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YACHT Cover Briggite Fontaine In “Le Goudron” Music Video, Tour Globally, Get On Hulu?!

FROM YACHT’S PRESS RELEASE: “Le Goudron” is a surrealist revolutionary song originally recorded in 1969 with The Art Ensemble of Chicago; YACHT has reinvented its naive-apocalyptic candor for a neon-soaked dance floor, their preferred autonomous zone.”… Of the song, YACHT says, “we can only hope that our frantic, starry-eyed cribbing of Brigitte Fontaine makes us better people. In the meantime, we wanted to pay homage.”

YACHT – “Le Goudron” (Briggite Fontaine Cover)

YACHT have transformed Briggite Fontaine’s acoustic track into a dancefloor single, in the name of reviving a revolutionary dance anthem. See the French lyrics, with a rough English translation, below; this is not a revolutionary song in the political sense, but in the sensually-aware sense.

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“LE GOUDRON” LYRICS (FRENCH) Allons-nous promener. Quel bonheur d’être né! Le chemin est si beau du berceau au tombeau. J’ai perdu mes lunettes. Ça va être la fête! Les soldats sont partis couverts de confettis. Le temps est un bâteau, la terre est un gâteau. Le monde est un jardin, tenons-nous par la main. Le chemin est si beau du berceau au tombeau. Nous nous promènerons dans l’odeur du goudron. Dans les papiers qui traînent, blancs comme des migraines, Blancs comme des mal blancs près des chantiers dormants. Gavons-nous de beignets de frites et de poulets. Le chemin est si beau du berceau au tombeau. Nous irons voir flamber la ville tuméfiée. La vie est une foire, j’ai mis ma robe en moire. Mon frère est un raté car il est décédé. Allons nous dévorer dans les hôtels meublés. Nous aurons des mégots au fond du lavabo. A l’aube les blessés cesseront de tousser. Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/Nyte Nous aurons un bébé nous l’entendrons pleurer. Comme de l’eau qui bout, les enfants sont tous fous. Allons-nous promener. Quel bonheur d’être né! Le chemin est si beau du berceau au tombeau. J’ai perdu mes lunettes. Ça va être la fête! Les soldats sont partis couverts de confettis. Le temps est un bâteau, la terre est un gâteau

“LE GOUDRON” LYRICS (ENGLISH) Let’s go take a walk. How lucky we are to be born! The journey is such (a) beautiful (one), from craddle to grave. I’ve lost my glasses. It’s gonna be a party! Soldiers have left covered with confetti. Time is a boat (and) the Earth is a cake. This world is (like) a garden. Let’s hold hands. The journey is such (a) beautiful (one), from craddle to grave. (As) we stroll around, (the air will be fuelled with) the smell of tar. In the papers left lying around, all as white as a headache, As white as (not-so-)white, near build sites sleeping. Let’s eat doughnut galore, and fries and chicken. The journey is such (a) beautiful (one), from craddle to grave. We shall be watching as the bruised and swollen city is consumed away by fire. This city is a funfair. I’ve put on my dress with moiré patterns. My brother is a loser (after all) he is dead. Let’s devour each other in some motel. There’ll be cigarette butts in the sink. At dawn, the injured will cough no more. Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/twTR We will have a baby (and) we’ll hear him cry. Like boiling water, children are all (barking) mad. Let’s go take a walk. How lucky we are to be born! The journey is such (a) beautiful (one), from craddle to grave. I’ve lost my glasses. It’s gonna be a party! Soldiers have left covered with confetti. Time is a boat and the Earth is a cake.

Hulu – “A Day In The Life Of YACHT

A most hoaky of music journalism pieces (if one can call it that), courtesy of Hulu, with a Casey Kasem narration vibe and lots of comment flaming. Watch if you care! If not, it’s at least a fascinating growth of a formerly Portland-based band into Hulu fame. Everyone wants in on the music game train, from Hulu to Jansport. Gross.

