In 2000, Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Raphaël Delorme, childhood friends, formed the band "Hangover" with songs exclusively in English.Some years later, Raphaël left the band at the moment when they were signing their first contract.The new lineup found a new guitarist, Félix Hemmen, who enjoyed their music. In 2007, the bassist Bérald Crambes joined the band.
The band took the name BB Brunes, inspired by the name of the song "Initials BB" by Serge Gainsbourg and by Paris's boulevard Brune, where the band then did their rehearsals.The band's musical influences are punk and rock groups from the 1960s and 1970s as well as current groups such as The Strokes, Amy Winehouse, The Clash, David Bowie, Ray Charles and singers like Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc,etc. Their lyrics are mostly in French.
In 2009, the group won a Victoires de la musique in the category 'Group or artist stage revelation of the year'.
They have sold over 2 milllion albums and singles in France alone, 3.8 million in Europe.
Cavalier noir
BB Brunes Lyrics
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O grand druide
Entend la prière
D’un témoin de la providence
D’un candide
Enfant du mystère
Sur un gout de vodka orange
Dans quelle confrérie je me rangerai
Suis-je des mauvais des bons
Moi je suis las,
Lasse de vivre de je ne sais pas
Quand rien ne se dit ici bas
Loin des dires de l’au-delà
Après tout las
De mon sort
Blasé d’être un roi
Sans sa reine
Que jamais il ne trouva
Cavalier seul il demeura
En ce mois de décembre
J’appuie sur l’accélérateur
En ce mois de descente
Oh grand druide
Oh grand créateur
Je suis las,
Las de vivre de je ne sais pas
Quand rien ne se dit ici bas
Loin des dires de l’au-delà
Après tout las
De mon sort
Blasé d’être un roi
Sans sa reine
Que jamais il ne trouva
Cavalier seul il demeura
Un relent de vodka dérange ma conduite
Me vint une vision
Sur un fond, lyriques louanges
Qui me font perdre la raison
Pardonnez mes crimes, mes offenses
Et ma tumultueuse direction
En ce mois de décembre,
Je souris et je monte le son
Car …
Je suis las,
Las de vivre de ne sais pas
Quand rien ne se dit ici-bas
Loin des dires de l’au-delà
Après tout las
De mon sort
Blasé d’être un roi
Sans sa reine
Non jamais il ne trouva
Cavalier seul il demeura
Cavalier seul dans la nuit noire
Cavalier seul dans la nuit noire
The song "Cavalier noir" by BB Brunes is a contemplative piece on life and the uncertainties it brings. The singer, who assumes the persona of a knight, is tired of the never-ending cycle of life where nothing is certain, and there are always more questions than answers. In the opening verse, he presents himself as a witness and a child of mystery, seeking answers from a grand Druid or a higher power. However, he is unsure of which path to take or which side to choose, questioning whether he belongs to the good or bad brotherhood.
Throughout the song, the knight seems to be disillusioned with his life, feeling directionless and unfulfilled. He longs for a queen to accompany him on his journey and complete his reign as a king. Yet, he laments that he has never found her and is now alone, living life on his own terms. The chorus repeats the line "Je suis las" (I am tired), signifying the character's exhaustion with his life's uncertainties.
The song's chorus also implies the character's nihilistic outlook on life, where nothing seems to matter without the presence of something greater than oneself. The final verse features the knight driving under the influence of alcohol and having a vision where he seeks forgiveness for his transgressions, indicating his desperation for redemption.
Overall, "Cavalier noir" reflects on the universal experience of feeling lost and purposeless in life, and the search for meaning and acceptance.
Line by Line Meaning
En ce mois décembre
In this month of December
O grand druide
Oh great druid
Entend la prière
Hear the prayer
D’un témoin de la providence
Of a witness of providence
D’un candide
Of a naive
Enfant du mystère
Child of mystery
Sur un gout de vodka orange
On a taste of orange vodka
Je me dis que de dérision
I say to myself with derision
Dans quelle confrérie je me rangerai
In which brotherhood will I belong
Suis-je des mauvais des bons
Am I among the bad or the good
Moi je suis las,
I am tired,
Lasse de vivre de je ne sais pas
Tired of living without knowing
Quand rien ne se dit ici bas
When nothing is said down here
Loin des dires de l’au-delà
Far from the words of the afterlife
Après tout las
Anyway, tired
De mon sort
Of my fate
Blasé d’être un roi
Jaded of being a king
Sans sa reine
Without his queen
Que jamais il ne trouva
That he never found
Cavalier seul il demeura
He remained a lone knight
En ce mois de décembre
In this month of December
J’appuie sur l’accélérateur
I step on the accelerator
En ce mois de descente
In this month of descent
Oh grand druide
Oh great druid
Oh grand créateur
Oh great creator
Un relent de vodka dérange ma conduite
A smell of vodka disturbs my driving
Me vint une vision
I had a vision
Sur un fond, lyriques louanges
On a background of lyrical praises
Qui me font perdre la raison
That make me lose my mind
Pardonnez mes crimes, mes offenses
Forgive my crimes, my offenses
Et ma tumultueuse direction
And my tumultuous direction
Je souris et je monte le son
I smile and turn up the volume
Car …
Because ...
Cavalier seul dans la nuit noire
Lone knight in the black night
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