and it’s pure Pakjesavond magic.
Zwarte Piet
01 AC-DC - Back In Black
02 Henk & Henk (Het Goede Doel) - Sinterklaas (Wie Kent Hem Niet)
03 Samson & Gert - Daar Wordt Aan de Deur Geklopt
04 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
05 Drifters - Up on the Roof
06 Osmonds - Crazy Horses
07 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
08 Elvis Presley - Trouble
09 JD McPherson - Bad Kid
10 Beatles - Bad Boy
11 Inner Circle - Bad Boys
12 Chivv - Expose Zwarte Piet
13 Lee Dorsey - Working In The Coalmine
14 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
15 Grateful Dead - Black Peter
16 Paul Weller - Bag Man
17 Brian Setzer Orchestra - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag
18 The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
19 Six Feet Under - Chocolate Sugar
20 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
21 MannelijkeMannen - Sinterklaas Kapoentje Death Metal
22 Three Dog Night - Never Been To Spain
23 Bløf met Counting Crows - Holiday In Spain (Spanje Als Besluit)
24 VOF De Kunst - De Witte Zwarte Pieten
25 The Kik & De Grote Pietenhuis Band - Sinterklaas Kapoentje
Leuke verzameling, Top - Deze avond zet ik ook mijn schoentje....
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ReplyDeleteken je deze nog. Toon Hermans - Snieklaas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc5xHHBp6Hs
en deze van Jiskefet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEioot9u7M
I have trouble following Too, my Dutch is not that good and the 2nd one is hilarious. Luckily I didn't get coal, because I was not that naughty and didn't need to keep Sinterklaas "happy"
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