I'm so proud of LET3. Since I was a teenager in Rijeka, Croatia (where they're from) 20+ years ago, they were the zeitgeist and everyone adored them. True artists, smart, provocative, talented, loving and kind. So proud :)

This song is genius, with a powerful message. Well done, a big greeting from Montenegro......BRAVO HRVATSKA

Podijelili dijagnozu svima....ljubav a ne rata....bravo za nas....bravo Let 3....napokon netko ima hrabrosti ocitati lekciju svima...❤✌️🌍

Provo divan komentar !!! Pjesma je remek djelo, melodia ostaje u glavi, odjeca je divna, scenografie je super, a sta je najglavnije Poruka je Univerzalna, !!!!!!!!! Bravo Let 3 !!! usudili ste reci nesto na glas sto drugi samo sapceju!! RESPEKT za sve ljude koji ne Zele rat, i

Nice …nice … Bravo ljudi ….ŠČerajre im svima …ajmo 🇭🇷

This is exactly the song that is all about preformance and visuals and they delivered! 🚜🚜🚜

Najzad nesto novo, bravo bravo! Svaka cast komšije!!!

Let3 are veterans of artistic provocation. The once made a statue of Angela Merkel taking a dump. They once released an album I'll loosely translate as 'Silence' and there was nothing on it. They take humor very seriously, and serious things very humorously

Ja sam odlepila za pesmom. Poz iz Srbije i srećno 👏👏👏👏

Haahaa 🙏❤️💖This song is a drug, a masterpiece and is truly what represents us The Balkans... This is us (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia, Kosovo) against war and stupidity.... in Love with all and for all in peace and joy, crazy and brave... Love for All 😘❤️💖🙏🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶Love from Croatia 💖🙏

This is a superb rock-opera anti-war parody. 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 forhead (word play: Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed in monk's outfit like Rasputin.’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 unique to Russian alphabet), and 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. Proposterous, or superb description of the present time? Main exclamation is ‘mama idem u rat’- mother (Russia) I am going to war.

I'm wirh you 12 points from the uk 🇬🇧

Say what you will about this shit - but Croatia has managed to grab everyone's attention. Either you love this concoction or you hate it deeply. TOP 10 in the Grand Final *OR* last place in the Semi Final

Neznam zasto je nekima tako tesko shvatiti o cemu se pjeva. Bravo za tebe. Pjesma je vrh

Tractor is a reference to 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 rockets has NINLE on his forhead (wordplay:Nin-Le=Lenin) and is dressed as a monk to represent Rasputin. Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia (ŠČ is a letter specific to russian alphabet), and crocodile is a 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 bcs Putin is homophobic. The meaning of the lyrics is kinda obvious now: "Mama (meaning Russia) loved a moron (meaning Putin)" "That little psychopath (W-w-war, war) Little, vicious psychopath (W-w-war, war) Crocodile psychopath (W-w-war, war) Mama, I'm going to war" The whole thing is trolling Putin level 10000000 and Im loving it. Croatia is a small country but not afraid to show the middle finger to a vile little psychopath. Also, I would bring your attention to the fact that band members are naked (transparent clothes) in the end, with roses sticking out of their rear parts ;)

It is difficult to translate that poem Tractor is a reference to 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 rockets has NINLE on his forehead (wordplay: Nin-Le=Lenin). Mama ŠČ is a metaphor for Mother Russia, and crocodile is a drug popular in Russia that makes people act like zombies. Mother Russia gave birth to and raised a son who, on a whim, decided to drag the whole country into war.

LYRICS EXPLAINED✨ Tractor is a reference to Lukashenko's birthday gift for Putin. In the song, Putin is described as "little vile psychopath". The vocalist represents Stalin, while other guy has written on his head NJINLE (word game: LENIN). Mother ŠČ is a metaphor for mother Russia, and crocodile is a drug popular in Russia that makes people behave like zombies. Lyrics could be translated like this: Mama bought a tractor Mama loved a moron Bridge: (The most chaotic part of the song; letters of Croatian alphabet) Mama im going to war! That little psychopath Little viscous psychopath Crocodile psychopath Mama, I'm going to war 💡fun facts: 💃Let 3 has been on Croatian music stage for over 30 years, they are known for making provoking, satirical songs based on political events 🚜They actually arrived to Dora music contest on tractor ✏ŠČ is the oldest letter of Croatian's Glagolitic script originated in 9th century

