The patriarch of Nederpop returns with an album that evokes memories of his masterpiece The Best In Me Is Not Good Enough For You. With that 1977 album, the man who became famous with sing-a-longs like Kom Van Dat Dak Af and Je Wordt Ouder Papa and productions for Nico Haak, Babe, Lee Towers and Helmut Lotti, proved that he also has a serious side. In the accessible pop-rock sound of Een Happy Man,
… the experienced producer betrays himself who always keeps the radio profiles in mind. Fortunately there is that out of thousands recognizable frayed voice with the charming soft g. Just like thirty years ago, Koelewijn records his soul movements in accurate prose that can be understood by everyone, in direct opposition to the trend of the more woolly poetry in Nederpop texts by groups such as Bløf, Acda & De Munnik and Van Dik Hout. At sixty-eight, Koelewijn shows us how to do it one more time. (MS)more
