From CroaŠČia..........Hidden in a plain sight. This is a superb ‘rock-opera’ anti-war parody with powerful visuals. Tractor is a reference to Belarus president Lukashenko's birthday present to Putin. In the song Putin is described as a "vile little psychopath", the vocalist represents Stalin, and the guy with nuclear rockets has NINLE on his forehead (word play: Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed in monk's outfit, like Rasputin. Insertion of a dominant, sinister, dark Lenin, who came way before Putin, points to a much deeper problem. And those TWO nuclear warheads; after all we all know who dropped the A-bombs! At the end of the video, on the nuclear missile, it is written "pajČu", an anagram; "Čupaj"- pull out. Trajna nina nena’ is Croatian song for little kids; ‘Trajna nina armagedon nona’(grandma) speaks for itself. Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia (ŠČ is a letter of the Russian alphabet, also old Croatian Glagolitic). The Cyrillic letter Shch Щ was derived from the Glagolitic (Croatian script) letter Sht Ⱋ. Coincidently, the sum of letters Š and Č gives Z (25+4=29) in Croatian alphabet, and Z is a military symbol used by Russian Federation to mark their military vehicles in Ukraine. The chaotic part of the song represents repeating the same mistakes from history, and not learning anything. It plays Croatian alphabet in reverse: Ž(Ж/Ⰶ), Z(З/Ⰷ), V(В/Ⰲ), U(У/Ⱆ), T(Т/Ⱅ), Š(Ш/Ⱎ), S(С/Ⱄ), R(Р/Ⱃ), P(П/Ⱂ), O(О/Ⱁ), Nj(Њ/Ⱀⰺ), N(Н/Ⱀ), M(М/Ⰿ), Lj(Љ/Ⰾⰺ), L(Л/Ⰾ), K(К/Ⰽ), J(Й/Ⰺ), I(И/Ⰻ), H(Х/Ⱈ), G(Г/Ⰳ), F(Ф/Ⱇ), E(Е/Ⰵ), Đ(Ђ/Ⰼ), Dž(Џ/Ⰴⰶ), D(Д/Ⰴ), Ć(Ћ/Ⱋ), Č(Ч/Ⱍ), C(Ц/Ⱌ), B(Б/Ⰱ), A(А/Ⰰ). Visually, there are a lot of subliminals with multilevel meaning. Crocodile is a terrible drug popular in Russia, that makes people act like zombies. Guys are dressed in military uniforms but in pink and bright colors and are wearing dresses; making fun of all warmongers and military establishments, proponents of chaos. Side image shows roses sticking out of their asses. Preposterous, or superb description of the present time? Main exclamation is ‘mama idem u rat’- mommy I am going to war, a cry against the forced mobilization, and sending young people to kill each other. Are we ever going to learn?!
wow... that's a lot of info, which may or may not be accurate, but you really took the time to look into this. Here's another thing that came to mind when I saw that they were emphasizing "TRACTOR" in this song. Based on the easily accessible assumption (given the events in Europe) that it somehow tries to mock Putin, I thought that they might have brought up the tractor in relation to all of the memes that sprung up at the beginning of the invasion in Feb 2022 about Ukrainian tractors calmly pulling away abandoned or wrecked Russian tanks. The memes all suggested that the tractor was a sort of symbol for defeating the Russian army because the tractor always showed up when a battle was lost by the russians and it (a tool for farming) always pulled away a wrecked Z tank (a tool of war).
@@SdgGsd-sw5vd I find it peculiar that organizers censored word Ninle=Lenin previously written on the forhead of a band member. Points out WHO really runs this show.
It was first on the bottom of my list. Now it's in my top 5 😆❤️ it has so many layers of meaning and I admire them for doing what everyone should do: use art to express much needed critique and important message in an entertaining way.
this song gives me pure happiness 😍😍- what a masterpiece...its the song we need in 2023 - it will be the darkhorse of Eurovision 2023 - and it was no suprise that it won the jury as well televote in Croatia
as A Canadian born of Croatian heritage, my first reaction was I love the message but hate the music. But the more I hear it, the bigger the masterpiece it is on all fronts! It is brilliant and a theatrical piece against dictators and obviously Putin. Croatia had it’s fair share of wars and my nona would have lived through 3 of them if she lived in Croatia for the last one. I think she would have been cheering on Let3 calling out Putin and all the other psychopaths she had lived through in her 88 years. Thanks for the great info. Truly, quite an intellectual masterpiece against war! Bravo, Let3!!
I love you using esc clips instead of the words haha. For me i first hated it. Like allot. Now ive started enjoying its crazyness. And its kinda catchy haha. Will be interesting what they will do on the esc stage. Theyve been naked before...
I liked it well before the national final, and before I knew what it was about - it was just daring and catchy. It does represent Balkan sensibility - I am reminded of '70 movies from Yugoslavia (like "WR: The Mysteries of the Organism") that used comic anarchy to reflect life. This is one of the few deserving entries this year influenced by Konstrakta, IMO. Thanks for your entry, Stuart.
@@stu_makes_vids Ex-Yugoslavian music had incredibly high quality and even avantgarde music back in 80s that was not an inch less of a great music than what was happening in the Western Europe and abroad at these days! There were amazing punk, rock and some pop bands like Pankrti, Azra, Paribrejkersi, Haustor, Grupa Film, Prljavo kazaliste, Buldozer, Elekricni orgazam, EKV, Riblja corba, Vis Idoli, Denis & Denis... If they were coming from the West, esp. from the large and influential countries, and sang their songs on English they would have been huge success! You should definitely explore all of them since there are many stuff from these groups available on RUclips!
You can see in the video from the Polish Eurovision party that EVERYONE is singing along to the lyrics. It might not be as intense in Liverpool where there'll be fewer Slavs, but it will still hit hard
Putin created chaos by aggressing against Ukraine. Let 3 created psychedelic chaos to depict the chaotic mind of the aforementioned criminal and psychopath. Due to Eurovision rules, they have to say that it is a general song that calls for peace, but when you look in depth, it is very clear to whom the message is directed.
TBH I'm from the U.K and I always try to avoid watching /listening to the songs as they get announced for each country until the semi-finals and final are on tv (apart from the U.K entry as can't avoid that one due to radio airplay every year PLUS WE AINT ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR OURSELVES obv!) so that they are fresh for me on the night and can vote for the ones I like on the night with no pre-determined or influenced decision. I'M a MASSIVE Eurovision fan so much so I have EVERY SINGLE SONG ENTERED INTO THE CONTEST on my P.C from the very start of it right up to this yrs event (always buy the cd every year and a lot of the other ones from the really early contest are taken from records ect I actually downloaded a file with every song from 1956 to 2006 of the internet!) ANYHOW I actually heard this one and HATED IT AT 1ST ...BUT it's an earworm and I have grown to love it! SADLY LET 3 ARE IN THE 1ST SEMI AND THE U.K GETS TO VOTE IN THE 2ND ONE SO I CANT VOTE FOR THEM ☹☹I WISH LET 3 WELL in the competition and hope they get through the FIRST SEMI FINAL!
Great analysis - I'm a fan of crazy chaotic rock-opera moment where I think he recites the alphabet. It's trash, ironic and serious at the same time and a bit like... Rocky Horror Picture Show?
