Venus 1985 live Shocking blue Mariska Veres and a lot of friends

[altazboy]

really, folks, we've got to watch what the hell we eat... yikess....

[u2runku]

caramba!!!

[rodolfo41016]

very nice¡¡

[KernalOfTruth]

O zone is gone with all the hair spray she used.

[pharcouff]

Love all the blown out hairdo's. Didn't notice this back in the 70's - 80's

[buddhamam33]

私はオールデーズのコピーバンドで歌っていますヽ(*^-^*)­ノ

今は、ヴィーナスをコピーしていますよ♪名曲ですね・.・☆ 。. ★・.

[mariskaveresforever]

@buddhamam33 I have been singing in a copy band of Orudezu ヽ (* ^ - ^ *) ノ Now,. It is a masterpiece ♪ I have to copy the Venus · ☆. . ★ ·.

[buddhamam33]

最高ですね♪かっこいいし渋いです(o^-^o)

[mariskaveresforever]

@buddhamam33 It is cool cool is the best ♪ I (o ^ - ^ o)

[zetaruone]

rest in peace...beauty princess

[cyjo2009]

She is Sadly missed

[vet0093]

medikal biyoloji hocam gibi bakıyor :s allah razı olsun şakirtlerden :D

[mariskaveresforever]

@vet0093 google makes of this something like: medical biology looking like Sir: s god bless şakirtlerden: D

[vachief]

...Nice hair...lol

[danilele75]

CHE BRAVA!!!!!!!!

[kalium1976]

LA MEJOR CANCION DE MARISKA, QUE EN PAZ DESCANSE.

[SHOCKBR3AKER]

keren banget ini, gue doyan banget MB kereeeeeeeeeeeeeen

[mariskaveresforever]

@SHOCKBR3AKER This cool, I'm really hooked MB kereeeeeeeeeeeeeen

[alansangster1]

@SHOCKBR3AKER Mariska Veres -- what a voice! The European Grace Slick!

[DISCKJOCKY1]

Ela foi demais, linda e de carater, que Deus a tenha.

[mariskaveresforever]

@DISCKJOCKY1 She was too beautiful and character, God rest her.

[rocktekila02]

Si hubiera estado yo presente ese día me hubiera mojado, que rolón :3 me encanta!!

[mariskaveresforever]

@rocktekila02 google translations says:

If I had been there that day I had wet, shifty: 3 I love it!

[rocktekila02]

@mariskaveresforever :3 I like!!

[elcastro369]

Mariska Veres (1 Outubro de 1947 - 2 Dezembro de 2006) foi uma cantora holandesa, mais conhecida pela sua participação como vocalista no grupo Shocking Blue. Mariska tinha uma poderosa voz de contralto, distinta mesmo de outras, com as quais é mais regularmente comparada, como por exemplo Grace Slick dos Jefferson Airplane. Aqui ela aparece 16 anos depois da gravação de 1969

[mariskaveresforever]

@elcastro369 google translation

Mariska Veres (1 October 1947-2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer, best known for her participation as singer in the group Shocking Blue. Mariska had a powerful contralto voice, distinct even from others with which it is most regularly compared, such as Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane. Here she comes 16 years after recording 1969

[slimshine953]

The unflattering big hair and awful clothes of the 80s. How did it happen? The decade of excess!

[anonymusum]

@slimshine953

Then look at the 70s - somehow a anti-style decade. So it happened to turn to the opposite.

[Bosunbruce]

If this was a recording for release as a record or whatever I would agree that its over produced but as this is clearly a take from a TV show or similar then who cares when all the performers join togther for afun finale - I like it a lot and those women are sssstunning!

[oneafter102]

Playing so groooooooooooovy !!!

Thank you for sharing, this is my favorite song!

[RMaidla]

This version is very good. I love all those extra musicians like in a live jam session. And the backing vocal girls are all beatiful. I dont understand what you guys complain about.

[mariskaveresforever]

@RMaidla i totaly agree with you!

[jim294]

Over-produced, too many musicians on stage, too many producers trying too hard. Keep it simple instead!

