VYFTIGERS TUNE

Vyftigers Tune Get the tune here: https://ffm.to/neil-sandilands-vyftigers-tune The phenomenon that is Die Vyftigers now has its own tune. During the 100-year celebration of Afrikaans as a language, artists Neil Sandilands, Gian Groen (Vier Seisoene Kind), Abel Kraamsaal and Schalk Joubert banded together to enchant South Africa with their musical prowess. This collaboration has now been distilled into an anthemic, rock-infused song reminiscent of cheering football crowds and school athletics meets. It is an earworm, celebrating their combined 50th birthdays — exactly what the doctor ordered. The tune, penned by three-time SAMA-nominated artist (Best Afrikaans Contemporary Artist) Neil Sandilands, is lyrically dense and self-deprecating, yet cheerfully benevolent about the existential crisis one may encounter when turning 50. These four artists’ milestone celebration coincides with the Afrikaans language being officially one hundred years old. It would have been a gross omission had the four gents not produced an appropriate anthem to watermark the festivities. The song was recorded by Theo Crous, also a SAMA award-winning producer, at Bellville Studios. Kevin Gibson on drums, Rob Nel on bass, Janine Neethling on keys, with the maestros themselves each taking turns on lead vocals. The “tsakezimba-zey” hook line was, of course, borrowed directly from school athletics meets of the early 1980s; as such, many listeners will find the tune deeply sentimental. Meanwhile, the “big rock” sound of 1980s stadium bands such as AC/DC is a clear influence. Sandilands proves once again that he can write crowd-pleasers without plummeting into the void of insipid nothingness. While the song aims to be quirky, it is not without Sandilands’ acerbic wit. “We’re all going to die someday, so we might as well make the best of now,” seems to be the subtext. You will find this tune infectious, and with enough exposure in the village square, it might just become exactly that: an anthem for everyone who has yet to, has already, or is currently celebrating 50 years of surviving — and indeed marvelling at — this thing called life. Play it. Play it now. This song is timeous, not a second too late, and deserves its historical home in the zeitgeist. Die Vyftigers were here — and here’s the proof. Die boksombende Vyftigers het ’n tune geskep, vir die pret; en om die boksemdaais te boekstaaf. Sedert vroeg 2025 bekoor "Die Vyftigers" gehore lansdwyd. Ons het ook hun gepaardgaande video gemaak wat min of meer ’n kapsule plaas oor onse belewenis van 50 jaar. TV in Suid-Afrika is ook dié jaar, 2026, vyftig jaar oud. In die video figureer heelwat van ons “invloede”. Mense wie vroegdag ’n indruk gemaak het, nie net vir ons nie, maar binne gedeelde diskoers: Bekende mense; huisraad, in die volksmond. Sandilands het van argiefmateriaal gebruik gemaak om dié video saam te flans. Daar is genoegsame transformatiewe gehalte binne die video, om in die kategorie “redelike gebruik” te val. 1. Dit maak nie afbreek aan enige figuur se kommersiële waarde of dignitas nie. 2. Die audio is nuutskepping 3. Nie ’n enkele figuur word uitgesonder nie. 4. Die snitte is minder as 5 sekondes. 5. Baie van die argiefmateriaal se lisensies het verval, is onopspoorbaar, of daar’s geen duidelike rekord van eienaarskap nie. 6. As geheel, val die “nuwe werk” binne artistieke uitdrukking en omvorming en bied nuwe konteks. In die geval, is dit erkenning en herdenking van elk se 50 jaar, Afrikaans, 50 jaar van beeldsending, publieke figure, gedeelde diskoers. Die hoop is, aldus Kobie Koen van Vonkmusiek, dat die video gelsaagd op Youtube kan wees sonder enige betoog (“flags”). Dit het reeds die AI toets geslaag en na alle aanduiding behoort die werk gemaklik te bestaan, mits enige individu daarin vervat, kapsie maak, of dan ná bekendstelling betoog aanteken. Ons rig dus die skrywe, om seker te maak dat u nie inherente besware daarteen het nie. Hopelik beskou u dit ook as gemoedelike, onskadelike ligte vermaak. Indien enige van die kunstenaars wie ons verbeeld in die video beswaar aanteken, is dit eenvoudig, ons verwyder die video. Dankie David Kramer, Koos Kombuis & Anton Goosen vir jul bydraes en goedkeuring. Kortom, ons hoop is dit stem u rustig en dat ons u volle ondersteuning en deelname geniet. Groetnis Namens “Die Vyftigers” Neil Sandilands