This will do well in the vote like Zdob şi Zdub did last year, just for the schlager of it all. It's *really* easy to sing along with, even if you don't know a word of Croatian.
The song has definitively been growing on me even when I didn't understand what it was saying exactly or the analysis you give. It reminds me of a "Croatian UK Queen." But it's been growing on me.
Ovo ja antiratna pjesma protiv Putina i rusku agresiju na Ukrajinu. Let 3 svira od 1987 godine i vrlo uspješan bend u Hrvatskoj i šire. Antikomercijalan bend sa rokerskom dušom povezana s dubokim osjećajem za umjetnost, veliki su ljubitelji kazališnih predstava. Tako se i rodila Mama ŠČ, a čeka nas rock opera album neviđen do sada.
Da, imali su album Bombardiranje Srbije i Čačka.I opet su gistovali u Srbiji redovno niko nije imao reči mržnje prema njima.Mi smo takav narod.Znamo za parodiju.Nisu zlonamerni.🇷🇸
@@Nelomitemibagrem Pa bit je upravo u tome koliko je neko zlonameran...ali se ne slažem s tvrdnjom "mi smo takav narod"... jer na grupama na "fejsu" prvi se uvrede baš ljudi iz Srbije...čak i onda kad se nađu pred nekim neoborivim dokazima a da pri tom nije bilo nikakvog vređanja... Svako dobro...Ciaooo ... Saluti dall' Istria 🌻🌞🧡👋👋👋
In the music video Their costumes represent the four horsemen of the apocalypse - "Glad" (hunger), "rat"(war), "smrt"(death) and "kuga" (the plague). However, there us a fifth one they added - HDZ (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica/Croatian Democratic union) represented by the guy in the royal blue jacket. The party is corrupt as hell, but has been in power for most of Croatia's independence. The jacket worn is reminiscent of those worn in the early 2000s when Ivo Sanader was elected prime minister, however he resigned and was arrested for corruption. Aldo, mama ljubila morona doesn't necesseraly mean "kissed" but "loved" the mor on
I think it's quite simple. Whoever watch this song/performance superficially will be polarised love it because it's funny or hate because it's shocking and chaotic. However, whoever want to invest a little bit of time to understand the song and message will simply love it. Of course if he's not crocodile psychopath 😂
An excellent analysis, you have given me much to think about. About politics and Eurovision "No politics in Eurovision" is a bit of a silly rule, because like you said, Eurovision is by itself political. Excluding Belarus and russia from the contest is a political decision. I fully support it, it was 100% the right choice, and it was triggered by several countries announcing that they would not attend if russia did, but it was STILL a political decision. I think it boils down to two things: 1) Personal is political. Having two women or two men kiss on stage can be described as a political choice, but only because some ppl define being LGBTQIA+ as a (political) "choice", but to most ppl that is just absurd. So, Jamala's 1944 is about how the deportations (=ethnic cleansing and genocide of Crimean Tatars) and the ensuing trauma still affects her, her family and her people today, and how it's reflected in today's world (russia keeps doing the same thing over and over again). So, it's a song of deep personal losses, and the political aspect is viewed through a personal lens. Trying to divorce politics from personal experiences and only allowing songs that do not touch ANY "controversial" would mean that the contest would be incredibly BLAND and uninteresting, because the subject matter of songs would be incredibly limited. 2) Punch up, not down. Yes, Mama ŠČ! can be considered political, but it's also is about the anger, rage and frustration we feel when we look at what russia is doing in Ukraine, AND it's expressed through PERSONAL LENS, and it's written from the PoV of a Croatian punk band, which may be popular in Croatia, but still does not have even A FRACTION of the power putin wields. The same goes for Dancing Lasha tumbai. It's catchy, it's funny, and the ppl who are singing it are the underdogs (Ukrainian musicians telling russia to f*** off from their land), so they are most definitely punching UP. Meanwhile, stopping Belarus/Luka from sending a song that mocked pro-democracy demonstrators was the right choice, because the demonstrators wanted democracy (core tenet behind the idea of Eurovision), and because it's a song that's definitely punching DOWN. IDK. What I'm getting at is probs: Personal is political, so having political issues viewed through personal lens is ok, as long as the issue is also abt criticizing those IN POWER, not about mocking those who are powerless.
Also, I have to say I really love the variety we have in Eurovision this year. I feel the contest is changing, and for THE BETTER. I hope the more experimental stuff gets rewarded by placing well, because now we're FINALLY getting a ton of very unique and interesting stuff around the continent (the world even, since Australia is in the competition as well), instead of getting 26 variations of the generic Eurovision formula. That was boring, whereas I am genuinely excited for the stuff we're seeing now. Spain's entry is INCREDIBLE, Armenia's and Austria's entries have potential to become MASSIVE hits, I absolutely love both France's and Serbia's entries, the ethnic bops (Ukraine), the rock songs are also really strong, and while I don't normally even LIKE Eurovision ballads (too formulaic) the ones we have this year are amazing (shoutout to Estonia). (I'm a Finn, so I can't say anything abt Käärijä since I am biased, but I love our dorky boi, his silly song and his absolutely mental performance A LOT.)
This is a great song with an indirect message to the dictator and villain Putin. Although this message is indirect and requires a little knowledge of general history and the current state of the world, I think that in 3 and half minutes it managed to send a message that many politicians cannot send in an hour of speech. As for the psychedelic music in the song itself, it is like a backdrop that evokes the lyrics of the song itself. Let 3 is a very experienced punk-rock group that has been around since the mid-eighties of the last century. It should be said that they are very good musicians and singers. They could have performed electric guitar solos or vocal solos, but that's not the point of this song. They did not use all their repertoire of knowledge because it was not necessary for the message of this song. It should also be said that this is a punk-rock band that also has artistic performances and performs theatrical performances. So this is a performance with a message. Some think that Eurovision should be a collection of ballads about love, but I personally think that it should be an event that supports freedom of expression. No other manifestation gives the possibility to convey a message to society through a song, i.e. to so many people at the same time. I like this a lot. This year, Let 3 at Eurovision is what Picasso and Salvador Dali are to painting. I hope people will understand their message. For them, it is more important than winning, although the message would be even greater if the song won.
ESC rules are usually misinterpreted i.e overinterpreted....they prohibit direct political propaganda, not having an opinion about phenomena like war or dictators, that are a very common theme in songwriting...many dictators were little, some almost midgets...you can't establish with certainty it's about a particular one...
It will surely qualify for the final because it is completely different from most of the songs that will be performed at Eurovision. I hope that they will win in the final or be in the top. not just for winning, but for being able to deliver a message. They say that a picture speaks louder than words, music also speaks louder than words, especially when the words are accompanied by a performance like this on stage, every little thing of which has its own "secret" meaning.
@@matrix_x_ As a Croat, I'm glad you feel that way. I'm affraid that it eon't win but it'll surrly qualify (esspecialy with the no jury semis). I do think that more "grandiose" songs like that of France and Spain are gonna eat it up.
@@Niki91-HR A znam da nećemo pobjediti. Nećemo nikada pobjediti (osim ako sve zemlje ne pošalju ojesme kao Poljska :)) jer smo premala zemlja. Ali ovo nam je najbolja prilika ikada.
