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Noise, melody, repetition.
It is interesting to note how in repetition there are simultaneously the seeds of madness and those of the most reassuring mental health. Think about it: on one hand, repetition helps to organize the chaos of the universe, it is the Sign that we recognize and perhaps the very beginning of language and the world of meaning, of complete sense. Every morning the awakening sets in motion a series of rituals that provide the framework within which meaningful events occur.
Pop music itself is based on that true institution that is the chorus, something that with its return soothes and reassures.
On the other hand, however, there is the threatening aspect, the short circuit of reality that occurs when repetition becomes identical to itself and infinite, or at least tending towards infinity. This results in an alienating effect, there is the risk of sinking into an abyss, habit becomes pathological, repeated words and acts lose weight and consistency, become empty signs. We are in the realm of madness, let the psychotherapist in!
Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane enjoy staying exactly on the borderline between these two meanings of repetition with surprising results for their (and our) mental health: the therapy consists of correcting obsessive tendencies with melodious and persuasive voices and healthy pop injections (which are always good for your health!).
It's a simple and brilliant recipe: combining Germanic heaviness and consistency (influences from 70s German rock, especially Faust and Neu! + a love for philosophy, Marxist in this case), Anglo-Saxon pragmatism and essentiality (songs not excessively long, use of the typical pop format), French lightness (influence from French singer-songwriter music, lounge music, often sung in French).
And here we are, more than 10 years later, with this double CD that traces the entire history of the band from the beginning to the present day, a beautiful and complete introduction for the newcomer but also an essential addition to the enthusiast's catalog.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Changer (04:11)
Changer
Changer
Changer la vie
Changer le monde
I want to go
I lost myself
translation
Change
Change
Change life
Change the world
I want to go
I lost myself
03 Doubt (02:41)
Doubt will kill you
Youth passed away
Amongst the various controls of resignation
Unmistakable
Appeal of the marvelous
Doubt doubt doubt doubt...
Is it enough to show
How the nightmare works
So the people will wake up
Is it enough?
07 Peng! 33 (02:57)
Curiosity was far greater than our fear
It felt so simple and so prodigious at the same time
Incredible things are happening in the world
Magical things are happening in this world
Across the river there are all kinds of magical instruments
While really we keep on living like monkeys
Incredible things are happening in the world
Magical things are happening in this world
09 Wow and Flutter (02:54)
I didn't question I didn't know
As far as I'd seen life was endless
When I realised I had to let go
We are mere mortals
As to the rest
It's not eternal, imperishable
While on the move
It's not eternal, interminable
Progress is the clue
I though IBM was born with the world
The US flag would float forever
The cold opponent did pack away
The capital will have to follow
It's not eternal, imperishable
Oh yes it will go
It's not eternal, imperishable
The dinosaur law
Look at the symbols, they are alive
They move evolve and then they die
12 Heavy Denim (03:09)
We're not here to get bored
We are here to disrupt
To disrupt, to disrupt, to disrupt, to disrupt
To have the time of our lives.
13 French Disko (03:12)
Though this world�s essentially an absurd place to be living in
It doesn't call for total withdrawal
I've been told it's a fact of life
Men have to kill one another
Well I say there are still things worth fighting for
La resistance!
Though this world�s essentially an absurd place to be living in
It doesn't call for (bubble withdrawal)
It said human existence is pointless
As acts of rebellious solidarity
Can bring sense in this world
La resistance!
14 Wow and Flutter (02:56)
I didn't question I didn't know
As far as I'd seen life was endless
When I realised I had to let go
We are mere mortals
As to the rest
It's not eternal, imperishable
While on the move
It's not eternal, interminable
Progress is the clue
I though IBM was born with the world
The US flag would float forever
The cold opponent did pack away
The capital will have to follow
It's not eternal, imperishable
Oh yes it will go
It's not eternal, imperishable
The dinosaur law
Look at the symbols, they are alive
They move evolve and then they die
15 Golden Ball (05:45)
The only viable sun
What we have in common
We have nothing common
I live with its companions
I live with its companions
They can illuminate
Within its commandment
To illuminate
To attenuate
To illuminate
To accentuate
For we are old fellows
Illuminate
But we are...
Like falling two in half
From visible to invisible
Into the intercourse
That illuminates
Each fragment of the screen
Put into the ball of which it's part
Observe the failing of its tendencies
There's no above there's no below
Two months..
The only dynamic sun
16 Lo Boob Oscillator (04:33)
La
La lune est libre je crois
Qui rayonne au-dessus
Rayonne au-d'sus des toits
La lune est libre
Bien plus libre qu'on ne le croit
Elle fluctue de �� et l�
Les parties qu'on ne voit pas
C'est pas grave �a reviendra
Et quand elle est plong�e
Dans la froide obscurit�
Donne l'impression qu'elle se noie
Bien vite reprend pied
Avec ses apparences instables
Y en a qu'elle fait douter
Bien plus fid�le qu'on ne le croit
La lune est libre
R�ceptive et absorbante
De la lumi�re qu'elle renvoie
Elle rayonne au-dessus des toits
Et fluctue de �� et l�
Changeante, fascinante
Parfois m�me �blouissante
C'est ainsi qu'on l'aper�oit
Disque parfait, disque lumineux
Ne vous rappelle-t-elle pas l'hostie/le style
De ceux qui l'vent la t�te
Dans l'espoir de s'�lever un peu
Transitoire, unique, symbolique
De quelques visions imaginaires
Elle en impressionne plus d'un
Qui prennent peur et d�lirent
Elle est au-dessus de tout �a
Elle est au-dessus de tout �a
Elle est libre de tout �a
Elle est au-dessus de tout �a
Elle est libre de tout �a
Elle est au-dessus de tout �a
La lune est libre je crois
Qui rayonne au-dessus
Rayonne au-d'sus des toits
La lune est libre
Bien plus libre qu'on ne le croit
Elle fluctue de �� et l�
Les parties qu'on ne voit pas
C'est pas grave �a reviendra
Disque parfait, disque lumineux
Ne vous rappelle-t-elle pas l'hostie/le style
De ceux qui l'vent la t�te
Dans l'espoir de s'�vader un peu
Transitoire, unique, symbolique
De quelques visions imaginaires
Elle en impressionne plus d'un
Qui prennent peur et d�lirent
Elle est libre de tout �a
Elle est libre de tout �a
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