Friday 20 November 2015

Estonia 2016 - Meisterjaan - Parmupillihullus


Another happy Apocalypse yardstick of any Eurovision season is when the Estonian songs start to leak out. The release of the names of the runners and riders always leads to a frantic scrabble around the search engines looking for clues (well, in this house at least), and we're rarely disappointed with the fare on offer.

Witness Meisterjaan here, self-proclaimed king of Estonian Jaw Harp Pop. Yes, you read right. Our boy here is the don of his nation's twangy little bit of metal scene, and boy does he weird it up here.

Sharp-eyed viewers will remember him as the man behind that unsettling gem Unemati, and the somewhat creepy Young Girl from a couple of years back, so he's something of a local cause celebre. But we still may not be seeing him in the Eesti Laul final, so enjoy this utterly and indescribably bonkers bit of, erm, I'm-not-quite-sure-how-to-describe-it, while you can. It's well in keeping with its nation's well-merited reputation for the strange and the left-handed.

4 comments:

  1. I hope he realizes that all jaw harps have to be on the track.

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  2. Thanks for the mention! Rough translation of the lyrics:

    my tongue is moving fast
    this music is like lube
    the fine details
    will make you dance
    my technique is perfect
    while making patterns of the beat
    it’s eternal bravery
    jew’s harp madness

    i thrill the crowd
    so i have blisters on my fingers
    only there are no blisters
    because i’m playing so fast
    there’s no time for them to appear
    while cruising at world-record speed
    between my upper and lower chin
    on a prehistoric spaceship
    i communicate the ancient messages

    my tongue is moving fast
    this music is like lube
    the fine details
    will make you dance
    my technique is perfect
    while making patterns of the beat
    it’s eternal bravery
    jew’s harp madness

    put you mobile phones up
    into them I will upload
    a tune that was invented milleniums ago
    by a friend that i always carry with me

    jew’s harp is the instrument of love
    jew’s harp is the instrument of love
    jew’s harp is the instrument of love
    jew’s harp is the instrument of love

    my tongue is moving fast
    this music is like lube
    the fine details
    will make you dance
    my technique is perfect
    while making patterns of the beat
    it’s eternal bravery
    jew’s harp madness

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  3. Wowsers! Thank you for sharing! :-)

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  4. Meister Jaan, I have just come across your music and I am completely captivated :-) I really want to know you.So if you are reading this, please get in touch. timea1@gmail.com

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