Artistic masterpiece

Bizarre, funny and clever at the same time, with a lot of hidden meanings. That is usual for this awesome rock band, for their songs and concerts. But song is nice even if you don't understand it. :D

I guess Harmonija Disonance would have won if they did a better job on stage but even though I am not a fan of Let 3 I am really happy we chose this one. Also this time the jury and public were on the same page which doesnt happen often on Dora. I cant wait to see what they will prepare for Eurovision. This will be pure chaos and I love it. Idemoooo :) ŠČ🔥

Mama ŠČ stands for the term Mother Russia. The little vile psychopath, the crocodile psychopath, is a reference to Boris Johnson and his statement that negotiating with Putin is like fighting a crocodile. The tractor reference refers to Lukashenko's birthday present to Putin. The inscription Njinle on the forehead is a reference to Lenin, and fromtman plays Stalin. At the same time, their clothes resemble the clothes Rasputin wore.

The letter ŠČ is kind of avant-gard satire, just like Let 3 in general. It's really up to our interpretation, and good art usually leaves plenty of room for that. There's the interpretation "it's a Russian letter", but then again, the bass player brewed a ŠČ brand beer before the war started. Their explanation is "it's the first letter, 3000 years old" or some silliness like that. They are big in Croatia and have some good songs. If you want to hear more of them, here's a list :) A cover of Child in Time: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7GmpLlqp7fSnX0.html A song about a man. Who might be implied gay, unsure about that. It's one of the most popular ones. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9RlppWqldCsZKs.html Touch of ethno thematic, based on a well known Croatian opera: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btF1ZryKqbq2ZGg.html Silly techno song with the title "getting cockslapped in the forehead", while a famous Croatian female singer recounts how many hours this process lasted. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/psilm8yF0sWXlJ8.html One making fun of our ex prime minister. A favourite of mine. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qN6Dq6yZrtSncpc.html "Drama". Pure avant-garde nonsense, but a banger. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6ukhLeTrqeXnas.html

Nije tip muzike koju slušam ali sviđa mi se nastup i poruka pjesme 👍a i inače oni su otkačeni skroz 🤣💪

ŠČ ❤❤❤❤

Go Croatia goooo🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

Respect to you for actually pronouncing the letters right and not making the video 20 mins long, unlike other youtubers reacting to this song.

ŠČ is a letter in Russian alphabet. Mother ŠČ is a reference to Mother Russia. Also Mother bought a tractor is also a reference to Russia buying Belarus (a tractor model is called Belarus).. Brilliant

ŠČ ! well done on the pronunciation ! :) thx for your support man !

Šč is the russian letter (ŝ)

The best ŠČ!! 🚜🚜🚜🚜

they have put out the entire dance choreography for the song on their social media

💡fun facts: 💃Let 3 has been on Croatian music stage for over 30 years, they are known for making provoking, satirical songs based on political events 🚜They actually arrived to Dora music contest on tractor ✏️ŠČ is the oldest letter of Croatian's Glagolitic script originated in 9th century

ŠČ is meditation acording to Mrle, lead singer. He spent 10+hours just saying ŠČ when he felt panic attack coming

I think that in the time from the general to the performance, all the other performers will already be singing this song; as a common rebellion against the current war. The next winter will be even colder in the EU, 'if' the song reaches the ears of the little psychopath.

MASTERPIECE ! bud it's sad cuz people won't understand the message

I like your attitude and how you process things. Thank you for honesty and respect.

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bravo Let 3....super

This is the winner 🤯💯❤️‍🔥🐊🚀

Genijalno!

Š is the 25th letter in the Croatian alphabet, Č is the 4th letter in the Croatian alphabet, 25+4=29, and the 29th letter in the Croatian alphabet is Z, which means Mother Z or Mother Russia. Mother ŠČ=Mother Z = Mother Russia bought a tractor (tractor = Belarus) ps the name of the most famous tractor in Belarus is called Belarus, also a gift that Lukashenko gave to Putin, and in this song tractor means Belarus (Mother Z/Russia bought a tractor/Belarus)

So basically there is no certain meaning in croatian as well, for example, "ŠČ" is like (acording what Let 3 said) is the oldest letter in croatian alphabet, "5000 years older than first alphabet" (there is no that letter in alphabet today) and main text "mama kupila traktora" literally means "mom bought tractor" so you can see there is no point of the song in our language too😂, but I personally like the song, I think its vibe, and its stays in head as well 😄

enjoyable reaction to one of my favourites in ESC 2023 so far (and so far it's not shaping up to be an especially vintage edition). My #1 is CHA CHA CHA from Finland, which needs to qualify in their national final at the end of the month. Please do that one next!

