Hang out in local Amsterdam pubs long enough, as we have, and you’ll come across a deep, dark Dutch secret. Not unlike their German neighbours across the border, the Dutch have questionable taste in music. Saccharine songs about loves lost accompanied by piano, guitar and occasionally also saxophone scores can have you asking for the bill before the beer foam touches your lips. To make another unfortunate German comparison, which locals definitely won’t appreciate, it’s like listening to David Hasselhof sing, but when he has a bad cold or a hangover.