We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Festival (Was On)

by Robert Jan Stips

supported by
Prugs
Prugs thumbnail
Prugs Even though Holland Pop Festival took place 28 years before I was born, this song gives me a feeling like I was there anyway. As if I was there in a past life, if reïncarnation is a possible thing...
RJG van Schendelen
RJG van Schendelen thumbnail
CD-SCORE
CD-SCORE thumbnail
herbert leo johnson
herbert leo johnson thumbnail
Jasper de Jong
Jasper de Jong thumbnail
nicolaspapadopoulos
nicolaspapadopoulos thumbnail
paradisoja
paradisoja thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €1.11 EUR  or more

     

about

to celebrate the fact that it was 50 years ago (now=2020) that the Holland Pop Festival was 'on' ...the first real big and most peaceful festival - organised in 1970 - ever organised on the European continent then. Also the first and greatest performance of SUPERSISTER (Robert Jan Stips' first band) playing for an audience of 80.000 people !

lyrics

the Festival (Was On) rjstips

the seventies had only just begun
we were a bunch of hippies waiting in the sun
the radio kept on playing
our ’she was naked’ song
we were the promised band and the Festival Was On

this is what life should be all about
lots of sunshine, lots of music played out loud
i saw you standing there like magic
the love we felt so strong
we were the new generation and the Festival Was On

that’s when you tried so fine
you put your hand in mine
we were so in love, the Festival Was On

——

we were sure to make this world a better place
though future proved us wrong
this would change our lives forever
this went far beyond the Cavern
we were the new generation and the Festival was On
and the Festival was On
and the Festival was On

credits

released June 17, 2020
all instruments, vocals and recording by Robert Jan Stips

For CD's, DVD's, books sent by post you can pay with PAYPAL. If you don't have Paypal, you can also transfer the money to  NL81 INGB 0008375094  [BIC: INGBNL2A ] and send an email to rjstips@icloud.com telling which items you wish to receive.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Robert Jan Stips image

Robert Jan Stips Delft, Netherlands

musician (keyboards) composer producer
with NITS, Supersister, Golden Earring, Sweet d'Buster, Transister, Freek de Jonge, Gruppo Sportivo (prod) and solo.longer bio's at : www.stips.net/bios

contact / help

Contact Robert Jan Stips

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Robert Jan Stips, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now