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Internet Killed the Video Star

by Jambori Jambora

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1.
Bonjour, Hi 01:02
2.
The Publics 05:52
To the public sincerely, I'd like to dig my thoughts out to not start too slowly Hi, JFT nice to meet you! I'm 6ft tall , played baseball and probably beat you I'm educated, self thought, a monster of the basement, cocky on the edges but... hey Brown beard, green cap can you picture this. Brown beard green cap can you picture this, the ladies know my kisses taste like liquorish sweet sounds n' moods I'm the guy you see down in the alleys no money, silverspooned metamorphosed into plastic, don't panic. I'm quite a smiling individual, a beer belly, entering the jungle as a crash dummy, very cinical. Nevermind 'cause my feet'll never touch the ground. Who cares about the people that you know? Who'll pick you off the floor? Who cares about the pennies that you own? they've left ou in the zone. Sunshine, sunshine Nevermind 'cause my feet'll never touch the ground. Loosen up your screws because they're trying to nail you down. Wow, show me out here, I just got here and I'm already exposed voguing down the Yangtze, hunting down the pillars and the drones the skies been covering for days I hope that Mars is okay! to get the clearest view between the reds and the floor, between your bed and the door. As the curtain goes up, a click can mean a million for your living room guts. A click could self describe the job of minister Trudeau, a selfie on the side and now the countries renewed yo I tried to plan my escape, but I don't know how my shadow does to stick to my trace from here to nowhere. Trespassing in the news I've become MJ, and if I'm not I know the news'll come acrossin' my way Nevermind 'cause my feet'll never touch the ground. Who cares about the people that you know? Who'll pick you off the floor? Who cares about the pennies that you own? they've left ou in the zone. Sunshine, sunshine Nevermind because my feet'll never touch the ground. Loosen up your screws because they're trying to nail you down. Watch out there's life below my world of silicone I've been outside along with the wrong squad what does the weather know? the AC's on and my reefer follows Murphy's law. Come on, everything'll be alright your car is parked outside, why don't you take it for a drive? I wonder how many likes are waiting in the ditch along before you crash... Who cares about the people that you know? Who'll pick you off the floor? Who cares about the pennies that you own? they've left ou in the zone. and I've got time, I've got time for waiting. Loosen up your screws because they're trying to nail you down.
3.
I've been through twenty years Layed off how many fears? The factory's smoking problem's left it's lungs to blow I heard of Ellis island, all the daughters n' sons Let the bagpipes run the engines one by one A dream too big for a starving soul Melted down in Mexico I brought my folks along from Haiti to Vietnam Got a place for my wine, a garden that keeps me calm And all the balcony talks went passed the workers yards Who answered all the office telephone calls? A mall view from a condos 13th floor Melted down to Mexico It's blowing back to my face yes I feel the abuse Baby I've read all the ants in the news Crying out in a telephone booth I'm doing swell, on Chabanel And all this time far from my native sun I've wasted Come on down The minutes Tic n' Toc New landlord on the block and I can gentrify you with my bad coughs The calm is odd, calm of a job well done The yankees come, you better run, run, run I left my heart die in the northern snow Melted down in Mexico It's blowing back to my face yes I feel the abuse Baby I've read all the ants in the news Crying out in a telephone booth I'm doing swell, on Chabanel And all this time far from my native sun I've wasted Don't stop me I'll meet you on the other side
4.
It's the style, it's the face, it's the shine, it's the squad, it's the dank, it's the wine! Sugar, sugar So bounce, the whisper in the crowd is so loud louder than a PPP ounce living in the clouds, the sickest boy in town and I need another bubble to pop. If she tells me, she ain't no dancing matter I'll send her straight tickets to the after and when my tongue spits it goes POW ahh I'm getting cocky now I better stop. Foojaak: On se lance le micro comme les joueurs d'une équipe de basket on roule des bédos plus vite que des chauffeurs de taxi si je te demandes pourquoi tu le fait / je te répondrai parce que Pis si t'écris un texte ? / j'te jure j'vais l'apprendre par cœur ok c'est beau j'comprends ton vibe mais yo laisses moi t'en dire plus t'étais pas la quand on buvait pi on jammait dans l'abris-bus on rappait à chaque minute, pratiquait nos aptitudes puff puff. ah ouain? mauvaise habitude oh sugar, sugar tu goûtes pu la même affaire oh sugar sugar, avant tu sentais la fleur oh sugar sugar, tu goûtes pu la même affaire oh sugar sugar avant tu sentais la fleur vas y bounce sur sa! Pousses ton patnais sans te tanner c'est ton brown sugar (hey j'ai dit bounce sur sa! Pousses ton patnais sans te tanner c'est ton brown sugar) t'es tu down mon gars? (t'es tu down mon gars?) t'es tu down ma fille?( t'es tu down ma fille?) after party dans le plateau fume du gange gratissssss t'es tu down de reach?(t'es tu down de reach?) appel moi sur mon cellphone si t'es down de meet! Move on up Hey boy, fuck he never answers the phone I doubt it if we make it alone guest list, if the barmaids nice you want something, honey name it a dollar tip on that drink, I'm active the alley swarms of peeps, I found my brothers too broke to pay the fees, they know me 514 beep ciao ciao, where's all the others? I think my lips bleeding I better stop. Foojaak: Quand on rentre dans le spot tu sais que c'est pas juste pour chiller y'a du monde autour de la table et dans mon assiette y'a du chili So tu jump ! La t'a plein d'énergie t'a du fun, tryin' to find a way d'finir une autre bouteille de rhum Lui tu l'connais bin y'en a jamais pour les autres, y cherche tout l'temps une job, y'a pas d'money pour sa dope Y s'prend pour ODB mais y'est rien qu'au début, criss restes au garde à vous y'est pire qu'le gars des vues À soir c'est payday j'ai mon swag, j'ai mes shades, classy mais funky en mode zayzay Les homies sont brack, les trees sont light so on get wild. (This jibberish is yours to untangle) Move on up So watcha doin' today? I've got a dozen bowling balls sunk in my Tanqueray from the southern to the north my boys got love to spread sippin' Sleeman by the porch who knows about the myths n' tales of comfort your ass stings? get up, fuck the others Give all you've got even if you ain't got alot, boy!
