Oud en afgedankt - Marco Borsato
As a Dutchie ánd Music lover I of course have to reply on this great post. I have many songs but one I recent listen again is this song of Marco Borsato free translated it means "old and scrapped". It is a song about a person who has Alzheimer's disease and has been 'neglected' by family and friends. (short version). And those are lyrics which are unfortunate true, often people with Alzheimers are experienced as funny, scrapped while in stead people can bring so many joy into those patients life just by being there.... I think this song has one of the strongest lyrics in holland's music history.
Ugh - you speak some true words there @verhp11! I hope you don’t speak them from personal experience because indeed it’s really sad to witness how people with any form of Dementia are often treated - we can do better than that is what I think about it.
Thanks for sharing - Borsato has a way to share our emotions in a way not many can. I believe there are few Dutchies who don’t have a song they somehow have been touched by <3 Quite amazing and I don’t think I have appreciated that enough before.
I do speak out of own experience though the person having Alzheimer's wasn't a close relatieve. We sure can do better.... I totally agree.
Yep, Borsato (or better John Ewbank) sure know his way of writing Lyrics. And Borsato had the ultimate voice to briong those emotions to life..