The new song with which Jeangu Macrooy represents our country at the Eurovision Song Contest, appears to be a direct ode to broccoli. Immediately after the song ‘Birth of a new age’ was heard for the first time, the audience wondered en masse: is he singing something about broccoli? Greengrocer Ton Kanters is happy and puts the vegetables in the spotlight.
‘Birth of a new age’ is mostly sung in English, but it also contains sentences in Sranantongo, a language that is widely spoken in Suriname. The phrase ‘Yu no man broko mi’ caused quite a bit of confusion and was quickly bombarded into typical ‘Mama Appelsap’: a song that makes you think you will discover Dutch lyrics. It also rained reactions on Twitter.
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Ton Kanters has two shops with fruit and vegetables in Schijndel and Vught. He heard it immediately when the new entry for the Eurovision Song Contest came along: ‘You are my broccoli, you are my broccoli.’
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“Yesterday evening all alarm bells went off at our place”, he told Radio Brabant radio program WAKKER on Friday morning! “We will also respond to this by putting the broccoli in the advertising. Photo of Jeangu Macrooy included, success guaranteed!”
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Customers who enter his shops and can sing the chorus along, even get a broccoli for free. “We could not wish for better advertising for the vegetables, says Kanters.” And it is also very healthy and widely available at this time of the year. “
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The greengrocer in the broadcast of WAKKER!
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