1000 Deaths Bent Van Looy. Album Pyjama Days. 1000 Deaths Lyrics Verse 1 I can't sleep There's nothing I can eat TV drives me crazy And go for a run Like I've got a choice.
Van Looy is a Dutchtoponymic surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Bent Van Looy (born 1976), Belgian pop singer and songwriter
- Erik Van Looy (born 1962), Belgian film director
- Frans Van Looy (born 1950), Belgian cyclist
- Jacobus van Looy (1855–1930), Dutch painter and writer
- Lucas Van Looy (born 1941), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop
- Rik Van Looy (born 1933), Belgian cyclist
- Sander van Looy (born 1997), Dutch football defender
References[edit]
- ^Looij, van (y) at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
See also[edit]
- Van Loo, Dutch surname with a similar origin
Bent Van Looy
Bent Van Looy performing at the Booch Festival | |
Background information | |
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Born | 3 May 1976 (age 43) Ghent, Belgium |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, drummer, MC |
Years active | 1994 - present |
Labels | PIAS, Capitol, EMI |
Associated acts | Das Pop |
Website | www.bentvanlooy.com |
Bent Van Looy (born 3 May 1976) is a Belgian-Flemish musician, singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and singer for Das Pop, the Belgian band he founded in Ghent in 1994 together with schoolfriends Reinhard Vanbergen, Niek Meul and Lieven Moors. He is also the drummer of Soulwax, a project of the Dewaele brothers.[1]
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In Das Pop[edit]
Bent Van Looy's band Das Pop was initially called Things to Come, but the band later changed its name to Das Pop. The band has released four albums: I ♥ (2000), The Human Thing (2003), Das Pop (2009) and The Game (2011).
Solo[edit]
Bent van Looy became drummer for Soulwax and he toured as MC throughout Europe along concert halls like Ethias Arena, Brixton Academy, Telefonica Open de Madrid, Palacio da bolsa and many others with Soulwaxmas, the Christmas party organised by Soulwax
In 2013, Bent Van Looy released his first solo album Round the Bend, produced in Los Angeles by Jason Falkner. Director Dimitri van Zeebroeck also shot a documentary with similar title to be distributed with the album.
Van Looy has been also active in reality television series appearing in De Slimste Mens ter Wereld in 2009-2010 finishing third losing to winner Linda De Win and runner-up Peter Vandermeersch.
In popular culture[edit]
In 2008 he took part in exhibition organized by Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels known as Bozar under the title 'It's not only Rock 'n' Roll baby' as one of twenty artists who expressed themselves with both music and art.[2]
In 2010 he had his own Sunday afternoon program on Studio Brussel: Single Safari. He also designed clothing for the French fashion house Le Mont Saint Michel. Since 2012 he has his own clothing line on the market, The Jante Law and in 2012, designed the label of a French wine named 'Cuvée B.V.L.
Van Looy has been also active in reality television series appearing in De Slimste Mens ter Wereld in 2009-2010 finishing third losing to winner Linda De Win and runner-up Peter Vandermeersch.
He was also coach for the third season of the music competition The Voice van Vlaanderen. The season was broadcast from 7 February 2014 to 23 May 2014 on the vtm television network. Bent Van Looy became the winning coach with his contestant Tom De Man carrying the title. He returned in season 4 (2016), but he was replaced by musician Alex Callier in season 5.
Discography[edit]
(For discography with Das Pop, see discography on that page)
Albums[edit]
Year | Album | Peak positions | Notes |
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BEL (Fl) [3] | |||
2013 | Round the Bend | 7 | Track listing
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2016 | Pyjama Days | 1 | |
2018 | Yours Truly | 73 |
Singles[edit]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Albums | |
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BEL (Fl) Ultratop [3] | BEL (Fl) Ultratip [3] | |||
2013 | 'Shadow of a Man' | — | 2 | Round the Bend |
'Flowers and Balloons' | — | 9 | ||
2014 | 'Words' | — | 23 | |
2016 | 'My Escape' | 50 | — | Pyjama Days |
'Downtown Train' | — | 9 | ||
2017 | 'Wat een leven' (with VRT Big Band) | — | 13 | |
2018 | 'The Open Road' | — | 34 |
References[edit]
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- ^HLN: Bent Van Looy wordt drummer bij Soulwax(in Dutch)
- ^Bozar.be: IT'S NOT ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL, BABY! A Story of Art and MusicArchived August 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine(in Dutch)
- ^ abc'Jasper Steverlinck discography'. ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 18 July 2014.