Music seduces us for different reasons. Here, I’d like to thank Philippe Katerine for reducing my international political angst with this playful, self-deprecating, unpretentious but oh-so-effective offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the election of Donald Trump and the rightward turn that is becoming generalized in our societies, I anguish and rage. While I understand that the elites have failed and deserve to be punished, I find it hard to understand how individualism and every man for himself can solve everything. Not to mention the use of immigrants as scapegoats for all our problems…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In this context, Philippe Katerine and his Zouzou<\/em> did me a world of good. He’d already made me howl with laughter at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last summer. With Zouzou<\/em>, which refers to the name of his dog, we enter the world of a 56-year-old man, who reflects on the life he has left with a great deal of humor. The song “Que deviens-tu?” is addressed to his penis, which is no longer what it used to be…to music by Bach. In “Comme disait ma petite Soeur,” he concludes: \u201cWhen there’s no solution, there’s no problem. But at the same time, he manages to evoke the world’s problems, such as climate change and gentrification. A conscious, mocking, and assertive sense of humor. When he talks about his paunch, many aging men, like me, will recognize themselves. Younger men, you’re in for a treat. And what about “Nu,” the song played at the Olympic Games: \u201cWhen you’re naked, you can’t fight a war\u201d. Not bad…\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Musically, this album doesn’t reinvent music, but there’s a lot of creativity in the arrangements. “Sous la Couette” features a lovely guitar solo. Philippe Katerine also makes room for his daughter, Edie, who seems to have a lot of vocal potential. Basically, this is an album that reflects the anxious yet humorous daily life of a French citizen who knows how to tell the zeitgeist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Merci Philippe! My tensiometer, which measures my blood pressure, is infinitely grateful to you. What if people on the right listened to you as well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n