Donna Summer - The Hostage

[mkl62]

12-31-2011. She's full of glee 'cause The Queen of Disco is 63. Happy Birthday, Donna. And I hope that you have a Happy Rockin' New Year.

[Srananbloke]

Geweldig dit!!! Nooit geweten dat TopPop zo'n bizarre tegenhanger had. Ik ga dit programma maar eens wat nader bestuderen, vergeten muziekgeschiedenis :)

[laszlo1964]

Wonderfull, the word ''reeds'' often used by Sjef Van Oekel means ''allready''' !!!

[OceanBlue82]

25yo DONNA......very cute !!!

[maggie6234]

She was already a professional peformer!

[hellozio]

this is awful

[HubieB]

Legendary scene from a legendary show!

[bram010]

Briljante humor... Dat snappen die Amerikanen niet ze was hier eerder bekend dan in the states

[salchat1]

ses yeux papillonnent bizarrement,on dirait qu elle porte des lentilles et que ça la gène?

[DEEDUBB1979]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA!!! DEC 31ST

YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD

FROM YOUR #1 FAN

DEEDUBB1979

GOD BLESS

[Trypanosomiasiss]

Oh ik heb deze echt heeeeel veel afgespeeld, en ken de tekst ook nu en echt veel te veel keer meegezongen haha. Denk dat ik 'm op tv zag ofzo, weet ook niet hoe ik er anders bij kwam.

[DARTHBOARD]

This show looks like a pile of crap. Poor Donna.

[Didac1111]

@DARTHBOARD Every show looked like a pile of crap that time. At least it was in color!

[salchat1]

elle est trop mignonne quand elle sourit a 4'30mn

[salchat1]

depuis le temps que je cherchais cette chanson;! la voix de donna est si particulière,je l adore

[degodzelf]

mooiii jooooh,echt

[brkitdwn]

so weird, and stupid.. some germans are nuts.  she looks and sounds great.. too bad she had to be involved with crap like this

[anisblond]

@brkitdwn It's not GERMAN but Dutch from Holland!

[JohnBonello3]

@brkitdwn This has nothing to do with Germany. It 's a Dutch absurd comedy show that had their own way of introducing new pop stars. Donna didn't mind 'putting up with this crap'. She very happpy that her breakthrough in holland came years before her breakthrough in the rest of the world and her appearances in this bizarre show had quite something to do with that.

[DSVOP]

@JohnBonello3 Thanks to this appearance on Dutch TV, we aboard the mv Mi Amigo were delighted when Radio mi Amigo, our Flemish daytime service, made this their 'Liebling' (Hitpick in English)..after tjhat Donna never looked back, a lovely human, glad to have met her.

[The096757]

this song does not sound good but it was banend because a red brigade member or some group abducted a west german politician when this was out.

[seanr456]

What is this, some European approximation of humor?

[weeardguy]

@seanr456 This was Sjef van Oekel: a Dutch comedian. It was a type of person you'd either hated, or loved.

[seanr456]

@weeardguy Oh, thank you. Makes a bit more sense now.

[weeardguy]

@seanr456 This program (van Oekels Discocorner) could be desribed as a parody to Top of the Pops (known as Toppop here in the Netherlands) though very well known artists appeared in the show, like Donna in this video.

[TTLTOY1]

I would have wrapped that phone cord around his fucking neck if he had interuppted my set......!-))))

[Koomisch1]

G-e-n-i-a-a-l!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zakdayak]

Goldmember doesn't seem such a stretch now...

[adric137]

She is a great snger!

[zosinternational]

evert donder op

[khebjeuk]

The best part is where she cannot help laughing. Hillarious!

[Geenflauwekul]

Another facts is that van Oekel putted Donna on the dutch charts. The Hostage was a big hit in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands she scored the most hits.

[kax61]

Als Van der Pik deze zaak adequaat had afgehandeld dan was deze zaak nooit in handen van Derrick gekomen.

[tomperanteau]

I have many memories of dancing to her music. It is really strange seeing her on a video like this, but I am happy to see how she got her start. She seems to have been so clean throughout her career, that I am glad that I had the opportunity to dance to her music. Perhaps I will meet her one day and shake her hand...

[doktergroen]

Dutch TV history. Unparallelled lovely nonsense!

[motorcitymiguel]

Wow! She sounds & looks like Martha Reeves! Wow..

[fannycraddock99]

Завершите гречиху!

[rabdazein]

Putain je kiff ses yeux a la miss ils sont trooo beaux

(I love the eyes of this girl !)

too sexy

[rabdazein]

Why the song begins just in 01:25 and not at 0:00 ? this sucks but the song and the girl are SUPER BEAUTIFUL i love (i'm french so if i don't speak a good english, sorry)

[etierik]

Because this scene is part of a comedy show that pretended to be a Top of the Pops like show, but the artists were always disturbed and interrupted.

In this song an angry viewer calls in to complain that they don't take the artist seriously enough.

If you really want to enjoy the song , and not a comedy show, you should not watch Sjef van Oekel's shows.

[gor069]

I thought Adolf H shot himself in the war ;)

[Homoholic]

It's such an amazing and underrated song, but unfortunately this annoying skit ruins it for me.

I wonder if there is a proper promo video to this song...

[121omePiet]

This performens made her famous here in Holland, on 4:34 she can't keep her laugh. I think you are taking this to serious.

Or maybee it is hard to understand the humor of it because it is a Dutch show.

