You should listen to this song if : You're in a tunnel, and you want to see the light at the end...
About this song : Rebirth and love are the themes of this song, based on a poem of Aragon. About the author : Léo Ferré is a French poet, author, composer and interpret. From wikipedia : "Along with Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel, he is considered one of the greatest composers and writers of French songs. Ferré mixed love and melancholy with moral anarchy, lyricism with slang, rhyming verse with prose monologues. He moved from music-hall to orchestral music, breaking free from the traditional song structure during the 1970s, inventing his own musical territory, powerfully dramatic and unique. He also set to music several poems by the French poètes maudits, such as François Villon, Charles Baudelaire ("L'albatros"), Paul Verlaine, and Arthur Rimbaud, as well as French poets from the 20th century like Guillaume Apollinaire and Louis Aragon. He took a central place in the French song world and is a prominent figure in this domain". His political engagement was longlasting, he was deeply involved in anarchism. His political views inspired many of his songs. To learn more about him, click on Léo Ferré (in English) or on Léo Ferré (en français) If the content of the video above has been blocked in your country by the copyright owners, you can try this version (without subtitles) Les paroles, and their approximate translation : Il
n'aurait fallu It
would have taken Qu'un moment de plus Just a moment longer Pour que la mort vienne for death to come Mais une main nue But a bare hand Alors est venue then came Qui a pris la mienne and took mine
Note : This CD is DIFFICULT TO FIND, even in France. New, it is sold at a very high price. I would HIGHLY recommend that you buy it for a decent price from one of Amazon's resellers that looks reliable. USA : Check the link, but if there's no American reseller (at a normal price), I think you'd better use the Canadian link and buy it from a Canadian reseller (much cheaper, even with international shipping fees). UK : Check the link, but if there's no UK reseller (at a normal price), I think you'd better use the French link and buy it from a French reseller (much cheaper, even with international shipping fees). European countries : Check the Italian link, which (if you're ready for the international shippings and not deterred by the absence of description) offers the best price. The single "Il n'aurait fallu" sung by Ferré is not available. I propose a link to another very good version, sung by Jacques DOUAI, whose interpretation is very close to Ferré's one.
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