5.
Are you on your way? Did she ever leave you stranded? 11:45, it's tonight I ride. You better let her go, oh no Hit the pedal, roaring thunder Won't go to sleep tonight, because tonight I ride. How can I trust, a man with no convictions Wiping off the dust How much gold does a man need to rust. Are you on the move? Did you ever leave your parents? Poor mother's native tribe, I guess tonight I ride. I guess tonight I ride x4 How can I trust, a man with no convictions Wiping off the dust How much gold does a man need to rust.
6.
Bonsoir, Bye 01:33
7.
I've seen the movies, yes I've seen them all About the teenagers in shopping malls My sofa knows surely when I'm tired Helps me to plug all the wires, please I've gotta get away, drop my job, mama always said boy, some things'll never change The lion points the torch towards my day to day life if the sun can battle the cold I'd probably find more sleep during my day to day nights the sand is warm smells like her n.4 Chanel cologne I wonder, if she thinks or not she blinks her guts, loosens her knots / Montreal, my livers hanging Red hair n' lips can you picture this Red hair n' lips can you picture this, the boys know her kisses taste like liquorish. Nonna told me boy most your friends'll let you down x2 The tide smiles it's time to sail away chui entouré de mâtelot mais très peu veulent pagayer au delà résonne l'écho, fuck, l'ampli au pied du golfe entre les deux téléphones rouges , man les sirènes répondent pas coup sec une douche froide ma colonne vertébrale se raidît aussitôt aussi tendu que le marbre suivant le ballant du bateau Let em go, let em go my cousins gettin' bored one single matches soul rips the funeral, my old ship against all odds I got away against all gods I swam my road out of the flames d'ici je vois la perche fumer les entrailles qui me reste, le sofa gonflable qui me berce, valsant en passant le balais je laisse ma mémoire mourir sous un lac de glace jusqu'à ce que l'été n'arrive laissé mariner ma salive pour l'hibernation d'après avant que le printemps finalement n'atteigne le Maghreb. Why don't you try to sleep a couple days? see how your time can cost you centuries loneliness, it won't leave me alone Hope you're enjoying the show, watch out for the remote Waitin' outside so many strangers are hopin' to get to know oh mama, I can twist the worst crime without being the worst of the boys Hope you're enjoying the show, watch out for the remote Waiting, waiting.. what else can I say? morning coughs for days After weeks on drought the summer cries today hope the heat won't stain Basil n' chives to spark the flavors inside Japanese cars sprawling over the morals feels like the shame of a generation dying but how can it die if it lived for nothing at all Do what you long to say Table cloths, modern art, painted toes lifetime on your wall, in the eyes of god is this what you've sowed? Hope you're enjoying the show, watch out for the remote Homicides, old milwaukee dry, riffles bought by the deers Visa credit card, sports man don't get caught, more pills every year Hope you're enjoying the show, watch out for the remote In retrospect I think she's sitting on my heart just for the arson of the end not for the fire of the start. I've seen the movies, yes I've seen them all, the teenagers, the shopping malls, the mid days in the bathroom stalls.
8.
The laundromat girl had a vicious and deadly vice. To conquer all the clothes so she can wash'em up with spice And I walked in with a hat that grew much higher than the towers Look at the time I'm afraid I've left my costumes on the wire Turns n' tangles of the machine left her craving for my voice Her long hair n' whispers they've left me with no choice The dog leashed outside the laundromat starts barking at the noise I'ts 3 PM in Montreal, I must be high watch me running from the telescope. After the encountered silhouette, I bummed my dog a cigarette Ran to the metro half naked, the woman left me with a dress A sparkling eye along the sidewalk jumps ''You're not like all the rest!'' Can I sign you for a million bucks if you can manage just a sweat? Run to the metro, roll the dice, we'll see if you are worth the price If you're able to fill up your wagon with every single mice And all the billboards might state that you're the New York autoway it's 3 PM in Montreal, I must be high I feel my city slayed. Wow, what a shock to go from vermine to Moses on the block To free a million rabbits shaggin' in bars n' parking lots And I went down of my throne so my feet can touch the ground I must be tall cause I'm still bllinded by my head stuck in the clouds In all the metros they seek for the safest wagon free the more crowded that it gets, Fuck man! I gotta get out of here So the train, it went off the rails and they through me out to rot It's 3PM in Montreal, I must be high I feel much safer around the cops. Back at it, 'round St-Hubert with my lunch in a bag Who's the next one to be pointed dressed up in rags? My friendly and faithful dog that's been smoking all along If the crown fits his head, fine let's make it worth this canine's time The press screams Eureka for the dog who's heads gone fat left me back on Mount-Royal knocking at the laundromat The girl smiles disappointed ''man, where's your hat?'' I'ts 3 PM in Montreal, I must be high don't care where my city at. Freezing
9.
The Privates 04:58
Boy, I know you've been there before walking step by step, eye to eye, make sure they think you're alone War, Outside let's get out tonight! I don't know, think they've put mics in my mind... so help me Scream, Outside! I sold my head for a couple of dimes, won't you shake what lives inside? Hope you're enjoying the show, won't they leave me alone Get out sugar! hope the window is closed, won't let out none of my ghosts I've got a hard time loving right back the ones that peak in their nose I'ts cold Outside. Le chanteur la dernière note elle est tombée en plein appuie sous l'avalanche d'applaudissement les sièges se portaient bien mieux assis les fleurs autant les bleus que les violettes l'indiffère, l'air d'un salon funéraire sorti de scène, faut juste pas le laisser paraître Mes oreilles portent un foulard ayant peu de pitié pour le froid la porte résonne, début de l'enquête, ont-ils vraiment besoin de moi? si mes embrouilles mênent à la montée des parades laissez leurs crocs mordre à la fête... j'espère juste pas le laisser paraître Oubliez, les ombres se sont levées le privé à éblouit les gouttes qui tombent du bout de mon nez les fleurs ont pris la maladie entre leurs pétales de soie

