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Rating: The '90s are the musical decade I love the most, perhaps because my all-time favorite album was released in those years, in 1998 to be precise. It's "Moon Safari" by the French duo Air, composed of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. The reviews were positive, and the gay-friendly video on MTV piqued my curiosity, so at Porta Portese, I bought a used copy of the CD in excellent condition. The starry sky I saw lifting the CD from the case indicated what I found in the album: a journey among stars and comets in outer space, no classical seriousness though, but moderately "disco" rhythms, vocoder, moog, and mellotron, a "vintage" sound decor that was undoubtedly well anchored to the present, and at that time, I hoped, also to the future, but then no other album by this group pleased me. "La Femme d'argent" which opens the album is almost a mini sci-fi soundtrack, then the single "Sexy Boy," enticing yet charming, and the beautiful and rhythmic "Kelly Watch the Stars" dedicated to one of Charlie's Angels. A couple of tracks are suavely sung by Beth Hirsch: "All I Need" and "You make it Easy," and then the introspective and romantic "Ce Matin La" and "New star in the Sky" up to the masterpiece that closes the album: a poignant and breathtaking "Le voyage de Penelope" to listen to at full blast to take off towards the safari on the Moon.
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Sexy Boy (04:57)
Sexy Boy Sexy Boy
Où sont tes héros aux corps d'athlètes
Où sont tes idoles mal rasées, bien habillées
Sexy Boy Sexy Boy
Dans leurs yeux des dollars
Dans leurs sourires des diamants
Moi aussi un jour je serai beau comme un dieu
Sexy Boy Sexy Boy
Apollon 2000 zéro défaut vingt et un an
C'est l'homme idéal charme au masculin
Sexy Boy Sexy Boy
03 All I Need (04:28)
All I need is a little time
To get behind this sun and cast my weight
All I need is a peace of this mind
Then I can celebrate
All in all there's something to give (all in all there's something to give)
All in all there's something to do (all in all there's something to do)
All in all there's something to live
With you...
With yooouuuu...
Ah oo aye
Ah oo aye aye
Ah oo aye
All I need's a little sign
To get behind this sun and cast this weight(get behind this sun) of mine
All I need's the place to find
And there I'll celebrate
All in all there's something to give (all in all there's something to give)
All in all there's something to do (all in all there's something to do)
All in all there's something to live
With you...
With yooouuuu...
Ah oo aye
Ah oo aye aye
Ah oo aye
All I neeeeeeeddd...
06 Remember (02:34)
Remember together
Remember forever
Remember together
Remember forever
Souviens toi, ce jour là, toi et moi
Remember together
Remember forever
Souviens toi, ce jour là, toi et moi
Souviens toi, ce jour là, toi et moi
Remember forever
Remember forever
07 You Make It Easy (04:00)
“Never been here – How about you?”
You smile at my answer
You've given me the chance
To be held and understood
You leave me laughing without crying
There's no use denying
For many times I've tried
Love has never felt as good
Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware
You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy
How'd you do it? How'd you find me?
How did I find you?
How can this be true?
To be held and understood
Keep it coming - no one's running
The lesson I'm learning
Cause blessings are deserved
By the trust that always could
Be it downtown or way up in the air
When your heart's pounding
You know that I'm aware
You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy
You make it easy to watch the world with love
You make it easy to let the past be done
You make it easy
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