My music memories: Sollicitere of Janse Bagge Bend (vs The Blues Brothers)

When the song was played everywhere on the Dutch radio stations, I had left school and was currently unemployed.I had many jobs via employment agencies, but all last for a couple of weeks or months. So I got an alimony from our town and had to apply for jobs.
I really liked the lyrics, cause I also had to write many cover letters (by hand) every week to prove I was searching for suitable jobs. Enough about me.

The Jasse Bagge Bend is a real live band, you can see it clearly in the official video-clip
of "Sollicitere" and I know it's just a cover of "Gimme Some Lovin" of the
The Spencer Davis Group, but I like this version much more. Why? Cause they changed the organ with a trumpet, sax, and trombone and made the song more Rhythm & Blues.

When I found out the real title of the original song I started to remember a musical comedy called "The Blues Brothers". 

If you don't remember it, it's a totally over the top movie with lots of car chasing/crashing, explosions, a stupid story about "The Blues Brothers Band" raising money for a community center and lots of great music and famous artists, for example James Brown as a reverend and Ray Charles as owner of music store.



But "The Blues Brothers" were not only comedians, they were also a great Rhytmn & Blues bands who played many concerts. 

One of the songs they played was, "Gimme Some Lovin", I could not find the whole song from the movie, so watch the clip with only the beginning of the song, showing the humor in the movie. 

If you like it, watch 
the whole movie. 


If you don't like the story, like it for the jokes. 

If you don't like the jokes, 
like it because of its music.

 If you don't like the music...
Well you better stop reading now.

When a movie is a great success, there will be a sequel sooner or later. In this case, 
it took 18 years, when "Blues Brothers 2000" came out. Don't watch that, just listen 
to the soundtrack and forget the movie. For your own good, trust me.


Last note about the Janse Bagge Bend, they made more 
very good songs, like "Awt en Versjlete", "D'n Hoofinzenjeur", "Prins Dzjah d'n 1ste" and more covers with new lyrics 
like "Proemevlaai" 
Sometimes funny lyrics, sometimes to think about.

 Maybe I will post more about "The Blues Brothers" movie,
At the moment I dont know what I had to say more about
the movie and his music.


Wait !
Special for you I translated the lyrics of "Sollicitere" into English.

 Sollicitere - Janse Bagge Bend
(Gimme Some Lovin'- The Spencer Davis Group)
 S. Winwood/E. Masthoff

Hey!
The perspectives for the future, which are zero comma zero,
Although after a lot of sweating you have a university bull.
If you are a teacher, bank clerk, or psychologist,
In the following years you are probably unemployed.

You must apply, apply!
They say you go ahead
Apply

Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Then write them again!

Hey!
You start the day sleeping up to an hour or one,
You look in the newspaper if there are still jobs.
That is still nothing, so you sleep the rest of the day.
You feel quite lousy, you get the nerves on your stomach, cause

You must apply, apply!
Go ahead, you must write once again
Apply

Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Then write them again!

On Monday you have to be at the social service again,
For the x time, fill in the form again.
You do illegal work, occasionly
But look out, the controller is watching you.

You must apply, apply!

Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written?
Then write them again!

Hey!
In the evening when it gets dark, you start to live
You look in it around if there is something going on.
You go to Punk band concert, perhaps going to a shabby shed
Maybe you'll go to the Janse Bagge Bend
With you need to apply, apply

Have you already written? Seventy-five Letters!
Have you already written? Seventy-six Letters!
Have you already written? Seventy-seven Letters!
Have you already written? Eighty Seventy letters!
Have you already written? Seventy-nine Letters!
Have you already written? Then you write again.