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Girouette

by General Bye Bye

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    (FR) Un trio mi-branque mi-savant associant avec fraîcheur le tranchant des cordes en acier, la frénésie cardiaque des peaux sur les fûts, et l’envoûtement enchanteur des circuits imprimés. Les chansons de General Bye Bye laissent tantôt rêveur tantôt danseur. Un ensemble foutraque qui sent l’humus et l’écume, les vestiaires et le plastique fondu. Après un 1er EP Alphabet paru en 2009 et armé de Girouette, album digne des premiers Blonde Redhead, le groupe part en campagne.

    (US) A half-mad but oh-so-smart threesome that mixes the jagged edges of steel strings, the frenzied heartbeat of pounding drums and the bewitching enchantment of printed circuit boards to come up with songs made for dreaming and for dancing. A crazy group that smells of compost and froth, of changing rooms and melted plastic. A band that stands at the crossroads where Kraftwerk, Michael Nyman and Blonde Redhead never met. Following on from the release of their first EP Alphabet in 2009 and now armed with their recently-released album Girouette, General Bye Bye is heading off into battle once more. ... more
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1.
Alphabet 05:01
I give you A for Appletree I give you B for Bumblebee I give you C for Cherrypie I give you D for You and I I give you E for The Great Escape I give you F for Faraway And G and H for Grass and Hay I give you I I don’t know why I give you J for june july I give you K for keeping me I give you L for luxury I give you M for Milky way I give you N to make you stay I give you O to make you go You make me really fantasize You make me really fantasize I give you A for Appletree I give you B for Bumblebee I give you C for Cherrypie I give you D for You and I I give you E for The Great Escape I give you F for Faraway And G and H for Grass and Hay I give you L for Lullaby I give you O for Oh my my I give you V for Vanity I give you E for you and me Like a puppet on a string You make me walk You make me sing You make me laugh You make me cry You make me really fantasize You make me really fantasize
2.
We die from heat strokes We melt like ice cream Why the weather guy Always make mistake ? When it’s gonna rain ? Nobody can’t tell Nobody can’t tell When it’s gonna rain ? When it’s gonna rain ? Nobody can’t tell And certainly not that poor weather guy We die from heat strokes We melt like ice cream Why the weather guy Always make mistake When it’s gonna rain ? Nobody can’t tell Nobody can’t tell When it’s gonna rain ? When it’s gonna rain ? When it’s gonna rain ? Nobody can’t tell When it’s gonna rain ? We die from heat strokes We melt like ice cream There’s no much we can do There’s no much we can do
3.
Shivering and sneezing Crawling on all fours You’re a lifer In a creaky old house Hiding in your oubliette Your dungeon is cozy Your garment is of silk The rings on your fingers (are) shiny Whenever you turn around His amber eyes stare you down You’ve always on the run Whenever you turn around Your imprisoner is drumming his fingers And stirring the sugar in his tea His whiskers are unkempt and his fur is messy His worn out tail is lying Lying in wait Whenever you turn around His amber eyes stare you down You’ve always on the run Whenever you turn around
4.
I take a bus to take a train I take a train to take a plane I take a plane to take a bus I wonder where to find a cap A cap to take me to some place Where I can put my luggage down Perhaps even go down and buy A new kind of soap I left for a never ending trip to For a never ending trip to… To take a bus to take a train To take a train to take a plane In my bag I’ve thirteen ties Two bucks of cream to keep my face A book to tell me how to eat Another one to teach me how To move and breathe, be self assured I even have two or four weights To keep my muscles in their place I never forget to take My 24-hour spray
5.
Deep down deeper I draw lonesome circles I glimmer at dawn Slowly prepare my weapons softly I spread my tentacles For a phosphorescent pressure My poison is delight Toxic are my caresses In the dull darkness where I remain I stigmatize my lovers My wisdom is burning Last flame of the ocean Lonesome legend Silent siren Dancing the last dance Promised to an end in shame Gelatinous remains on a dirty dam I waste my life in one last lightning
6.
Here I am again I was strolling around your home I’m worried my sweet girl blue Why do you sit here bored to death Here I am to make some pink bubbles pop in your mind Get out of your pool of fear oh dear my dear we shall be late Here we are again rushing down the magic well just follow my cute plush ears I’ll take you back into my maze I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up don’t don’t don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot Don’t – shoot – my – white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies oh don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies My white rabbit my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your And sit down here with Alice well come, take a seat, have a tea with the bumblebee and an explanation with Alice Don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies so don’t shoot my white rabbit I hate to pick up your daisies don’t – I
