The foursome recorded around 45 sombre and tormented songs while gaving a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, Dominique Ané recorded a number of songs in a more upbeat and livelier style.
Beginning of a career
At the beginning of the 1990s Dominique Ané recorded songs that were both minimalist and rock in style. He wanted to break with the traditional chanson, which he considered to be more literary than musical[1]. His first CD, released by the Nantes label, Lithium, met with critical acclaim by the alternative magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, and by Bernard Lenoir, the 'John Peel' of France. Furthermore, his song, Le Courage des oiseaux, (the Courage of the Birds), was an underground hit.
From 1992 onwards, he started to produce more and more live shows, either with a backing band or solo. His commercial success grew in 1995 with Le twenty-two bar, a single off the album, La Mémoire Neuve, but this success left a bitter taste in Dominique's mouth because he considered the song to be particularly badly written[1].
In 2000, he composed the score for Antoine Desrosières' black comedy film Banqueroute.
Le Détour and beyond (2002-)
Dominique's discovery of Alain Bashung's dark 2002 album, L'Imprudence shocked him to the point that it put his music into question and he decided to explore different ways of working. He decided to compile what he considered to be the first part of a musical time capsule, a longbox entitled Le Détour. He asked his fans to write about their relationship with his music, and some of their letters were published in the booklet accompanying Le Détour.
For his subsequent album, he wanted to experiment and, consequently, for the first time, he gave control over the album to a third party, the team who produced L'Imprudence. The end result would be Tout sera comme avant (Everything will be like it was before), which was released in 2004. Unfortunately, many fans had difficulty obtaining a copy. At the same time, Dominique gave many live performances variously using a big band, minimalistic backing, or all alone (where he would experiment with oversampling).
In March 2006, L'Horizon came out, a new work that he produced alongside Dominique Brusson, with whom he had made the early album, Remué. It was the first time that Dominique A returned to work with a producer. He was backed by his old collaborators, Sacha Toorop and Olivier Mellano, as well as the musicians with whom he produced Tout sera comme avant. Dominique A had recently quit his record label, Labels, due to his desire for more creative freedom; consequently, it is no surprise that he describes L'Horizon as his most experimental work to date.
Collaboration and influence
Dominique A collaborates regularly with other artists and on other projects. He has been one of the shaping forces of Françoiz Breut's career, writing many of her songs since her début in 1997. He has also composed several songs for Jeanne Balibar's second album, Slalom Dale and wrote Où est la ville ? for Jane Birkin's 2006 album, Fictions. He also sang Veruca Salt et Frank Black in trio with Keren Ann and Vincent Delerm on the latter's second album, Kensington Square.
Dominique A has inspired and influenced many artists. Among them were Yann Tiersen and the Norwegian electro band, Oslo Telescopic, who named one of their albums The Dominique O Project. Lyrically, Dominique's movement away from the constraints of chanson moved many other French-speaking artists, including Miossec, Holden and Arman Méliès.
Tu vas voir ailleurs
Dominique A Lyrics
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Tu vas voir ailleurs
Et ça te remue
Comme ça te remue
Comme ça te remue
Tu vas voir ailleurs
Oh oui ça remue
Ça remue
Mets-y ta rancoeur
Mets-y ta rancoeur
Vas-y...
Tu vas voir ailleurs
Tu vas voir ailleurs
Après, pour aimer
Tu penses
"Ces images vont m'aider"
Alors tu compares
Tu prends peur
Mais quand même
Tu vas voir ailleurs
The lyrics of the song "Tu vas voir ailleurs" by Dominique A are about someone seeing their significant other with somebody else, and feeling the emotions of jealousy, anger, and betrayal. The repetition of the phrase "Tu vas voir ailleurs" which translates to "You're going to see someone else," emphasizes the inevitability and finality of the situation. The lyrics express that seeing the person with someone else is extremely emotional and stirring, as shown by the repetition of "ça te remue" which translates to "it stirs you up."
The singer then tells the person to put their bitterness and revenge into the situation, essentially telling them to use their anger to move on. They then mention that the person may use the memory of the situation to help them love again in the future, but they still must go and see someone else.
The song expresses a sense of inevitability and resignation, as if the person in the song has already accepted that the relationship is over and they need to move on. The lyrics take on a very somber, melancholic tone, which reflects the distress and disappointment that the singer feels. The use of repetition in the lyrics emphasizes the impact of these emotions on the person.
Line by Line Meaning
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Et ça te remue
And it shakes you up.
Comme ça te remue
Like it shakes you up.
Comme ça te remue
Like it shakes you up.
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Oh oui ça remue
Oh yes, it shakes things up.
La vache, ça remue
Wow, it really shakes things up.
Ça remue
It shakes things up.
Mets-y ta rancoeur
Put your bitterness into it.
Vas-y...
Go for it...
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Après, pour aimer
Afterward, to love,
Tu penses
You think,
"Ces images vont m'aider"
"These images will help me",
Alors tu compares
So you compare,
Tu prends peur
You get scared,
Mais quand même
But still,
Tu vas voir ailleurs
You're going to look elsewhere.
Contributed by Nicholas E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.