Found a really odd newsreport on RTL via youtube last night (I will dig it out if anyone really wants to watch it, but its in Dutch).
Anyway this dude in a bar was complaining that the pirate radio stations were holding outdoor events and young people weren’t going to his bar, that pirate radio stations were organising this and that he was supporting the Police and Agentschap Telecom (communications ministry officials) in clamping down hard on this.
Which sounds familar – but the events aren’t raves, they only drink Heineken and Grolsch (I’ve not heard of drugs being taken at all at these piratenfeestjes) and listen to piratenhits which are a Dutch version of oompah music and country and western mixed together! I’ve heard this before and thought it was for older people (my age and above) – I only listen to them to improve my Dutch (I admit I do like them especially after a few beers) but a lot more young people are getting into this scene, and prefer it to music with English lyrics (then again its better than rnb and much urban stuff, I’d rather listen to piratenhits myself!)
This happens not so much in Amsterdam and Rotterdam but in the rural areas closer to Germany, but it all seems a bit bizzare TBH, especially as they are organised just like outdoor raves in the UK…
