Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (Dutch with English subs) | The Story Behind The Song

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  • Опубликовано: 4 апр 2018
  • The members of the Dutch band Diesel tell about their song 'Sausalito Summernight'. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public Television) from 2003. The interview is in Dutch, but has English subs in RUclips.
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  • @nicomeier8098
    @nicomeier8098 Год назад +10

    Tijdloos nummer, blijft geweldig, prachtig gitaarwerk, alles klopt aan deze plaat.

  • @anno.nym.faceless
    @anno.nym.faceless 8 месяцев назад +5

    altijd mooi om pim weer even te zien! Wordt gemist. De oude kayak samenstelling soms ook. Cindy, edward, etc.

  • @karenrose8319
    @karenrose8319 3 года назад +13

    I'm 54 today and the reenactment of this song is on my bucket list. Buying a beater car and driving from Mississippi to Arcata CA. I WILL probably really dump it in the Bay and hitchhike the rest...arriving at Bayside! Thanks for this great song!

  • @denadear
    @denadear 5 лет назад +26

    I play this song every time I go to San Francisco for the kids. It drives them insane! I love it!

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d Год назад +5

    That jam is just too pure. Love it.

  • @kareljens7905
    @kareljens7905 2 года назад +15

    Net niet van mijn stoel gevallen... Da's één van de beste gitaarintro's die ik al gehoord heb (en ik ben 63 jaar). Een dikke proficiat, jongens, een bovennatuurlijk nummer!

    • @koekelmetperen
      @koekelmetperen 2 года назад +3

      Hou van gitaar intro’s
      Status Quo is daar ook goed in

  • @MrRheemskerk
    @MrRheemskerk 5 лет назад +17

    Blijft na al die jaren nog steeds een te gek nummer!!

  • @Betterifitsfree
    @Betterifitsfree 6 лет назад +47

    I didn't understand a word he said. Glad music is universal.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +3

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

    • @gchance
      @gchance 3 года назад +4

      They did say "Steve Miller" ;)

    • @erwinstada1811
      @erwinstada1811 2 года назад +2

      @@gchance they created a sound just like Steve Miller did those days

    • @erwinstada1811
      @erwinstada1811 2 года назад +3

      The guys where just talking about how they created that specially piece of music ,early 80s. About there success in America and there lack of success with that same number in their homeland, the netherlands 🇳🇱

    • @gchance
      @gchance 2 года назад

      @@erwinstada1811 Right. I was pointing out the English words.

  • @paulnyman6739
    @paulnyman6739 9 месяцев назад +3

    Still and Amazing and catchy song on the radio....thank you very much Diesel!

  • @phayzyre1052
    @phayzyre1052 2 месяца назад +2

    When he mentioned Steve Miller I remember when I heard this song for the first time that’s exactly who I thought it was singing it! It definitely has that Steve Miller flavor to it.

  • @zeero62
    @zeero62 6 лет назад +8

    Een geweldig liedje. We speelden het toen we in de jaren 80 op onze onderzeeër onderweg waren ... het maakte deel uit van onze reguliere soundtrack toen we op zee waren.

  • @Lucyverre
    @Lucyverre 3 года назад +6

    Elk jaar stemde ik op deze plaat voor de top 2000.
    Zo leuk dat ik al de plaatsen waar nummers over waren, inmiddels heb bezocht.
    In Sausolito is "Sitting on a dock of the Bay" geschreven (zoals de trouwe top 2000 fans wel weten)

  • @mickeydino24
    @mickeydino24 6 лет назад +19

    Zeer sterk nummer!
    Vocals zijn ook perfect ,een voorbeeld voor velen👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @delta_man0176
    @delta_man0176 3 года назад +4

    Zo mooi om te zien dat bijna niemand dit kan verstaan

  • @mlg4035
    @mlg4035 6 месяцев назад +1

    Such a catchy vibe! Great song!

  • @CWBush73
    @CWBush73 6 лет назад +16

    Oh, that clears things up.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @Glen-hn9wu
    @Glen-hn9wu Год назад +2

    Still and always be ONE of my favorites !!

