Joost Klein vs Doe Maar
A Pytski / RUINMYTUNE mashup from 2024. The Dutch contestant for the EuroVision Song Festival (ESF) 2024 gets blended with another typically Dutch tune from the 80s, the wonderful ‘Pa’ by Doe Maar. The result: Europapa + Pa = Europa-Pa.
“Europapa” is a tribute to a father who died before he could see his son travel the world. “Pa” is Doe Maar speaking directly to a father — tender, unguarded, in plain Dutch. The mashup doesn’t need to work hard to find a connection because the connection is already there, sitting at the heart of both songs.
Douze points for the Netherlands!
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
Joost Klein
Europapa
Year: 2024
Single: Europapa (ESF 2024 the Netherlands)
Genre: Gabberpop, happy hardcore, nederpop
About Europapa
Joost Klein, born in 1998 in Drachten, Friesland, represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. “Europapa” is a happy hardcore and gabberpop track built around a deceptively simple hook: the word “europapa,” which Joost coined as a portmanteau of Europe and papa. His father, who died when Joost was young, had always wanted him to see Europe. The song is a promise fulfilled — a tribute at 180 BPM, delivered with gabber energy and genuine grief underneath. Joost was controversially disqualified from the Eurovision final following a backstage incident with a camera operator, sparking a wave of support in the Netherlands. The song had already done what it needed to do.
Doe Maar
Pa
Year: 1983
Album: 4us
Genre: Alternative rock, R&B
About Pa
Doe Maar were the biggest Dutch rock band of the early 1980s: Ernst Jansz, Jan Hendriks and the rest of a group that built a devoted following with their reggae-influenced new wave sound at a time when that combination felt genuinely exciting. “Pa,” from their 1983 album 4us, is among their most direct and unguarded songs — a son talking to his father in plain, honest Dutch. The band split in 1984 at the height of their popularity, leaving behind a catalogue that has endured for over forty years. “Pa” remains one of the most quietly affecting songs in Dutch pop.
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