“It just doesn’t amount to anything. If I compare that with other songs we’ve made and lyrics that Gerard wrote … It’s just as flat as a dime,” said Bas. He and Gerard Oosterlaar were immensely popular with it in the autumn of 1995.
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Höllenboer performed three or four times on evenings in discotheques and party tents for sometimes absurd amounts. “We got five thousand guilders for one time. The van. If you start thinking about that, you will lose track. That is just idiot”, says Bas.
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He and Gerard were so tired that four weeks was number 1 in the Single Top 100. But the public also vomited the song at one point. “Then it got really annoying. We had to play in a disco three times in one night and you just know that people are not waiting for it.” On stage they were pelted with ice cubes and beer.
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“It’s such a tune that sticks and you can’t get it out of your head anymore. It’s nice at first, but at a certain point you think: ‘please stop that song’. I had that myself. was fun to experience once but I don’t want to think about it happening again. “
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Höllenboer is still playing, but Busje is hardly ever on the set list. Unless the audience really wants it, says Bas: “Fortunately that doesn’t happen that often.”
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