Van Rompuy in slam mode for a song in tribute to the victims of the attacks
(B2) The former President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy pushed the ditty in a song by Dana Winner, De Liefde Wint Altijd (love always wins) which features on a Christmas album Pur Deluxe... from today in record stores (or on the internet).
In tribute to the victims of the attacks of March 22
Herman doesn't really sing by the way. Rather, he declaims a few verses. But it's a real chrooner's voice, in slam mode, on a guitar arpeggio background. And emotional words for this song in tribute to the victims of the March 22 attacks in Zaventem and the Maelbeek metro station (1)....
“You ask me, where are the flowers?
But you didn't wait to answer me.
'Cause now you know there's only one thing that exists,
Who is stronger than hate and all that is evil” (2)
(at minute 2'35 if you don't want to listen to the whole song, a bit too syrupy for my taste)
Is this the start of a career? Not sure
Yesterday on the VRT, the singer acknowledged, “ Herman doesn't know much about music ". Herman isn't really a fan of music studios and their habits either. " Why do I have to put on this helmet he replies to the technician who tries to convince him. And he's not planning to do the concert tour. But the singer convinced him to participate. Herman does not live very far from Maelbeek. He still takes the train and the metro regularly. He was very touched and agreed to participate ».
(NGV)
(1) Brussels affected in turn by the attacks. The brutal awakening of the European capital (Update)
(2) Je vroeg me, zeg me waar de bloemen zijn / maar je wachtte niet op 't antwoord van mij. / Want je wist nu dat er één ding bestaat / dat sterker is dan alle haat en alle kwaad