#UneBonneIdeePourBienCommencerLaJournee : revenir aux fondamentaux
#DominiqueA réinvente sa création "Le courage des oiseaux"
https://youtu.be/SgeI6G4CLMk?si=abc8MTkBdKFhDzsK

#VendrediLecture mais autour de la #musique / #music avec ce recueil de chroniques de #DominiqueA :

https://lemot-2boajzb46a-ew.a.run.app/musiques/tombersouslecharme/

Mes écoutes de la semaine du 23 December 2024 :

#DominiqueA, #Astrïd, #BabyWhale, #Bégayer, #TheCure, #DhanaJeera, #BrigitteFontaine, #FroidDub, #GolemMecanique, #IcyDemons, #PhilippeKaterine, #RienVirgule, #TristwchYFenywod,

Mes écoutes de la semaine du 02 December 2024 :

#DominiqueA, #ShaneAspegren, #TheCure, #Diabologum, #DivisionNuit, #DivisionNuit, #EinstuerzendeNeubauten, #GeggyTah, #GodspeedYouBlackEmperor, #GogolBordello, #HisNameIsAlive, #HumanError, #Hyperculte, #PhilippeKaterine, #LaTène, #LSR #Kid606, #Migala, #PointeDuLac, #Seefeel, #Tanakh, #TheCatsMiaow, #TheFrankAndWalters, #ThousandYardStare, #ToutDebord, #TristwchYFenywod, #VoxLow, #SanaeYamada,

Françoiz Breut – Vingt à Trente Mille Jours (2000, France)

[This guest post was written by @arratoon about number 912 on The List. The album was also submitted by @arratoon.]

The second album from French singer and illustrator was a sonic leap forward from her beguiling eponymous debut.

Written in the main by her then boyfriend, Dominique A, and his band, the songs bear the signature of the prolific songwriter and performer but are blessed by Françoiz’s elegant voice.

If, like me, you’re a sucker for sweeping strings then the addition of Budapest Symphony Orchestra will thrill you. The orchestrations are subtle but shimmering, and are used to their best effects on what has become her best-known song. “Si Tu Disais” starts with her barely audibly whispering the title, before hitting its stride. When the orchestra kicks in you’ll soar along with it. The track has been covered by Benjamin Biolay, and she’s performed it with fellow travellers Calexico, but this is the original and best version.

“L’Origine du Monde”, written by Katerine (most recently seen annoying Christians by appearing naked and painted blue as a Greek God in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony) kicks, buzzing guitars flying around like wasps.

The album features a languid version of Philippe Sarde’s “La Chanson d’Hélène”, originally from the soundtrack of Claude Sautet’s film Les Choses de La Vie, sung by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli. Here, Joey Burns from Calexico anglicises Piccoli’s lyrics. It’s a woozy delight. Françoiz also covers jazz standard “Sans Souci”. There’s more late-night languidity in Dominique A’s “La Nuit Repose”, shimmering guitars caressed by dark violins, before sailing away.

One of my favourites on this record is “Il n’y a pas d’Hommes dans les Coulisses”. Spare at first, her voice and a bass are joined by yearning strings and brushed drums, vibraphone and guitar adding mistral uplifts.

The record shows how much of an engaging performer she is, and how much of a great interpreter of people’s songs, seen recently on 2023’s Cover Songs in Inferno album she made with Don Nino. While Vingt… is beautifully moody and atmospheric, her most recent couple of albums, 2021’s Flux Flou de la Foule, and this year’s Vif!, are resplendent in their upbeat joyfulness, and both are uninhibited delights.

– Adrian Arratoon (@arratoon)

• Songlink: Françoiz Breut – Vingt à Trente Mille Jours
• Discogs: Françoiz Breut – Vingt à Trente Mille Jours

Mes écoutes de la semaine du 11 November 2024 :

#DominiqueA, #AlexandreBazin, #GeorgesBrassens, #MichelCloupDuo, #MattElliott, #FernandVandenbogaerde, #GoodSadHappyBad, #Grauzone, #CatherineChristerHennix, #JennyHval, #mHz, #Molasses, #Moonshake, #OiseauxTempête, #PhilippeKaterine, #PostMoves, #MajaSKRatkje, #SociétéEtrange, #Stereolab, #TheStoneRoses, #TanzMeinHerz, #LaTène #GuilhemLacroux #JérémieSauvage #JacquesPuech #LouisJacques, #Weeed, #Wysteria,

"L'histoire chuchotée de l'art" est un morceau de #DominiqueA qui m'a toujours intrigué. D'abord par sa longueur inhabituel pour une #chanson, mais aussi parce qu'elle détonne de la discographie de l'artiste. En plus, chuchotées, les paroles sont à peine audibles, et on comprend mal ce qu'il dit. En cherchant les paroles ce matin sur les internets, je découvre qu'il s'agit en fait d'un poème de l'artiste #RobertFilliou que je ne connaissait pas, écrit en 1963. Depuis, il semble qu'on fête l'anniversaire de l'art le 17 janvier, première date mentionnée dans le poème.

Le texte ici :
http://fabrice.reymond.free.fr/site/Pages/filliou.htm

La chanson ici :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajgdzFrDOY

Je reviens sur mon #DéfiMusical : une interprétation du courage des oiseaux (#DominiqueA) sur un air de Gouge Away (#Pixies)

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