Vidéo : Black Midi – John L

Vous avez envie d’un délestage d’énergie comme le commandant du Ever Given dans le canal de Suez ou Manu avec son pari à la Louis Napoléon Bonaparte face aux prussiens ? Ecoutez, vibrez, tremblez, trémulez, trépidez avec ce John L qui démultiplie le plaisir pour un groupe entre King Crimson, Talking Heads, Primus et Captain Beefheart. Quand John L arrive en ville, c’est pour une Cavalcade épileptique sous l’égide d’un gourou monolithe qui cache bien son jeu. Cette danse libératrice nous permet de nous évader de nos Metropolis policées.

Cavalcade de Black Midi sort le 28 mai sur le label Rough Trade.

Black Midi – John L

Three encores of Oh Sonny Boy backed only by accordion
Three rows of pale brunettes protect him from the crowd
The curtain a patchwork of imitation vermillion
A red bulb hangs low above the throne that has been found

This is the scene on Main Street when John L comes to town

Crowds of every age, creed and gender are abound
Signor kitsch sings skits detailing each attendees sins
First time anteaters lose themselves in the wings
With vigour they scratch red spots, overwhelmed by their king

In all the world there’s no escape from this infernal din

Children of Bethlehem, come all boys and girls,
Come Listen to these, my eternal words
Judge not who you see by whatever they may say
But by their round eyes, lips, ears and curves
A man is his country, your country is you
All bad is forewarned, all good will come true”

These words are heard on Main Street when John L comes to town

This garbling non-song whips throng into frenzy
The last echoes of his crooning now cease to be heard
No-longer-pale brunettes are broken in two
And thrown to the snouts of the anteater crew

John L is in tatters
His soapbox usurped
His torn robes adorn the
Tree stumps of the earth
No hack with an army
Will last long before he
Breeds men who yearn
For their own bloody glory

That was the scene on Main Street when John L came to town