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[P, B and J]

Harmonium
Pour un instant




Pour Un Instant lyrics

Pour un instant, j'ai oublié mon nom
Ça m'a permis enfin d'écrire cette chanson

Pour un instant, j'ai retourné mon miroir
Ça m'a permis enfin de mieux me voir
Sans m'arrêter, j'ai foncé dans le noir
Pris comme un loup qui n'a plus d'espoir

J'ai perdu mon temps à gagner du temps
J'ai besoin de me trouver une histoire à me conter

Pour un instant, j'ai respiré très fort
Ça m'a permis de visiter mon corps
Des inconnus vivent en roi chez moi
Moi qui avait accepté leurs lois

J'ai perdu mon temps à gagner du temps
J'ai besoin de me trouver une histoire à me conter

Pour un instant, j'ai oublié mon nom
Ça m'a permis enfin d'écrire cette chanson


Translation (the nuances are lost but this is my best shot at it):

For a moment, I forgot my name
allowing me to finally write this song

For a moment, I turned my mirror around
allowing me to finally see myself better
Without stopping, I forged ahead in the dark
Trapped like a wolf, with all hope lost

I lost time trying to save time
I need to find a story to tell myself

For a moment, I inhaled very deeply
allowing me to visit my body
Strangers reigning freely within me
me, who'd accepted their laws

I lost time trying to save time
I need to find a story to tell myself

For a moment, I forgot my name
allowing me to finally write this song

[P, B and J]

Hmmmm    not sure why the Pour Un Instant YouTube box doesn't appear    It shows in the Preview, but not in the post...

[P, B and J]

More Harmonium

Histoire sans paroles part.1 [Story without words] (This is only 7:14 minutes long, just a small part of the whole instrumental which is 17 minutes!)

[Jan & John]

Hi Jackie - I'm sure I saw somewhere that the KF page can only hold a dozen or so videos and then it just posts the link...

I enjoyed your Harmonium... thanks

jan

[P, B and J]

Hi Jan

Oh is that what happens, I had no idea what was wrong.  Thanks!

[Jan & John]

and of course everyone *loves* Ode To Joy...

[P, B and J]

Jan, Beaker is my most favourite Muppets character!  Thank you for this, I love it!! 

Just found out that for years I've been misspelling his name as Beeker!  Doh!

[Kestrel]

Playing these days on CBC (Canada's national public radio broadcaster):

[JohnR]

With Clint Eastwood's "Invictus" coming out soon, here's something to get you in the mood.



John

[Diane R]

This thread always brings me smiles and warmth when I page through it and listen to the many wonderful clips people have included here (or gone off chasing after those that have been removed from youtube).  Today I'd like to recommend that you read this news story about an incredible band of street musicians from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, called Staff Benda Bilili (which means "Look Beyond Appearances").  They all came from poverty and most are disabled survivors of polio; all play and sing Congolese rumba with other influences.  Some were turned away by other bands, having been told they were likely to be late to practices because they were in wheelchairs, and they can't dance.  They aren't stars in their home country, in fact many of them are still traders or electricians, the sort of entrepreneurs we support through Kiva loans.  What's unique is the ingenuity they use in creating their music, the unusual instruments some of them play (check out Roger Landu's satonge, a one-stringed lute made from a fish can), and the fact that they are now on a major tour of Europe, where they have a large following.  Their album, "Très Très Fort", was released earlier this year.

Watch the 6 1/2-minute video on the page linked above (linked again here), and then check out some of their music elsewhere.  I guarantee if I were at the concert last night (video snippet below), I would have been on my feet the entire time.

A couple other things to check out:
Staff Benda Bilili: Celebrate, Not Pity
Staff Benda Bilili's MySpace page (with lots of music)

Trailer for a film being prepared about the band (with their infectious music in the background):


Na Lingui Yo:


November 2009 concert in Oxford:  (see me on my feet there? )



... and many other videos sprinkled around on youtube.  Joyful music out of adversity.  The best of what music is, and can be.  Enjoy.


--Diane.