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Toot becomes jaded due to his success and decides to trade in his traditional instrument and costume for something more modern. The sound of it has a hypnotic effect on the residents of the city, who throng the streets to dance and cheer for Mr. The toot he plays is revealed to be a peculiar combination of an oud (Middle Eastern string instrument) and a trombone. Toot has long hair and and a beard and wears a distinctive tall, red hat. Toot is played by a heavily disguised Bård.
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The video is set in Istanbul (actually Morocco) and features Vegard as the narrator of the action. Victoria Hanna - Adir AdirimĪdir Adirim, the song Mr Toot is based on. As the song says, "Though you can kill the man, you can never kill the toot."īalkan Beat Box feat. However, his discarded instrument is found and a new Mr. Toot's ego and he rejects his classic instrument in favour of something more modern, a "fancy MIDI toot" (an electric guitar with a MIDI processor.) He changes his name to "Mr Ibanez" and holds a concert featuring modern music, a smoke machine and laser lights. When he plays from the rooftops of Istanbul, the entire city stops to dance to his irresistible rhythms. Toot, the master of a mysterious instrument called a toot.
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The song features solo vocals by Vegard, who narrates the cautionary tale of Mr. They also added a synthesizer bridge in the middle of the song that was not in the original. Ylvis used the song Adir Adirim by Israeli group Balkan Beat Box as the base track, and wrote new lyrics about the "legendary music man" of Istanbul, Mr.