I used to live in the Middle Rhine area (Neuwied/Koblenz) and saw the Nits live in concert at the 'Rheinkultur' Festival in Bonn in the early 90's 😀 Have moved to NZ nearly 20 years ago, though. People here were laughing at me at the beginning when I'd call a hill a "mountain" 😄
The Nits are a very underrated band. They did so much wonderful songs! I saw them live in 1992 and I met them after the show. They are very nice people, as much as they are inspired. Hats off to the Nits!!
I too saw them in the early 90's, at the 'Rheinkultur' Festival in Bonn, Germany 😀 They had released their album 'Ting' then, and it was a great show! 😊 Free entry, too! 😁 Lost track of them after their '98 'Alankomaat' album, also because of my move to NZ a couple of years later; They're completely unknown here, sadly
They remind me of The Waterboys! Another great group from the same time frame. Fisherman's Blues was their big song. Adding this song to my favorites list!!!!!
I have loved this song since my childhood. A few years ago I consciously heard this song while on holiday in Holland in Zandvoort & it just felt like I just had to do it. Today the song connects me even more with this beautiful place. I'm looking forward to being there again in the summer. Best regards from Germany :)
I was born in the valley of bricks Where the river runs high above the rooftops I was waiting for the cars coming home late at night From the Dutch mountains I was standing in the valley of rock Up to my belly in an early fog I was looking for the road to a green painted house In the Dutch mountains In the Dutch mountains Mountains I met a woman in the valley of stone She was painting roses on the walls of her home And the moon is a coin with the head of the queen Of the Dutch mountains Mountains I lost a button of my shirt today It fell on the ground And it was rolling away Like a trail leading me back To the Dutch mountains To the Dutch mountains Mountains I met a miller on the back of a cow He was looking for the wind but he didn't know how I said: Follow the cloud that looks like a sheep In the Dutch mountains In the Dutch mountains In the Dutch mountains Mountains Mountains Buildings
1:34 wo ist denn das? sieht aus wie eine Gasse kurz nach dem Krieg oder ein Zigeuner Ghetto in der Slowakei. Obwohl es auch eine Strasse in Sarajevo sein könnte. Auf jedenfall finde ich diese kurze Frequenze sehr interessant. Kaputt, aber Kinder die da vergnügt spielen, genau so eine szene habe ich tatsächlich in sarajevo selbst gesehen und in Moldawien auch (aber da passen die Häuser nicht zu)
In the late 1980`s the Nits had a big hit with this song in austria , too . Hearing it again , more than 20 years later , it is still , what it ever was : A great piece of music ..... peter
Loved the NITS in the 80''ies. We were dancing the nights through while our fathers and mothers were at work or for any yoga-shops elsewhere. We loved the Dutch mountains a lot during those weekends. Everybody was fuzzed, but there was always an idiot to have a walk with the dogs
Dikke vette schande trouwens dat dit nummer niet meer in op de nederlandse radio wordt gedraaid. Zo gaat dit land ( dat overigens steeds minder leuk is) om met haar muzikale parels.
Actually there do exist mountains even in The Netherlands. Visit Nijverdal, Holten and Hellendoorn. There you will find the Sallandse Heuvel Rug which is a mountain with a rather high view stage to see many nearby villages and cities. (Closest village to the hilltop = Nijverdal)
Since bonaire, saba and estausius are integrated in the nethetlands we have some real (albeit rather low) mountains. Everything in Europe are just hills
Dear Nits friends, our new single “Beyond my grief” is out. Henk has always been an inspiration to us! Hope you enjoy it ! ruclips.net/video/dbrF_RAlUyw/видео.html NAYM from Belgium
'Montes' lol My mom let me hear this song while eating breakfast, right now I'm 14, and now we both know where the sample came from, thanks to wikipedia, and it's making us both laugh Love this song
There is no way in English to write the word Mountains with a true Dutch accent. The only way is to come overhere or meet someone Dutch abroad to really give an understanding.
You're right, there are no mountains in The Netherlands, only hills in the south. What he means with Dutch mountains are certain clouds which appear to be unique to The Netherlands. Seeing those clouds in the distance, they look like mountains.
Ahahah... precisely not. Holland is called "Pays-Bas" in French, which means Low Land or Low Country. There are no mountains at all over there. Same for the north part of Belgium, which is often called The Flat Land :-) I guess the title of the song refers to reality as we would like it to be, but is not.
