I think the whole family spoke it all the time even when they moved here.

They are from Dutch Indonesian descent.

You could tell Eddie and Alex speak dutch to each other in this interview

@@MarieW521 Yeah they did.

@G. V. Q That's partly true, I agree that no one forgets his or her native language but I don't think in my native language

After a while you do forget how to prenounce words in your native language. As you know English and Dutch are closely related.

That's true. I'm a linguist and have observed with myself being the oldest versus my younger brother, that I have a higher aptitude for Italian. For myself it's also because I was basically raised by my non English speaking grandparents and was their interpreter. But I would speak to my brother mostly in English. I observed the oldest toddler son of a cousin interacting with his Italian only speaking grandmother, and would switch to English for his mother. It's incredible how toddlers understand to switch from one language to another based upon who they're speaking with.

On my account, you can also find a subtitled version of this video.

That's interesting because I've always thought Alex had a slight accent. I'm not surprised that his Dutch is better. Those 2 years at that age must make a huge difference in language learning.

@Diem Golightly two years is a lot when your 6, 8, or 10 years old. Plus, languages are learned 100% proficiently up until about age 8 or so, so two years at 8 or earlier is HUGE. Eddie was 7 and Alex around 9 when they moved, so that's a significant difference. Alex had 28% more time in the Netherlands than Eddie, so almost a third more time immersed in the Dutch language.

Roos Smit That song, sung by Arne Jansen, was a smash hit in The Netherlands in 1972, ten years after the family left The Netherlands. More important: it’s a song you can hear in a Dutch movie called Turks Fruit, directed by Paul Verhoeven. Jan de Bont was 1st cameraman. I didn’t know they liked red haired girls :)

if someone tells me that the director's name is Jan de Bont of course that sounds very Dutch.

That is a funny story! Thanks for sharing,I speak Dutch and when bumping into tourist from the Netherlands and I tell them how long I have been here they are amazed I still speak Dutch very well! I find it always so strange.

@@lydmarl.475 Strangely enough it isn't strange. If, in about a hundred years, you grow really old you may even fall back to the first language you learned. Something to do with how our memory works.

@@octavioandradejr.3386 Actually, Alex said that he thought it sounded more French as a surname!

Maybe that's because when they speak Dutch, they automatically switch back to their childhood mode or parent mode. And then you see two boy brothers shining trough.

The Dutch are mostly very grounded and straightforward.In The Netherlands there is a saying translated in English it goes,, Just act normal that way you are acting crazy enough". I am Dutch by the way.

@@mikekaatman3194 so grounded that that their covid count is among the highest.

@@JohnMiller-bs2ln You have a good point there John...i wrote mostly...we are also somewhat stubborn...and that is manifested now in the covid count. I live in the Caribbean now...but worry about things in The Netherlands.

@@mikekaatman3194 Now thats a real grounded dutchman. Cheers!

Yeah, he was the most succesfull Dutch mucisian

Zeker weten, ik bedoel...If Eddie doesnt deserve this honor in Holland, then who the hell does..??

Uiteraard!

In Amsterdam of Nijmegen?

@@jimimurti Gevoelsmatig zou ik dan toch zeggen: Amsterdam. Daar zijn ze geboren, én: dat is de friggin' hoofdstad, dus laat Nederland, de wereld, en iedere toerist maar zien hoe trots we op onze muzikale guitarheld zijn! En zou het niet prachtig zijn als er ook een beeld oid van Eddie komt te staan in een Ned. Indisch museum?

Diem Golightly, your absolutely welcome.

Translation for this video?

Ryan Connell 5150, you are able to find a subtitled version on my account, too.

Dank je wel voor deze geweldige post, moge de Grote Guitaarmeester rusten in Vrede, RIP dear Edward van Halen.....

The goat still is Jimi Hendrix imho

Wasn't the name of their band a give-away that they're dutch?

@@msplacebo-246 not at all!

Leni G. Eddie didn’t want to name the band after themselves, but Dave recommended it. Later on, he said he was glad they did.