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 ma znaš šta...mene osobno više i nije briga. Uživam u Eurosongu kao takvom, ali da ovo nam je najluđa stvar dosad i možda najbolja prilika za pobjedu, ali općenito za možda top 5 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ vidit ćemo.
ŠČ! should win if Eurovision is about good values, good movies and non political. Not many groups can do it live like Let 3, this is the problem with Eurovision they will probably never solve.
This is a superb ‘rock-opera’ anti-war parody with powerful visuals. Tractor is a reference to Belarus president Lukashenko's birthday present to Putin. In the song Putin is described as a "vile little psychopath", the vocalist represents Stalin, and the guy with nuclear rockets has NINLE on his forehead (word play: Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed in monk's outfit, like Rasputin. Insertion of a dominant, sinister, dark Lenin, who came way before Putin, points to a much deeper problem. And those TWO nuclear warheads; after all we all know who dropped the A-bombs! At the end of the video, on the nuclear missile, it is written "pajČu", an anagram; "Čupaj"- pull out. Trajna nina nena’ is Croatian song for little kids; ‘Trajna nina armagedon nona’(grandma) speaks for itself. Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia (ŠČ is a letter of the Russian alphabet, also old Croatian Glagolitic). The Cyrillic letter Shch Щ was derived from the Glagolitic (Croatian script) letter Sht Ⱋ. Coincidently, the sum of letters Š and Č gives Z (25+4=29) in Croatian alphabet, and Z is a military symbol used by Russian Federation to mark their military vehicles in Ukraine. The chaotic part of the song represents repeating the same mistakes from history, and not learning anything. It plays Croatian alphabet in reverse: Ž(Ж/Ⰶ), Z(З/Ⰷ), V(В/Ⰲ), U(У/Ⱆ), T(Т/Ⱅ), Š(Ш/Ⱎ), S(С/Ⱄ), R(Р/Ⱃ), P(П/Ⱂ), O(О/Ⱁ), Nj(Њ/Ⱀⰺ), N(Н/Ⱀ), M(М/Ⰿ), Lj(Љ/Ⰾⰺ), L(Л/Ⰾ), K(К/Ⰽ), J(Й/Ⰺ), I(И/Ⰻ), H(Х/Ⱈ), G(Г/Ⰳ), F(Ф/Ⱇ), E(Е/Ⰵ), Đ(Ђ/Ⰼ), Dž(Џ/Ⰴⰶ), D(Д/Ⰴ), Ć(Ћ/Ⱋ), Č(Ч/Ⱍ), C(Ц/Ⱌ), B(Б/Ⰱ), A(А/Ⰰ). Visually, there are a lot of subliminals with multilevel meaning. Crocodile is a terrible drug popular in Russia, that makes people act like zombies. Guys are dressed in military uniforms but in pink and bright colors and are wearing dresses; making fun of all warmongers and military establishments, proponents of chaos. Side image shows roses sticking out of their asses. Preposterous, or superb description of the present time? Main exclamation is ‘mama idem u rat’- mommy I am going to war, a cry against the forced mobilization, and sending young people to kill each other.
Eurovizija evoluira, Konstrakta prošle godine je dala ideju Letu3 a oni možda dozovu Laibach, Rammstein ili neke slične avangardne nastupe jer Evrovizija je idealna za to
Ovo nema veze s Konstraktom. Agresija Rusije na Ukrajinu i jedna kazališna predstava u kojoj je Let 3 sudjelovao na tu temu su im dali ideju za pjesmu i uopće prijqvu na Eurosong.
@@matrix_x_ rekli su i sami u jednom intervjuu u Srbiji da nisu mislili da je Evrovizija za njih dok se nije pojavila Konstrakta a nagovarali su ih već 10 godina ako ne i više
@@Gea2222 Razumijem, ali ovdje nije u pitanju avangarda, već poziv svijetu na obranu Ukrajine od zlog agresora Putina. Ovo je Punk-rock psihodelija.Moram priznati kako jako dugo nisam čuo ovu vrstu glazbene kulie. Let 3 inače ima sasvim drugi rokerskiji zvuk, ovdje psihodelična glazba samo služi kao pozadinska pratnja riječima, poruci i artističkom izrazu.
What about a Eurosong winner “Unite, unite Europe”, isn’t that a political message, promoting EU (whatever it was its name at that time - European Community?)
Šč in Croatian alphabet are letter number 25 and 4,it gives number 29. Number 29 in Croatian alphabet is z... The meaning is hidden in title.. mama z.... Let 3 exists since 87 and it was thorn for communistic party in Yugoslavia,also for first Croatian president. Main singer father as a 6 year old child was sent to concentration camp during ww2 and his aunt to Germany in another. Also their city was ruled by fascistic Italy.. for him all dictators are same and song kinda gets personal I guess...
Eurosong IS political thru the bone. And also, jurors are mostly ex national contestants. They aren't, for example, conductors or producers or music critics, music teachers. So their grades aren't reflection of real value of song. And there it results with songs had very low jury points and very high televoting points, and vice versa. Juries bury Eurosong objectivity. They should be removed, or at least get them max 20% factor.
Well said, i will add Let 3 is referencing to Eurosong values, war, US, also Russia, Croatia of course, church, tractor can be anything like brutal politicians making our life hard. If seems winners are incrasingly weird groups with even weirder songs, so ŠČ! should have way, way better result.
What a difference! Last year the interval act was the reprise of the 1964 winner ' Non ho l'eta ' sung by the original singer . For me the best ESC song ever.❤
Mama kupila traktor is related to war event called "traktoriada" witch happend in croatian war 1991-1995 when serbian people started fellying with tractors
The world is chaotic and LET3 are giving us an outlet for our anger, anxiety and confusion. There’s no need to sing tender love songs all the time when there is much deeper stuff bothering us all.
So now Im just waiting for the eurovision song that mocks the USA - the greatest warmonger for the last 50 years. And of course - it will not be disqualified.
The USA is a very bad country, we can almost compare it with Russia... in Russia, for those words, you would probably be imprisoned for 15 years if they didn't kill you before, like they killed all the political opponents of Putin or the journalists who were imprisoned for saying one the wrong word... the whole of Eastern Europe is fleeing to NATO because it knows what it's like to live under the Russian occupation in 1945-1990... people from all over the world want to go to the USA or the EU, no one wants to go to Russia... why? you are not aware of your unconsciousness... Russia does not value the lives of its own people either... it sends them to war without adequate equipment... in one year of the Russian-Ukrainian war between 100,000-200,000 Russian soldiers were killed... these are estimates... The USA with a coalition of 30 other countries lost 3232 soldiers in the 20th war in Afghanistan.
Dude, you missed the main point of this song. They have accentuated the Eurovision tackiness and fused it together with Stalin and Lenin characters. Then they lyrically refer to Putin as "evil little psychopath" (Their official video has English subs. You should see it). They're ridiculing both Russia and the Eurovision. This is pure art, but clearly, you're too shallow to understand this.
