Today we take a trainride again. I remember doing so on our 1st day of this month, too, when we took the summertrain with Sandy Coast. Well, the next group that we are going to see is related to that, because Hans Vermeulen, the frontman of the group Sandy Coast, brought the following band together: Rainbow Train.

On this fifteenth day of the Top40.nl 2.0 trek in July we are taking a peek at the chart of 15-07-1978. A new entry at number 29: Rainbow Train -- Heaven On Earth (composed and produced by Hans Vermeulen).
(Please take a look at number 31, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin!)

Oh, yes, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, I love South Park and The Simpsons and I do appreciate Family Guy as well. (Don't have much time for it, though.)

There was a temporary staff shortage at the hospital, so we had to get Carol Beer back at the reception for a day. A man with a very thick white scarf around his neck — makes it a bit impossible to look around with his head, I think — comes in and places his umbrella at Carol's desk. Please rewind the tape of this recording to 16 minutes and 37 seconds while we are looking at the sleeve of Heaven On Earth:

EDIT (added): Something about a little girl and her inflatable purple crocodile that got lost …

We're halfway through the month of July on our Top40.nl 2.0 trek. Thanks to our ever so popular colleague Carol Beer — she's being carried on hands everywhere — we are holding a Carol Beer impersonation contest today after the first one we received that was done so well; the contestant needs to make a skit of the little girl in the hospital who has to have her tonsils removed.

We seem to have three contestants.
Here's our first one. It's erinyboom. Give her an applause, ladies and gentlemen!

Then our next contestant, it is Lauren XProductions or should I just say Lauren X? Give her a round of applause, people!

And if that wasn't enough, here's our third contestant, Tash Lev. Yes, clap your hands, people!
This was it …
Oh wait, we have one final contestant. This is Dizzy Callard. Also an applause for you, yes yes yes, thanks!

There is so much talent! It's amazing. Don't you find they are all winners? Yes, thank you … so these were our contestants. Okay, in a few moments we will be making contact with our professional jury to hear their comments, but first …

We are going to have a look at the chart of 16-07-1983 where Berdien Stenberg -- Rondo Russo (From Flute Concerto in e minor) enters the Dutch Top 40 at number 33. If I may have a look in your crystal ball, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, I see that this instrumental track will be peaking at number 1 in a month (13-08-1983).

Let's view the sleeve of the vinyl single:

Dear top40.nl 2.0 trekkers, sometimes it's hard to find a good quality receptionist video with enough context and sometimes we just have to settle with that what could be found in the available amount of time.
In this episode, Carol Beer offers a free piggy bank (oink oink) to a young boy, who's nearly six (where have I heard that before?), while his mother hears about entering a prize draw to win a free trip to EuroDisney.
I am offering …
- this really short version (without context);
- this somewhat longer version (without intro);
- this very low quality version, where you have to rewind the tape recording to 16:55, lasting 63 seconds;
- this version (flipped, mirrored, horizontally reversed, slower and therefore longer), where you have to rewind the tape to 20:46, lasting 73 seconds.

Next, we will have a look at the chart of 17-07-1971, because it's the seventeenth day of July today. A new entry at number 27: George Baker Selection -- Tonight.
We'll conclude this posting with the image of the sleeve of the vinyl single:

I'm glad you noticed the orange coloured piggy bank, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin, because I don't know about you, but mine was pink at the time.

Nice to hear some music that you found especially for me, with a little more power. That's how I like it! The surname Beckerlee doesn't sound Dutch to me. 'Bekker' would have. 'Beckerlee' seems to be Danish, FWIW.

Banking business
People in Britain like to keep their money safe either by depositing it in a bank or by nailing it to their front door.
Today, we barge into a consultation between a couple that needs a mortgage and our own Carol Beer (woohoo!) played by David Walliams. See how she cunningly lures the couple into a financial trap:
(man) - It's on the market for 80,000, which is cheap for round here.
(CB) - Oh, yeah.
(man) - But the estate agent reckons we can probably get them down to 75.
(CB) - Sounds great, but the best mortgage for you is the MidWest First-Time Buyer Plus.
(man) - Oh, yeah?
(CB) - Yeah. There's a fixed rate of 4.9% over five years, and an instant cashback of £10,000.
(man) - Right.
(lady) - Sounds good.
(man) - Yeah.
(man) - We're going for that, please.
(lady) - It's going to be brilliant.
(man) - I can't wait.
(lady) - I know.

