Silmarils is a French rock band formed in 1989 and from the southern suburb… Read Full Bio ↴Silmarils is a French rock band formed in 1989 and from the southern suburbs of Paris.

David Salsedo, Brice, Aymeric, Jimi and Jean-Pierre Martins decided to form the group in 1989 to lead the party from their school. Satisfied with their performance, they roam the bars in the suburbs and are joined by Como on bass. They come gradually to earn money with concerts that take them to Ireland where they won a great success. Things get serious when the Scottish producer Peter Murray produced their first album, Silmarils in 1995. Their first single, "Cours vite" (Run fast), is a success and quickly became an anthem in rock from France. Many think about Black Desire of revenge and furious Tostaky, crossed with urban rabies NTM. The censored clip of the single "Cours vite" (with porn stars Julia Channel and Draghixa) also draws attention.

Silmarils then began a new tour, where they're passing in first part for AC / DC, U2 or Therapy?. In 1997 they released their second studio album, Original Karma. In May 2000 they are back with "Vegas 76" and the hit "Il va y avoir du sport" (There will be sport) and in 2003, "4 life" is available in stores.

anecdotes
* The group takes its name from the book The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
* Lead singer, David Salsedo, produced the first album of Superbus. He also wrote four songs from the debut album of Dolly, which "Je ne veux pas rester sage" et "Partir seule", two of the biggest hits of the band from Nantes.

Mackina
Silmarils Lyrics

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Comme les montagnes que l'on ne peut pas bouger
Comme Poivre d'Arvor que l'on ne peut pas virer
Les star du show-biz, se sont installées
Depuis mon plus jeune âge, elles vivent dans ma télé

Les vieux animateurs invitent toujours les gloires passées
Entre les stars décrépies: solidarité
Machina est une machine à manipuler

Qui nous prend pour des cons, qui veut nous faire cracher

Nous rentrons dans le tas

Mackina est une énorme machination
Mackina est une énorme machination

Mais lorsque les ventes un jour commence à baisser
Que Mireille Mathieu fait la tournée des hospices
Mackina entre en action pour nous faire gober
Que Mireille est une star au fin fond du Tibet

Assez, Assez, nous en avons assez!
Cela fait trente ans que vous ne cessez d'amasse
Que vos sales ganaches, nous filent la nausée
A grand coup de grenades, veuillez nous disperser

Mackina est une énorme machination
Mackina est une énorme machination

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Silmarils' song "Mackina" criticize the entertainment industry and its obsession with perpetuating the fame of past stars and manipulating the public's perception of celebrity. The song compares this industry to an immovable mountain or an un-fireable TV presenter, emphasizing the establishment's entrenched power. Despite the fact that older presenters still invite former stars to their shows out of solidarity, the lyrics denounce this practice as an enormous manipulation. The song argues that the industry takes advantage of public gullibility and attempts to impose lies upon them. The chorus repeats that "Mackina is an enormous machination," urging listeners to become aware of and resist this manipulation.

The song also references Mireille Mathieu, a French singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s, as an example of a star whose fame has waned. When her record sales began to decline, the entertainment industry created a false image of her as a beloved star performing in distant and exotic places, such as the "deep Tibet." The lyrics mock this ploy, suggesting it is a desperate attempt to regain public interest.

Silmarils' "Mackina" seems to suggest that the entertainment industry is only interested in maintaining the status quo and perpetuating its own power, even if it means lying to the public. The lyrics urge the audience to see through the illusions and to demand transparency and authenticity from celebrities and the industry.

Line by Line Meaning

Comme les montagnes que l'on ne peut pas bouger
Like mountains that cannot be moved

Comme Poivre d'Arvor que l'on ne peut pas virer
Like Poivre d'Arvor that cannot be fired

Les stars du show-biz, se sont installées
The showbiz stars have settled in

Depuis mon plus jeune âge, elles vivent dans ma télé
Since my young age, they live in my TV

Les vieux animateurs invitent toujours les gloires passées
Old presenters always invite past glories

Entre les stars décrépies: solidarité
Between the decayed stars: solidarity

Machina est une machine à manipuler
Mackina is a machine to manipulate

Qui nous prend pour des cons, qui veut nous faire cracher
Who takes us for fools, who wants us to spit out

Nous rentrons dans le tas
We go into the pile

Mackina est une énorme machination
Mackina is a huge machination

Mais lorsque les ventes un jour commence à baisser
But when sales start to drop one day

Que Mireille Mathieu fait la tournée des hospices
When Mireille Mathieu tours hospices

Mackina entre en action pour nous faire gober
Mackina comes into play to make us swallow

Que Mireille est une star au fin fond du Tibet
That Mireille is a star deep in Tibet

Assez, Assez, nous en avons assez!
Enough, enough, we have had enough!

Cela fait trente ans que vous ne cessez d'amasse
For thirty years you have not stopped amassing

Que vos sales ganaches, nous filent la nausée
Your dirty faces make us feel nauseous

A grand coup de grenades, veuillez nous disperser
With a big blow of grenades, please disperse us

Writer(s): Aymeric Moneste, Jean-Pierre Martins, Stephane Daurs, David Charles Salsedo, Brice Jean Mari Montessuit, Come Enagnon Aguiar Copyright: You You Music Editions Sa

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