PUTIN GOT a tractor for his birthday from Belarus thus reference to Tractor. MAMMA is Russia as SC is a letter in Russian alphabet. The Reference to Morona is Moron Putin and Mamma loving Putin . There is also reference to phsycopath a small psychopath going to war. That person is Putin. The song is full of cryptic messages.....genius
IT CAN'T BE LOWER THAN THIS!!! The abyss of morality, the nation, the State and all human values !!! Disease and depravity in the foreground and then we find it strange when a CHILD commits a massacre 😢😢😢😢😢
Being from the US, we see divisiveness in politics daily. It's exhausting. As a Eurovision fan, I'd prefer politics put aside in the contest. Remember, united by music. If I were a member of the Croatian public, I would have voted for one of the other entries. The entry is too much right now.
you have two wolves, one is white and good and the other is black and bad... which one will survive? division in politics is a normal aggregate state of society... it's proof that you don't live in a dictatorship and single-mindedness like Russia, China or North Korea... I lived in a dictatorship, I wouldn't like to do it again... :) this is not a political song... this is an anti-war song... this is a song of love... the author of the song says that ŠČ is the essence of love and that ŠČ heals the soul and body... it is enough to meditate twice a day while saying ŠČ to you see a positive effect on your life... with love from small but beautiful Croatia... ŠČ! P.S. the answer to the question is... which wolf will survive? the one you feed...
and now, all kidding aside... Let's agree to disagree on this one. It is pure art. Especially if it makes you uncomfortable, makes you think and bothers you. real artists are here to disturb the peace. your comfort zone cannot be Eurosong...
You should probably listen to what Stuart is saying. You need to educate yourself what political means. When Toto Cutugno sang Insieme in 1992 (unite, unite Europe ...) that's political but most people liked the song and it was OK. Waving rainbow flags is political statement too. There is even one on official Eurovision channel. Eurovision is airing in countries that don't respect LGBTIQA+ / human rights. There is a reason why Croatian drag queen is dancing in a "mocking way". Check the video and you'll see that tractor is on a glacier that is melting. Do I really need to explain it's about global warming. That's political too. Would you disqualify song about global warming ? I could go on for awhile. btw. I could even argue that "Queen of Kings" is political song. It is supposed to be a "feminist" anthem. That's political question in a quite a few countries worldwide even in those that will air Eurovision. "Mama ŠČ" is a satire and there are no rules about it. It's not only about one crocodile psychopath. There are quite a few in the world right now. There are so many things going on and you can go analyzing it for hours. It's also brilliant song that I can't get out of my head. Most other Eurovison songs from 2023 I forgot after one listen and this is the one that I want to listen over and over again. btw. skipping through Croatian entries I didn't think much about it. Now I can't get enough of it. They obviously did something right ... chaotic, melodic, dealing with a serious issues and sounding like a childrens song ... everything at the same time. I just wish it was a bit longer. Especially the end when military style choir and everyone sings together.
Considering the actual content and the context of the song Mama ŠČ (Momma ShCh), this should be the closest, if not the actual, translation of the song. Greetings from Croatia ✌ º This is the anti-war song with sarcastic lyrics and irony ¹ It refers to when Belarus President Lukashenko has bought a tractor to the Russian President Putin as a gift, so since Russia finances Belarus, basically Russia bought a tractor to itself ² Šč (Щ) is a letter of the Russian alphabet (Russian azbuka), and the nickname for Russia is Mother Russia ³ Singing of (nuclear) lullaby (sarcasm) ⁴ Croatian Alphabet, in this case a little bit rearranged for the sake of the song Lyrics: ¹ Momma bought a tractor ² ShCh! Momma bought a tractor ShCh! Momma bought a tractor ³ Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah ShCh! Momma bought a tractor ShCh! Momma bought a tractor ShCh! Momma bought a tractor Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah TRACTOR... Momma's kissing a moron ShCh! Momma's kissing a moron ShCh! Momma's kissing a moron Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah ⁴ A, b, c, č, ć, d, dž, đ... sss (A, b, c, č, ć, d, dž, đ, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, i, j, k, i, j, k, i, j, k) I, j, k, l, lj, m, n, nj, OOOOO (o, p, r, s, o, p, r, s) (š, t, u, v, z, ž) Momma, momma, momma I'm gonna to play... Momma, I'm going to war!!! That little psychopath (W-w-war, war) A mean little psychopath (W-w-war, war) Crocodile psychopath (W-w-war, war) Momma, I'm going to war!!! TRACTOR... Momma's kissing a moron ShCh! Momma's kissing a moron ShCh! Momma's kissing a moron Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) A mean little psychopath (War, war) Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) Momma, I'm going to war!!! That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) A mean little psychopath (War, war) Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) Momma, I'm going to war!!! Momma, momma, momma That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) A mean little psychopath (War, war) Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war) Momma, I'm going to war!!! ShCh! P.S. In 1997, the band released their fifth album, titled "Nečuveno" (translated as "Outrageous or "Unheard-of"). It was distributed as a CD, but it had nothing recorded on it. Nonetheless, 350 copies of the album were sold. The album had a video "Nečuveno" with just an empty blue screen. In 2000. Let3 made an album "Jedina" (The only one) in just 1 copy which they refused to publish, but when they did in one of their next concerts around that time, the band burned the copy in front of everyone without playing a single song from that album. There's more, but then again, google it. 😁😂
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From CroaŠČia..........Hidden in a plain sight.
This is a superb ‘rock-opera’ anti-war parody with powerful visuals. Tractor is a reference to Belarus president Lukashenko's birthday present to Putin. In the song Putin is described as a "vile little psychopath", the vocalist represents Stalin, and the guy with nuclear rockets has NINLE on his forehead (word play: Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed in monk's outfit, like Rasputin. Insertion of a dominant, sinister, dark Lenin, who came way before Putin, points to a much deeper problem. And those TWO nuclear warheads; after all we all know who dropped the A-bombs! At the end of the video, on the nuclear missile, it is written "pajČu", an anagram; "Čupaj"- pull out. Trajna nina nena’ is Croatian song for little kids; ‘Trajna nina armagedon nona’(grandma) speaks for itself. Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia (ŠČ is a letter of the Russian alphabet, also old Croatian Glagolitic). The Cyrillic letter Shch Щ was derived from the Glagolitic (Croatian script) letter Sht Ⱋ. Coincidently, the sum of letters Š and Č gives Z (25+4=29) in Croatian alphabet, and Z is a military symbol used by Russian Federation to mark their military vehicles in Ukraine.
The chaotic part of the song represents repeating the same mistakes from history, and not learning anything. It plays Croatian alphabet in reverse: Ž(Ж/Ⰶ), Z(З/Ⰷ), V(В/Ⰲ), U(У/Ⱆ), T(Т/Ⱅ), Š(Ш/Ⱎ), S(С/Ⱄ), R(Р/Ⱃ), P(П/Ⱂ), O(О/Ⱁ), Nj(Њ/Ⱀⰺ), N(Н/Ⱀ), M(М/Ⰿ), Lj(Љ/Ⰾⰺ), L(Л/Ⰾ), K(К/Ⰽ), J(Й/Ⰺ), I(И/Ⰻ), H(Х/Ⱈ), G(Г/Ⰳ), F(Ф/Ⱇ), E(Е/Ⰵ), Đ(Ђ/Ⰼ), Dž(Џ/Ⰴⰶ), D(Д/Ⰴ), Ć(Ћ/Ⱋ), Č(Ч/Ⱍ), C(Ц/Ⱌ), B(Б/Ⰱ), A(А/Ⰰ).
Visually, there are a lot of subliminals with multilevel meaning.