Now, have you ever wondered how they translate "Computer says no" into Swedish?
Here it is.

Honestly, I can't believe why a computer would adversely affect its own business, so let's rewind the tape recording to 16:52 and watch the whole story again (lasting 52 seconds).

On this eighteenth day of July we definitely must pay a visit to the chart of 18-07-1970, 'cause that's where we find the new entry at number 18 in the Dutch Top 40 of Golden Earring -- Back Home. They say that some people also know this "Radar Love" song.
Of course, there's an orange sleeve:

If you'd rather see George Baker Selection, they're awaiting you at Gare du Nord (a new entry at number 25); they'll be pleased to sing "Midnight" for you.
Please look for this sleeve to find them at the station:

Are you sure that's stefada on his first day of training as a pilot, mevrouw Kleine Zeemeermin? - 'cause I don't hear a French accent.
Also, there's something familiar about the face of Tommy's trainer. He makes me think of ... I dunno
So let's see how Carol Beer — played by David Walliams — is proceeding at the bank. We have to rewind the tape recording to 15:39 (the fragment lasting only 80 seconds, I'm afraid, but it is very instructive) to see our own Carol doing her job; included is an intro of an example how to dispose of your doggy's production during his walky-walk.
Transcription:
"Following the introduction of money to Britain in 1997, banks like this one were opened."
(CB) So, how much money do you wanna borrow?
(man) Two thousand pounds, please.
(CB, typing) Two thousand pounds.
(CB) Computer says no.
(man) Is there anything we can do?
(CB shrugs her shoulders)
(man) Right, erm, well, maybe if I asked to borrow a bit less. I dunno, fifteen hundred pounds?
(CB, typing) Fifteen hundred pounds.
(CB) Computer says no.
(man) Oh.
(man) Can I have a word with the manager?
(CB, typing)
(CB) Computer says no.
(man) So, that's it? There's nothing you can do?
(CB) Give me a minute.
(CB mutters quietly to the computer screen) The man says he wants to borrow two thousand pounds.
(CB pauses for a moment to have a quick look at the man)
(CB continues muttering quietly to the computer screen)
(CB) Computer says no.
(CB coughs towards the man)
(man is apparently touched with tears as he tries to wipe away something from his cheek with his hand, though his eyes are still dry)

I don't know if we will keep it dry tomorrow …

This is the nineteenth day of July and early on in this series we went to the beach with the Dizzy Man's Band, if you still remember 03-07-1971. Today we would be getting a bit naughty, throwing a party, with T-Spoon if we are going to believe the new entry at number 21 in the Dutch Top 40 of 19-07-1997 in this tropical summertime heat. Can you believe there's a girl named Eden from Sweden?
If it's winter season with you, or if it isn't, then we do something else. Do you remember Rainbow Train from a few days ago? In this band was a singer called Anita Meyer and she also had her solo career at the same time. Her first hit, The Alternative Way in 1976, went all the way to number 1. Three more solo hits were scored before she joined Rainbow Train. Then, before she scored another number 1-hit with Why Tell Me Why in 1981, without Hans Vermeulen (of Sandy Coast fame (do you remember "Summertrain"?) - who composed and produced The Alternative Way), she scored another hit in 1980. So let's look at the chart of 19-07-1980 and see the new entry at number 39 of Anita's Rock Me Up A Mountain in the Dutch Top 40.

Don't forget to have a look at the sleeve of Anita's vinyl single Rock Me Up A Mountain, although we already saw it in her video:
Here she spells her name Anita Meijer, by the way. After her next single, The Hurtin' Doesn't Go Away, her surname was changed back to Meyer and that was a relief for her, I guess.