At the time it was on television it was a terrible thing but now Sjef van Oekel is a cult figure. So just try to see the joke.

[Keijz74]

Pak d'r maar even vast ouwe charmeur!

We missen je Dolf mooie grappenmaker.

[teet555]

evert zit je weer met je achternaam te spelen ha ha super

[blarrp]

Hahaha, wat leuk, wist wel dat je direct zou reageren. Jij moet even aan de spelling van becos gaan werken, even opzoeken in een woorden boek ofzo. Oh, én, je even afvragen waarom je zoiets post. Niemand heeft er wat aan namelijk.

[jakobfrederik]

Haha it's so funny, in the beginning she said GUTEN TAG to the nerd at the desk. German for good day, or hello. When she was in Holland and should have said GOEDEN DAG. But becos she lived in Germany by then she knew only German and probably assumed it would be okay.

[jopio333]

"goedendag" is dutch not german

[jakobfrederik]

That's what I said. Read ok.

[blarrp]

"Goedendag" is dutch Jakob, not german. I don't think you understand what you are saying.

[jakobfrederik]

Misschien even een cursus engels ? Dan begrijp jij misschien wat ik zeg ok.

[gennytailiaorgasm]

german shmerman,what ever

[jakobfrederik]

Don't try to think, in your case, it might hurt.

[gennytailiaorgasm]

SNAP!.....bich

[blarrp]

@jakobfrederik

Misschien moet jij eens even oefenen met luisteren Jakobfrederik! En waarom blijf je er zo lang over doorzeuren trouwens?

[JokerDonny]

Van Oekel is THE master of comedy, and for the people whocthinks the transalation of Van der dick is a joke, it isn't, in dutch it is: Van der Pik. And Pik is dutch for dick.

[sichaar]

And in between all this, Donna still is the very young and very beautiful star.

[downlowkihei]

whats up with her eyes? was she all coked up?

[sichaar]

Verrrry funny. Love the translation: 'Van der Dick' lol.

[Plumpdragoninc]

Luister goed naar de stem van de kwade man aan de telefoon, volgens my is het is Wim T Schippers zelf!!

[lonniedc]

I love Donna Summer but this song sucks big time. REEKER CITY.

[Gvieto]

Classic Donna Summer video before her arrival in the USA.

[sobeblkguy]

I have the "Lady Of The Night" cd and I love it. I gotta find this on vinyl, just to hang on my wall.

[mattratt512]

this could have easily been a hit in the u.s.

[stonerugby]

does anybody have a normal video of 'the hostage'

[baetores]

Wow man, wat een popprogramma!! Ze hebben het altijd over toppop gehad, ik heb nooit geweten dat dit bestond zeg, dit is al net zo legendarisch! Ik lig werkelijk krom van het lachen bij al die filmpjes, geweldig gewoon. Lekker onderuit na het drukke werk en genieten. Ik vermaak me kostelijk.

REEDS

[gelei]

surreeel

[hassebas55]

gehaakte bedde sprei reeds ik word niet goed van donna summer reeds

[markfoot]

Ik vinnut egt uber geweldig!

[djdiscobeats]

I think so. I really like this song. Her early stuff pre LTLB was really catchy.

[freqer]

Als was ik Van Oekel, viel ik stinkend van jaloesie uit mijn rol. Bravo Sjef.

[Meowbay]

Thanks for adding this to YT, I was in a discussion on "disco" and the part Europe, especially The Netherlands, has played in its discovery and mainstream popularity evolvement of it. They simply don't know Waldolala! ;-)

[rvwoens]

actually donna summer was totally unknown at the moment this show was aired. But sjef van oekels discohoek was the most innovating show at that moment on dutch television. Reeds!

[radioarchive]

Leuk dat ze nu juist in Nederland is ondekt in 1974,....

[WHhunt1]

This is another one of my favorite early Donna Sumer songs. I like to sing along to this one too, but only if there is no one in earshot distance. Silly, yes, but still better than many songs recorded today, such as the oh so serious, Dear. Mr. President by Pink. Go Donna; Go Away Pink.

[Tieper]

Een hoogtepunt uit de NL TV-geschiedenis.

[djdiscobeats]

The reason this song was banned in Germany, because right before this was released there was a kidnapping of a very important German politican.

[divalover2007]

wasn't it also around the time of the train hostage situation in beilen ?

[elskegvl]

Maar het mooist is juist als ze net even uit haar rol valt...

[BabyJaneHudson]

Too Campy! Loved it! Did you see her over-acting on purpose??? What fun!

[hansmekenkamp]

Geweldig, humor en geweldige muziek.

[SWSimpson]

Funny little sketch for an odd song. Love Donna!

[raveyard]

Evert dit is me..:lol

[2314523145]

lol gee wonder why this was banned in Germany!

[studio54forever]

thanks for posting this rare clip...

[klashe1]

omg

Can;t believe these are on youtube!!

Amazing

[ripspique]

I have uploaded one more of her, in 1975 singing "love to love you" on the same show

[Ferco1976]

deze heb ik ook

[tvdpeut]

in the omroepmuseum in Hilversum you can watch the original tape of Donna Summer's visit to Sjef van Oekel while she's singing another favourite (I belief it was Hot Stuff...)

[klashe1]

really???

I wanna see that one!!

[DirkDarringer]

Love it, she was so cute. I kinda wish Love To Love You never happened, because Donna and Giorgio were inevitably going to do disco anyway, and if she hadn't done Love 2 Love, she would've been using this belting voice from the start.