Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Vous dites que vous voulez une révolution?

The Revolution keeps breaking out in the funniest places. In Quebec, for example.

Here, the Quebecois folk group Mes Aïeux (My Ancestors) has a video to go along with its song "Dégénération," a word you understand in either français ou anglais. Degeneration . . . of generations.

This is what the Revolution is about, garçons et filles. We're rich, we're smart (or at least we think we are) . . . and we're alienated, and our lives suck.

And every once in a while, someone stands up and says "This sucks! No! No more!" Or, in the case of Mes Aïeux, "Non! Pas encore!" And then their album sells more than 200,000 copies.

And I'm starting to feel mighty proud that some of my ancestors were Quebecois.

Watch the video. Powerful stuff.


HAT TIP: Crunchy Con

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