Theo Hakola from Passion Fodder produced their first LP in 1987 Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde ?. This 6 tracks album shows what would become a Noir Désir trademark: finely crafted lyrics with powerful rock sound.
Noir Désir's second album, Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient), released in 1990, introduced punk rock elements to their sound. This continued with their next album, Tostaky, which contained the successful song Tostaky.
One of the most popular rock groups in France, their success continued with the release of the dance-influenced 666.667 Club, and the remix album One Trip One Noise. Their last album, 2001's Des visages des figures, was a slower, more ambitious affair. This album also contained a collaboration with a fellow francophone Manu Chao. "Des visages, des figures" was the album of the consecration for the group which won the music award (Victoire de la Musique) of the best rock album of year 2002, as well as the award of best clip for "Le Vent nous portera". Although their last album seemed to be the slowest one, the following gigs were huge rock shows where thousands of fans came to see the group.
In 2003, allegedly on a drug binge, Bertrand Cantat slapped his girlfriend, Marie Trintignant during an argument in a hotel room in Lithuania. As she fell, her head hit the bed, and she consequently bled to death. Marie Trintignant was a popular French actress and was working on a movie. A Lithuanian judge sentenced Cantat to 8 years in prison after a jury convicted him of manslaughter. He was sentenced in Lithuania and served his sentence in a prison near Toulouse in France.
In September 2005, an album, En public, which contains highlights of their last tour. They also released a DVD set, Noir Désir en images, which contains various live performances, footage and videos. Special permission was obtained in order to allow the imprisoned Cantat to participate in the development of those.
Noir Désir members have not ruled out the possibility of re-forming once Cantat is released from jail. Cantat was released early on account of good behaviour on October 16th, 2007, but immediately retreated to his house near Bordeaux. At the time, he would not speak to the press regarding his musical future.
In November 2008, two free tracks were released. The band wished to show, with this release, that productive and cathartic, works from Noir Désir still impregnate the French scene with intellectual and emotional abuse.
Teyssot-Gay has stated that the group is currently in the process of composing and recording a new album which he feels should be finished in 2009. However according to a May 14, 2009 article in Le Parisien the album will not be ready until January 2010.
On November 29, 2010 it was announced that guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay was leaving the band citing "emotional, human and musical differences" with lead singer Cantat.
On November 30, 2010 band's drummer Denis Barthe announced that Noir Désir is disbanded for good and that is useless to let the band live with "artificial respiration".
Un jour en France
Noir Désir Lyrics
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Il y a les beaux discours
Au poteau les pourris, les corrompus aussi
Dents blanches et carnassiers
Mais à la première occasion
Chacun deviendrait le larron
De la foire au pognon qui qui se trame ici
Allez danse avec Johnny
Se rappellent de la France
Ont des réminiscences
De l'ordre, des jeux, de l'essence
Quand on vivait mieux
Il y avait polémique et
On pouvait discuter mais c'est Mickey
Qui a gagné
Allez d'accord, n'en parlons plus
Un autre jour en France
Des prières pour l'audience
Et quelques fascisants autour de 15%
Charlie défends-moi
C'est le temps des menaces
On a pas le choix pile en face
Et aujourd'hui je jure que rien n'se passe
Toujours un peu plus
F.N, souffrance
Qu'on est bien en France
C'est l'heure de changer la monnaie
On devra encore imprimer le rêve de l'égalité
On ne devra jamais supprimer celui de la fraternité
Restent des pointillés yeah, yeah, yeah
The lyrics of Noir Désir's "Un Jour En France" (A Day in France) explore the contradictions and hypocrisies in French society. The song begins with the image of the typical French bistro where the patrons engage in "beautiful speeches" about politics, railing against corruption and greedy politicians, while displaying their own carnivorous and greedy nature. The singer suggests that at the first opportunity, the same people who criticize the system would become thieves in the moral bank of our society. The line "go dance with Johnny" is a biting critique of the French preoccupation with celebrities and pop culture as a distraction from political problems.