[panhead58ful]

I have to say, they really did muck up the song, and whats up with the the synthetic drums plus the dude cant even play em not to mention he missed the cymbol in that little solo he did,,,and ,oh fukk it nevermind

[panhead58ful]

@trux04 in deuchland they don't have black ppl, so billy put on whiteface so as to not scare the crowd

[panhead58ful]

im sorry, i only have eyes for Mariska

...wtf is going on, is there a convention on stage?

[StainOnTheWall]

If anyone's curios the keytar featured in this video is the magnificent Korg RK-100. Best ever made.

[jojolovejoy]

was that like the dutch live aid concert? it also reminded me a bit of the roy orbison 'black and white night' finale where all the musicians were on stage

[oldiesbutgoodies67]

This Shocking Blue Plus blows my tits off...Dan O'Niallain

[BigSmack82]

i like this song tremendously...groovy ---bigsmack at 177846 viewers

[TrashcanBoogie]

waaaayyy too many people. origional still rocks

[trux04]

Since when did Billy Preston become a "white" guy? That certainly was a white guy playing the piano, and I didn't see Billy's name in the closing credits, so it sure can't be Billy Preston.

[testdrire]

@trux04 hint: it was humour...

[hoeboy6969]

loardy she was so sexy

[dogbig02]

I like this cut, sounds good, but ............. where is Goldmember

[drbwell1]

Marian Groenendijk is listed in the credits at the end of the video. "In my opinion"

[BettyBarncoat]

Those gold foil dresses are hurting the camera lense! LMAO - This was a fantastic treat and nothing says 1985 like these hair do's LOVE IT.

[guydreamr]

Yea baby she's still got it ;)

[sagitario332]

Perú salutes to Mariska Veres and Shocking Blue

[50sResearchCenter]

This looks like a Who's Who of the Dutch rock scene: guitarists Danny Lademacher and David Hollestelle of Herman Brood's Wild Romance, Ake Danielson on keyboard, The Star Sisters, Earth & Fire's Jerney Kaagman, Rainbow Train's Dianne Marchal, Jan Rietman on piano, Flairck's Sylvia Houtzager on violin, who else? Of the original "Venus"-line up of Shocking Blue Klaasje van der Wal is missing, drummer Cor van de Beek and singer Mariska Veres have since died.

[wtw88]

This is bad. A beautiful, mystical song totally fucked up.

[Kickingit06]

It's funny - All the things they did to dress that song up; the violin, piano guitar, fancy guitar picking and fatty singing. They just couldn't recapture the magic huh?

[Ranlon]

This is not a one hit wonder, this is a musical monument .

[dyhanendra]

man, i hope they had as many people in the audience as they had on stage!

[1971SuperLead]

The Dutch are from another frikkin planet.

[DoctorRadio]

One of the girls on "oohs and oaahs" is the gorgeous Marianne Groenendijk, who's been on a few of these things. ANother has the name Titianne, but I dont recognise the others.

[mariskaveresforever]

@DoctorRadio the 5 woman i see on the background are patricia paay, yvone keely(sister of patricia) sylvana van veen, jerney kaagman(earth and fire) and diana marchall, no marianne groenendijk, in my opinion.

[gibson3524]

@mariskaveresforever Sure, background vocal group dominated by Dianne Marchal (Hilde), the most beautiful Dutch singer ever to grace a stage. Still performing in 2011 and still strikingly beautiful.

[efferkrien]

Yvonne kealy, Patricia Paay?? and….Vanessa?

[mariskaveresforever]

@efferkrien dont know. she was one of the starsisters at that time.

[IamEmpowered]

@mariskaveresforever

is sad how the bass player over powered the vocals of the song in this video

[IamEmpowered]

is sad how the bass player over powered the vocals of the song in this video

[Brord]

@80svideolord no, that was Annie Schilder from BZN

[mariskaveresforever]

@Brord or was it Madonna.......

[jerryrigging]

is that paul mccartney on piano?

[mariskaveresforever]

@jerryrigging no, it was Billy Preston.......

[Landrew0]

@jerryrigging Oh get real

[walksinstorms]

So many mullets...

[inspiralroses]

Bad, really really BAD clothing and hairstyle ... ouch! BTW: What kind of bass does the guy play? Looks cry cool ...

[pedrirow]

gorgeous!!!!!!!

