 | Le désespoir est une forme supérieure de la critique |
Complete lyrics here. Take the time to listen to the full song on YouTube.
See also Laurence Olivier’s Contre l’espoir comme tâche politique (2004)
I think Ferré’s sentence can be read literally : despair can be understand as a critical state of being.
The song is “When The Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash from his album American IV: The Man Comes Around. The editing is quite similar to the opening sequence of Dawn of the Dead by Zack Snyder (2004). Watch the intro on YouTube.
More about this film : IMDb, Wikipedia, Apple trailers (HD), Daniel Johnston official site.
The song playing is titled “True Love Will Find You In The End” from the album 1990. Lyrics here.
| I got four heads inside my mind Four rooms I’d like to lie in Four selves I want to find And I don’t know which one is me |
Listen to the song on YouTube. Read more about The Who’s album Quadrophenia.
| Now you’ve heard of folks with a lot of ambition But I believe just about the biggest case of ambition I ever saw Was in a bug that I saw crawlin’ along the beach one day He was a mighty ambitious bug |
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Paul Simon, “Kodachrome”, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, 1973.
| Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away |