POZZDRAV IZ MOSTARA LET 3 POBJEDUJE NA EUROVIZIJI

Maybe people recognized well that the song is about Putin. We want to send a message to those who think the planet is their toy and manage everyone like puppets, and at the moment Putin is a prominent mannequin of that style, so it's time to dedicate a song to him," said Mrle from LET 3. This is an anti-war song❤💪

As a Croat who understands lyrics, I would also like to provide an additional interpretation of the first two verses. So the first verse goes "Mama kupila traktora", and it actually doesn't literally decode to Lukashenko buying a tractor to Putin, but to Russia "buying"/bribing Belarus and establishing control over Belarus. That's because "kupila" translates to "she bought". Also, беларус (=Belarus) is the best selling model of tractor in Belarus, and this makes the parody more apparent. This interpretation is important for understanding the second verse "Armageddon nona", which is harder to understand. "Nona" in Croatian means grandmother. So if "mama" = Russia, then "nona" = "Soviet Union". This makes more sense if you consider that Russia "bought" Belarus, and has now transformed itself into new Soviet Union who wants to be an empire (armageddon nona). Finally the nonsensical spelling of alphabet letters in the middle of the song actually represents unification of (Soviet) states into new Soviet Union, which is now represented with a new symbol "ŠČ". Also "ŠČ" is parody of letter "Z" which you can now see on Russian tanks deployed in Ukraine. Despite being punk rockers, Let 3 are known in Croatia and ex-Yugoslav states for their unique punk rock style and deep symbolism. Their main member Mrle also writes texts for theatre plays, which is also worth pointing out. So the whole performance must be taken into account while interpreting it, because this isn't a song you can listen to on radio, but a mini opera that makes a parody of horrors of totalitarianism.

Super nam pijesma🤗SC ♥ BRAVOOOOO LET3❤❤❤🇭🇷

ŠČ - ŠČRBAV meaning missing few teeth, it old croatian greeting for people without teeth. So when they toast and drink they raise a glass and say - ŠČ!

Hahahahah thats all,,,,,thank u

Trajna-nina is not actually a word, it is children's lullaby, and he is singing, as in some simple children song: Mom, I am going to war...

Believe it or not, it is actually a letter from the Russian alphabet - Щ (šč). I had no idea. This letter thing/fact is just absolutely bonkers.

You can put a lot in perspective, anything you can see have a meaning. 1. Tractor is birthday present for Putin from Lukashenko 2. Mama means Mother Russia 3. Song is on first childlish because all world is childlish in 21st century 4. All of them are dressed like former dictators, so they mock them all 5. Šč is a letter in Russian language which you can interpretate in many ways 6. Njinle on forehead of one holding a rockets means wordpuzzle Lenjin or Lenin, also he is dressed as Rasputin 7. Roses in their butt can be inerpretated like protests against unnecessary abortion 8. Getting naked means they want to make a reminder of the phrase "The emperor is naked" from the folktale "The emperors new clothes", which can be assumed as shame on todays political situation in the world 9. "Mom, im going to play" means that world is just a playground for the todays rulers, so they ask their moms to go to play 10. Crocodile is a drug in Russia which makes people acting like zombies 11. Music is incomprehensible because most of the new popular music today is incomprehensible, they dont have a meaning that is good for people 12. Make up on a man who wears military uniform means that todays transgenders are interfering on stuff thats not for that type of people 13. Crazy spot and crazy colors means the world is a crazy place And for the and they will go in Eurovision from Croatia to England on electric tractor, so thats also message for global warming👌👌👌

Definitely original

👌👌👌Genijalci!!! Bravoooo!!! Mama kupila traktora 🤣🤣🤣ŠŠŠŠČČČČČ!!! HAHAHA, HAHAHA, HAHAHA, YEEESSSS!!!

