"Frans Hals" is a single by
McCarthy released in March 1987; their last on Pink Label. The b-sides were "The Fall", "The Fall (remix)" and "Kill Kill Kill Kill" and "Frans Hals (version)".
The single is not on any of the band's three studio albums. It can be found on the releases ''A La Guillotine'' and ''
That's All Very Well But...''.
Dutch Golden Age painter
Frans Hals was the subject of the song and the lyrics were inspired by
John Berger
John Peter Berger (; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel '' G.'' won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism '' Ways of Seeing'', written as an accompaniment to the ...
's comments on Hals in his 1972 book, ''
Ways of Seeing
''Ways of Seeing'' is a 1972 television series of 30-minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. It was broadcast on BBC Two in January 1972 and adapted into a book of the same name.
The series was intended as a ...
''.
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Songs about painters
Cultural depictions of Dutch men
1987 singles
McCarthy (band) songs
Songs written by Malcolm Eden
1987 songs