Correction "Netherlands" is "Les Pays-Bas" in french. Holland is "La Hollande" (sorry, it's not the same despite popular belief). Well in the utmost south of the Netherlands there are some "mountains", and when the Tour de France was there it even led to a polka-dot-jersey to be given there (Couberg in Valkenburg), but I guess that's all we got here in the Netherland ;) (Yeah, I'm Dutch myself) :)
+TheRealTricky Oh... I am Belgian and never made a difference between "Les Pays-Bas" et "La Hollande"... But you are right "Pays-Bas" is the equivalent of "The Nether-lands", worldly speaking. Thanks!
Unfortunately many Dutch don't even know (or care) about the difference,but I do. (Well, some people from Nortern Netherlands think I'm Belgian due to my accent. I live close to the Belgian border. Would that have something to do with it?
Billy Joel`s "The Downeaster Alexa" which came out two years after "In the Dutch Mountains", has, in terms of rhythm and harmony, an eerily similar feel` about it.
Used to listen to this and Waterboys making wine on Lake Geneva back in the day, listening to the LA Dodger's beat my Oakland A's in World Series 4-1, not a pretty finish for Nor Cal....but I was there and the Nits were there.
Since I discovered this song last year it has become one of my all time favorites. And Nits is one of my favorite bands now. Here in Sweden Nits are practically unknown and this is a great loss to all musiclovers.
Yes it was. It's like 'mountes'. It's a sample taken from an interview by singer Henk Hostede that he had with a film producer where a man from Asia spoke the word ' as mountes' . Henk wanted to use it somewhere in the song. So it's not Dutch..😉
On Pariiseja täynnä tämä maa joka kylää Eiffeltorni koristaa Joka ainut soratie, alta Riemukaaren vie ja kansa itkee nauraa rakastaa ruclips.net/video/D2vD-FPVp-8n/видео.html
Such an amazing song,heard of it because of Heidevolk's metal version . I would love if someone would put together a nice yt video fo that cover too :)
No(t yet) Although some loonatics came up with the idea of constructing one a while ago... Yeah, right.. ;) Interpretations: #1: the comparison one can make with going uphill is driving against the (strong) wind, especially driving a bicycle. Ditto downhill of course. Winds can be strong in the open, flat countryside in NL, especially the costal areas. # 2:perceiving the silhouette of a large city from a distance (with its tall buildings) as mountains. #3: clouds (see post below).
I would never ask the Dutch how to climb a mountain, but I would ever listen to their experinces in building and strengthen dikes! There they are worldchampions! Think about the so-called Delta-project or the close-up of the IJsselmeer (Zuiderzee) from the Northsea!
Greetings to the Netherlands from the Lower Rhine Area (Kleve/Geldern). We call everything higher than 5m a hill and everything higher 40m a mountain!
Schöne grüsse aus Lobith!
@@maartennederland5096 Groeten uit Zevenaar. XD
I used to live in the Middle Rhine area (Neuwied/Koblenz) and saw the Nits live in concert at the 'Rheinkultur' Festival in Bonn in the early 90's 😀 Have moved to NZ nearly 20 years ago, though. People here were laughing at me at the beginning when I'd call a hill a "mountain" 😄
Ben ik helemaal mee eens ❤
LG from Mount Olympus ❤
The Nits are a very underrated band. They did so much wonderful songs! I saw them live in 1992 and I met them after the show. They are very nice people, as much as they are inspired. Hats off to the Nits!!
Nescio is also great!
I too saw them in the early 90's, at the 'Rheinkultur' Festival in Bonn, Germany 😀 They had released their album 'Ting' then, and it was a great show! 😊 Free entry, too! 😁 Lost track of them after their '98 'Alankomaat' album, also because of my move to NZ a couple of years later; They're completely unknown here, sadly
This is a nice song. I like the asmr at the end.
@@mykeymay For me Sleep.🤩
@@mykeymayI first listen nescio and i was shocked
Still a great Song in 2024 👌
They remind me of The Waterboys! Another great group from the same time frame. Fisherman's Blues was their big song. Adding this song to my favorites list!!!!!
I have loved this song since my childhood. A few years ago I consciously heard this song while on holiday in Holland in Zandvoort & it just felt like I just had to do it. Today the song connects me even more with this beautiful place. I'm looking forward to being there again in the summer.
Best regards from Germany :)
It reminds me of Haarlem and Zandvoort in my youth in the 80's, although the song is a bit older than that ....
@@ztevil In just under 4 weeks I'll finally be back in Zandvoort for a week. I'll definitely hear the song there again.