Mama = Motherland (Mother Russia) ŠČ = Slavic/Russian alphabet letter representation, "Z" reference but can also be interpreted as a word with various meanings (a salute or a FU) Tractor: Putin got one for his 70th from Lukashenko, president of Belarus, also a reference to any army vehicle Moron = Putin/Dictator Crocodile Psychopath: Boris Johnson compared Putin to a crocodile, also a "zombie" street drug reportedly widely used in Russia and "crocodile tears" Mama loved/supported a moron, now he is waging war. Lead singer has Stalin mustache (also a reference to dictators in general) and the one with missiles, dressed like Rasputin, has Lenin written on his forehead. Drag military outfits - taunting Putin (and all conservatives) for his views of LGBTQ+ community Nothing about this song or the performance is accidental, it has a strong anti-war message. Brilliant! This video explains it all! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZstxdbCrnJ3cnqc.html

Explanation of the lyrics: "Mama kupila traktora🚜 ŠČ" "Mother bought a tractor🚜 Щ" (Mother = Mother Russia) (Lukashenko gifting a tractor to Putin for his 70th birthday, also Belarus is a popular tractor in Belarus which means that 🇷🇺 bought 🇧🇾) The Cyrillic letter Shcha Щ was derived from the Glagolitic (Croatian script) letter Shta Ⱋ. Also the sum of letters Š and Č gives Z (25+4=29) in Croatian alphabet, and Z is a military symbol used by Russians to mark their military vehicles. "Trajna-nina armagedon nona" "Trayna-nina armageddon granny" (Nuclear armageddon threat) (Since mother is Russia that makes grandmother USSR) "Mama ljubila morona ...ŠČ" "Mother was kissing a moron ...Щ" (Mother Russia electing a moron (Putin) to be president) Then the reverse part of the song where they say the whole Croatian alphabet: A(А/Ⰰ), B(Б/Ⰱ), C(Ц/Ⱌ), Č(Ч/Ⱍ), Ć(Ћ/Ⱋ), D(Д/Ⰴ), Dž(Џ/Ⰴⰶ), Đ(Ђ/Ⰼ), E(Е/Ⰵ), F(Ф/Ⱇ), G(Г/Ⰳ), H(Х/Ⱈ), I(И/Ⰻ), J(Й/Ⰺ), K(К/Ⰽ), L(Л/Ⰾ), Lj(Љ/Ⰾⰺ), M(М/Ⰿ), N(Н/Ⱀ), Nj(Њ/Ⱀⰺ), O(О/Ⱁ), P(П/Ⱂ), R(Р/Ⱃ), S(С/Ⱄ), Š(Ш/Ⱎ), T(Т/Ⱅ), U(У/Ⱆ), V(В/Ⰲ), Z(З/Ⰷ), Ž(Ж/Ⰶ). The reverse part of the song represents going back in time and repeating the same mistakes from history (not learning from historical events). "Mama, mama, mama ja se idem igrat" "Mom, mom, mom I'm going to personate/roleplay" (Putin is going to personate or roleplay as Lenin and/or Stalin) "MAMA, IDEM U RAT!" "MOM, I'M GOING TO WAR!"🇺🇦 "Onaj mali psihopat" "That little psychopath"(Putin) "Mali podli psihopat" "Little vile psychopath"(Putin) "Krokodilski psihopat" "Crocodilian psychopath"(Putin) (Crocodilian as in enormous/huge/massive, basically the complete opposite of little) (Krokodil is also a drug in Russia stronger than heroin) (Also also reference to Boris Johnson calling Putin a crocodile 🐊) Meanwhile vocals in the background: "Mama ja idem u rat, rat, rat, rat" "Mom I'm going to war, war, war, war" "MAMA, IDEM U RAT!" "MOM, I'M GOING TO WAR!"🇺🇦

Metal won in 2006, rock won in 2021, what about punk in 2023?

1:44 All of them 😂

Type in Let3- Drama

FlyFor12👑 💣🚀👉🧠ŠČ>>🏨

ŠČ is 1st. alfabet 5000 years before Yesus People cold Sumerani.But in this song dosnt mean enyting. This is Let 3. We love them. Croacia❤️☕

Pjesma je posvećena Putinu,manekenu,kako ga Mrle iz grupe LET 3 zove...😂🙆❤️pozdrav tebi...

Pls do reaction on Filip Balos Beovizija, possible Serbia entry

BorŠČ! I Hope you know what is a BorŠČ in Russia?! 🤔🙄😁 So! ŠČ!

Hvala Hrvatska 🇭🇷🔥 Winner 🏆🥇 ruzzia🏴‍☠️💩💩💩

Šč is a russian letter

Let 3 in a very impressive and entertaining way tries to open the eyes of all people who have long since fallen asleep and no longer see what is happening around them, no longer see how the world manipulates little people... currently the song is associated with Russia due to some of the mentioned elements because this is happening right now, but the song is dedicated to all the past, present and future morons who think the world is their toy and the people in it are their puppets. Let 3 gives free rein to every imagination to imagine its own moron and psychopath from the smallest man to those at the top. Just stupid people dont underatand message!