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SHANGRI-LA TOUR 2012: PT.2 EUROPE 04-26 Nantes, FR – Pôle Etudiant 04-27 Tours, FR – Le Temps Machine 04-28 Paris, FR – KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD @ Gaîté Lyrique 04-30 Heidelberg, DE – Halle01 05-01 Frankfurt, DE – Zoom 05-02 St. Gallen, CH – Palace 05-03 Dublin, IE – Workmansclub 05-05 Belfast, UK – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 05-06 Bristol, UK – Simple Things Festival 05-08 London, UK – XOYO 05-11 Brighton, UK – The Great Escape @ Digital 05-13 Norwich, UK – Norwich & Norfolk Festival 05-14 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso 05-15 Brussels, BE – Les Nuits De Botanique Festival 05-16 Lyon, FR – Nuits Sonores Festival 05-17 Barcelona, ES – Music Hall 05-18 Madrid, ES – Charada 05-19 Guimaraes, PT – Vila Flor SHANGRI-LA TOUR 2012: PT.3 SOUTHERN U.S.A. 05-24 San Diego, CA – The Loft @ UCSD 05-25 Tucson, AZ – Plush 05-26 El Paso, TX – Neon Desert Music Festival 05-28 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks 05-30 Gainesville, FL – Double Down Live 05-31 Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live 06-01 Tampa, FL – Crowbar 06-02 Miami, FL – Bardot 06-04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl 06-05 Nashville, TN – 12th & Porter 06-06 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe 06-07 Dallas, TX – Club Dada 06-08 Austin, TX – The Mohawk 06-09 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s 06-11 Norman, OK – Opolis 06-13 Santa Fe, NM – Sol 06-14 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom 06-15 Pomona, CA – The Glass House 08-10 – 08-12 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands 08-31 – 09-02 Chicago, IL – North Coast Music Festival

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YACHT Electropops French Avant-Garde Classic “Le Goudron”

One can never know what kind of covers to expect from the band YACHT , nor can we predict what direction they’ll go in. That isn’t such a bad thing, though; half of the beauty of writing and reading about music is that, every so often, something will come entirely out of left field in ways that you can’t even understand.

Literally, in this case, for most of us, as the latest from YACHT is in French. It’s not so strange given the fact that French is the native language of vocalist Claire Evans, and even less strange when taking into account the fact that the source material is a classic of the French avant-garde. The song is “Le Goudron”; the artist is Brigitte Fontaine, whom YACHT describe on their website as “a flipped-out weirdo genius.”

Listening to the original is undoubtedly an experience, a mishmash of jazz and blues and mostly incomprehensible lyrics for those of us who are a bit dusty on our Fran ç ais. The cover maintains the feel perfectly, somehow, while breaking out a full-on electro dance number. It’s an inexplicable and incomprehensible thing, even if you do understand the lyrics (which translate, in the chorus, to time is a boat and the world is a cake ). It’s because of, not despite, the weirdo genius of the song that it succeeds, and YACHT embraces that to the fullest. Enjoy.

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Don’t worry, I’m French, I love Brigitte Fontaine, but I never claimed I did understand her songs; and there’s a word for that: surrealistic… in the true and plain sense :-D And I think this cover is perfect!

Fantastic! Glad the cover is just as good for listeners who can understand the lyrics!

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From their finely-tuned aesthetic to their expertly-icy brand of dance punk, Portland duo YACHT has “cool” down to a science. And just when you thought 1960’s French avant-pop couldn’t get any cooler, YACHT takes to it with their magic touch and delivers something foreboding, confounding, and intoxicating.

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YACHT - Le Goudron

It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard new music from portland’s electro-pop duo yacht,.

It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard new music from Portland’s electro-pop duo YACHT, but today the group shares a rather unique take on the French anthem “Le Goudron.” The surrealist revolutionary song gets an appropriate makeover proper for the dance floor as YACHT gives the anthem some uptempo energy. The song comes along with a fog-heavy, club-inspired video that those who suffer from epilepsy might want to pass on, due to the use of strobes/flashing lights. The track is currently available for download via the group’s SoundCloud and you grab it for your personal libraries by clicking here .

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