The second verse contains a reference to the nostalgia for the time when French society worked more smoothly, with order, games, and gasoline. This nostalgia is punctuated by the rise of extremist and fascist groups and the urgent need for Charlie to defend them. The refrain echoes the sentiment of suffering and yet how good it is to be in France. The final verse talks about the urgent need to change the currency and the struggles to achieve equality and fraternity. In conclusion, the song speaks to a France that is at once proud of its past and yet seems to be struggling to redefine itself.
Line by Line Meaning
Au bistrot comme toujours
As usual at the bar
Il y a les beaux discours
There are beautiful speeches
Au poteau les pourris, les corrompus aussi
The rotten and corrupted ones are also at the pole
Dents blanches et carnassiers
White teeth and carnal desires
Mais à la première occasion
But at the first opportunity
Chacun deviendrait le larron
Everyone would become the thief
De la foire au pognon qui qui se trame ici
Of the money-making market that is taking place here
Allez danse avec Johnny
Come on, dance with Johnny
Se rappellent de la France
Remembering France
Ont des réminiscences
Have reminiscences
De l'ordre, des jeux, de l'essence
Of order, games, and fuel
Quand on vivait mieux
When we lived better
Il y avait polémique et
There was controversy and
On pouvait discuter mais c'est Mickey
We could discuss, but it's Mickey
Qui a gagné
Who won
Allez d'accord, n'en parlons plus
Alright, let's not talk about it anymore
Un autre jour en France
Another day in France
Des prières pour l'audience
Prayers for the audience
Et quelques fascisants autour de 15%
And a few fascists around 15%
Charlie défends-moi
Charlie defend me
C'est le temps des menaces
It's the time of threats
On a pas le choix pile en face
We have no choice but to face it
Et aujourd'hui je jure que rien n'se passe
And today I swear that nothing happens
Toujours un peu plus
Always a little more
F.N, souffrance
F.N (National Front), suffering
Qu'on est bien en France
How good it is to be in France
C'est l'heure de changer la monnaie
It's time to change the currency
On devra encore imprimer le rêve de l'égalité
We still have to print the dream of equality
On ne devra jamais supprimer celui de la fraternité
We should never delete the one of fraternity
Restent des pointillés yeah, yeah, yeah
There are still dots left, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Bertrand Lucien Cantat, Denis Guy Marc Barthe, Jean-Paul Roy, Serge Marius Pierre Teyssot Gay
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@phdes1967
Au bistrot comme toujours
Il y a les beaux discours
Au poteau les pourris, les corrompus aussi
Dents blanches et carnassiers
Mais à la première occasion
Chacun deviendrait le larron
De la foire au pognon qui qui se trame ici
Allez danse avec Johnny
Se rappellent de la France
Ont des réminiscences
De l'ordre, des jeux, de l'essence
Quand on vivait mieux
Il y avait Paul et Mickey
On pouvait discuter mais c'est Mickey
Qui a gagné
Allez d'accord, n'en parlons plus
Un autre jour en France
Des prières pour l'audience
Et quelques fascisants autour de 15%
Charlie défends-moi
C'est le temps des menaces
On a pas le choix pile en face
Et aujourd'hui je jure que rien n'se passe
Toujours un peu plus
F.N Souffrance
Qu'on est bien en France
C'est l'heure de changer la monnaie
On devra encore imprimer le rêve de l'égalité
On ne devra jamais supprimer celui de la fraternité
Restent des pointillés yeah, yeah, yeah
@mariocrimi8031
Du vrai rock français original. Prenez garde au texte: Grand et magnifique
@dav4062
J'ai eu le bonheur de la jouer dans une arène avec 700 batteurs, guitaristes, bassistes, chanteurs et chanteuses et Denis Barthe himself à la batterie "guide"!! Un grand moment que je ne suis pas près d'oublier....
@troleurtv1215
Tu jouer quoi perso batterie
@auroregori3346
Oui tu ne joues pas du pipeau?
@dav4062
@troleur tv Guitare
@dav4062
@aurore gori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnRiYD5_aWA tiens, regarde si c'est du pipeau...
@mechrouge1
Enorme ! Merci pour le partage !
@fmpetit
"Et aujourd'hui je jure que rien n'se passe
Toujours un peu plus"
Paroles géniales comme d'habitude avec Noir Désir
@I3ariss
What a song! Love this song from Turkey!
@raimundosantos9929
Brasil na área. Música incrível.