“Denis Frank van der Rogers” has spotted an article about Studio 100 in Belgium, home of K3 and Mega Mindy. Read it at this link to Flanders Today.
Category: K3
Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke and Josje Huisman
Hart Verloren (Heart Lost)
My second favorite K3 song, after “Kissing Day”, is “Heart Lost.” The video for it is second in the playlist on the YouTube player I put together at this link. On the video player here, the ladies do a lovely job of rendering “Hart Verloren” in much more subdued tones in a live performance.
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Pop Quiz
I would hope by now you can put names to the faces. Remember how the Beatles looked the same at first? Here you have a blond, a brunette and a redhead, so it’s easy. C’mon, you can do it!
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If you have any doubts that the three K’s really can sing, and do quiet material, this video has them singing live, with only a piano accompaniment. The song is “Je hebt een vriend” — “You Have a Friend.” The video for the original recording can be seen here on YouTube.
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Is It a Bird? A Plane? No! It’s Free Souffriau!
D.F. Rogers wants more Mega Mindy! He didn’t even have to ask, I just know. OK, so maybe I want more Mega Mindy too. She’s played by a woman with the unlikely name of Free Souffriau (SUE-free-oh). Free is quite versatile, and as you’ll hear her English is impeccable. I still haven’t heard how Karen, Kristel, and Kathleen of K3 are with English.
The first video has a live performance of the Mega Mindy theme song with a band and no lip-synching. Near the end she holds out her mic and you can hear the kids singing along. Isn’t that great? The second video on the playlist has Free out of costume, being interviewed with, and by, kids, followed by a video of a song from the show, “Toby Toby.” The last video is the most interesting, with Free as herself, free of Mega Mindy.
The Making of K3’s “Kissing Day”
I’m still not ready with my intended posts, and embedding YouTube videos is so quick and easy that’s what I’ll do. And, guess what? Once again it’s K3’s greatest song, “Kusjesdag” — Kissing Day!
Most of you will run screaming from the room, or maybe just click away from here, but I think this is one of the best bits of pre-fab fluff I’ve ever heard. I love this song. It’s an anthem! An antidote to all of the terrible events, man-made and natural, on this Friday the 13th.
So here we go with a short “making of” about the “Kusjesdag” video. The ladies could be saying rude things for all I know, and if they are, you’d have to know Flemish to know that. Following the mini-documentary is another live (undoubtedly lip-synched) performance. This one was, I assume, done at one of the Studio 100 theme parks. I think I just about have the dance moves memorized. 😉
Karen, Kristel, Kathleen
Yes, I’m back with more K3. Amateur video from, I think, Antwerp, Belgium. This is the sort of thing I bet you wouldn’t see in America, except perhaps at Disneyworld.