I am Dutch Indo , too

@@V8Deuce When I showed my dutch mother this she immediately said "Oh that's a typical dutch name "Fun Haaaalen." She has good friends who's last name is Van Halem ...ending with an m instead of an n.

Dutch are known to be pretty direct. They even manage to irate the brits and brits are master at banter.

@Quattro 4 The Dutch just want to start trading immediately after a cup of coffee. So, to the point please. It was bloody annoying to them that the Chinese only started to trade carefully after seven dinners...

When my dad, born in Amsterdam, became technical director at a Belgian airline, it was a shock to them. They couldn't believe the way he wanted to get things done - very direct. I am certain it's why the Dutch are regarded as successful all over the world.

No "lulling" but "poetsing" 😋 (roughly translates to: less talk, more action)

@@MordanaRapture yep!

The brothers are the coolest. Feels like you could have beer with em even though they're some of the biggest rock stars in the world. And Ed's kid Wolfgang turned out great. No surprise there, either.

They retained their native language because they used to speak Dutch with their mother who lived nearby. She was still alive then. She passed away in 2005. And probably with their father too. He died in 1986.

@@Hygelac1000 He is a bit of an internet bully.

In United States not America lol

😭 doei legende

🤘😇🤘

landofold betekent dat dat je mij nu begrijpt?

Niet zo enthousiast

No chance! Engels is mijn moeder taal en ik kan zeggen dat nederlands niet dicht naar engels is als je alleen engels spreekt. If you speak a bit of dutch you can make out some similarities but I would in no way equate dutch to being like listening to the radio and not paying attention. It is probably because he heard "was" and "had".. (don't worry, my dutch sucks too, just giving context Lando)

in germany we always say dutch is a language where german and english are mixed together in strange way...that's why i'm able to understand a few things with the subtitles as a german without any translation...

IBOII5150I , :) it's because our Germanic language group, specifically West Germanic. English is in fact a mix of very old Dutch/German and Angel with lots of Latin words. This does not count for the Celtic language btw. As a Dutchman I have no problems understanding German or English. Norse Germanic(Scandinavia) is also related to our language, hence, one listen carefully can also understand Danish or even Frisian.

Since they arrived , the family spoke Dutch amongst themselves .

What is Afrikaans? Is that the Dutch language of South Africa?

@@basilmarasco1975 Yes

@@playonkorg Another commenter said that Afrikaans includes a small amount of German; is that also true?

@@basilmarasco1975 Yes , Z Afrikans is a SOV language . The Dutch language has German influence and Dutch was key in Z Afrikan. Same as Baskisch ( N Spain ).

Poser

Me to! Rip

Reminiscing what they remember from Holland and how they got to write music for movie Twister. The did not know the director Jan de Bont is Dutch aswell.

Sign up for Dutch lessons

same bro

ich kann Deutsch und Englisch sehr gut, trotzdem verstehe ich 10% 😂

They grew up in Pasadena. a bit Northeast of LA.

Alex has more of the darker Indonesian complexion. Although Eddie had some of that tone too. It's interesting though. Eddie looks like his mom in facial contour, who is Indonesian but and Eddie had fair tone, and Alex took after his Dad in facial contour but Alex had darker tone. Interesting to see how the DNA mixes all around and spits out different facial construct and skin tone. It would be interesting to know how genes like that are distributed. There is probably a science of this that people study at University.

The bros were really close ... a real sad day for any longtime vh fan from 70s and 80s

That is a very insightful comment. ♫♪☼♥

I knew they weren't born in the USA so assumed they came from the Netherlands or Germany in their teens.

rvlaar *YO!* ⭐️

Ik

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Ik ook.. Eddie 🙏 :(

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Yes, it is. Dutchies are cheerful

Yes very "Dutch" in their demeanor. They remind me a lot of Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg aka Harry Vanda. Like most Dutchies they are 'gezellig'. There is no word for 'gezellig' in English that accurately captures the meaning of 'gezellig'. I stuggle to describe what it is, but every Dutchie knows exactly what it is instinctively.

​@@Gerardus1970Precies. Whenever one tries to convey that exact feeling in English the only translation that comes close is "good vibe". When the vibes are good, everyone is happy. Als het gezellig is wil niemand naar huis.

