Dupieux is most famous for his electro track "Flat Beat", which became a hit all across Europe in 1999 for being featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV advertisements. Dupieux also directed the ad, which featured a yellow puppet named Flat Eric nodding his head to the sound of the track while riding in a pickup truck. Flat Eric later appeared in the music video for "Flat Beat".
Dupieux released his first EP's "#1" and "M-Seq" on F Communications in 1997. After "Flat Beat", Oizo released his first album in 1999, Analog Worms Attack, featuring a single of the same name.
In 2005, Oizo released his second album entitled Moustache (Half a Scissor).
In 2006 and 2007, Oizo produced remixes for Kavinsky, Jamelia, Cassius, Scissor Sisters and, most recently, Calvin Harris.
Dupieux's first feature film, Steak, was released in France on June 20th, 2007. He also made the soundtrack in cooperation with Gaspard Augé from Justice.
In 2007, Mr. Oizo's Transexual EP was released on Ed Banger Records. The EP features a re-working of the 1979 disco track "Do It At The Disco" by Gary's Gang. The track appeared on Oizo's MySpace page in 2006 under the title Patrick122.
In 2008 Mr. Oizo released his third album, Lambs Anger, containing solid, hard, over-compressed, in-your-face dance tracks. The Positif EP was released in November, which featured remixes from Mr. Flash and LFO (Low Frequency Oscillation)
In March of 2009 Mr. Oizo released the Pourriture EP, featuring a remix of Erreur Jean by Arveene and Misk as well as some "radical reworks" by Oizo himself. A remix of the track "Z" was released as a Beatport exclusive. Also included in the download was a short film by Oizo, titled "Making Lamb's Anger".
In November of 2011, Mr. Oizo followed up Lambs Anger with Stade 2, a new release for Ed Banger Records. Slowly releasing the album through club nights and Twitter, Stade 2 further refines the style that he displayed on Lambs Anger, providing tracks for headphones and the dance floor.
In January of 2012 he started a music project with Boys Noize called Handbraekes.
In April of 2012 Mr. Oizo released an EP called Stade 3, which is available for free on the Internet. He also directed the Stade 3 Teaser where Flat Eric is starring again.
While in his time in America in November 2014, he produced a new album under the Brainfeeder Records called The Church.
He would return with Ed Banger Records in September of 2016 to make his sixth studio album All Wet featuring a pixelated Flat Eric as the cover art. This album features with artists like Tetanos, Peaches, Boys Noize, Phra, Skrillex, Siriusmo, Mocky, and Charli XCX.
Bruce Willis Is Dead
Mr. Oizo Lyrics
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Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis is dead...
The lyrics "Bruce Willis is dead" might seem straightforward at first, but upon close examination they reveal a layer of meaning that is more complex than what appears on the surface. The repetition of the line implies a kind of permanence, as if the death of Bruce Willis is a fact that cannot be questioned or reversed. This could be seen as a commentary on the transience of life, how even the most famous and successful people can find themselves at the mercy of mortality.
On another level, the lyrics might be seen as a commentary on the culture of celebrity and how we tend to elevate famous people to an almost god-like status. By declaring that Bruce Willis is dead, the song is effectively puncturing this myth and reminding us that even famous people are subject to the same fate as the rest of us. The repetition of the line also has a hypnotic quality that draws the listener in, almost as if we can't look away from this brutal, unvarnished truth.
Ultimately, the meaning of the lyrics is up for interpretation, but the song as a whole can be seen as a critique of the ways in which we construct meaning around death and celebrity, and a reminder of our mortality in the face of it all.
Line by Line Meaning
Bruce Willis is dead
The actor known as Bruce Willis has passed away
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis, the once-living human being, has now deceased
Bruce Willis is dead
The person commonly identified as Bruce Willis has perished and is no longer alive
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis, formerly a living individual, has died and is now deceased
Bruce Willis is dead
The human being previously known as Bruce Willis has passed away and is no longer with us
Bruce Willis is dead
Once-alive individual Bruce Willis has now ceased to exist and is dead
Bruce Willis is dead
The human named Bruce Willis has expired and is now deceased
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis, previously a living person, has passed away and is now dead
Bruce Willis is dead
The actor Bruce Willis has deceased and is no longer alive
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis, the once-breathing human, has now died and is deceased
Bruce Willis is dead
The person previously referred to as Bruce Willis has passed on and is no longer living
Bruce Willis is dead
Bruce Willis, having been alive at one point, has now passed away and is no longer among the living
Bruce Willis is dead
The individual known as Bruce Willis has left the living world and is now deceased
Writer(s): Quentin Dupieux
Contributed by Ian F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
party4lifedude
Imagine being at Bruce Willis's funeral and they play this song way too loud
14pat
he would die hard
mingtooter
WOoooooOOOOOO
Kj16V
Bruce Willis would come back to life just to party.
injektileur
2020 : let's all agree we still want Bruce Willis to live long.
Shooter Cade
imagine hearing this at a rave or warehouse on a mad acid trip
Chvck Bvzz
He played this at a festival a few years back and i had no idea what was going lol he went from Bruce Willis is dead to “check that vomit on the floor”. I didn’t know what to make of his set at all but it was ok my all time favorites
Coke Francis
@JacobJB Damn...
JacobJB
@Coke Francis It's been two months so I guess they didn't make it back in one piece. :(
Coke Francis
@RiversCuomo_ Did you make it back in one piece?