7-inch series, part 486

Liesbeth List - Pastorale
label: Philips
year: 1968
side a: Pastorale (met Ramses Shaffy)
side b: Zo hoog in de hemel
www.liesbethlist.nl

As said (2), a Dutch classic. I like the way the male singer, Ramses Shaffy, sounds - so epic. Fits the role he's playing - the sun. Not everybody's convinced it is indeed a conversation between the sun and the earth, which I believe, but a child expressing its love for the sun. Makes sense, probably more than "my" version. I pity the fool who doesn't speak Dutch - the lyrics are very poetic and, well, beautiful. Lennaert Nijgh's lyrics usually are.