about

Around midnight on August first 1981, MTV aired it's first Music Video. The Buggles' ''Video Killed the Radio Star'' saw a new platform of entertainment consumption stretch a wider spectre on what it meant to be a popular artist in the ''modern age''.

Forget the 10 cent singles and the semi-gods of your grandpas favorite Am radio station.

The video star has now reached it's late fourties ; continuously trying to stay relevent on a platform that seems to have replaced him with his mid-life evolution : Reality and short attention span entertainment.

Caught in the mist of communication
a couple of bums in an empty loft in Montreal with empty pockets

Yes I know, this is the millionth album you've seen released on your facebook wall this year, so be it

Let the Public ''choose'' it's content / Let the Public ''be'' it's content
Let the Public ''hype'' it's content / Let the Public ''judge'' it's content

If social media brought you here, so be it
If the love of music brought you here, so be it

The hype might caress the hymns of this record
The hype might let it fast asleep

Anyways, isn't this euphoric and paranoid rush why we love releasing music so much?

2017 is patiently waiting at the crossroads. ; Internet Killed the Video Star

credits

released December 13, 2016

Justin Courcelles (j.Heftee) : Music/Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar, Mandoline, Piano on track 5

Kelog Labrosse : Percussions, Kazoo

Mantisse : Bass Guitar, Vocals

Solane Sancho : Vocals, Skat on track 8


Roberto Viglione : Production, Mixing, Mastering, Synthesizer, Piano

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered at Marsonic Studios and the Viglione household


String section

Louis-Solem Pérot : Arrangements, Cello

Marilou Lepage : Violin


Brass section

David Vallée-Cherrier : Trombone

Guillaume Pelletier-Lefaivre : Trumpet

Sandrine Fragasso : Saxophone


Artwork : j.Heftee / Mantisse


Foojaak (track 4)

Bk : Vocals, Lyrics, Backvocals on track 7

Fouki : Vocals, Lyrics

Ph Vendou : Vocals, Lyrics



Special thanks to Vincent Barrière's amp for the crazy springlike guitar sound on track 8.




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Montreal Psych Folk / Garage band that's only ambition is to meet Bono...

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