@@JM1675 I think you could write a whole book and still not capture what it is. It's just a state of being and a state of mind which the Dutch just feel, so we invented a word that says it all without explaining anything :-)

@@Gerardus1970 I think you're getting too caught up in 'Gezellig' just like the Dutch guy in the Ted Lasso season 3 Amsterdam episode who ends up falling for Rebecca Welton. It's really not that intricate. Just because we came up with a word for it doesn't mean the sensation or concept which encapsulates the feeling is inexplicable or requires literary volumes.

Oh yeah . Valerie talked how the Halen Bros would speak Dutch or some Indonesian even when she was around them . Just bits of Dutch here and there .

Yes, I thought that

Add to THAT his non-stop smoking while on stage & during the rest of the time, OFF camera! I wonder how many packs a day Edward actually smoked? Approximately? Anyone knows?

I'm a smoker, but was always a HEAVY smoker!

@@mr.blackwell5423 I heard numbers from 2 to 3 packs a day :(

@Bike Cycle He had a brain tumor so he did suffer terribly.😭

It’s not different language... it’s there language....

@@laurahernandez3310 why comment. You and everyone else knows what Mo means.

@@laurahernandez3310 It; It's "different" for the 'listener.' I'm sure that's what was meant here, And it's THEIR language, not, "there" !

Different from the perpspective of an English speaking person. Not so different for me.

Ik denk dat ze stiekem zo op hun gemak komen omdat dit de taal is die ze met hun moeder praten. Het blijft prachtig om ze zo uit hun persona te zien. 🤘

Even more impressive is that there mother is Indonesian

+Pete Goyer Don't forget that Indonesia was part of the Dutch colonies, and thus they spoke Dutch in Indonesia until 1945 when they gained their independance and Indonesian became their official native language. That doesn't mean Dutch was removed in one or two generations, as people still conversed a lot with their parents or grandparents. Plus a lot of Indonesian people had migrated to the Netherlands and thus to keep contact they still maintained their ability to speak Dutch. So yeah, even when she is Indonesian it doesn't mean that Indonesian is her 1st language per-se.

+Hinze Halen Thanks, Hinze. I corrected that: Want muren hebben oren. We have the exact same expression in English: Because the walls have ears. To my understanding, it means to speak softly, or be careful what you say, because there's always the possibility of people eavesdropping. But here, I think he means that they go around talking Dutch in public because then no one understands what they're saying and they don't have to worry about people eavesdropping on their conversations. Ja, wij spreken bijna elke dag met mijn moeder. En ze woont vijf minuten van hier. En wij spreken Hollands. Want muren hebben oren.

Haha..dat is grappig nu, ik kreeg net last van het Mama Appelsap effect want ik verstond: Jullie hebben honger" maar het blijkt 'muren hebben oren te zijn'. :)

+Marcus Heel grappig. En ik verstond het eerst als 'want moeder hebben horen,' die natuurlijk krom is.

Yes, is really sad... I had the privilege of driving Bill Paxton and his small entourage around for a couple of hours while they were in town for the Premier of TWISTER back in 96; Bill was a super nice guy, he thanked me 2 times and called me his brother... RIP guys....

Sad we lost some really talented people with a lot left to give.

Game over, man... game over.

fmagalhaes1521 maar waarom zou je nederlands willen leren?

@NRCH Ik zou willen gaan met pensioen in Nederland om in Woonschip op de grachten te varen. De beste woonschepen en binnenvaartschepen zijn in Nederland gebouwd. Ik hoef kunnen om de advertentie in het Nederlands te lezen. en misschien ik heb een oranje hart. :):)

Random Metalhead ik ben een amerikaan die NL spreekt, en mijn NL was heel helder voor NL en BE mensen. M'n vrouw is een vlaamse dus ik hoor zoveel BL door de jaren, natuurlijk.

@@GUITARTIME2024 ik ben dan weer Belg getrouwd met een Amerikaan. Wij wonen nu in Amerika maar ik hoop toch ooit weer naar huis te kunnen. Ik wou dat mijn man wat Nederlands sprak! Knap!