7.
Don’t know how we ever met why did I wear that silly hat why did your silence kill my smile so sorry but I did forget I wake up you’re not there and life seems light and bright and sparkles everywhere so many ways to go Sorry my dear I don’t love you no more it’s just not like before you’ve changed Why should I stay true I’m good without you Don’t know how we ever met why did I wear that silly hat why did your silence kill my smile so sorry but I did forget Don’t miss your toothbrush your guitar your morning breath your silver car your dirty socks your arrogance and your indifference Sorry my dear I don’t love you no more it’s just not like before you’ve changed Why should I stay true I’m good without you
8.
Facelift 03:24
Sunday morning Streets are full of glass I take my dog for a walk 10 o’clock, says the watch A man stares at my paper cup His eyes behind my back Breathing down my neck I drop my paper cup There’s some leaking and soaking Sunday afternoon I cast my eyes around The streets are narrow City maps are spilling From my pockets Bathed in light I walk down the street Crow’s feet around my eyes Are burning from the heat My head is throbbing My legs are weak My breathing shallow In the crowd of the walking dead I’m a broken-field runner
9.
Girouette 07:17
The Japanese cat stares at me He smashed into pieces I cover the window and switch The channels in my head The bus driver is taking his seat You are paralyzed by the mouvement The scenery is rushing by While the clock ticking Richtung : Ostdeutschland Reveals the traces of my footsteps in snow Wet from sadness and pain Creating Il Diluvio universale 48 hours of Hungarian rhapsody in rain Irány: Keleti pályaudvar Crossing the bridge Like the last survivors from the suicide On a train to nowhere my hands shake Turning the pages of a book torn to shreds The image of the black-spotted dog Howling in the night The truck driver is picking his teeth And counting his money on the countryside road In the brightness of the street light The eyes of the cow devour me I take a shortcut to the end I’m crashed into pieces But the man with the moustache smiles, lights his cigarette And the direction indicator is pointing West The jealous Zephyr must be blowing his gust of wind Monsieur le chat grins from the tramway window And we balance over his head on a balancing rope made for balancing purposes at 35C sweating like chicken under the white veranda I change the time zone Jag skulle vilja vara en sköldpadda som simmar i en finsk sjö
10.
Marianne is getting sad Trying to find out How to spread her lonely legs Anywhere anyhow She tried the old fashioned ways Quick shots and passion clasps It lies In her endless saturday nights She suffocates in her tights Baby can you fill my emptiness She struggles against decay Epidermis against time Le corps a ses raisons Despite of our distant smile Despite of our detached style We miss something You can always play a record
11.
My arms are heavy My dark eyes getting deeper Balancing helplessly I stagger under the weight Under the weight of what I am What I’m becoming I am lying, rolling and crawling Rolling all over again Trying to find a shelter in the bushes in Szechwan Behind the trees of the Himalaya Under the eternal rains of deserted cities Where we meet our destiny Weakly, on my own, I rise my boneless body And observe myself, and observe myself clearly In the reflection of someone else’s dream And someone else’s nights become my nights Someone else’s hands caress my hands Am I dreaming or is your body still hanging on my back Teasing me and turning me inside out With a nervous twitch I collapse Insecure and afraid I keep on tripping over I should collect myself and continue Haunted by the insipid smell of gasoline I’m desperately seeking what I once found In a dull sound of my shapeless cat-legged body Feeling like a panda

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Girouette is the 1st album of General Bye Bye

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released May 19, 2010

Formats - CD
Artwork & Design - Poun
Pictures - Thomas Brechignac & Bruno Ribeiro
Produced by Emmanuel Quirié & Philippe Beer-Gabel aka Bye Bye Music
Engineered & Mixed by Thomas Charlet & General Bye Bye
Mastering by Philippe Teissier Ducros

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General Bye Bye Paris, France

Un trio mi-branque mi-savant associant avec fraîcheur le tranchant des cordes en acier, la frénésie cardiaque des peaux sur les fûts, et l’envoûtement enchanteur des circuits imprimés. Les chansons de General Bye Bye laissent tantôt rêveur tantôt danseur. Un ensemble foutraque qui sent l’humus et l’écume, les vestiaires et le plastique fondu. À la croisée de Kraftwerk et Blonde Redhead. ... more

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