Naughty Little Doggie, the eleventh studio album by Iggy Pop, was released in 1996. Its tenth and last track, “Look Away,” evokes his memories of Sable Starr and Johnny Thunders. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Look Away, by Iggy Pop
Category: Music
Deux enfants au soleil, par Jean Ferrat
Jean Ferrat (1930–2010), de son vrai nom Jean Tenenbaum, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français. Fils d’un immigré juif d’origine Russe déporté puis assassiné en 1942 à Auschwitz, il vécut le reste de la guerre caché d’abord par des militants communistes, puis par sa famille. Ces événements le marquèrent fortement, ce qui se manifestera plus tard par le caractère social et engagé de beaucoup de ses chansons, ainsi que par ses sympathies pour le PCF. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Back Door Man
Chester Arthur Burnett (1910–1976), known as Howlin’ Wolf, is one of the greatest American blues singers. In 1960 Willie Dixon (1915–1992), the bass player in his band, wrote for him the song “Back Door Man,” which was recorded in Chicago in June, then released in 1961 as the B-side to “Wang Dang Doodle.” CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Daddies and their little girls
In my post Thank Heaven For Little Girls, I presented several renderings of the song and ended with its use to accompany a stage dance between mature men and little girls. I stressed the symbolic nature of this reinterpretation of a song that lauded little girls for growing up into delightful young women: men love little girls as they are now, not only for their future beauty after puberty.
Now I found another video of a stage dance of adult men with little girls, but this one is much more romantic, the men lift the girls up, take them in their arms, and kiss them several times (at 1’05”, 3’00” and 3’29”): CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Petite sœur des rivières, par Jean-Michel Caradec
Je poursuis ici l’exploration du premier album 33 tours de Jean-Michel Caradec, Mords la vie. Après « Tendre Garance » et « Mille sarabandes », je présente aujourd’hui « Petite sœur des rivières », sa 6e chanson empreinte d’un érotisme subtil. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Catholic School Girls Rule, by Red Hot Chili Peppers
The American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers released their second studio album Freaky Styley in August 1985. Its 11th track, the song “Catholic School Girls Rule,” is inspired by an event in the life of the band’s singer Anthony Kiedis, which he told in his 2004 autobiography Scar Tissue (written with Larry Sloman, and published by Hyperion). A 14 years old girl who attended a local Catholic school met Kiedis backstage, and he slept with her while on tour before and after discovering her age. Genius quotes the book about their first meeting: CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Mille sarabandes, par Jean-Michel Caradec
L’album 33 tours Mords la vie (1973) de Jean-Michel Caradec reçoit son titre de sa première chanson. Ce petit chef d’œuvre poétique respire l’esprit libertaire des années suivant mai 68. J’ai consacré un précédent article est à sa 5e chanson, « Tendre Garance ». Aujourd’hui je présenterai son 11e titre, une belle chanson d’amour intitulée « Mille sarabandes ». CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Unhappy Girl, by The Doors
I have recently presented “You’re Lost Little Girl,” the second track of the album Strange Days by The Doors, and I said that this song probably refers to William Blake’s poem “A Little Girl Lost” in Songs of Experience (1794). Commenting the repeated line “You’re lost little girl” in the song’s lyrics, Genius says about Blake’s poem “A Little Girl Lost:” CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
You’re Lost Little Girl, by The Doors
The Doors released their second album Strange Days in September 1967. Many fans consider it as the band’s most original and creative album. Its second track is a song called “You’re Lost Little Girl,” about a little girl who is lost, but knows what to do. For this song, the singer Jim Morrison was requested to relax, not to shout, so that his voice would sound like that of Frank Sinatra. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Tendre Garance, par Jean-Michel Caradec
Jean-Michel Caradec, dont la carrière de chanteur débuta en 1969, rencontra le succès en 1974 avec son deuxième album 33 tours intitulé Ma petite fille de rêve d’après le titre de sa première chanson. Son premier album Mords la vie sortit en 1973. Celui-ci n’a jamais été réédité en CD, mais il est inclus dans l’intégrale en 5 CDs de son œuvre (2018). CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…