Made in the Low Countries Studies in Popular Music 1st Edition by Lutgard Mutsaers, Gert Keunen ISBN 9781138920101 113892010X

Part I: Framing and Facilitating

1 Futile Dutchness or Idiosyncratic Transnationalism: Homemade Pop, National Identity, and Global Culture

2 The Zone in Between: The Principled Realm of Alternative Mainstream in Flanders

3 Upstart Among the Arts: The Rise of Rock into the Dutch Subsidy System

4 Mixing Multiple Tracks: Migration, Diaspora, and Transcultural Music in Flanders

Part II: Creation and Curation

5 Broken Circle Rebound: New Regionalism and Vernacular Indie-Folk

6 From Thrash to Cash: Forging and Legitimizing Dutch Metal

7 Crossover Collectivities and Electronic Samples: Jazz’s Popularization in the Digital Era

8 This Must Be Belgium: Roots, Progress, and Legacy of New Beat

Part III: Close Encounters

9 “The Windmill’s Turning”: Lifecycle of a Signature Song for Holland

10 Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Golden Earring Before and After the “Dutch Invasion”

11 Rock ’n’ Roll in the Land of Sex and Drugs: Life and Legacy of Herman Brood

12 “Sanomi” v. “Shalalie”: Showing Off Difference at the Eurovision Song Contest

Part IV: Changes and Choices

13 “We Too Are Specimens of Homo Sapiens”: Holebi Culture Between Agitprop and Pop

14 Pirates of the North Sea: Introduction and Impact of Commercial Pop Radio

15 State of Independents: Small-Scale Production in a Globally Connected Place

16 A Critical Choice: The Language of Lyrics as an Issue of Genre and Era

Coda: A Tiny Dot—Some Foreign Awareness of Popular Music Made in the Low Countries

Afterword: “I Made a Difference”—A Conversation with Raymond van het Groenewoud

Selected Bibliography: Flanders

Selected Bibliography: The Netherlands

Notes on Contributors

Index