+Vagaries of Music and Essence*
+Vagaries of Music and Essence*
H/T Perry J. Greenbaum
Originally shared by ****
Harmonium: Un musicien parmi tant d’autres (1974)
Harmonium, a Québec folk-progressive rock band, performs “Un musicien parmi tant d’autres” (loosely translated as “A musician among many others”), the last track on Side B on their self-titled debut album, Harmonium. The band, formed in Montréal in 1972, consists of Serge Fiori (lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar); Michel Normandeau ( backing vocals, acoustic guitar) and Louis Valois (bass guitar).
This song was hugely popular in Québec, even among anglophones (English-speakers) in Montreal, giving expression to the emotions of unknowningness, of naivité and of simplicity common at the time. Like pilgrims searching and inquiring, it’s all found within the lines and notes of the song.
The song speaks about the vagaries of life in general and in particular of being a musician, and how the fate or fortunes, broadly speaking, of a musician rises and falls quite independent of his will or designs or schemes, if you will. Are we the sole authors of our fortunes? our misfortunes? Comme le rideau sur une corde/Le musicien monte et descend. And the last line is essential: On devrait peut-être l'écouter.
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More at https://perryjgreenbaum.blogspot.ca/2016/11/harmonium-un-musicien-parmi-tant.html
#Harmonium #Montréal #Québec #progrock
H/T Perry J. Greenbaum
Originally shared by ****
Harmonium: Un musicien parmi tant d’autres (1974)
Harmonium, a Québec folk-progressive rock band, performs “Un musicien parmi tant d’autres” (loosely translated as “A musician among many others”), the last track on Side B on their self-titled debut album, Harmonium. The band, formed in Montréal in 1972, consists of Serge Fiori (lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar); Michel Normandeau ( backing vocals, acoustic guitar) and Louis Valois (bass guitar).
This song was hugely popular in Québec, even among anglophones (English-speakers) in Montreal, giving expression to the emotions of unknowningness, of naivité and of simplicity common at the time. Like pilgrims searching and inquiring, it’s all found within the lines and notes of the song.
The song speaks about the vagaries of life in general and in particular of being a musician, and how the fate or fortunes, broadly speaking, of a musician rises and falls quite independent of his will or designs or schemes, if you will. Are we the sole authors of our fortunes? our misfortunes? Comme le rideau sur une corde/Le musicien monte et descend. And the last line is essential: On devrait peut-être l'écouter.
***************
More at https://perryjgreenbaum.blogspot.ca/2016/11/harmonium-un-musicien-parmi-tant.html
#Harmonium #Montréal #Québec #progrock
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