  • @lammertboersma8508
    @lammertboersma8508 Год назад +3

    Wij waren in september in San Francisco en toen op de fiets the Golden Gate over naar Sausolito en daar aan the Bay a burger and a rootbeer gehad.
    Topnummer!!!!

  • @joy-jr7dg
    @joy-jr7dg 7 месяцев назад +2

    I have always loved this song ❤️

  • @studapeppahead5384
    @studapeppahead5384 4 года назад +19

    "Ict floofle ghzert gon flchen" *plays one of the greatest riffs ever created* "Shhhoooo chattk schuist hopa flank"

    • @moe17moe
      @moe17moe 4 года назад +2

      lol dude that's pretty understandable Dutch right there.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +1

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

    • @Georgeth-kb6rg
      @Georgeth-kb6rg 2 года назад

      lol

  • @mikeyonce2323
    @mikeyonce2323 День назад

    Fantastic driving song, maybe the best ever.

  • @lilgrease7292
    @lilgrease7292 3 года назад +6

    Had no idea! Dutch.. awesome

  • @LanaVegana
    @LanaVegana 3 года назад +4

    Hahaha, ik had echt géén idee dat ze Nederlands waren. Cool! En een van de weinige plekken in de VS waar ik ben geweest is Sausalito, want mijn oom en tante wonen er.

  • @koekelmetperen
    @koekelmetperen 2 года назад +1

    Jammer dat Nederland geen rockland is
    Zo’n toplick!
    Status Quo had ook altijd van die catchy gitaarlicks en zang melodieën

  • @prog1962
    @prog1962 3 года назад +1

    Wat een lekker nummer is het toch,heb het singeltje nog steeds.

  • @MichelServiere
    @MichelServiere Год назад +1

    Great song !

  • @MatthewvanR.music.
    @MatthewvanR.music. 2 года назад +2

    Deze moet zeker dit jaar in de top 2000 staan
    sterk nummer,heel sterk

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 Год назад +1

      Ik ga hem dit jaar zeker erin stemmen!!!

  • @richardjansen3317
    @richardjansen3317 29 дней назад

    Geweldige kerel. Er is een prachtig lied van hem over het niet weggeven van zijn zoons aan de oorlogszuchtige overheid.

  • @sandraspruill4831
    @sandraspruill4831 2 года назад +3

    As an AMERICAN this was the COOLEST shit and it was AMERICAN no one ever thought that it was Dutchies!! XD

  • @dougpeters1625
    @dougpeters1625 3 месяца назад

    One of my favorite songs of all time.

  • @willminkorea2010
    @willminkorea2010 5 лет назад +3

    Remember it well-great song

  • @michaelantonyaustin
    @michaelantonyaustin 3 года назад +2

    Such a great song!

  • @TWayneD1020
    @TWayneD1020 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic Riff !! I remember when this came out !!

  • @clasicradiolover
    @clasicradiolover 9 месяцев назад +2

    It's funny that although I loved this song I never could find anyone else who knew it.

  • @corfubungalow
    @corfubungalow 6 месяцев назад +1

    Tof hè!

  • @MarkGelderland
    @MarkGelderland 4 года назад +3

    I've seen these guys early eighties open air concert in Oosterbeek of all places. I wonder if they remember doing that show in broad daylight, we were sitting on the grass enjoying the music because it was a great band.

  • @jurgenkrombeen3756
    @jurgenkrombeen3756 6 лет назад +15

    Pim Koopman maakte de meest fantastsche producties: ook Gaia van Valensia en begin jaren tachtig Maywood blijft geweldig

    • @longbow857
      @longbow857 3 года назад +1

      Mag ik je bedanken voor het benoemen van Gaia? Ik had er nog nooit van gehoord en het heeft me diep geraakt hoe mooi dit nummer is.

    • @RemiPut
      @RemiPut Год назад

      Was die niet de drummer van Kayak ?

    • @jurgenkrombeen3756
      @jurgenkrombeen3756 Год назад +1

      @@RemiPut Zeker!

