Friday, September 30, 2011

Charles Dubé - Distrait mais bien

From his website, CharlesDube.com, where you can preview this song, among others from the forthcoming album Charles Dubé III: 

Charles Dubé fabrique des chansons comme des morceaux d’humanité. Idéaliste serein, son optimisme est fondé sur sa connaissance de l’âme, de ses défaillances et de ses forces. Il ne cède pas au cynisme, il choisit de voir en face les dangers, les tristesses et d’y répondre avec des douceurs, le regard allumé, habité du désir de faire mieux. Ou, simplement, d’être bien.

Let me translate, if only for my own sake ... but the translation does sound almost too good to be true (not that I mind in this case):

Charles Dubé makes songs like pieces of humanity. Idealist serene, his optimism is based on his knowledge of the soul, its failures and its forces. It does not give in to cynicism, he chose to see across the dangers, the sorrows and respond with sweetness, looking on, occupied by the desire to do better. Or simply to be good.
 As of this moment, "Distrait Mais Bien" has a mere 364 views on YouTube. I want you to see that number increase by at least a hundred times before the new album comes out on 1 November.


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