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Samen Zijn: Exploring the Sentimental Dutch Levenslied Genre

Discover the sentimental Dutch genre known as the "levenslied" or life song, characterized by heartfelt lyrics about love and misery, catchy melodies, and reflective themes. Learn about its history and controversies, including the term "smartlap." Explore the iconic song "Samen Zijn" by Willeke Alberti, highlighting the power of togetherness portrayed in the tune. Click to watch the music video and immerse yourself in the emotional world of levenslied.

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Samen Zijn: Exploring the Sentimental Dutch Levenslied Genre

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  1. Het levenslied Song about life

  2. What is a “levenslied”? • A levenslied("life song" or "song about life") is a sentimental Dutch-language sub-genre of popmusic. Levenslied-lyricscanbesweet or bitter, light andsentimental but alsoreflectiveanddark, about subjects such as love andmisery. A typicallevenslied has catchy, simplerhythmsandmelodies, withmany pop and folk tunes, and is always built up in coupletsandrefrains.

  3. Smartlap • Music critics are oftencritical of the levenslied, judging the simpleandcatchychorussesand tunes as a lack of creativity. For thisreason, the word "smartlap" ("sorrowscrap" meaning "sentimental song") is oftenusedforthismusicstyle. Almostanysentimental song is referredto as a smartlap in Dutch.

  4. History • Between 1950 and 1980 the ‘levenslied’ was verypopular in the Netherlands. After the eighties the ‘levenslied’ dissappearedfor a while, but later in time the ‘levenslied’ becamepopularagain, mostlybecause of young male singerswho have manyyoungfemale fans.

  5. Samen zijn • ‘Samen zijn’ is a song performedby Willeke Alberti. The song was the theme song of a verypopular tv show in the eighties “Pompy de Robodoll”. • ‘Samen zijn’ means ‘beingtogether’ and the song is abouttwofriendswho are strongerandbetterwhenthey are together.

  6. Singing ‘samen zijn’ Click to go toYoutube video

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