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Hermes House Band - Rotterdam
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Hermes House Band - Rotterdam, the most good-looking rotten town
Lyrics: Maartje Duin / Music: Amir Swaab
(2006)
Hermes House Band - Rotterdam, de mooiste rotstad die er is
Tekst: Maartje Duin / Muziek: Amir Swaab
(2006)
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The Hermes House Band (1982) is the student band of the student society Rotterdamsch Studenten Corps (RSC). The line up changes every few years, because the members have to leave the band at the end of their study at the university.
This song 'Rotterdam, the most good-looking rotten town' (2006) is well-known amongst the inhabitants and students from Rotterdam, and also amongst the football supporters of the Rotterdam football company Feijenoord (or Feyenoord), who sometimes sing the refrain in stadiums before or during a match.
In this song, about walking through the city, many well-known places, streets, buildings, bridges and highlights of Rotterdam are mentioned. The 'Koopgoot' ('buy-gutter') is the nickname of a low lying shopping street.
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Zadkine refers to the French sculptor Ossip Zadkine. He made a sculpture for Rotterdam, named The destroyed city/De verwoeste stad (1953). It is a human without a heart, his posture expressing suffering, his arms upwards. It represents the destroying of Rotterdam in World War II.
Also the Nazi's and the bombs in the refrain refer to World War II. The bombing of Rotterdam (the Rotterdam Blitz), during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, was one of the biggest disasters for the Netherlands. The inner city was completely destroyed by enourmous fires and the Netherlands had to surrender. Kralingen is a periphere suburb that survived the bombing. The district Pernis has big oil refining industry.
After the war, the city chose not to restore, but to build modern buildings and even high skyscrapers. Many people consider it an ugly city, but Rotterdammers are proud of their city and their hard work. The term 'rotten city' ('rotstad') has two meanings: a spoiled/decayed/ugly city, but also: city at the river Rotte (the historical dam in the river Rotte gave Rotterdam it's name).
 More translated Dutch songs in the genre 'ballad' and more with the theme 'Dutch cities'. See also the list of Dutch bands with all their songs on this website.
 Lyrics 'Rotterdam, de allermooiste rotstad' on Dutch website: Nederlandse songteksten.
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