Crocodile is a terrible drug popular in Russia, that makes people act like zombies. Guys are dressed in military uniforms but in pink and bright colors and are wearing dresses; making fun of all warmongers and military establishments, proponents of chaos. Side image shows roses sticking out of their asses. Preposterous, or superb description of the present time? Main exclamation is ‘mama idem u rat’- mommy I am going to war, a cry against the forced mobilization, and sending young people to kill each other.
Are we ever going to learn?!
All you said is true. It is amazing. You understood everything from the start till the end. Well done !
@@IvanaPlese Potpisujem 💡 🌻🌞🧡
BRAVO !!! 👏👏👏💡
wow!!!!
wow... that's a lot of info, which may or may not be accurate, but you really took the time to look into this.
Here's another thing that came to mind when I saw that they were emphasizing "TRACTOR" in this song. Based on the easily accessible assumption (given the events in Europe) that it somehow tries to mock Putin, I thought that they might have brought up the tractor in relation to all of the memes that sprung up at the beginning of the invasion in Feb 2022 about Ukrainian tractors calmly pulling away abandoned or wrecked Russian tanks. The memes all suggested that the tractor was a sort of symbol for defeating the Russian army because the tractor always showed up when a battle was lost by the russians and it (a tool for farming) always pulled away a wrecked Z tank (a tool of war).
@@SdgGsd-sw5vd I find it peculiar that organizers censored word Ninle=Lenin previously written on the forhead of a band member. Points out WHO really runs this show.
It was first on the bottom of my list. Now it's in my top 5 😆❤️ it has so many layers of meaning and I admire them for doing what everyone should do: use art to express much needed critique and important message in an entertaining way.
Great comment! 👍❤
Big ŠČ from Croatia!
ŠČ
12 points from me to Croatia
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I agree! Its quite amazing 😍
Kudos to your understanding of European values! Much ŠČ! love to you!
ŠČ! back at you 😉
ŠČ!
Since my first contact with this song this is my NUMBER ONE this year!
Awesome. Brilliant. Crazy!
Thank you
this song gives me pure happiness 😍😍- what a masterpiece...its the song we need in 2023 - it will be the darkhorse of Eurovision 2023 - and it was no suprise that it won the jury as well televote in Croatia
Totally agree 😊
jury gave 0
I love it, it's a masterpice 😀
ŠČ🎉
Šč
ŠČ!
as A Canadian born of Croatian heritage, my first reaction was I love the message but hate the music. But the more I hear it, the bigger the masterpiece it is on all fronts! It is brilliant and a theatrical piece against dictators and obviously Putin. Croatia had it’s fair share of wars and my nona would have lived through 3 of them if she lived in Croatia for the last one. I think she would have been cheering on Let3 calling out Putin and all the other psychopaths she had lived through in her 88 years. Thanks for the great info. Truly, quite an intellectual masterpiece against war! Bravo, Let3!!
I like this song! I listen Eurovision list while working and this song makes me move 😸👍
Best regards from Croatia... ŠČ❤️❤️👍👍
Thx Stuart! Great review! SC!:)
Thank you Denis! 😁
ŠČ🎉🎉
ŠČ no.1 ❤👏👏👏👏👏🇽🇰
I love you using esc clips instead of the words haha.
For me i first hated it. Like allot.
Now ive started enjoying its crazyness. And its kinda catchy haha. Will be interesting what they will do on the esc stage. Theyve been naked before...
They are so great! ❤
I love this song!😍🔥🚜
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I liked it well before the national final, and before I knew what it was about - it was just daring and catchy. It does represent Balkan sensibility - I am reminded of '70 movies from Yugoslavia (like "WR: The Mysteries of the Organism") that used comic anarchy to reflect life. This is one of the few deserving entries this year influenced by Konstrakta, IMO. Thanks for your entry, Stuart.
My pleasure! I'm digging this era of Balkan music. It's really pushing the boundaries of what Eurovision can be! 😁
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Ex-Yugoslavian music had incredibly high quality and even avantgarde music back in 80s that was not an inch less of a great music than what was happening in the Western Europe and abroad at these days!
There were amazing punk, rock and some pop bands like Pankrti, Azra, Paribrejkersi, Haustor, Grupa Film, Prljavo kazaliste, Buldozer, Elekricni orgazam, EKV, Riblja corba, Vis Idoli, Denis & Denis...
If they were coming from the West, esp. from the large and influential countries, and sang their songs on English they would have been huge success!
You should definitely explore all of them since there are many stuff from these groups available on RUclips!
ŠČ!
No..Its not Balkan ..its Crotats freak show .
Influenced by Konstrakta ? Let 3 has existed almost since Konstrakta was born...
You can see in the video from the Polish Eurovision party that EVERYONE is singing along to the lyrics. It might not be as intense in Liverpool where there'll be fewer Slavs, but it will still hit hard
No Slavs in Tel Aviv but everybody singing ŠČ
@@Gea2222 ŠČ!
In Madrid they also sang along ;) the lyrics this time are really easy to follow even for non-Slavs ;)
It's in my TOP3 this year.
Great message, amazing staging
Chaos is the right word 😂
Putin created chaos by aggressing against Ukraine. Let 3 created psychedelic chaos to depict the chaotic mind of the aforementioned criminal and psychopath. Due to Eurovision rules, they have to say that it is a general song that calls for peace, but when you look in depth, it is very clear to whom the message is directed.
TBH I'm from the U.K and I always try to avoid watching /listening to the songs as they get announced for each country until the semi-finals and final are on tv (apart from the U.K entry as can't avoid that one due to radio airplay every year PLUS WE AINT ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR OURSELVES obv!) so that they are fresh for me on the night and can vote for the ones I like on the night with no pre-determined or influenced decision. I'M a MASSIVE Eurovision fan so much so I have EVERY SINGLE SONG ENTERED INTO THE CONTEST on my P.C from the very start of it right up to this yrs event (always buy the cd every year and a lot of the other ones from the really early contest are taken from records ect I actually downloaded a file with every song from 1956 to 2006 of the internet!) ANYHOW I actually heard this one and HATED IT AT 1ST ...BUT it's an earworm and I have grown to love it! SADLY LET 3 ARE IN THE 1ST SEMI AND THE U.K GETS TO VOTE IN THE 2ND ONE SO I CANT VOTE FOR THEM ☹☹I WISH LET 3 WELL in the competition and hope they get through the FIRST SEMI FINAL!
Great analysis - I'm a fan of crazy chaotic rock-opera moment where I think he recites the alphabet.
It's trash, ironic and serious at the same time and a bit like... Rocky Horror Picture Show?
This will do well in the vote like Zdob şi Zdub did last year, just for the schlager of it all. It's *really* easy to sing along with, even if you don't know a word of Croatian.
The song has definitively been growing on me even when I didn't understand what it was saying exactly or the analysis you give. It reminds me of a "Croatian UK Queen." But it's been growing on me.
Ovo ja antiratna pjesma protiv Putina i rusku agresiju na Ukrajinu. Let 3 svira od 1987 godine i vrlo uspješan bend u Hrvatskoj i šire. Antikomercijalan bend sa rokerskom dušom povezana s dubokim osjećajem za umjetnost, veliki su ljubitelji kazališnih predstava. Tako se i rodila Mama ŠČ, a čeka nas rock opera album neviđen do sada.
