[MUSIC] Mylène Farmer, "Désenchantée"
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rfmcdonaldMylène Farmer's 1991 single "Désenchantée" is her signature song and one of her biggest hits, with 1.3 million sold.
Wikipedia surprisingly says that"Désenchantée" reached #9 on the Canadian charts. Since I don't recall hearing it, it was probably at least #5 in the Québec charts and barely rating in the Top 40 in English Canada, if at all.
The music video, a mini-epic lasting eight and a half minutes, featured Farmer as a deportee to a labour camp who leads her fellow workers in a revolt against the cruel overseers, eventually setting the place aflame and boldly trekking through snowy wastelands to an unknown future.
I like it, for the stated reasons of the Wikipedians. I was caught by the comment of the person who posted the song, who said "I think that this video can very well describe all "advantages" of capitalism and people's troubles within this system." Equally, my attention was caught by one of the more recent commenters on the video.
I'm not saying that YouTube is the best barometer of the Web zeitgeist. I do think I'm entitled to wonder, though.
After two years of absence in the media, Farmer launched this new single, "Désenchantée" on March 18, 1991, three weeks before the release of the album L'Autre.... In addition, at the time, many demonstrations were organized by students throughout France to protest against their status and conditions for learning, and the Gulf War was raging. As a result, the pessimistic lyrics of the song found a strong echo in the worldwide events and thus certainly contributed to its success.
According to the sound engineer Thierry Rogen, "Désenchantée" was recorded four times. Boutonnat originally wanted a jerky song with techno influences, but Rogen had convinced him to add drums and a more funk sound. The text was inspired by the 1934 book On the Heights of Despair by the Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran.
Very quickly, the song had a great success in France, becoming the biggest hit of Farmer. As a result, the song was also released in other countries including Canada, UK, Austria, Swiss, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Japan. There were many formats for this song.
"Désenchantée" was the most aired song on radio in 1991, and was also the song that brought the most money in 1991, 1992 and 2006, according to the SACEM.
Wikipedia surprisingly says that"Désenchantée" reached #9 on the Canadian charts. Since I don't recall hearing it, it was probably at least #5 in the Québec charts and barely rating in the Top 40 in English Canada, if at all.
The music video, a mini-epic lasting eight and a half minutes, featured Farmer as a deportee to a labour camp who leads her fellow workers in a revolt against the cruel overseers, eventually setting the place aflame and boldly trekking through snowy wastelands to an unknown future.
I like it, for the stated reasons of the Wikipedians. I was caught by the comment of the person who posted the song, who said "I think that this video can very well describe all "advantages" of capitalism and people's troubles within this system." Equally, my attention was caught by one of the more recent commenters on the video.
on a envie de reproduire ce scenario par rapport a notre epoque!! dans ce monde ou des gens se "goinfrent" d'euros comme la societe total, !!!!!!!!!!!!!
qui dit faire 14% de benef, avec moins 3% de production!!!!!!!!!! et moi je suis en chomage technique en mars!!! je suis degoutee!!!!!!!!!!
we should replicate this scenario for our age! In a world where people horde euros like the rest of societyl !!!!!!!!!!!!!
that gets 14% of the benefits, with less than 3% of production !!!!!!!!!! and I'll be technically unemployed technique in March! I am disgusted !!!!!!!!!!
I'm not saying that YouTube is the best barometer of the Web zeitgeist. I do think I'm entitled to wonder, though.
