Saule is the solo project of Brussels based musician Xavier Garcia Bardon. … Read Full Bio ↴Saule is the solo project of Brussels based musician Xavier Garcia Bardon. His first eponimous album contains three tracks/soundscapes of sentimental, lyrical, yet experimental turntablism: romantic loops, introspective rhythms, feedback and vinyl cracks. It's violence and love! All tracks were made using three record players and a few prepared records. Saule has played with Kim Cascone, Janek Schaefer, Leo Kupper, Tony Conrad. He is also a member of Géographique (a duo that has played as support for Sonic Youth, Thomas Köner or Kato Hideki and with such artists as Köhn, Martiens Go Home and Ovil Bianca…) and of Buffle (www.myspace.com/buffle)

Another Band is called Saule et les pleureurs.

Madame Pipi
Saule Lyrics

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Sur sa p'tite table jaune à fleurs
Au milieu de nos odeurs
Quel bonheur,
Madame pipi fait la gueule

Dans son assiette qui s'abîme
Luisent les pièces de vingt centimes
Sublime, Madame pipi s'fait son film

Ref :

Elle a plus de style dans ses gestes
Que toutes ces stars du show-business
Plus de classe qu'les gens qui passent
En costard trois pièces
Avec sa bombe, elle vaporise
La vie salace des journées grises
Elle aseptise les fosses plus sceptiques
Qu'une église

Puis le soir quand tout s'éteint
Madame pipi attend son train
Elle regarde le cœur léger
Son p'tit ciel étoilé

Elle dandine sur la voie ferrée
Sur son visage on voit pointer
Le sourire d'une fée
Si c'était vrai

Ref

Moi, j'dis
Que dans ces personnes qu'on oublie
Sommeille un soleil de minuit

Une p'tite lueur qui fait de ces femmes
De jolies dames

Overall Meaning

The song "Madame Pipi" by Saule tells the story of a woman who works as a toilet attendant. She is sitting at her little yellow flowered table amidst the odors of the restroom, feeling unhappy. Her food is in a deteriorating state and her mood reflects that. Yet, there is something sublime about her. Her collection of twenty centime coins glimmer in her dish, but the real shimmer is in her attitude. She is completely immersed in her own world, making her own movie. Even as she goes about her mundane job of cleaning up the messes of strangers, there is a gracefulness to her movements and a certain beauty in her ways. She is altogether more stylish and classy than the busy people who rush past her in their suits.

The chorus of the song pays tribute to the grace and style of this woman. Saule sings that Madame Pipi has more style than all of the show-business stars, and more class than those people who wear a three-piece suit. Her work is to sanitize the most doubtful corners of the restrooms, and she does it with a sense of purpose as if she were in a church. Despite the tedium of her work, Madame Pipi has her own little world, and it is evident in her demeanor.

Despite her seeming contentment while at work, Madame Pipi also has a life outside of it. She waits for her train in the evenings with a light heart, admiring her starry sky. When she dandles on the train track, a grin like a fairy spreads across her face. Even though the existence of this happy, content world might only be in the singer's imagination, it is real to her.

Line by Line Meaning

Sur sa p'tite table jaune à fleurs
On her small yellow flowered table

Au milieu de nos odeurs
Amidst our smells

Quel bonheur, Madame pipi fait la gueule
What happiness, Madame pipi is sulky

Dans son assiette qui s'abîme
In her deteriorating plate

Luisent les pièces de vingt centimes
Shine the twenty cent coins

Sublime, Madame pipi s'fait son film
Sublime, Madame pipi makes her movie

Elle a plus de style dans ses gestes
She has more style in her movements

Que toutes ces stars du show-business
Than all those show business stars

Plus de classe qu'les gens qui passent
More class than people passing by

En costard trois pièces
In three-piece suits

Avec sa bombe, elle vaporise
With her spray can, she vaporizes