Da, imali su album Bombardiranje Srbije i Čačka.I opet su gistovali u Srbiji redovno niko nije imao reči mržnje prema njima.Mi smo takav narod.Znamo za parodiju.Nisu zlonamerni.🇷🇸
@@m.s.9786 OVO ima veze sa ZLOM koje su doneli svi RATOVI pa samim tim ima veze i sa PUTINOM !
@@Nelomitemibagrem Pa bit je upravo u tome koliko je neko zlonameran...ali se ne slažem s tvrdnjom "mi smo takav narod"... jer na grupama na "fejsu" prvi se uvrede baš ljudi iz Srbije...čak i onda kad se nađu pred nekim neoborivim dokazima a da pri tom nije bilo nikakvog vređanja...
Svako dobro...Ciaooo ... Saluti dall' Istria 🌻🌞🧡👋👋👋
Mislim da je I protiv Bidena i Zelenka. Oni su jednako ako ne i više krivi.
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You must be Serbian 😁😂🤣
In the music video Their costumes represent the four horsemen of the apocalypse - "Glad" (hunger), "rat"(war), "smrt"(death) and "kuga" (the plague). However, there us a fifth one they added - HDZ (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica/Croatian Democratic union) represented by the guy in the royal blue jacket. The party is corrupt as hell, but has been in power for most of Croatia's independence. The jacket worn is reminiscent of those worn in the early 2000s when Ivo Sanader was elected prime minister, however he resigned and was arrested for corruption.
Aldo, mama ljubila morona doesn't necesseraly mean "kissed" but "loved" the mor on
Masterpiece! ❤
I think it's quite simple. Whoever watch this song/performance superficially will be polarised love it because it's funny or hate because it's shocking and chaotic. However, whoever want to invest a little bit of time to understand the song and message will simply love it. Of course if he's not crocodile psychopath 😂
An excellent analysis, you have given me much to think about.
About politics and Eurovision
"No politics in Eurovision" is a bit of a silly rule, because like you said, Eurovision is by itself political. Excluding Belarus and russia from the contest is a political decision. I fully support it, it was 100% the right choice, and it was triggered by several countries announcing that they would not attend if russia did, but it was STILL a political decision.
I think it boils down to two things:
1) Personal is political.
Having two women or two men kiss on stage can be described as a political choice, but only because some ppl define being LGBTQIA+ as a (political) "choice", but to most ppl that is just absurd.
So, Jamala's 1944 is about how the deportations (=ethnic cleansing and genocide of Crimean Tatars) and the ensuing trauma still affects her, her family and her people today, and how it's reflected in today's world (russia keeps doing the same thing over and over again). So, it's a song of deep personal losses, and the political aspect is viewed through a personal lens.
Trying to divorce politics from personal experiences and only allowing songs that do not touch ANY "controversial" would mean that the contest would be incredibly BLAND and uninteresting, because the subject matter of songs would be incredibly limited.
2) Punch up, not down.
Yes, Mama ŠČ! can be considered political, but it's also is about the anger, rage and frustration we feel when we look at what russia is doing in Ukraine, AND it's expressed through PERSONAL LENS, and it's written from the PoV of a Croatian punk band, which may be popular in Croatia, but still does not have even A FRACTION of the power putin wields.
The same goes for Dancing Lasha tumbai. It's catchy, it's funny, and the ppl who are singing it are the underdogs (Ukrainian musicians telling russia to f*** off from their land), so they are most definitely punching UP.
Meanwhile, stopping Belarus/Luka from sending a song that mocked pro-democracy demonstrators was the right choice, because the demonstrators wanted democracy (core tenet behind the idea of Eurovision), and because it's a song that's definitely punching DOWN.
IDK. What I'm getting at is probs:
Personal is political, so having political issues viewed through personal lens is ok, as long as the issue is also abt criticizing those IN POWER, not about mocking those who are powerless.
Also, I have to say I really love the variety we have in Eurovision this year. I feel the contest is changing, and for THE BETTER.
I hope the more experimental stuff gets rewarded by placing well, because now we're FINALLY getting a ton of very unique and interesting stuff around the continent (the world even, since Australia is in the competition as well), instead of getting 26 variations of the generic Eurovision formula. That was boring, whereas I am genuinely excited for the stuff we're seeing now. Spain's entry is INCREDIBLE, Armenia's and Austria's entries have potential to become MASSIVE hits, I absolutely love both France's and Serbia's entries, the ethnic bops (Ukraine), the rock songs are also really strong, and while I don't normally even LIKE Eurovision ballads (too formulaic) the ones we have this year are amazing (shoutout to Estonia).
(I'm a Finn, so I can't say anything abt Käärijä since I am biased, but I love our dorky boi, his silly song and his absolutely mental performance A LOT.)
Thank you! I totally agree with your observations, especially about what we're getting nowadays 😀
This is a great song with an indirect message to the dictator and villain Putin. Although this message is indirect and requires a little knowledge of general history and the current state of the world, I think that in 3 and half minutes it managed to send a message that many politicians cannot send in an hour of speech. As for the psychedelic music in the song itself, it is like a backdrop that evokes the lyrics of the song itself. Let 3 is a very experienced punk-rock group that has been around since the mid-eighties of the last century. It should be said that they are very good musicians and singers. They could have performed electric guitar solos or vocal solos, but that's not the point of this song. They did not use all their repertoire of knowledge because it was not necessary for the message of this song. It should also be said that this is a punk-rock band that also has artistic performances and performs theatrical performances. So this is a performance with a message. Some think that Eurovision should be a collection of ballads about love, but I personally think that it should be an event that supports freedom of expression. No other manifestation gives the possibility to convey a message to society through a song, i.e. to so many people at the same time. I like this a lot. This year, Let 3 at Eurovision is what Picasso and Salvador Dali are to painting. I hope people will understand their message. For them, it is more important than winning, although the message would be even greater if the song won.
ESC rules are usually misinterpreted i.e overinterpreted....they prohibit direct political propaganda, not having an opinion about phenomena like war or dictators, that are a very common theme in songwriting...many dictators were little, some almost midgets...you can't establish with certainty it's about a particular one...
If u r Balkan... you get it. No doubt.
Once you get over, the "WTF is going on" shock. It's actually rather catchy. Will it qualify? It's highly unlikely, but it pushes the boundaries..
It will surely qualify for the final because it is completely different from most of the songs that will be performed at Eurovision. I hope that they will win in the final or be in the top. not just for winning, but for being able to deliver a message. They say that a picture speaks louder than words, music also speaks louder than words, especially when the words are accompanied by a performance like this on stage, every little thing of which has its own "secret" meaning.
@@matrix_x_ As a Croat, I'm glad you feel that way. I'm affraid that it eon't win but it'll surrly qualify (esspecialy with the no jury semis).
I do think that more "grandiose" songs like that of France and Spain are gonna eat it up.
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 Who cares about the final ...we wont win anyway xD. But bringing the "chaos" to the finals is enough :D
@@Niki91-HR A znam da nećemo pobjediti. Nećemo nikada pobjediti (osim ako sve zemlje ne pošalju ojesme kao Poljska :)) jer smo premala zemlja. Ali ovo nam je najbolja prilika ikada.
