The universe is an adventure. Tim Dup has a gift for taking us into the realm of metaphor. "I distil the day, I still the clouds". He threads his writing through the lexical fields of effluvia and the sky. He tints his music with a new freedom. The artist now tunes his solitary piano to the echoes of other musicians: strings, harp, flute, guitars, rhythms, electric bass, and two brilliant pianists, Thomas Enhco and Alexandre Tharaud. He joins his voice to those of three women artists, Anaïs Demoustier, for the first time a singer, Aurélie Saada and Marguerite dite Saane. A female bias? Their sensibilities are united and they want to sing together!
Each track tells a fragment of a story, each song chants out images from the cinema. Tim Dup poetises love - L'avventura - and takes us on a journey through the warmth of Italian cities, from the heights of Naples and Montecalvario, to childhood memories along the roads of Tuscany - Dolce ricordo. He makes the drunken dance - of alcohol and landscapes and flies to Osaka. "I plant flowers, others will pick them for me". This album was born during our first confinement, between the nascent fruits of the vineyard, the generous sun of spring and the suggested immobility. Tim wanted to sway the waves, to move the sounds. Juste pour te plaire, prologue title, cadences the stroll.
This 2021 vintage is delicious, Tim Dup luminous. We find his real-life inspired fragances and his faithful companions. Friendship and complicity in creation have created a particular emulsion in the artist's entourage. Pavane has co-produced his albums since his first EP. Hugo Pillard directs her videos one by one. Diane Sagnier has returned to photography and visual production. Fab Dupont has taken over the mixing for this new edition. Although Tim writes, composes, arranges and produces his songs, he is not alone. He likes to surround himself with others and bring out their talent. La course folle is a collective adventure. A third high-flying album that tells the story of La légèreté précieuse and takes us from the Sun to Les cinquantièmes hurlants.
An album full of songs. Tim Dup issues invitations for a sunny reunion, it's time to lighten up the winter, towards the mad rush of summer.
Bons vivants
Tim Dup Lyrics
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Sans mythes et sans oseille
On avance dans le brouillard
Guidés par nos plus grands espoirs
Sans pères et sans envies
Sans tune, mais en vie
Chaque pas dans le noir
Est freiné par le blizzard
On entretient cette vie de roots
De dépendance en dépendance
On dépend de notre propre déroute
La vie est belle, on en profite
Je m'en foutiste quitte que coûte
A cinq, à mille sur un scoot
Un platane mettra fin à nos doutes
C'est une jeunesse éternelle
Qui rêve tout bas
Qui rend sa vie plus belle
Chaque jour ici-bas
C'est une jeunesse éternelle
Qui fume et n'oublie pas
Que de son timbre elle ensorcelle
Quand elle fait entendre sa voix
Na na na, na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na na
Sans peur et sans relâche
À sillonner le monde
Une réalité que l'on se cache
Pour mieux profiter de chaque seconde
Alors on vit et puis on traine
On fait pousser cette mauvaise graine
Qui fait de nous des atypiques
Des identiques, apolitiques
Sans frontières et sans filtres
Dans un flux omniscient
D'informations à digérer mais fais le vite
Le temps c'est de l'argent
On ne cherche pas les problèmes
On s'en fout, c'est différent
A chacun son emblême
Nous c'est celui du bon vivant
C'est une jeunesse éternelle
Qui rêve tout bas
Qui rend sa vie plus belle
Chaque jour ici bas
C'est une jeunesse éternelle
Qui fume et n'oublie pas
Que de son timbre elle ensorcelle
Quand elle fait entendre sa voix
Na na na, na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na na
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The song "Bons vivants" by Tim Dup speaks about the beauty of youthful living that is free from regulations, boundaries, and myths. The lyrics depict a carefree and adventurous lifestyle. The use of comparison to nature and its elements such as "un platane mettra fin à nos doutes" implies that every journey must come to an end at some point. The song also explores the idea of living without fear and relentlessly pursuing one's dreams while staying true to oneself.
In the second verse, the singer describes how they go around the world without fear of the unknown, living every second to the fullest. The bad seed that the youth grows depicts their own atypical and unique personalities as a collective with apolitical identity. The song suggests the importance of being aware of the world's issues, but not letting them hold you down but pushing you towards progress.
Overall, "Bons vivants" is a song that encourages the free spirit of youth to enjoy life to the fullest, to pursue their goals relentlessly and to live without fear. The song's positive message seeks to motivate and uplift youth in their daily lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Sans limites et sans règles
We live without limits or rules
Sans mythes et sans oseille
We live free from myths and money
On avance dans le brouillard
We move forward in the fog
Guidés par nos plus grands espoirs
Led by our greatest hopes
Sans pères et sans envies
We have no fathers and no desires
Sans tune, mais en vie
We have no money, but we are alive
Chaque pas dans le noir
Every step in the darkness
Est freiné par le blizzard
Is slowed by the blizzard
Mais on ne faiblit pas
But we don't weaken
On entretient cette vie de roots
We maintain this life of roots
De dépendance en dépendance
From dependence to dependence
On dépend de notre propre déroute
We depend on our own downfall
La vie est belle, on en profite
Life is beautiful, we enjoy it
Je m'en foutiste quitte que coûte
I don't care, whatever the cost
A cinq, à mille sur un scoot
Five, a thousand on a scooter
Un platane mettra fin à nos doutes
A plane tree will put an end to our doubts
C'est une jeunesse éternelle
It's an eternal youth
Qui rêve tout bas
Which dreams softly
Qui rend sa vie plus belle
That makes life more beautiful
Chaque jour ici-bas
Every day down here
Qui fume et n'oublie pas
Who smokes and doesn't forget
Que de son timbre elle ensorcelle
That with her voice she enchants
Quand elle fait entendre sa voix
When she makes her voice heard
Sans peur et sans relâche
Fearless and tireless
À sillonner le monde
Traveling the world
Une réalité que l'on se cache
A reality that we hide
Pour mieux profiter de chaque seconde
To better enjoy every second
Alors on vit et puis on traine
So we live and then we hang out
On fait pousser cette mauvaise graine
We grow this bad seed
Qui fait de nous des atypiques
Which makes us atypical
Des identiques, apolitiques
Identical and apolitical
Sans frontières et sans filtres
Without borders and without filters
Dans un flux omniscient
In an omniscient flow
D'informations à digérer mais fais le vite
Of information to digest, but do it quickly
Le temps c'est de l'argent
Time is money
On ne cherche pas les problèmes
We don't look for trouble
On s'en fout, c'est différent
We don't care, it's different
A chacun son emblême
Each has their own emblem
Nous c'est celui du bon vivant
Ours is that of the good life
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Written by: Timothee Duperray
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