Jäääär Live - Kosk

Live recording of band Jäääär. It's a dirty mix of live audio with video. For high quality sound please consider to buy an album.

Jäääär ("edge of the ice") was born on the 21st of January, 1991 in Tartu, and is noteworthy in the Estonian musical landscape not only because of its unique name. In reaction to the electronic musical tastelessness of the 80s, a group of young musicians came together to create something unique to touch their and their listeners' souls. The resulting "urban folk", performed on acoustic instruments, with deep and often penetrating lyrics, was an enchantingly refreshing new musical blend. From the beginning, their trademark was the extensive use of slide guitar, which in those days Tõun played using a porcelain shot glass nicked from his father's liquor cabinet. (Estonia was in the final year of occupation by the Soviet Union and at that time it was very difficult to acquire decent musical equipment).

LYRICS:

All kose jalamil, kus segi valgus veega
Kus tõuseb hämarus kui udukerge pilv
Kus päiksepaistes vesi sarnane on meega
Üht näkki ujumas on näinud minu silm
Üht näkki ujumas on näinud minu silm

Ta kerge jalg ei puuduta vee pinda
Kui kose laineilt tõuseb oma kivile
Ja keel ta kaelas pole üldse hinda
Käib lainte tantsus järgi rivilt rivile
Käib lainte tantsus järgi rivilt rivile

Siis vastu eha selgub metsa siluett
Ma märkan elu all ta rohekate vete
Ja kajab uhkelt vete kukkuv kett
Üks käsi viipab sealt, see pole meelepete
Üks käsi viipab sealt, see pole meelepete

Ei teagi täpselt, kas on vesi või on taevas
Kui lendan kaldalt kose käte vahele
Ja ärkan üles ühes tillukeses laevas
Kus ruumi on vaid meile kahele
Kus ruumi on vaid meile kahele