Johnny Acecraft: JANTELOVEN

This song is based on an autocours (weekly performance assignment) that we created at the Jacques Lecoq school in Paris. The words are taken from the novel 'En Flykting Krysser Sitt Spor' by Aksel Sandemose.
The vocal talents you can hear are those of Johan Westergren, Yngvild Aspeli, Karin Hauptmann, John Hinton and Saskia Husberg, and others involved in the original stage production include Yuki Ellias and Audrey Lamarque. The vocals were studio recorded by Fernando Favier. The song was recorded and mixed on the Innariddim Sound System, Hazelbrook, New South Wales, Australia, with technical support from Micapam. Video by Johnny Acecraft

The song is available on Johnny Acecraft's second album 'Kaboomba!' - available on Bandcamp or via www.spalienacecraft.co.uk

Words:

Du skal ikke tro at du er noe. Du skal ikke tro du er like sa mye som oss. Du skal ikke tro du er klokere enn oss. Du skal ikke innbille deg du er bedre enn oss. Du skal ikke tro du ved mere enn oss. Du skal ikke tro du er mere enn oss. Du skal ikke tro at du duer til noe. Du skal ikke le av os. Du skal ikke tro at noen bryr seg om deg. Du skal ikke tro du kan lære os noe. Hvis du ikke passer deg så skal faen ta deg. Du tror kanskje ikke jeg vet noe om deg? De trodde de var noe. Før undret jeg meg meget over at far ikke anmeldte drapsforsøket. Jante ville le. Passa dig! En gutt hade snakket om en vakker solnedgang han hadde sett. Åssen går det med solnedgangen din? Unskild.

Rough translation of the above:

You shall not think that you are anything. You shall not think that you're equal to us. You shall not think you're cleverer than us. You shall not imagine that you're better than us. You shall not think you know more than us. You shall not think you are more than us. You shall not think that you're good for anything. You shall not laugh at us. You shall not think that anyone cares about you. You shall not think you can teach us anything. If you don't behave, the devil will get you. Perhaps you think that I don't know all about you? They thought that they were something. Before, I used to wonder why father never reported the attempted murder. Jante would have laughed. Watch it! This bloke talked about a beautiful sunset he'd seen. "How's it going with that sunset of yours?" Sorry.

Music and video copyright © 2009/2011 Johnny Acecraft

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• jantelagen
• Norway
• Norwegian
• animation
• word art
• envy
• big beat
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