Protest song in Dutch by Simon Oak written in 2017 in response to Erdoğan’s dirty game of sneakily sending a Turkish minister to Rotterdam, in spite of the clear objection from the Dutch government, just days before the Dutch national elections. At the time of…
Uptempo mocking song written by Simon Oak in May 2020, based on jokes that circulated on the internet during the Covid-19 pandemic. On a serious note: we will never forget the hundreds of thousands that lost their dear ones partly due to the massive mismanagement…
Ballad by Simon Oak about the slow process of starting to believe in yourself as a real artist. Ask Simon if you want to know the melody. Lyrics Chorus: We grow as we go When we fall, we just get up We get better as…
Slow children’s song in Dutch that Simon Oak wrote for his three year old. It’s about a little beetle that wished it had a mustache and it tells the story of how it gets it. Lyrics Daar was een heel klein torretje Dat had een…
Protest song by Simon Oak against the unpredictable and lawless behaviour of the USA’s President. The last line is a reference to one of Simon’s most favourite Irish songs. Recognise it? Lyrics Hello there, my friends, how are you keeping? May the songs never end,…
Inspired by a news item in 2018, Simon Oak wrote this true-story-song about Rhodri Philipps, an arrogant English aristocrat, a racist, a convicted criminal, and a Leave-voter in David Cameron’s anti-EU Referendum that started off the UK’s highly damaging Brexit process. Philipps issued a £5,000…
You may have heard of this map, because I launched this project years ago, using Google Maps technology, but since the world moves away from US Big Tech, I’ve exported the 148 locations on the map and imported them in Umap, a French open source…
Song by Simon Oak about how the internet has changed us. Lyrics What if we had no internet? How would I send you a message? I’d look for a piece of paper, A pen, a stamp and an envelope And few days later you would…
Song in Dutch by Simon Oak about the problems of getting consensus between friends and family about what’s going on in the world and how serious the problems are today. Lyrics Voor wie denkt dat het niet echt is, het een ingebeeld gevecht is Voor…
Fun song in Dutch by Simon Oak about this rare kind of people who tend to forget the balance in social talk (talk about themselves only), or just forget to offer their guest a cup of coffee. Lyrics We waren op weg naar een feestje…