Alizée

When you have found yourself to be weary after a tough and aggravating day, it is only natural that you might want to recover with a remedy that is soft and soothing. “But Goggin,” you might ask, “What could possibly be both soft and soothing?” Well, nothing is softer than the French language. And nothing is more soothing that the music of Alizée Jacotey, who goes by the stage name of simply Alizée. Her music is a mysterious milkshake that invokes dark and calming colors such as black or deep blue. The songs carry with them a balanced pairing of powerfully continuous bass notes and upbeat drums, both surrounding the enchanting vocal melodies and a few electric guitars thrown in here and there. Now, you might ask where one could find such music. “Right here in my hand,” would be my reply, if the keys I now press to type this sentence could be considered to be in my hand. If that is true, it then follows that such music is also in your hand, the hand you are using to control your mouse, touchpad, or rollerball device.

My favorite Alizée songs:

• J'en Ai Marre
• J.B.G.
• C'est Trop Tard
• J'ai Pas 20 Ans!
• Moi... Lolita
• Veni, Vedi, Vici
• Youpidou

“J'en Ai Marre” is an especially transcendent composition, and definitely my favorite Alizée song. The way that it opens with the violin and guitar pairing, next adding the drum and bass lines with such a peaceful greeting, then finally becoming the actual song, sounds like the timeless juxtaposition of clouds and mountains. According to an unreliable source, the song is about something along the lines of “in heaven I am fed”. Although I do not really know any French, and so do not know what the words are really about, I like to think that “J'en Ai Marre” is the story of an enormous French man with little glasses, a man who loves to eat. He spends his days as a connoisseur, traveling the French countryside in search of both new and familiar dishes to dine upon. Unfortunately for this man, he is attacked one day by a stranger from another land. After a lengthy duel that is brutal to both parties, the French man collapses and never gets up again. He is in heaven, and it is there that he can forever partake in his great passion, eating.

You can listen to “J'en Ai Marre” here.

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