The Dead Brothers Story the dead brothers, more or less what's left of a symphony orchestra after their car crashed today. some heavy metal wind instruments (Tubas, trombones and bass saxophone) a megaphone and a top hat, a nasty french accordion and some sweet lap steel country. Bringing rock'n'roll back to Europe by exploring the musical roots that led to it's birth or what would the european music that led to rock'n'roll, sound like today? They make Satie rhyme with Birthday Party, and the Saints singing Besame Mucho. They're a macabre rock'n'roll party and an old fashioned wedding at the same time. Need your sense of humour when they stage gruesome deaths singing Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. The Cramps wrote they liked their rendering of Human Fly. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Tom Waits got their records.Thomas Wydler of the Bad Seeds says their Tod Von Basel penned in the 16th century sounds pretty nasty. Toured tons with Bob Log III and England with T-Model Ford the tale dragger from Greenville, and they know personally the Reverend Beat-man himself. They are fans of The Kift, famous dutch surrealist jazz family. The Dead Brothers sing blues tunes out of ancient Europe (Totentanz) and famous cajun-core french swingh from Bombay. They've been called THE BEST FUNERAL ORCHESTRA along with tubas and electric guitar and the most bizarre act to have appeared in Europe. Felt at home in Russia, but go as much as possible to the swiss mountains. Some say they are paradoxal. Difficult to get along with. Try good food. They started staging a travelling doctor selling some potion from table to table, storming cafis with the well-named Cirque Electrique. They wrote a musical about ...death played on a boat during the swiss national exhibition in 2002, "Day of the Dead" featured Eleni Mandell, DJ Khan, Reverend Beatman and the whole dead family.
This is the text of their last newsletter; d.d. 06-08-2007
Dear Friend of the DEAD BROTHERS !
As you eventually heard: THE DEAD BROTHERS will not play any shows this year, not next year and who knows if they will ever play again.
But please, dry your tears for a minute and take a look at:
www.myspace.com/delaneyfdavidson
Yes,DELANEY is starting his Solo project !*
We also heard that PIERRE OMER played with a band called MAMA ROSIN.
And we are sure that Dead Alain and Dead Christophe will show up here or there. We will let ya know asap!
So have a great summer and enjoy your time until the DEAD will show up...
They contiue (different setting) under the name The Dead Brother Sweet String Orchestra (newsletter september 2008)
Singer and mastermind Alain Croubalia died in 2021.
Tic Tac
The Dead Brothers Lyrics
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Of the clock behind your back
You imagine the tic tac
Of the clock on the kitchen rack
And you wonder why
It takes so long
For him to come around
It takes so long
You imagine the flic flac
Of the waves against the rocks
You imagine the clic clac
Of the waves against his boat
And still you wonder why
It takes so long
For him to understand
It takes so long
For him to come home
All the stories you knew they were coming
You knew them right from the start
All the stories you knew they were happening
Yes you knew them all by heart
And I don't know you you say you don't like me anyway
I don't know why you say you don't love me anyway
And all the time we're sad
All the time we're mad
All the time we're sad
I don't know if it's worth it at all
You imagine the clic clac
Of the Hasselblads in his back
You imagine the clic clac
Of the paparazzis in his back
And still you wonder why
It takes so long
For him to understand
It takes so long
For him to come home
The Dead Brothers' song "Tic Tac" seems to be about a person waiting for someone they love to come home. The first stanza talks about the sound of a clock ticking in the background while waiting, and how time seems to go by so slowly. They wonder why it takes so long for their loved one to come home, as if they're waiting every second for them to arrive.
The second stanza talks about the sound of waves crashing against rocks and imagining the sound of their loved one's boat returning home. They still wonder why it's taking so long for them to come back and understand how much they're missed. The chorus talks about how they knew all along that stories like this would happen, but they still can't help feeling sad and mad all the time. They don't even know if it's worth it anymore.
Overall, the song feels like a melancholic love song, where someone is waiting for their loved one to come back and they're slowly losing hope that it will ever happen.
Line by Line Meaning
You imagine the tic tac
Of the clock behind your back
You're constantly aware of the ticking sound of the clock behind you
You imagine the tic tac
Of the clock on the kitchen rack
You're constantly aware of the ticking sound of the clock on the kitchen rack
And you wonder why
It takes so long
For him to come around
You wonder why it's taking him so long to show up or make a move
It takes so long
For him to come home
It's been taking him a long time to come back to you
You imagine the flic flac
Of the waves against the rocks
You're constantly imagining the sound of waves hitting the rocks
You imagine the clic clac
Of the waves against his boat
You're constantly imagining the sound of waves hitting his boat
For him to understand
It takes so long
For him to come home
It's been taking him a long time to understand and come back to you
All the stories you knew they were coming
You knew them right from the start
All the stories you knew they were happening
Yes you knew them all by heart
You already anticipated all the things that have been happening between you and him
I don't know you you say you don't like me anyway
I don't know why you say you don't love me anyway
And all the time we're sad
All the time we're mad
There seems to be a disconnect between you two, as you express confusion about his feelings
I don't know if it's worth it at all
You're questioning if this relationship is even worth continuing
You imagine the clic clac
Of the Hasselblads in his back
You imagine the sound of Hasselblad cameras constantly taking pictures of him
You imagine the clic clac
Of the paparazzis in his back
You imagine the sound of paparazzi constantly following him and taking pictures
Contributed by Chase C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.