@@mamavanaedan bedankt

Indische Nederlanders zijn altijd al sterk vertegenwoordigd geweest in de muziek in Nederland. Vooral in Den Haag zat er veel talent vroeger, heel wat bandjes gezien. Ze zaten er vaak bij.

Well said sir

American culture in turn influenced them.

Eddie hat zu Anfang des Intervieuws (0:55min) gesagt das sie jeden Tag bei ihrer Mutter zu Besuch gehen die nur 5 Minuten entfehrnt wohnt und nur Holländisch mit ihr sprechen. Sie haben dadurch ihr ganzes Leben die ursprüngliche Muttersprache beibehalten.

@@marcuszysk5915 Ah, das ist mir entgangen. Bedankt

Ja bestimmt beide Sprachen sind ähnlich...

They were nominated for a Grammy in 96 for Best instrumental-Respect the Wind. Great Stuff!

Luca Ferrara nice!!

I think because they speak Dutch and Dutch people are very cool people.

Right on

Well said 🔥

I just found out 8 months ago, totally cool!!

There's a video on here where they were playing Amersterdam with Dave in the late `70's or very early `80's and they speak in their native language. Dave and Mike just have to stand by.

@@ArtHoward EVEN *COOLER!!*

+SilentKnight43 just watched an Eddie interview and for the first time noticed a very slight accent too.

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That is too funny!

Helemaal!

I'm frim New York, moved to Studio City CA (Eddie's township) in 1999. Ed didn't have a new york accent. It was American-Californian. I'm also a trained actor and I perform several dialects so I know how to distinguish among them

Dutch for Germans is more like Plat Duutsch spoken just across the border in Germany

The languages are very similar.

Change "van" to "von" and you're halfway there. Just kidding of course, but the two languages are descended from a proto-Germanic common ancestor.

@@antoinebeauman i am dutch and cant understand german, different words and weird grammar and sounds aggresive sometimss

@@RicoLee27 Yes, to my untrained American ear, German sounds much "harsher" to me than Dutch. And interestingly, when I hear German people and Dutch people speaking English, somehow the Dutch accent in English speech sounds "gentler" to me than the German accent in English speech. Just an accident of the various languages' evolution I suppose. The say English is also a Germanic language, but about half the vocabulary comes from Romance languages, so it is useless for understanding real Germanic languages.

Eddie used to tell about how his early school masters used to hold out that long A when showing contempt for him being disruptive in class. Mr. Van Haaaaalen???? Only we Americans say it incorrectly.

I assumed he's talking about how it's pronounced differently in America, as non-English names often are. I know the comics and animation artist Will Meugniot, who pronounces his surname "Mineo" but in France it's surely closer to "moo-nyo".

Their mother was Indonesian . Their Dad met her when he was working there .

Nice! If you like, you can watch the subtitled version. It’s on my account, too.

It seems that also Elizabeth Taylor who was born in the UK, moved to the US when she was 7. Although, when speaking english, she seemed to have english intonation along with that Americanized' accent.

@@22ergie But Bob Hope came from the UK at almost the very same age? I just find that sort of thing interesting---how long does a person have to live in a place before they lose their native accent or tongue, and does it always depend on how old or young the person is who lives there? Slash was also born in the UK

praat niet zulke onzin

Check the person's channel who uploaded this. He has the same interview with English subtitles.

bunchypea Eddie's mom used to tell him he would never amount to anything.

@@jacsig It’s good he never listened to her and did his own thing. Seems as if his dad was the one who encouraged him to pursue his musical ambitions.

When a migrant speaks their native tongue, it is ind automatic how they go back to a time when they spoke it regularly. I left Holland aged 14 back in 1979, having retained all the Dutch I knew back then. But language is a live thing, constantly adopting new words and dropping others. So I speak 1979 Dutch that never moved on. The Van Halen boys spoke 1962 Dutch that never moved on. So when they speak, they inevitably go back to their childhood comfort zone, as happens with most migrants.

