Listening habits

So, I married a Dutch woman.  And that means I listen to a lot of Dutch radio at home.  The only station we listen to is Radio 2, or NPO Radio 2 (Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, or Dutch Public Broadcasting).  It's a cross between Jack FM and community radio.  Most of the time, they play pretty much anything, well anything your parents would like.  On the weekend, there are some weird shows, like Musical Moods (songs from musicals), Spijkers met Kopen (Nails with Heads, political comedy), and Tijdperk Schiffers (Era Schiffers) a show that Hans Schiffers started in 2009, playing songs from about 1970-1992, in alphabetical order.  He's up to "U" now.

That, and the fact that it's in Dutch makes for some interesting listening.  I also learn about a lot of music.  Some of my favorite artists are now Dutch.  I have full albums from Anouk, Trijntje Oosterhuis/Total Touch, Krystl, Caro Emerald, and Ilse DeLange, I also have songs in my iPod from Zazi, Laura Jansen, Raccoon, Kensington, Dotan, and Wouter Hamel,  Yeah, click those links, good music of all genres are waiting for you.  I'm not saying it's all life changing music, but a lot of it could get radio play here in America if it had the chance.

They also put on a top 2000 every year, which culminates with #1 playing right before midnight New Years Eve.  It's a pretty diverse list, the first hour of the countdown brings you The Beatles, Grand Funk, Joan Jett, The Backstreet Boys, and Miley Cyrus.  Check out the whole list here.

With all this musical goodness, I am compiling a list of my top 25 songs of 2014.  It should be interesting.  Expect to see it sometime soon.