This is the song that made me a Noir Desir fan. I was living in Paris when this was a radio hit and it blew my mind. I have found attempts at translation but none do justice to the song. This is a french song for french people and I feel us poor foreigners will never fully realise what we are missing.
The lyrics of this song seem to reveal the threatening undercurrents that lurk beneath the facade of life in France, the dangerous nationalism, corrupting power of money and the disregard for the noble values of the country.
The song sounds dark and threatening, like a gathering storm. Wonderful !
This is the song that made me a Noir Desir fan. I was living in Paris when this was a radio hit and it blew my mind. I have found attempts at translation but none do justice to the song. This is a french song for french people and I feel us poor foreigners will never fully realise what we are missing. The lyrics of this song seem to reveal the threatening undercurrents that lurk beneath the facade of life in France, the dangerous nationalism, corrupting power of money and the disregard for the noble values of the country. The song sounds dark and threatening, like a gathering storm. Wonderful !