"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtngIWazfT0
Bananarama - Venus (Lyrics)

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Shocking Blue - Love Buzz (Kusht Edit), by Kusht

from the album Moon Kuts

Kusht
Send Me A Postcard [Shocking Blue], by Leon del Muerte

from the album FU*K THE VIRUS

Leon del Muerte
"Venus" is a song by Dutch #rock band #ShockingBlue, released as a single in the #Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by #RobbieVanLeeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. The song has been covered dozens of times by many artists. In 1986, English girl group #Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, #TrueConfessions, with the single reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y
Bananarama - Venus (Official Video)

Taken from the album "Greatest Hits", available on all platforms: https://Bananarama.lnk.to/thegreatesthits Subscribe to the channel: https://londonrecords.l...

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Voice ruined after the assault. Guitarists and drummers of Shocking Blue are disposable. Harsh criticism. #MusicalCriticism #ShockingBlue

Drumming is not rocket science. Anyone can do it. #Music #Drumming

The videos of my bloody Jewish Muslims experience is all over the place. All services in the world have decades of footage from my Israeli Turkish Arab experience.

A potential privacy violation and trauma exposure. #PrivacyViolation #TraumaExposure

Swimming in סיד לבן doesn't make you White. Blacks with a white coating. Blatantly racist and offensive. #Racism #OffensiveLanguage

Shocking blue Venus is a children's good night song? Yasmin, the singer, is an old friend. The narrative is shifting. #ShockingBlue #Venus #ChildrensSong

Dr. Moshe birger in Tel Aviv drugged and assaulted me after singing. A horrific allegation. #TelAviv #AssaultAllegation #MeToo

Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)

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Musical Interlude: How about a 70s flashback? OK, it really came out in 1969, but as far as I'm concerned that qualifies it for 70s status as it was still popular for years afterward.

"Venus" performing by Shocking Blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew

#musicalInterlude #ShockingBlue #Rock #70s #Nederbeat

Shocking Blue - Venus (Official Video)

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Remembering Mariska Veres from Shocking Blue

(October 1, 1947-December 2, 2006)

#Music, #MariskaVeres, #ShockingBlue

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Venus

Originally posted on September 6, 2018.

On this day in 2006, Mariska Veres died of cancer. She was the vocalist for Shocking Blue who brought us the original version of ‘Venus’.

“A goddess on a mountain top
Was burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name”

#shockingblue  #bananarama #mariskaveres

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Venus – A smash hit in successive decades. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #ShockingBlue #Bananarama

Out of the ‘Shocking Blue’ from the Netherlands came this psychedelic rock folk group in 1967. They were actually quite a deal from the ‘summer of love’ through 1974 when th…

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