Arthur H is the son of one of my favorite French rockers, Jacques Higelin. Higelin was a wolf of a man, a very original and varied musician unafraid of the most bizarre pieces and performances, a 2-cents rime poet who wanted to plunge my fist / Into your open mouth / And push it deep down / To your heart / To your guts / And pull them out / To brandish them in the light / Of the sun, as he puts it in the epic piano piece "alertez les bébés".
He's a bit blander now, but he used to be simply phenomenal. His live musical fireworks do not usually come out well on record though, so I'll stick to some of the not-too-odd studio stuff (ignore the vids):
While letty's out having a coffee break, this one gets slipped onto the play stack - some fluff from the early sixties.
The orchestral backing really dates it, imo.
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Olivier5
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Wed 30 Jul, 2014 10:38 pm
@Olivier5,
I can't resist from posting this odd opera-like piece by Higelin.... This is of course in jest but rather "risqué", so apologies to Letty.
Indecent assault
She: On the carpets of my palace
Far from Paris, far from its excesses
I'm wasting and drying up
I'm bored, I'm growing mad
Who will deliver me
From my unfulfilled fantasies?
My husband is on the hunt
My butler has hit the road
I stay alone in front of the mirror
Tasting solitary pleasures... Ah!
He: Did I scare you?
She: Don't you touch me, remember that I am your sister!
He: Ah! What a nice pair of tits
But, sweetie, that's not the issue
My babe lost all her dow
And she awaits me at the roulette, in the casino
She: Money, always money!
You only come to me for the money
Am I less desirable
That any of your miserable
Wores?
He: Oh, you don't get excited, it's not the question,
Give it!
She: Sadist!
He: The money!
She: Bastard!
He: If you want me to leave Monte Carlo quickly...
She: Under one condition: get rid of your smoking, your bow tie
Because I feel...
He: You feel?
She and He: The pressing, urgent and inbred call of the flesh
Let's cross together
The exquisite limits
Of decadence
The Cossack way on the cabinet
The Prussian way on the sofa
In the louvers, on the carpet
The dresser or the veranda
He: Ah! what a joy!
She: My cute punk
He: What a mess
In the boudoir
She: Obscene gestures that obsess me
I resist
Ah! I give up!
He: My burning sap rising…
She: Not yet! Try to resist…
Ah! I hear footsteps
In the corridor
Quick! Hide in the closet
Husband: Goodnight my darling, in my arms!
I brought home this trophy from my hunt ah ah ah:
A cow's head with its horns
I'm gona put it away in the closet
She: No!
Husband: Why?
She: I don't know, I feel so tired
Husband: You better lay down
While I'll store it in the closet
She: No! Not tonight!
Husband: Get out of my way, ah! what audacity!
If you do not want me to get angry
For a cow's head
Then make room room room room for the toreador!
Ah ah ah... Aaaaaaaaah!
What a surprise!
Disturbing vision
But intoxicating
My brother-in-law
He: Your brother-in-law
She: His brother-in-law
Husband: Naked like a worm,
Shocking discovery
Such an odd sight!
He: Touch me, my dear brother-in-law
She: Oh no no no, what will they do?
He: Touch me, I say!
Husband: Calm down!
He: What a vertigo!
Husband: What a member!
He: And what a rod!
She: What a dispute, how horrible!
He: This is an
Indecent assault
Of which I boast
In front of my sister
etc. etc.
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Letty
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Thu 31 Jul, 2014 06:29 am
Love having Olivier5 with us. Remember Monsieur Olivier, we play not post on our radio.
Both of your songs were great. Hope I didn't miss one.
Neko, Cindy's birthday by Johnny was great. Inspired by you, Liberty Valance and it didn't even make the movie.
When I discovered that adobe was seasoned brick, it made me think of Jethro Tull. What a wonderful surprise to know that he played other instruments beside the flute.
