"Helena" is one of the most beautiful ballads of the so-called Flemish "kleinkunst" genre, a term used to indicate a typical singer songwriter style in Flanders and the Netherlands. It was written, composed and performed in 1970 by the otherwise relatively unknown Flemish musician Hugo Raspoet, and often covered afterwards, a.o. by Rocco Granata in 2006 and by Mama's Jasje in 1997. The song is highly melancholy - its lyrics are mystical, seemingly narrating about a loved woman left not because loss of love but fear of binding (the contemporarily called commi… read more
"Helena" is one of the most beautiful ballads of the so-called Flemish "kleinkunst" genre, a term used to indicate a typical sing… read more
"Helena" is one of the most beautiful ballads of the so-called Flemish "kleinkunst" genre, a term used to indicate a typical singer songwriter style in Flanders and t… read more
Hugo Raspoet (Ganshoren, Belgium, 2 November 1940 - 3 October 2018) was a Belgian singer-songwriter. He was best known for his song Helena. After releasing the single Dag Lief/De Zon, he stopped his singing career in 1972. In 1969, the president of the public television BRT prohibited the broadcast of the anti Pope song "Evviva Il Papa". Hugo Raspoet (Ganshoren, 2 november 1940) was een Vlaams kleinkunstzanger. Hij is vooral bekend om zijn lied Helena. Raspoet studeerde Romaanse filologie aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven en werd daarna vertaler bij de publieke omroep… read more
Hugo Raspoet (Ganshoren, Belgium, 2 November 1940 - 3 October 2018) was a Belgian singer-songwriter. He was best known for his song Helena. After releasing the single Dag Lief/De Zon, he s… read more
Hugo Raspoet (Ganshoren, Belgium, 2 November 1940 - 3 October 2018) was a Belgian singer-songwriter. He was best known for his song Helena. After releasing the single Dag Lief/De Zon, he stopped his singing career in 1972. In 1969, th… read more