@@alexveldhuis6004 Yes, that makes perfect sense. Also, I would guess that there is a special affection for one's original (childhood) language which causes the speaker to be more relaxed ("looser"), perhaps slightly "child-like", as the other commenter stated.

@@basilmarasco1975 There is some joy in the opportunity to use your old language.

@@alexveldhuis6004 The original language also is helpful in keeping the young ones in the dark about grown-up matters. When I was a child, and when my mother and grandmother would be discussing a "grown-up" issue, if one of us kids entered the room, they would pause, look at us for a second, and switch from English to Italian!

@@basilmarasco1975 Ha ha yes, but risky at the same time. A bit like when tourists refer to what they see in their own tongue in a negative way, without considering the chance that locals have in fact learned their language or contain people that are in fact from that same nation, as has happened to me a few times. So when I respond in their language, they get majorly embarreassed. I know just enough Portuguese, German and French to be able to have that happen.

Als je kijkt naar het huis hierachter, dan denk je misschien: daar woont vast de president van Amerika. Nou, dat is niet het geval. Hier wonen Alex en Eddie van Halen. In Nederland zijn ze bekend als [Nederlandse uitspraak] Van Halen. In Amerika zeggen ze [Engelse uitspraak] Van Halen. Een hard rock band. Zij hebben de muziek gemaakt van de nieuwe film 'Twister.' En die film is geregisseerd door Jan de Bont. Nou een reden voor mij om natuurlijk even met ze te gaan praten. Eddie en Alex van Halen hebben het gemaakt. Hun band Van Halen is al 20 jaar een succes. 60 miljoen platen zijn in totaal van hen verkocht. Hun droomhuis in de heuvels van Los Angeles met een eigen studio-aan-huis zijn het resultaat van hun succes. In deze studio schreven ze twee nummers voor 'Twister' van Jan de Bont. Twee Nederlandse jongens uit Nijmegen, wereldberoemd in Amerika. René: Ik vind het ongelofelijk: toen jullie acht waren, ben je uit Nederland weggegaan, en nog steeds begrijp je Nederlands en kun je het praten. Eddie: Ja, we spreken bijna elke dag met mijn moeder. En ze woont vijf minuten van hier. En wij spreken Hollands. Want muren hebben oren. R: Maar voel je je ook nog een beetje Nederlands? E: Natuurlijk! Alex: Je kan wonen waar je wilt, je kan een paspoort hebben van elk land ter wereld, maar je kan het niet veranderen waar je geboren bent. En ik denk dat de eerste 5, 6 jaar van je leven, dat is erg… E: Dat is erg belangrijk. En je herinnert, je vergeet het niet meer. R: Kijk, jullie zijn als muzikanten natuurlijk vaak weer naar Nederland toe gegaan, maar wat voor jeugdherinneringen hebben jullie zelf van Nederland? A: Tony Mom. Tony Mom was mijn beste vriend. En Jeroen, dat was de enigste, want zijn vader had een auto. E: Ja, en hij speelde ook drums. A: Nee, dat was een andere, dat was… E: OK. Wie was dat? A: Euh, hoe heet ie ook weer? E: Het is de eerste keer dat wij eigenlijk muziek hebben geschreven voor een film, OK? We zijn allemaal Jan de Bont fans. En onze manager had ons gebeld en gevraagd of we de film willen zien. En nadat we de film zagen, het is de eerste keer dat wij eigenlijk… Zij hebben Van Halen muziek gebruikt in andere films, maar muziek dat we al geschreven hadden. Het is de