    • @drewbase
      @drewbase Год назад

      @@longbow857 is ook een top2000agogo video van op YT

    • @longbow857
      @longbow857 Год назад

      @@drewbase Ja die heb ik gezien :)

  • @ZippyThePinhead
    @ZippyThePinhead 4 месяца назад

    Still a great tune 40 plus years later.

  • @appelrepubliek
    @appelrepubliek 3 года назад

    Geweldig!!

  • @kitcat4650
    @kitcat4650 6 лет назад +10

    All aboard! "I'll have a burger & a root beer." I think they have a Sausalito accent. Hey Steve Miller, "Somebody give me a cheeseburger." Good times!

  • @tonebone7449
    @tonebone7449 Год назад +1

    It's funny that they created such a quintessentially "American" song. In my personal top 10 of all time.

  • @johannuhn8487
    @johannuhn8487 5 месяцев назад

    Topsong made in Holland🤟

  • @MattKrogmeier
    @MattKrogmeier 3 года назад +2

    Man, I'd love to find one of those old tour t-shirts for my brother!

  • @denniseindhoven
    @denniseindhoven 6 лет назад +2

    Nummer 1 hit in Canada ook.

  • @lukewarmwater5320
    @lukewarmwater5320 3 месяца назад

    Nobody talks about it but the guitar solo is fucking insane!

  • @joostdenhoudijker2335
    @joostdenhoudijker2335 5 лет назад +3

    Doorzeik melodiën :D

  • @jtmichaelson
    @jtmichaelson 4 года назад +1

    Damn! And I really love this song but didn't understand them. One of my favorite songs from that Summer of 1981.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @tmlewis4242
    @tmlewis4242 4 года назад +1

    sub titles would be nice. At second thought it wouldn't matter. This song still made me visit Sausalito just to say it did. Beautiful.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +1

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @ANGBelgium
    @ANGBelgium Год назад

    R.I.P

  • @63rambler66
    @63rambler66 3 года назад

    That was a great trip.

  • @prog1962
    @prog1962 6 лет назад +1

    Top nummer

  • @jfv65
    @jfv65 3 года назад

    Deze vinyl-LP heb ik nog steeds in de kast staan.

  • @grandpahilly
    @grandpahilly 3 года назад +1

    Rab seems such a jolly chap

  • @goverypro3010
    @goverypro3010 6 лет назад +2

    Briljant loopje

  • @CatharinaBlaauwendraad
    @CatharinaBlaauwendraad Год назад +2

    Jammer dat ze niet vertellen hoe ze op de tekst gekomen zijn, die vind ik namelijk ook sterk.

  • @mrj-charles6383
    @mrj-charles6383 4 года назад +9

    Such a silly song. I do remember it though. Thumbs up because I could understand a good bit of the Dutch. My grandmother was German and only spoke German in the house. Thankfully there are similarities.

    • @playonkorg
      @playonkorg 4 года назад +1

      Its almost German :)

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +1

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @koekelmetperen
    @koekelmetperen 2 года назад +1

    Zo catchy gitaar lick

  • @gchance
    @gchance 5 лет назад +12

    Maybe add English subtitles?

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +1

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @robertmaybeth3434
    @robertmaybeth3434 2 года назад +1

    These guys were incredibly bright musically, when the SONG drove the market. Not the so-called "personality" which nobody older than 13 could care less about.

  • @monzadriver1
    @monzadriver1 Год назад

    Gaaf nummer, mooi verhaal.
    Maar wat doet IT daar op de tafel ?

  • @thesledge1969
    @thesledge1969 2 месяца назад

    Playing guitar for 52 yrs I loved playing this song at our shows back in the day

  • @DJNITON
    @DJNITON 3 года назад +2

    Schande dat dit nummer er niet meer instaat!!!

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 года назад

      Hoezo schande! Hij stond er in 2021 gewoon in de top 2000

  • @diederiksamsom4562
    @diederiksamsom4562 3 года назад +1

    Rob Vunderink doet me echt denken aan Kees Momma.