Haha I Love It !! 😅😅🤣

The feeling that Europe is slowly going crazy..

šč ti je u ruskom "mama" kao MOTHER RUSSIA

So no one notices flower up his butt? 😂🤣

Šč is Russian letter

The text and performance are ambiguous. How you will (want to) understand this performance depends on your classification on this or that side. No, this is not about Putin as some explain , this is equally about Putin, Belarus, Zelensky ( USA) . . The letter Щ ( ŠĆ , pronunciation - very , very soft š ( sh ) ) , the 27th letter of the Russian alphabet, has a long history of origin, which goes back to the time of the appearance of the first Slavic alphabets: Cyrillic and Glagolitic All other explanations of the meaning of this letter are invented, wrong, and people just copy them without any verification.

You have to understand this satire. Making fun of Lukasenko and his birthday present to Putin for his 70th birthday. Making fun of the dictator Putin and his aggression towards Ukraine and the re-establishment of great Russia. Making fun of the Russian people because more than 70% of them still support Putin. The anti-war song is pure PUNK

Only stupid dont understand meaning.Greeat performance !!! Lets go ŠČ lets all together mock little psicho ! its called reverse parody

They're not Croats, they're our locals Serbs.

Baš me zanima kako bi🇭🇷bila oduševljena da je tako nešto poslala npr. Italija, Austrija, Norveška na Eurosong za vrijeme Domovinskog rata🤔kako bi Hrvati reagirali na takvu idiotariju? Lijepi pozdrav iz 🇨🇦

you can see green dancers on screen... green is zeleno in croatian language...Zelensky is in the middle. Everybody is dancing the same moves like him. Interesting?

NINLJE BRATE SATROVACKI LENJIN

Best song.. rest of the song so far are so generic and biring...Lets go Croatia

I will remamber ..yes. i was sick for at list 2 days... i am traumatized

Fuj fuj fuj 🤧

It doesn't mean anything. Actually, the whole song is meaningless. They sell pie crap, hoping that the Eurovision audience will like their makeup.

😊😊😊

Apsolutno remek djelo

Lyrics are example of compressed symbolism here... it is a way very smart song from that point of view. SC is actually how you a letter that can be found in Ukraine and Russian alphabet (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shcha) and song is about crazy dictator. Mama represents mother which is masked Mother Russia. With that in mind, you have: #Mama bought a tractor This part calls for when Lukasenko bought tractor for Putin's 70 birthday and simply states Russia "bought" Belarus to be on their side. Alternative is that this song instead about Putin might be about Lukasenko, but general public seems to believe it is more about Putin. From my point of view, it might be both and can easily be applied elsewhere (but then tractor does not fit and on stage there is hint also about Lenjin). #Trayna-neena, armagedon, nona Trayna-neena is here is just to fill the verse, but it comes from some more traditional folklor song in Crotia. Armagedon nona (or grandma) is kind of apocaliptic verse to legacy and how we always have some kind of armagedon watch showing minutes to midnight (or noon) related here. #Mama'd been kissing a moron Above is literlal, but real meaning is Mama loved moron. In essence, it says Mother Russia loves their dictator (well, repression gives you that) The chorus come in which does not need much explanation after a bit of chaotic music (which indicates chaos prior to war): #That little psychopath (W-w-war, war) #Little, vicious psychopath (W-w-war, war) #Crocodile psychopath (W-w-war, war) #Mama, I'm going to war It is very catchy and simple and as with any song using heavily idioms and potential suggestions, it can be easily interpretted in different ways - that makes it a bit special. On stage, singer looks similar to Chaplin's dictator though that is no different how they look otherwise. Song, message and appereance are kind of polarazing so this song will surely capture attention this way or another.

Bro, you dont sound like an american.

Realno ,jel ' ovo pesma??? Heloou !!! Oni misle na Zelenskog 100 % ,uniforme i ... sve je to maska..citaj mo izmedju redova

Sto ti se ne svidja pijesma???

A terrible song provokes a singer like Hitler, this should be punished and not sent to the Eurosong

Provokacija, ako vam mali psihopat posalje bespilotnu usrat cete se kao sto se usrali. a Hitler , ma uzas UZAS I TESKA PROVOKACIJA , OVO TREBA DISKVALIFIKOVATI