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 ma znaš šta...mene osobno više i nije briga. Uživam u Eurosongu kao takvom, ali da ovo nam je najluđa stvar dosad i možda najbolja prilika za pobjedu, ali općenito za možda top 5 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ vidit ćemo.
The Spanish song contents just la la la because singing in Catalan was forbidden in Franco's Spain ! Is this political or just la la la?
just FYI, song is a part of rock opera LET 3 is working on... maybe that explain theatrical and chaotical parts better
ŠČ! should win if Eurovision is about good values, good movies and non political. Not many groups can do it live like Let 3, this is the problem with Eurovision they will probably never solve.
Great review 👍
This is a superb ‘rock-opera’ anti-war parody with powerful visuals. Tractor is a reference to Belarus president Lukashenko's birthday present to Putin. In the song Putin is described as a "vile little psychopath", the vocalist represents Stalin, and the guy with nuclear rockets has NINLE on his forehead (word play: Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed in monk's outfit, like Rasputin. Insertion of a dominant, sinister, dark Lenin, who came way before Putin, points to a much deeper problem. And those TWO nuclear warheads; after all we all know who dropped the A-bombs! At the end of the video, on the nuclear missile, it is written "pajČu", an anagram; "Čupaj"- pull out. Trajna nina nena’ is Croatian song for little kids; ‘Trajna nina armagedon nona’(grandma) speaks for itself. Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia (ŠČ is a letter of the Russian alphabet, also old Croatian Glagolitic). The Cyrillic letter Shch Щ was derived from the Glagolitic (Croatian script) letter Sht Ⱋ. Coincidently, the sum of letters Š and Č gives Z (25+4=29) in Croatian alphabet, and Z is a military symbol used by Russian Federation to mark their military vehicles in Ukraine.
The chaotic part of the song represents repeating the same mistakes from history, and not learning anything. It plays Croatian alphabet in reverse: Ž(Ж/Ⰶ), Z(З/Ⰷ), V(В/Ⰲ), U(У/Ⱆ), T(Т/Ⱅ), Š(Ш/Ⱎ), S(С/Ⱄ), R(Р/Ⱃ), P(П/Ⱂ), O(О/Ⱁ), Nj(Њ/Ⱀⰺ), N(Н/Ⱀ), M(М/Ⰿ), Lj(Љ/Ⰾⰺ), L(Л/Ⰾ), K(К/Ⰽ), J(Й/Ⰺ), I(И/Ⰻ), H(Х/Ⱈ), G(Г/Ⰳ), F(Ф/Ⱇ), E(Е/Ⰵ), Đ(Ђ/Ⰼ), Dž(Џ/Ⰴⰶ), D(Д/Ⰴ), Ć(Ћ/Ⱋ), Č(Ч/Ⱍ), C(Ц/Ⱌ), B(Б/Ⰱ), A(А/Ⰰ).
Visually, there are a lot of subliminals with multilevel meaning.
Crocodile is a terrible drug popular in Russia, that makes people act like zombies. Guys are dressed in military uniforms but in pink and bright colors and are wearing dresses; making fun of all warmongers and military establishments, proponents of chaos. Side image shows roses sticking out of their asses. Preposterous, or superb description of the present time? Main exclamation is ‘mama idem u rat’- mommy I am going to war, a cry against the forced mobilization, and sending young people to kill each other.
ŠČ
Eurovizija evoluira, Konstrakta prošle godine je dala ideju Letu3 a oni možda dozovu Laibach, Rammstein ili neke slične avangardne nastupe jer Evrovizija je idealna za to
Ovo nema veze s Konstraktom. Agresija Rusije na Ukrajinu i jedna kazališna predstava u kojoj je Let 3 sudjelovao na tu temu su im dali ideju za pjesmu i uopće prijqvu na Eurosong.
@@matrix_x_ pričam o avangardi
@@matrix_x_ rekli su i sami u jednom intervjuu u Srbiji da nisu mislili da je Evrovizija za njih dok se nije pojavila Konstrakta a nagovarali su ih već 10 godina ako ne i više
@@Gea2222 Razumijem, ali ovdje nije u pitanju avangarda, već poziv svijetu na obranu Ukrajine od zlog agresora Putina. Ovo je Punk-rock psihodelija.Moram priznati kako jako dugo nisam čuo ovu vrstu glazbene kulie. Let 3 inače ima sasvim drugi rokerskiji zvuk, ovdje psihodelična glazba samo služi kao pozadinska pratnja riječima, poruci i artističkom izrazu.
??? Nepricaj gluposti.. ovo nema veze s tom konstraktom. Uopce na tu ideu doci mi nije jasno??
❤🎉👍🚜👏🥇🥇💋😘 Croatija🎉
So good to let them perform to poke fun at all diictators and that the war should stop now.
"This would have been unthinkable in the 1970s"... the ultimate fire-breathing spit-take! LMtailO! So true!
Great video, very insightful and I learned a lot. Also, nice to see another Canadian Eurovision fan!!
Wish et souhaitons the best of luck to Let 3 Croatia 🇫🇷💋🇭🇷 on a boring brexiters stage.
Šč❤
There is so much Turbojugend energy going on. I love it.
They could easily win
Njin-le - Le-njin in a slang in Croatia... you swap the parts of the word ;D
I love your mind.
What about a Eurosong winner “Unite, unite Europe”, isn’t that a political message, promoting EU (whatever it was its name at that time - European Community?)
Ther are the best.
Eurovision must change its vision!. Eurovision is all about politics! Just analyze voting and you'll understand better. MAMA SC! is superb! ❤it! 👏👏👏
My Hrvatski dictionary doesn't have šč ?😢
I loved it, I voted for them :D
I voted for them too - love it
Šč in Croatian alphabet are letter number 25 and 4,it gives number 29. Number 29 in Croatian alphabet is z... The meaning is hidden in title.. mama z.... Let 3 exists since 87 and it was thorn for communistic party in Yugoslavia,also for first Croatian president. Main singer father as a 6 year old child was sent to concentration camp during ww2 and his aunt to Germany in another. Also their city was ruled by fascistic Italy.. for him all dictators are same and song kinda gets personal I guess...
ŠČ!
There is a tractor which is called belarus
Moldova, Croatia, Austria, Sweden..
Let 3 sing an anti-war protest-song. If you don't understand it better buy yourself a tractor!
So let 3 thinks it's punk rock to shil for the system? That's a very unusual understanding of punk rock!
Eurosong IS political thru the bone. And also, jurors are mostly ex national contestants. They aren't, for example, conductors or producers or music critics, music teachers. So their grades aren't reflection of real value of song. And there it results with songs had very low jury points and very high televoting points, and vice versa.
Juries bury Eurosong objectivity. They should be removed, or at least get them max 20% factor.
Well said, i will add Let 3 is referencing to Eurosong values, war, US, also Russia, Croatia of course, church, tractor can be anything like brutal politicians making our life hard.
If seems winners are incrasingly weird groups with even weirder songs, so ŠČ! should have way, way better result.
What a difference! Last year the interval act was the reprise of the 1964 winner ' Non ho l'eta ' sung by the original singer . For me the best ESC song ever.❤
It's a travesty Croatia's entry got such low jury score, below a dozen shitty generic pop pieces. Jury vote needs to be gone from Eurovision.
