"Amsterdam (TopPop)" music video by Kevin Coyne
Added: 27-07-2020
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Kevin Coyne - Amsterdam • TopPop
To celebrate De Melkweg's 50th Anniversary we publish today, July 27, 2020, this video of Kevin Coyne about Amsterdam and De Melkweg. It was probably even recorded at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, the venue he describes in this song. The recording by Toppop was made in 1978. It was never broadcast.
Kevin Coyne (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The "anti-star" was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died in his adopted home of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
Coyne is notable for his unorthodox style of blues-influenced guitar composition, the intense quality of his vocal delivery, and his bold treatment of injustice to the mentally ill in his lyrics. Many influential musicians have described themselves as Coyne fans, among them Sting and John Lydon. In the mid-1970s, prior to the formation of the Police, Coyne's band included guitarist Andy Summers. Prominent BBC disc jockey and world music authority Andy Kershaw described Coyne as "a national treasure who keeps getting better" and as one of the great British blues voices.
Here are the lyrics to his song 'Amsterdam' that was released as a single in 1978.
Painted faces everywhere, I do not see a one
Deas dogs are lying upside down, moulding in the sun
I'm looking for a friendly face, something to remind me of home
But the girl with the lipstick and the flashing eyes she doesn't give me none
Down in the Vondel Park, kids are gonna jump and shout
Down in the Melkweg, the heat is on
It's smoking and knocking them out, that's Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
Somebody give me a ticket, I want to fly back home
I want to see my best friend cause I know she's all alone
She's the sweet and lightness I've been looking for
Honey, honey, where are you? Just can't take no more
Down in the Vondel Park, kids are gonna jump and shout
Down in the Melkweg, it is hot
It's smoking and knocking them out, that's Amsterdam
Well I'm looking, looking for somewhere, a hole to hide
I'm riding on the cobble stones but I haven't got a plane to ride
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day they'll let me go away
Oh baby, there's so many many times and I hate to feel this way
Amsterdam, well that's Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Broadcast date: This song was recorded in 1978 by Toppop but never broadcast.
Tags : 1978, 70s, Kevin Coyne