@@FTN86I live in Haarlem.. 😘 Have fun ..
Now i chill in Zandvoort and Listen this Song 🤩
Incredible sound and orchestration.. Considered as a classic value in my mind, cheers from Athens.
I was born in the valley of bricks
Where the river runs high above the rooftops
I was waiting for the cars coming home late at night
From the Dutch mountains
I was standing in the valley of rock
Up to my belly in an early fog
I was looking for the road to a green painted house
In the Dutch mountains
In the Dutch mountains
Mountains
I met a woman in the valley of stone
She was painting roses on the walls of her home
And the moon is a coin with the head of the queen
Of the Dutch mountains
Mountains
I lost a button of my shirt today
It fell on the ground
And it was rolling away
Like a trail leading me back
To the Dutch mountains
To the Dutch mountains
Mountains
I met a miller on the back of a cow
He was looking for the wind but he didn't know how
I said: Follow the cloud that looks like a sheep
In the Dutch mountains
In the Dutch mountains
In the Dutch mountains
Mountains
Mountains
Buildings
Many thanks for that!
Thanks
I just heard this song for the first time today and I’m very thankful for those lyrics!!
Great song, I'm Dutch and very proud of what the Nits were doing.
Love this song I'am from the Netherlands too (hoi)
Supertolles Video super Song geile Musik habe ich schon früher laufend in der Musik Box gewählt ein Fach klasse💓💓💓💓
Eigentlich ein 80 er insider aber umso geiler!
Still a great song in 2023.
Even in 2024, I grew old with the song. Greetings from 🇩🇪
1:34 wo ist denn das? sieht aus wie eine Gasse kurz nach dem Krieg oder ein Zigeuner Ghetto in der Slowakei. Obwohl es auch eine Strasse in Sarajevo sein könnte. Auf jedenfall finde ich diese kurze Frequenze sehr interessant.
Kaputt, aber Kinder die da vergnügt spielen, genau so eine szene habe ich tatsächlich in sarajevo selbst gesehen und in Moldawien auch (aber da passen die Häuser nicht zu)
Leider bis heute keine Antwort. 😑
The book Iceberg by Nits lists the filming locations for this video as Amsterdam, Jisp (NL) (the rowing scene), Istanbul, Basel and Liverpool.
@@fkvdmark bedankt 😘
I saw them live on Rodon down town Athens in 1994, awesome. Yeah, they are very underrated
Netherlands 10 points from the German Jury. Super Lied. Mercy
We here in the USA will go so far as to give it twelve points!
@@SuperJNG18 even 15 or 20 or 1,000. No song can compete with this. At least not at the ESC.
ΜΗΧΑΝΕΣ !
fine song
Μου έφτιαξες την μέρα φίλε να σαι καλα
Εννοείται!!
80er 👍👍👍 ...........wo ist meine Zeitmaschine?
This sound and vision consistently gives me ASMR.
Πολύ ωραίο τραγούδι θα έπρεπε να έχει μεγαλύτερη επιτυχία
In the late 1980`s the Nits had a big hit with this song in austria , too . Hearing it again , more than 20 years later , it is still , what it ever was : A great piece of music .....
peter
Didn't know that this was a hit in Austria only, interesting.
this song makes me proud to be dutch, eventhough I am not .
Not Dutch :)
The song is simply great !
@@thetimmy755431 we hebben geen bergen
@@thetimmy755431 dus waar slaat dit op wtf
We don’t have mountains but ok
@@interyenan1246 no shit daar slaat t nummer op
Ik zing dit liedje altijd als ik in de duinen bij Bergen wandel.
Brilliant, brilliant video.
I'm Dutch, this is just great :)
Great song, also reminds me of the Waterboys
I love my water runned country. LANG LEVEN NEDERLAND!
I was born in the Dutch mountains (Zuid-Limburg).
Nits 2020.
Loved the NITS in the 80''ies. We were dancing the nights through while our fathers and mothers were at work or for any yoga-shops elsewhere. We loved the Dutch mountains a lot during those weekends. Everybody was fuzzed, but there was always an idiot to have a walk with the dogs
Dikke vette schande trouwens dat dit nummer niet meer in op de nederlandse radio wordt gedraaid. Zo gaat dit land ( dat overigens steeds minder leuk is) om met haar muzikale parels.
G Koster arrow classic rock draait deze nog steeds vaak
'Klassieker Der Nederlandse Klassiekers' !!