  • @josemuse4119
    @josemuse4119 5 лет назад +3

    If I understood him correctly, the song was a big hit across the US.... except in California.

    • @harovangalen5641
      @harovangalen5641 5 лет назад +1

      Yep, that is correct.

    • @mousecat4440
      @mousecat4440 5 лет назад

      @@harovangalen5641 , it's understandable to me, a lifelong Californian. It really sounds like someone trying to sound Californian and not quite getting it right. Almost like the Beach Boys trying to play an Eagles song, it's off-kilter

    • @midnightrider715
      @midnightrider715 4 года назад +1

      @@mousecat4440 What is the California sound anyway??

    • @mousecat4440
      @mousecat4440 4 года назад

      @@midnightrider715 I can't say but I know it when I hear it.

    • @lilgrease7292
      @lilgrease7292 3 года назад +1

      KFRC’ played it a lot.. still love this

  • @SeaMonkey137
    @SeaMonkey137 4 года назад +4

    This must be some of that new english.

  • @jjladd2129
    @jjladd2129 5 лет назад +2

    I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @broncodeviltexas
    @broncodeviltexas 5 лет назад

    I had heard that the singer sang the words phonetically. Wonder if that's true.

  • @robertthurman3743
    @robertthurman3743 5 лет назад +1

    ...something about a diner in the Midwest...

  • @joostdenhoudijker2335
    @joostdenhoudijker2335 5 лет назад +2

    Eerste keer dat ik het hoorde dacht ik dat het steve miller was. lol

  • @3DPeter
    @3DPeter 5 лет назад +2

    Zo hee, nooit geweten dat dit een nederlandse band was, maar we hebben dan ook wel meer talent dat het wereldwijd gemaakt heeft op gebied
    van muziek en film.

  • @hendrsb33
    @hendrsb33 6 лет назад +3

    Wellll... I understood the lyrics, at least...

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @PunchDrummer
    @PunchDrummer 8 дней назад

    I'd love to know why they de-tuned the song. It's not 440Hz - the official video is tuned to 453Hz. Makes it difficult to play along with on my perfectly-tuned keyboard. Maybe to discourage copycats.

  • @playonkorg
    @playonkorg 4 года назад +2

    'doorzeikmelodieën'........en je kan me wegdragen :)

  • @myleneobh.nbh.tvc33dekwaad92
    @myleneobh.nbh.tvc33dekwaad92 3 года назад +1

    Kan diesel het nummer Sausalito summernight niet akoestisch maken?

  • @rickrockin155
    @rickrockin155 5 лет назад +3

    I d im not understand either not a lick. Subtitles would have helped!

    • @playonkorg
      @playonkorg 4 года назад

      Its not that special,one thing they say is that they tell about that in their own country ( The Netherlands ) this reach place 33 while it was in USA in many states number one except California.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @thegee-tahguy4877
    @thegee-tahguy4877 4 года назад +1

    Man, I loved this song when it came out. The solo was a bit weird tho. I heard him say "Steve Miller", which is exactly who I thought it was for the 1st week before the radio hinted that it was Diesel. Who know they couldn't speak a lick of English

    • @willemdegrebber7227
      @willemdegrebber7227 3 года назад +1

      The producer Pim Koopman explained why the guitar solo was weird. The guitarist played the solo and added something he didn't like, so in order to stop the producer from recording he played the whining ta da da ta dada. But the producer liked it and left it in.

  • @vladtepes97
    @vladtepes97 4 года назад

    why is the title in english?

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @brianruyack7632
    @brianruyack7632 5 лет назад +1

    English por favor!

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @joefurloughski7745
    @joefurloughski7745 3 года назад +3

    If you listen to this backwards, they are speaking English...

  • @cuzzindave
    @cuzzindave 3 года назад

    If there was ever an episode that needed subtitles and this one didn't have any. They talk too fast and I can't understand a word they're saying! And I think they're speaking English! 😂

    • @Top2000agogo
      @Top2000agogo  3 года назад +1

      You're in luck, we now have English subtitles in RUclips for this video. They were speaking Dutch!