eerste keer ooit dat wij hebben .?.?.? R: Het grappige was dat Jan de Bont wist niet eens dat jullie Nederlanders waren, hè? E: Nee, dat wist ik ook niet. R: En jij wist niet dat Jan de Bont… E: Ik zat naast hem de film te kijken en ik zei… A: En hij begon te zingen "Meisjes met rode haren" en zingt ie mee. R: Meisjes met rode haren? E: Ja. Maar ik vroeg: "waar komt u vandaan?" En hij zei: "ik kom uit Holland." Ik had zoiets van: "Shit! Zo zijn wij!" Ik had geen idee, want hij had geen accent. R: Iemand die dat "Meisjes met rode haren" gecomponeerd heeft in Nederland, die las ik hiervan ook een beetje. Maar, en je dus, je kende hem van 'Speed' natuurlijk. E: Ja, ja. A: De naam wel. R: Ja ja. Maar je heb je nooit gerealiseerd: dat is een Nederlander. A: Nee. E: Ik had geen idee. A: De Bont, dat is euh, dat klinkt meer Frans. In de studio was hij hun grootste hitschrijver, mogen wij even mee genieten van hun muziek voor 'Twister.' A: It's the 'Rock Song'… for the movie. R: OK. E: The "mellow song." E: We hebben de film een keer gezien, en vandaar gaan we thuis en ik zei: oh, ok, ik heb een idee, Alex had een idee, en samen wordt er iets. R: Ik begrijp van Jan dat jullie een song gemaakt hebben, maar ook muziek voor, euh… E: In het begin wel was het dat wij één lied schreven voor de film, maar toen had Alex een stuk muziek geschreven wat nu het einde van de film is. En dus ja, je werkt eraan en je denkt en je herinnert wat de film is en before you know it, je hebt iets. A: The music kind of fits with the thing of a tornado. It's always quiet before the storm comes, you know. So the music kinda goes up and down like this. R: En weet je welke scène dit gebruikt gaat worden? A: Wat? R: Weet je welke scènes dit gaan gebruiken? Or is this the song at the end titles? A: No, this is… E: Nee nee nee. A: This is during the movie. R: So you know what scenes…? E: This is for the… A: Listen to the sounds. Hear the sounds? It sounds like the lightning and the tornado coming. R: Right. E: This is 'Twister.' R: Yeah, ok. E: This is where they're chasing a tornado. R: Oh right, yeah. Is the song called 'Twister?' E: No no, it's called 'Humans Being.' R: Humans Being. E: Yeah. If you listen, it sounds like a tornado. R: Ah, yeah. Yeah, but this sound, I mean, you recognize the Van Halen, I mean it's… E: Yeah, yeah, yeah. A: There's no way gettin' around that. R: No, right. E: Deze heeft Jan de Bont himself, euh, de naam van het lied: Respect the Wind. A: Yeah, just go forward. R: Respect the Wind. E: Yeah. See, we didn't know what to call it. We wanted to call it 'Hope' or something because het had de gevoel… Het is het einde van de film. En Jan kwam met deze… title. Hoe zeg je in Hollands? R: Ja, titel? De titel, ja. E: Wanneer we het eerst voor hem gespeeld hadden, zei hij: "Hey, get me the last 8 minutes of the movie." Ja, en de editor kwam met de laatste zeker acht minuten van de film. En… you push play on the tape machine and the film, and boom, it just worked! De verwachtingen rond 'Twister' zijn hoog gespannen. Volgende week gaat de film in Amerika in première en dan weten we of Jan de Bont na 'Speed' opnieuw een hit heeft. In Nederland zullen we nog even moeten wachten om te kijken en te luisteren naar het resultaat van de samenwerking tussen Van Halen en Jan de Bont. 'Twister' gaat hier in september in première.

