Shocking Blue + Mariska Veres

today, the 18 of september 2011 this chanel reached more then 2 miljoen views.

this acount is for 90% saved for Mariska Veres and Shocking Blue.

in future a lot will be seen about this great dutch singer, who was a member of Shocking blue. other members where Robby van Leeuwen, Klaas van der Wal, Henk Smitskamp and last but not least Cor van der Beek (also no longer with us)

shocking blue is best know of there worldwide hit Venus. Many think they were a one hit wonder, but they where not. Venus was a real worldwide hit, number one everywhere in the world, but after Venus, shocking blue released about 15 other singles. Especialy in Europe, Asia and South america they kept on hitting the charts and they where very populair. Send me a postcard, Long and lonesome road, Never mary a railroadman, Mighty joe, Shocking you, Blossom lady, Inkpot and Rock in the sea where other famous hits.

Dont forget, Kurt and Nirvana covered the album track Love Buzz(At home 1969) on there album Bleached in the 80's. And Prodigy used the original song and changed it into Phoenix.

Kris quoted:
Vera Club Seattle
"The first tour in the Netherlands, I remember too well," says Novoselic, the tall bass player who during his first visit to Amsterdam, the band still problems brought by drunk jokes against the police. "We played mainly in youth centers, which gave us the feeling that cultural development of young people in the Netherlands is high on the agenda. Did you know that Seattle is a music club which is called Vera, modeled after the Vera Club in Groningen? Netherlands and of course the land of Shocking Blue, one of my favorite bands. "

So that favorite Nirvana in 1988 and recorded the song Love Buzz released as first single. "I always bought records at a thrift store," says Novoselic. "A dollar a piece, sometimes it was nothing, sometimes fantastic. There I found Shocking Blue. Of course I knew them from their international blockbuster Venus, but the whole album was great. Robbie van Leeuwen and Mariska Veres, great music. At one point we started to fool around in the studio what the riff from Love Buzz, and we have our own version.

In 1975 they broke up, Mariska made some solosingles and was populair in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

In 1980, 1984 end 1993 shocking blue made a comback, with Mariska in front. They toured over europe several times, with big succes.

The last 20 years of her live, she performed with Shocking blue, had her own Jazz quintet and Gypsy orchastre. she recorded a jazz and gypsy cd.

Her last tv appereance was on the 1 of january 2006. I saw her for the last time live ont stage on the 26 of august 2006, during a concert in The Haque.

On the 2 of december I was in shock cause of her sudden dead.

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