Forever !!
🎧REMIX: ruclips.net/video/pDtOf1jaLaU/видео.html
I love this song. Thank you!
Sounds very like The Waterboys :)
that's right.
A friend who lives in the Netherlands sent me this video, I love the scene where he is in a boat that looked really peaceful!
Actually there do exist mountains even in The Netherlands. Visit Nijverdal, Holten and Hellendoorn. There you will find the Sallandse Heuvel Rug which is a mountain with a rather high view stage to see many nearby villages and cities. (Closest village to the hilltop = Nijverdal)
Since bonaire, saba and estausius are integrated in the nethetlands we have some real (albeit rather low) mountains. Everything in Europe are just hills
I am a dutchman from Texas I really like them!!
Grüße an die Nachbarn...
There are actually mountains in Holland. The highest is Vaalserberg. This 'mountain' is 322,7 meters high. Pretty high for a mostly flat country :p
you cannot cal that a mountain the official term for a mountain under 500 metres is a hill
Wouter Boender yes you can, i just did :p I know, but to me it is a mountain lol. Strange enough, they call it Vaalserberg, nog Vaalserhill.. hehe.
+Wouter Boender No, above 200 meters called a mountain, so you were wrong, you can Google it if you want, so there are Mountains in Holland!!
+Simon K Above 200 meters called a mountain, you were right, and he was wrong!!
+Simon K Actually Saba is a municipality since 2010 of the netherlands and saba is 800 meters high so it's the highest point of the netherlands.
The Nits and hits forever!!
Dear Nits friends, our new single “Beyond my grief” is out. Henk has always been an inspiration to us! Hope you enjoy it ! ruclips.net/video/dbrF_RAlUyw/видео.html NAYM from Belgium
Mountains = buildings
'Montes' lol
My mom let me hear this song while eating breakfast, right now I'm 14, and now we both know where the sample came from, thanks to wikipedia, and it's making us both laugh
Love this song
There is no way in English to write the word Mountains with a true Dutch accent. The only way is to come overhere or meet someone Dutch abroad to really give an understanding.
@@MaxAndela I am Dutch:)
You're right, there are no mountains in The Netherlands, only hills in the south. What he means with Dutch mountains are certain clouds which appear to be unique to The Netherlands. Seeing those clouds in the distance, they look like mountains.
Piece of art.
dit is en blijf steen goed nederlans pop groep alertijden er niks beter dan dit maar zeker op goeden oudio sprekers b w of kef
Magic8
Vivo vivo
Fame
1april
Wat een plaat nostalgie
Many greetings to the dutch Mountains from Brunswick in Germany and please stay safe from the Corona Virus :)
Like the swiss navy
I love this song, I always did, but I wonder... Is there such a thing as "Dutch Mountains"?
Ahahah... precisely not. Holland is called "Pays-Bas" in French, which means Low Land or Low Country. There are no mountains at all over there. Same for the north part of Belgium, which is often called The Flat Land :-) I guess the title of the song refers to reality as we would like it to be, but is not.
Correction "Netherlands" is "Les Pays-Bas" in french. Holland is "La Hollande" (sorry, it's not the same despite popular belief). Well in the utmost south of the Netherlands there are some "mountains", and when the Tour de France was there it even led to a polka-dot-jersey to be given there (Couberg in Valkenburg), but I guess that's all we got here in the Netherland ;)
(Yeah, I'm Dutch myself) :)
+TheRealTricky Oh... I am Belgian and never made a difference between "Les Pays-Bas" et "La Hollande"... But you are right "Pays-Bas" is the equivalent of "The Nether-lands", worldly speaking. Thanks!
Unfortunately many Dutch don't even know (or care) about the difference,but I do. (Well, some people from Nortern Netherlands think I'm Belgian due to my accent. I live close to the Belgian border. Would that have something to do with it?
Well, no, there is no such thing as Dutch mountains. There are Belgian mountains, but we only have some hills.
Billy Joel`s "The Downeaster Alexa" which came out two years after "In the Dutch Mountains", has, in terms of rhythm and harmony, an eerily similar feel` about it.
Used to listen to this and Waterboys making wine on Lake Geneva back in the day, listening to the LA Dodger's beat my Oakland A's in World Series 4-1, not a pretty finish for Nor Cal....but I was there and the Nits were there.
