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entertainment">In the musical quadruple, chanson lovers Matthijs and Rob stroll through the streets of Paris, where the couple delves into the past of interpreters of the French life song. In talk show Jinek A number of fragments were shown on Wednesday evening in which, among other things, it can be seen that the two visit the grave of Charles Aznavour, who died in 2018.
entertainment">“I didn’t feel like it,” says Matthijs about this at the table at Eva Jinek. “Look, you are never alone at one grave. That’s it. So when I’m standing at Aznavour’s grave, I’m actually standing at the graves of a number of other people too – I feel like, including my mother’s. I did. Not that I regret it, because it was part of the program.. Music is a time machine and music is much more than just music.”
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entertainment">While Matthijs walks to the grave with a bouquet in his hand, he says: “When I was asked if I wanted to write a column, because I became more famous through television, I thought: yes, there are already so many columns, and my mother had just passed away, can i talk about Charles Aznavour every week? That was honored. And then I really tried my best. Then I listened to and read it even more.”
entertainment">When Rob remarks that the column was ‘actually also a kind of ode’ to his mother, Matthijs says: „Well, not a ‘sort of’ ode, I lit a candle every day, you could say. Yes, I do. That got to me. And yet, I notice…”
entertainment">Initially a bit uncomfortable, Rob, who became known as the singer of party formation Snollebollekes, then puts his hand on the shoulder of his sobbing companion.
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‘Too private’
entertainment">“In all those years on TV we have never seen you like this,” Jinek remarks. “New. No that is right. It took me by surprise, to be honest,” Matthijs replies modestly. “We also stopped the recordings for a while, because this was not the intention. I immediately said, ‘We’re not going to broadcast this, guys. This is too private.’ And it really is, let’s be honest. But after careful consideration, and also having seen the editing, I thought: yes, it is part of it too.”
entertainment">Rob: „We make four episodes, we also laugh a lot. But Matthijs explains that Aznavour’s voice represents perhaps more than 24 things in his life. And if anyone can explain it nicely, it’s Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. So he explains that very beautifully, so that you as a viewer also understand that a chanson can mean more than just a nice tune, a beautiful text or a very beautiful voice. And it was a beautiful, personal, sincere story and the fragment represents everything we want to make.”
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