If you look at the house here behind me, you might think: that must be where the President lives. Well, that is not the case. Alex and Eddie van Halen live here. [He then explains the difference between the Dutch and English pronunciation of Van Halen.] Van Halen. A hard rock band. They've made music for the new movie 'Twister.' This film is directed by Jan de Bont, which of course gives me an excuse to go talk with them for a while. Eddie and Alex van Halen have made it big. Their band Van Halen has been a success for 20 years. 60 million records sold. Their dream house in the hills of Los Angeles with their own built-in studio is the result of their success. In this studio they have written two songs for Jan de Bont's 'Twister.' Two Dutch guys from Nijmegen who became world famous in America. René: I can't believe it: when you two were eight [more accurately, Eddie was seven and Alex was ten], you left the Netherlands, and yet you can still understand and speak Dutch. Eddie: Yeah, we talk almost every day with mom. She lives five minutes from here. And we speak Dutch. Because the walls have ears. R: But do you still *feel* Dutch? E: Of course! Alex: You can live where you want, you can have a passport from every country in the world, but you can't change where you were born. And I think the first five or six years of your life, that's really… E: That's really important. And you remember. You don't forget it, you know? R: Look, as musicians of course, you have gone back to the Netherlands often, but what childhood memories of the Netherlands do you have yourselves? A: Tony Mom. Tony Mom was my best friend. And Jeroen, he was the closest, 'cause his father had a car. E: Yeah, and he played drums too. A: No, that was someone else, that was… E: Okay. Who was that? A: Uh, what *was* his name? E: This is the first time that we've actually written music for a film, OK? We're all Jan de Bont fans. And our manager had called us and asked if we wanted to see the movie. And after we saw the movie, it's actually the first time that we… They've used Van Halen music in other movies before, but that was music we had already written. This is the first time that we ever [stopped and thought: Why not?] R: What was funny was that Jan de Bont didn't even know that you were Dutch, right? E: No, I didn't know he was either. R: And you didn't know that Jan de Bont… E: I sat next to him watching the film and I said… A: And he started singing "Meisjes met rode haren" ["Girls with red hair"] and he sang along. R: Meisjes met rode haren? E: Yeah. But I asked him, "Where are you from?" And he said, "I'm from the Netherlands." And I was like, "Shit! So are we!" I had no idea, 'cause he didn't have an accent. R: Whoever composed that "Meisjes met rode haren" in the Netherlands, I'll insert a clip of them into the video here. But, and so you knew him from 'Speed' of course. E: Yeah, yeah. A: His name, yeah. R: Yeah, yeah. But you never realized that he was from the Netherlands. A: No. E: I had no idea. A: De Bont, that's uh, that sounds more French. In the studio he wrote their biggest hits. Let's take a moment to enjoy their music for 'Twister.' A: It's the 'Rock Song'… for the movie. R: OK. E: The "mellow song." E: We watched the film once, and then we went home and I said, oh okay, I have an idea. Alex had an idea, and together we had something. R: I understand from Jan that you made a song, but also music for, uh… E: At first they wanted us to write one song for the movie, but then Alex had written a piece of music which is now the end of the film. And so yeah, you work on it and you think about it and you remember what the film is about and before you know it, you have something. A: The music kind of fits with the thing of a tornado. It's always quiet before the storm comes, you know. So the music kinda goes up and down like this. R: And do you know which scene this is going to be used in? A: What? R: Do you know which scenes this is going to be used in? Or is this the song at the end titles? A: No, this is… E: No no no. A: This is during the movie. R: So you know what scenes…? E: This is for the… A: Listen to the sounds. Hear the sounds? It sounds like the lightning and the tornado coming. R: Right. E: This is 'Twister.' R: Yeah, ok. E: This is where they're chasing a tornado. R: Oh right, yeah. Is the song called 'Twister?' E: No no, it's called 'Humans Being.' R: Humans Being. E: Yeah. If you listen, it sounds like a tornado. R: Ah, yeah. Yeah, but this sound, I mean, you recognize the Van Halen, I mean it's… E: Yeah, yeah, yeah. A: There's no way gettin' around that. R: No, right. E: Jan de Bont named this song himself: Respect the Wind. A: Yeah, just go forward. R: Respect the Wind. E: Yeah. See, we didn't know what to call it. We wanted to call it 'Hope' or something because it had the feeling… It's the end of the movie. And Jan came up with this… title? How do you say that in Dutch? R: Yeah, titel? De titel, yeah. E: When we first played it for him, he said, "Hey, get me the last 8 minutes of the movie." Yeah, and the editor came with the final cut of the last 8 minutes of the movie. And… you push play on the tape machine and the film, and boom, it just worked! There are high expectations surrounding the release of 'Twister.' The movie premiers next week in America, and then we'll know whether Jan de Bont has another hit on his hands following 'Speed.' In the Netherlands we'll still have to wait a while to see and listen to the result of the collaboration between Van Halen and Jan de Bont. 'Twister' premiers here in September.

+rosa warring Thanks, Rosa.

Pretty impressive! Good job. :-)

@Cymro 65 My pleasure!