strange french
sometimes a piece of music just grabs the moment and right now for me it is la vie moderne by Léo Ferré,who was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death...and also we start the broadcast with Golden Dark, the haunting new collaboration between elo masing and david john hull, a tune which has grabbed me for somewhat different reasons.... so why ferré? perhaps this song encapsulates a particular european modernism, a swing, a twist upon so much culture, the unique francophone traditions of chanson... with the world dashing backwards from reason and truth this music has me perhaps, spinning in a better time.... so.. we play it four times, at different durations (same pitch), as a meditation, and a celebration........ http://www.theculture.net/feed/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tirez-bar-aged-2.mp4 my dad had 14 children and if today I wear Dior It’s obviously unrelated My virtue is not excusing itself so well None ever knew But when I did it had gone The modern life, modern life I had a nose like Cyrano A big, fancy, funny one A real radar for gigolos Since it’s been recovered from a cheapo surgery I can no longer sniff titties The modern life, modern life with then rounds of fertiliser biology spawns children who come home alone to their mummy in the labs they are horny and in the streets they cuckolded the hen lays eggs but sings no more The modern life, modern life Newspaper are like bandages They need to be changed sometimes Otherwise it messes with your mind And beside no need for ideas Because ideas make you think and thoughts make you argue The modern life, modern life There are people who look exotic and to scoff a “l’as de pique” they would go all the way to Peking Me without visa or prospect Albeit with bus tickets I see a lot of people, even Americans / and that’s not far The modern life, modern life The shops are overwhelmed selling paper gems the kind that won’t ruin you Tissues that only get used once So at least we know what what the purpose is to have 10 fingers The modern life, modern life