I was born in the valley of the gods. Greece
Blijft een meesterlijk nummer 🤘🏻
amazing - masterpiece (2019)
Since I discovered this song last year it has become one of my all time favorites. And Nits is one of my favorite bands now. Here in Sweden Nits are practically unknown and this is a great loss to all musiclovers.
Listen to
She was naked....
Super Sister
Organ Robert Jan Stips
You got so many great bands in Sweden, too.
Did anyone notice that the single “mountains” are all in heavy Dutch accent? Unlike the rest of the song. Was that intentional?
Yes it was. It's like 'mountes'. It's a sample taken from an interview by singer Henk Hostede that he had with a film producer where a man from Asia spoke the word ' as mountes' . Henk wanted to use it somewhere in the song. So it's not Dutch..😉
Gewoon een super plaat.
I got to know this song when you still heard fantastic music like this on the radio. 🇫🇮
The 80's were a great decade, especially in terms of Music! 😊
My attention is focused at the trains at 1:50 Looks like British Rail and Liverpool. Is that Dutch location or at the UK?
toffe nummer...Deze groep zit ook in de klassenlijst...zal altijd blijven in een Grammofoon platenzaak. .
On Pariiseja täynnä tämä maa
joka kylää Eiffeltorni koristaa
Joka ainut soratie, alta Riemukaaren vie
ja kansa itkee nauraa rakastaa
ruclips.net/video/D2vD-FPVp-8n/видео.html
thats my music style
A Great Song By The Nits....trots !!!!
Gisteravond in het oude Luxor gezien, op en top genoten van deze top muziekanten
Spotify recommended this song to me, thank you
Such an amazing song,heard of it because of Heidevolk's metal version . I would love if someone would put together a nice yt video fo that cover too :)
Not a video clip but this will do: ruclips.net/video/zCYgCXRrXMs/видео.html
also greetings from the totally south east of moffistan "mountain brothers" thank you for great music
No(t yet)
Although some loonatics came up with the idea of constructing one a while ago... Yeah, right.. ;)
Interpretations:
#1: the comparison one can make with going uphill is driving against the (strong) wind, especially driving a bicycle. Ditto downhill of course. Winds can be strong in the open, flat countryside in NL, especially the costal areas.
# 2:perceiving the silhouette of a large city from a distance (with its tall buildings) as mountains.
#3: clouds (see post below).
The dutch mountains are like the austrian sea, there is none
im so thankful that my dad thaught me this wonderful song
Chapeau.....une merveille....un souvenir pour vous😊😊😊😍
Wonderful!
Könnte ich immer wieder hören ein Ohrwurm toll
Ich auch!👍
Holendrzy macie pare naprawde dobrych zespolow.
Przecież Dutche nie mają mountainsów:)
Very cool song! Like so many of theirs 😊 While liking this one, most of my friends don't like the fact that none of their others sound alike 😆
Amen reclame
De nits
De Dutch mountains
Vivo vivo
Lesson
Zo Kan da ook
Iedereen is iedereen
Je recherche le titre d'un album des nits paru en 88. Merci beaucoup
🙋🏼♀ Yea enjoy the Dutch mountains..
See also: "Oceanfront Property in Arizona"
Notice the voice inbetween not saying "mountains" but "mountes"!
One of the best songs of all time
Reclame
Googel
Opzouten
Amen reclame
Asielzoek
L
Lost us
Vanavond naar Utrecht om ze te zien optreden in Tivoli.
begotten as musikvideo...what a great!
Oh, brings me back and I love it! Mountains!
Montes, beldings, montes.....
Das Video ist der Hammer...
More NITS here: spoti.fi/1TyhRqx (JOS Days, Adieu Sweet Bahnhof, Nescio & more)
elakelaiset made cover of this, thank to them that i found this piece of gem
τρομαρα σου χαχαχαχαχα!
Zwar ein altes Lied aber super toll☺☺☺👍
I would never ask the Dutch how to climb a mountain, but I would ever listen to their experinces in building and strengthen dikes! There they are worldchampions! Think about the so-called Delta-project or the close-up of the IJsselmeer (Zuiderzee) from the Northsea!
these cars in that street...real classics today
Met Kari befze nog een keer
Met 112
I'm here because I just heard a snippet on the Belgian quiz "Blokken"... How come I don't know this fantastic music in BE... 😮
I was born in the valley of losers
"Mountis"
Dutch🇳🇱 I live 2.9 meter under sea level and on the sea floor, that makes me a mermaid 😃🧜🏻♀️
Vibes the Wayerboys
Vanished
Suck6
Nits
Linda en linda haha