Mama kupila traktor is related to war event called "traktoriada" witch happend in croatian war 1991-1995 when serbian people started fellying with tractors
Your Brain is chaos
I going to war SČ
The world is chaotic and LET3 are giving us an outlet for our anger, anxiety and confusion. There’s no need to sing tender love songs all the time when there is much deeper stuff bothering us all.
So now Im just waiting for the eurovision song that mocks the USA - the greatest warmonger for the last 50 years. And of course - it will not be disqualified.
it'd rather be approved by a bunch of western hypocrites and eurovision fans
The USA is a very bad country, we can almost compare it with Russia... in Russia, for those words, you would probably be imprisoned for 15 years if they didn't kill you before, like they killed all the political opponents of Putin or the journalists who were imprisoned for saying one the wrong word... the whole of Eastern Europe is fleeing to NATO because it knows what it's like to live under the Russian occupation in 1945-1990... people from all over the world want to go to the USA or the EU, no one wants to go to Russia... why?
you are not aware of your unconsciousness... Russia does not value the lives of its own people either... it sends them to war without adequate equipment... in one year of the Russian-Ukrainian war between 100,000-200,000 Russian soldiers were killed... these are estimates... The USA with a coalition of 30 other countries lost 3232 soldiers in the 20th war in Afghanistan.
How to say you are pro nazis from kremlin without saying you are pro natzis from kremlin?
Just use moronic whataboutism like you did.
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Dude, you missed the main point of this song. They have accentuated the Eurovision tackiness and fused it together with Stalin and Lenin characters. Then they lyrically refer to Putin as "evil little psychopath" (Their official video has English subs. You should see it). They're ridiculing both Russia and the Eurovision. This is pure art, but clearly, you're too shallow to understand this.
PUTIN GOT a tractor for his birthday from Belarus thus reference to Tractor. MAMMA is Russia as SC is a letter in Russian alphabet. The Reference to Morona is Moron Putin and Mamma loving Putin . There is also reference to phsycopath a small psychopath going to war. That person is Putin. The song is full of cryptic messages.....genius
IT CAN'T BE LOWER THAN THIS!!!
The abyss of morality, the nation, the State and all human values !!!
Disease and depravity in the foreground and then we find it strange when a CHILD commits a massacre 😢😢😢😢😢
Being from the US, we see divisiveness in politics daily. It's exhausting. As a Eurovision fan, I'd prefer politics put aside in the contest. Remember, united by music. If I were a member of the Croatian public, I would have voted for one of the other entries. The entry is too much right now.
Since when did Borat start making music videos?
you have two wolves, one is white and good and the other is black and bad... which one will survive? division in politics is a normal aggregate state of society... it's proof that you don't live in a dictatorship and single-mindedness like Russia, China or North Korea... I lived in a dictatorship, I wouldn't like to do it again... :)
this is not a political song... this is an anti-war song... this is a song of love... the author of the song says that ŠČ is the essence of love and that ŠČ heals the soul and body... it is enough to meditate twice a day while saying ŠČ to you see a positive effect on your life... with love from small but beautiful Croatia... ŠČ!
P.S.
the answer to the question is... which wolf will survive? the one you feed...
and now, all kidding aside... Let's agree to disagree on this one. It is pure art. Especially if it makes you uncomfortable, makes you think and bothers you. real artists are here to disturb the peace. your comfort zone cannot be Eurosong...
You should probably listen to what Stuart is saying. You need to educate yourself what political means. When Toto Cutugno sang Insieme in 1992 (unite, unite Europe ...) that's political but most people liked the song and it was OK. Waving rainbow flags is political statement too. There is even one on official Eurovision channel. Eurovision is airing in countries that don't respect LGBTIQA+ / human rights. There is a reason why Croatian drag queen is dancing in a "mocking way". Check the video and you'll see that tractor is on a glacier that is melting. Do I really need to explain it's about global warming. That's political too. Would you disqualify song about global warming ? I could go on for awhile. btw. I could even argue that "Queen of Kings" is political song. It is supposed to be a "feminist" anthem. That's political question in a quite a few countries worldwide even in those that will air Eurovision. "Mama ŠČ" is a satire and there are no rules about it. It's not only about one crocodile psychopath. There are quite a few in the world right now. There are so many things going on and you can go analyzing it for hours. It's also brilliant song that I can't get out of my head. Most other Eurovison songs from 2023 I forgot after one listen and this is the one that I want to listen over and over again. btw. skipping through Croatian entries I didn't think much about it. Now I can't get enough of it. They obviously did something right ... chaotic, melodic, dealing with a serious issues and sounding like a childrens song ... everything at the same time. I just wish it was a bit longer. Especially the end when military style choir and everyone sings together.
wokeist. yuck 🖕
Song is actually a part of a rock opera that they are creating. Not finished yet
Considering the actual content and the context of the song Mama ŠČ (Momma ShCh), this should be the closest, if not the actual, translation of the song. Greetings from Croatia ✌
º This is the anti-war song with sarcastic lyrics and irony
¹ It refers to when Belarus President Lukashenko has bought a tractor to the Russian President Putin as a gift, so since Russia finances Belarus, basically Russia bought a tractor to itself
² Šč (Щ) is a letter of the Russian alphabet (Russian azbuka), and the nickname for Russia is Mother Russia
³ Singing of (nuclear) lullaby (sarcasm)
⁴ Croatian Alphabet, in this case a little bit rearranged for the sake of the song
Lyrics:
¹ Momma bought a tractor
² ShCh!
Momma bought a tractor
ShCh!
Momma bought a tractor
³ Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah
ShCh!
Momma bought a tractor
ShCh!
Momma bought a tractor
ShCh!
Momma bought a tractor
Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah
TRACTOR...
Momma's kissing a moron
ShCh!
Momma's kissing a moron
ShCh!
Momma's kissing a moron
Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah
⁴ A, b, c, č, ć, d, dž, đ... sss (A, b, c, č, ć, d, dž, đ, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, i, j, k, i, j, k, i, j, k)
I, j, k, l, lj, m, n, nj, OOOOO (o, p, r, s, o, p, r, s)
(š, t, u, v, z, ž) Momma, momma, momma
I'm gonna to play...
Momma, I'm going to war!!!
That little psychopath (W-w-war, war)
A mean little psychopath (W-w-war, war)
Crocodile psychopath (W-w-war, war)
Momma, I'm going to war!!!
TRACTOR...
Momma's kissing a moron
ShCh!
Momma's kissing a moron
ShCh!
Momma's kissing a moron
Try-nah-neen-ah, Armageddon-noun-ah
That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
A mean little psychopath (War, war)
Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
Momma, I'm going to war!!!
That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
A mean little psychopath (War, war)
Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
Momma, I'm going to war!!!
Momma, momma, momma
That little psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
A mean little psychopath (War, war)
Crocodile psychopath (Mama, we're going to war)
Momma, I'm going to war!!!
ShCh!
P.S. In 1997, the band released their fifth album, titled "Nečuveno" (translated as "Outrageous or "Unheard-of"). It was distributed as a CD, but it had nothing recorded on it. Nonetheless, 350 copies of the album were sold. The album had a video "Nečuveno" with just an empty blue screen. In 2000. Let3 made an album "Jedina" (The only one) in just 1 copy which they refused to publish, but when they did in one of their next concerts around that time, the band burned the copy in front of everyone without playing a single song from that album. There's more, but then again, google it. 😁😂