    • @cuzzindave
      @cuzzindave 3 года назад

      @@Top2000agogo I'll re-watch it!

  • @bigw8549
    @bigw8549 4 года назад +1

    I picked up bits of English and some words that sounded like German to me.

    • @playonkorg
      @playonkorg 4 года назад

      Dutch and German have the same roots and splits more then 1000 years in history

    • @playonkorg
      @playonkorg 4 года назад +1

      @ronnie doorzon roetsjen
      uberhaupt
      radler
      ordner
      fingerspitzengefühl
      einzelgänger
      spieken
      spielerei
      ober, kelner
      hetze
      schnitzel
      witz
      sowieso
      bühne
      je pappenheimers kennen
      schwalbe
      putsch
      spielmacher
      blitzkrieg
      salonfähig
      streber
      kitsch
      zimmer frei
      kirsch
      fingerspitzengefühl
      schnabbel
      lederhose

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      @@playonkorg haha, BAM!

  • @marksacher3866
    @marksacher3866 4 года назад +1

    Titling done in English but not subtitled???

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @Chevy-Guy
    @Chevy-Guy 4 месяца назад

    Love his song but they might as well be speaking Swahili or the click language Khoisan during this interview. Cant understand a word.

  • @andrewmacdougall5987
    @andrewmacdougall5987 Год назад

    I call songs like this "bad gas millage songs" cuz my fucking foot go to the floor and the radio is cranked...

  • @fivestring65ify
    @fivestring65ify 5 лет назад +2

    Would help if it was in English.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @hermanhelmich
    @hermanhelmich 5 лет назад +1

    Steve Miller idd

  • @markkalfahs1047
    @markkalfahs1047 5 лет назад +1

    ...me no sprechen Deutsche, or however it's spelled....anyways, one of the greatest tunes from the 80's.....still wonder why there wasn't a vid of this on MTV....i was an MTV junkie in the day and i would have remembered it if i had seen it....

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад +1

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!

  • @robbie4860
    @robbie4860 6 лет назад +2

    Voordeel van tegenwoordige "muziek" is dat de zogenaamde artiesten nauwelijks een noot hoeven te kunnen lezen. Die zielloze shit met de eeuwige beat erin, kan een kleuter ook in elkaar zetten. Enkele uitzonderingen daar gelaten. De jaren 60 en 70 zullen never nooit geevenaard worden qua muziek!

    • @casperdekok6664
      @casperdekok6664 5 лет назад +1

      Er is nog hoop! Check De Wolff en Greta van Fleet

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 2 года назад

    I always wondered when non american band write songs about america, are they interested in america or are they writing because they want to break into the american market so they write about something american.

  • @HubertJass
    @HubertJass 4 года назад +5

    Feel like I'm watching Sid Cesar doing his faux language routine.
    LOL

    • @studapeppahead5384
      @studapeppahead5384 4 года назад

      "Ict floofle ghzert gon flchen" plays one of the greatest riffs ever created "Shhhoooo chattk schuist hopa flank"

  • @DiverseFeiten
    @DiverseFeiten 2 года назад

    Kwist geen eens dat ze nederlands waren haha

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 3 года назад +1

    Der bogen un hassenfeffer, Monaffen een jugen der rapin stenkell California.. Christ! I wish i understood Dutch. Had ya going there for a moment didn't I? How can ya not love Deisel?

  • @doug3959
    @doug3959 6 лет назад

    English subtitles are possible in today's tech world.

    • @casperdekok6664
      @casperdekok6664 5 лет назад +6

      Please accept English isn't the only language in the world

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 5 лет назад +5

      So is learning Dutch.

    • @TheStraatjutter
      @TheStraatjutter 5 лет назад +2

      They're mini docs intended for a Dutch show. This YT Channel just follows the mission of the NPO. The audience speaks Dutch. Investing in English subs is superfluous and they need to make a show.

    • @didgerydoo
      @didgerydoo 3 года назад

      As of yesterday, you can now enjoy the video with English subtitles!