And yet like other sound artists cast in the same mould (from François de Roubaix to Pascal Comelade or even Ennio Morricone), René Aubry has settled into our musical world.
As a young man, he developed a passion for the guitar but was more attracted to the soft arpeggios of Leonard Cohen than the biting riffs of Led Zeppelin.
Together with his brother, he set out to work “in the footsteps of Catherine Ribeiro and François Béranger”.
However, it was his encounter with Carolyn Carlson that propelled him along a less crowded path. René Aubry became “a composer of ballet music”, while at the same time making it a point of honour to produce albums for the pure pleasure of listening to music.
As a composer, player of numerous instruments, and his own sound engineer, René Aubry works alone on his albums, blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation, samples of voices or violins “taken from Beethoven, Stravinsky or Puccini”. Archivists tear their hair out in despair because his work has a place on all the record shops shelves: classical, ballet, new age, new music, rock, French variety, and world music.
The urge to appear on stage came to him later and despite himself. In the early nineties, when the organisers of the “Festival of Possible Music”, Time Zone, in Bari, Italy, asked him to give a concert, he initially refused. However, after much persuasion, he eventually gave in “after nearly three years of discussions over the telephone!” In 1994, he finally shared the festival’s line-up with Philip Glass, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and David Byrne. Not bad for a baptism of fire!
In 1997, he composed Signes, a ballet by Carolyn Carlson, with the première held at the Opera Bastille, winning an award at the "Victoires de la Musique Classique et du Jazz" in 1998.
His albums Plaisirs d’amour and Invités sur la Terre were the starting point for a return to more acoustic compositions as a result of his determination to continue his stage experience. The timid tinker, who handled his musical craft on his own, learned how to make instrumentalists work on his music and, above all, to appreciate contacts with the public. He performed one concert after another, travelling all over Europe with his septet.
And as soon as he seemed to have settled into this “system”, this unpredictable artist, with his love of freedom, again astonished everybody with Seuls au Monde, a sombre and electric record marked by the 11th of September. In this record, he went back to his programming and tinkering to share with us his alarmist but lucid view of our world.
His Projection Privée, a fantasy centred on San-Antonio, the famous character of Frédéric Dard, was released in 2004 and included the original soundtrack of the film Malabar Princess.
Allow yourself, today, to be tempted by the new Opus of René Aubry, whose liberated career is a reminder that this atypical artist, constantly acclaimed by a local public, deserves more than ever to be celebrated!
In reality, Memoires du futur is an album with ethereal overtones, a timeless work, punctuated by songs, including Viendras-tu avec moi?, a highly influential title that is breathtaking and out-of-the-ordinary, like its performer.
Tree Song
René Aubry Lyrics
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Tree Song" von René Aubry
If I were a tree, in the deep blue sea.
Would you come right up for to be so free?
Would you come right up for to be so free?
If I were a tree, what is it to thee?
What to I would see of you and me?
If I were a tree in the heavens, in the heavens sun.
Would there be a reason and the answers done?
Would there be a reason and the answers done?
If I were a tree, as the words decree.
Would you bow so low when then you need?
Would you bow so low when then you need?
If I were a tree, and you made a key.
Would the door open heart for man to be?
Would the door open heart for man to be?
The song "Tree Song" by René Aubry tells a story of a tree, pondering the significance of its existence and the relationship it shares with the world around it. The tree asks a series of rhetorical questions to the listener, inviting them to consider the beauty and mystery of nature. It first asks if the listener would come to visit if the tree were in the deep blue sea, suggesting that the connection between humans and nature is universal and not limited by geographical boundaries. The tree then contemplates what it would see of the listener and itself if it were a tree on earth. It moves on to ask about the possibility of finding answers to life's complexities if it were a tree in the heavens, suggesting that the tree possesses a wisdom beyond what the mere human mind can comprehend. The song ends by asking if the listeners would use the key to unlock the door that leads to their hearts and open themselves up to the beauty and wonders of nature.
The simplicity of the song is what makes it so beautiful. The song's message is more about feeling than it is about a complex narrative. The lyrics are crafted to make the listener feel something, and it does that in such a powerful way that the message transcends the medium itself. The song is a reminder that sometimes the simplest things in life are the most profound.
Line by Line Meaning
If I were a tree, in the deep blue sea.
If I were a tree submerged underwater.
Would you come right up for to be so free?
Would you visit me and feel free in my presence?
If I were a tree, what is it to thee?
If I were a tree, why should you care?
What to I would see of you and me?
What would I observe about our relationship?
If I were a tree in the heavens, in the heavens sun.
If I were a tree in the celestial sphere, exposed to the sunlight.
Would there be a reason and the answers done?
Would there be a purpose or explanation for our existence?
If I were a tree, as the words decree.
If I were a tree, following the laws of nature.
Would you bow so low when then you need?
Would you humble yourself before me when you require my resources?
If I were a tree, and you made a key.
If I were a tree and you crafted a tool from me.
Would the door open heart for man to be?
Would the tool I provide create an opportunity for human progress?
Contributed by Sebastian C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@omercutna
the lyrics , as i unserstood :
if I were a tree
in the deep blue sea
would you come right up for to be so free
if i were a tree
why it is it to the
what your eyes would see of you and
me.
if I were a tree in the heavens sent
would be a reason and the answer down.
if i were a tree
as the words decree
would you bounce so long and then you me?
if i were a tree
and you were a key
would the door open wide are meant to be
@kacperelectronika2626
Calm rhythm, greenery in the music video, guitar and accordion, cool trees painted and moving like people. Good.
@michaelnestler9106
cette chanson est le meilleur que vous avez fait!! ca touche vraiment mon coeur ! vous est un grand artiste. vraiment! je suis und enfant avec 80 ans, et je vie dans la foret noire en allmagne. grand salutations michael nestler
@karitahannikainen4734
Wunderbar!❤,Karita.
@amerk6601
I was maybe 11 or 12 (1990 / 1991) and my dad had just rented Solstice for NES. But before I could play it he made me come to some sort of arts exhibition where Rene Aubry was performing, leaving my brothers home to play it without me. I was pretty upset over it at first, until I heard their music, and this song especially. The music, the words, the dance - I had never experienced anything like it before, and it was beautiful.
My dad just passed away last night after battling months with liver and kidney failure, on top of cancer. I realized tonight listening to this music that I never did thank him for dragging me there that night against my initial objection. It was such a wonderful experience that I'll cherish forever, and this song gives me comfort hearing it, because it was also one of his favorites.
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@Nefelibutter
Sending you love, thinking of you and your dad, 3 years later
@Teatkabary
Oté ! Lé doss kadodoss !! 1991 mwin la danse dési la mizik-la. La natir. La foré.... Lé doss. Lé bèl. Mèrsi. Mèrsi ....
@mariarascon2157
Me encanta este versión, el vídeo de los árboles es muy tierno, me hace sentir nostalgia por la vida. Gracias.