it should be very short then (is all horsemouth can say).
well he's had the first cup of coffee and is progressing rapidly through the second.
yesterday he read a little in the french to perform some dialogues for far future village band. he focused in on the madison scene from jean-luc goddard's bande à part. in particular he focused in on the apocalyptic warning of m. segalot.
'oh my poor friend. empires are falling. republics likewise...'
'bravo m. segalot. ca c'est du meuble.'
in keeping with the maritime theme of recent far future village band songs (though quite how this can be made to fit into the story horsemouth is unsure) he attempted most of the first verse of paul valéry's le cimetière marin (the cemetery by the sea but it might as well be the cemetery in the sea).
he also attempted a few lines from jacques attali's bruits (noise) on the round dance (viewed as annunciatory of the new political economy of music).
he's hoping the bande à part will fit into an already recorded bar scene with accordions. he's hoping the attali and the valéry will insipire more music.
he found a book of french proverbs from before the 15th century (formerly the property of birkbeck library) and cassell's colloquial french (a handbook of idiomatic usage).
rob has proposed taking a crack at le bateau ivre (the drunken boat) but it's very long and complicated. the pogues robbed a verse from it (drunken boat for the 1993 album waiting for herb) but in a bit of a cack handed fashion in horsemouth's opinion. léo ferré set the poem into music also using two first quatrains as a chorus (this might be more possible - nice ouai on it too).
there's a strong rhyme scheme (an alexandrine) and it all seems fairly regular. (horsemouth thinks you might get it over the junction signal).
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