[80sVideoLord]

The first girl doing the aah during the middle break looked like Cilla Black - is it her? The syndrum solo looked like it was faked bass player seems to be same guy as original video same as the drummer. Is this some sort of New year's eve special.. pretty cool whatever it was...The 80s crack me up every time. I always loved the song Venus. RIP pretty lady.

[Fl0w3rtje]

@80sVideoLord : The first girl you mention is Jerney Kaagman, who was the leadsinger of the 60's dutch band Earth & Fire. This show was part of the 25th aninversary of Conamus, a dutch organisation for protection of artists rights.

[mariskaveresforever]

@80sVideoLord they where all dutch artists, zo no cilla black. 3 members of the original shocking blue where there. the drummer, gitarist and of course the singer mariska.

[viewingut]

Jammin'

[bratattack5]

Excelllent. Thanks for posting this.

[jdlewis60]

The 80's couldn't hold a candle to Mariska Veres! She was talent and beauty.

[rorygg1]

love that hair. she's a sultry hot wench

[soleugene]

VHS-RIP

it looks that she has musicians that much worse that earlier ones...

[alanbama1]

In retrospect, those "cool" 80's electronic drums sure did suck ass.

[isorivolta]

Wow, what an amazing voice.

[MayarO1313]

Wow...Did anyone else notice that the drummer is a southpaw, and the bass guitar only had 2 strings?

Thanks for uploading this, would be nice to have a full cast list of this performance!

[murdlok]

i love how at 2:40 the 80s touch comes in XD

[jtizcareno]

A Goddess on a mountain top Was burning like a silver flame The summit of Beauty in love And Venus was her name REFRAIN: She's got it yeah, Baby, she's got it Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire At your desire Her weapon were her crystal eyes Making every man mad Black as the dark night she was Got what no-one else had Wa!

[transammike]

@schnotzarella wtf? LOL!

[sirgallahaddude]

kicks Ass!

[Turokkks]

Nunca había visto esta versión de "Venus" muy bonita

[wilkes85]

Hey this is awesome! i like the '80s kick they gave it.

[schnotzarella]

@mariskaveresforever well, maybe it's just the style of the day...mariska seems cool and detached as ever, but the background singers and some of the musicians look kind of frantic and overly cheerful....

[flordistil24]

i preffer her hair aironed

[PsychLion]

She wore wigs.

[mariskaveresforever]

@PsychLion not in the 80's

[NEKOJIJI09]

Wow! It is nice! Thank you for sharing this (^^)

[etinterrapax2]

Woooow! What a beatutiful moman she was!

Even in 80´s fashion they couldn't get to make her look ugly!

In the 60's & 70's she was simply divine.

[rhblakeman]

@etinterrapax2 Check the video of her last TV appearance in 06 - she doubled in size just before she passed.

[spaina1]

How many musicians on scene?? it seems like Dutch Band Aid....

[chkjns]

This song peaked at #1 in US Feb 1970 for 3 weeks -1st Dutch act to #1 in USA!

It sold over 5 MILLION copies worldwide.

Another post of this song has over 2 MILLION hits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Disk2Legacy]

This was a hell of a Jam. GREAT!!!

[drwinkle101]

Awful band, clothes and hair, big and bland -- but the powerful voice and magnetic eyes are still there.

[DasBlood]

That's the original drummer on the trap kit too.

[Drblooter99]

Yeh, now you mention it, the drummer's ok. Uh, but what's a "trap" kit?

[DasBlood]

A trap kit is an older name for the typical acoustic drum set. I wanted to specify the drummer on the acoustic drums and not the guy beating on the plastic pads.

[Drblooter99]

Thanks for that. I had no idea. And I've played with "trap kit" drummers exclusively for decades!

[LoveSixties]

thats's why i hate 80's...

[Treaty4]

Love Mariska, but I hate the gold outfits on the background singers.

[FANTASMAGROSSO]

MEU DEUS!!!! CUANTOS MUSICOS HAY??

[SenecaHighlander]

Adrian Vandenberg should have been there. He would have really lit it up! I can't believe that's Robby! He must not have practiced much before this show, and the hair is really bad!

[widdlywhee]

Fierce hair, fierce outfit, nothing else to say.

[tellarjj]

Tres bon ! et cela concernant cette version.

[ACUT73]

gran cancion