"L'Aventurier" (pronounced [lavɑ̃tyʁje]) is a song by rock band Indochine, from the album in the same title, released 1982. It reached No 4 in the French music chart.[1]
| "L'Aventurier" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Indochine | ||||
| from the album L'Aventurier | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New wave, pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | BMG Ariola | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dominique Nicolas | |||
| Producer(s) | Indochine | |||
| Indochine singles chronology | ||||
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Conception
editL'Aventurier evokes the world of Bob Morane, mentioning characters (Bill Ballantine, Miss Ylang-Ylang) and titles from his novels. It is also implicitly referred to other novels, such as La Couronne de Golconde ( Crocodiles ). In an interview with Figaro , Nicola Sirkis recounted how he found the theme for this song, which he wrote in four hours.[2][3][4]
«At the time, we were in the middle of the trip Rambo, the invincible heroes ... I went to search the library that I had brought back from Belgium, I found Bob Morane with incredible titles, which matched the music very well. So I stole all the titles of all the books that Henri Vernes had written, I moved them, relocated, to recompose a story.[5]
Indeed, the lyrics of the song relate to several titles of Bob Morane novels: La Vallée infernale, the first of the series mentioned soon the beginning of L'Aventurier ("Égaré dans la vallée infernale "), "L'Ombre jaune " ("A la recherche de l'Ombre Jaune ") "La marque de Kali " ("Le bandit s'appelle Mister Kali Jones "),"Trafic aux Caraïbes " ("Stop au trafic des Caraïbes "), "Le Sultan de Jarawak " ("Prisonnière du Sultan de Jarawak "), "Terreur à la Manicouagan " ("En pleine terreur à Manicouagan "), "Le Mystérieux Docteur Xhatan " ("L'otage des guerriers du Doc Xhatan ") ... Some terms, on the other hand, fall under the pure imagination of Nicola Sirkis, as "Operation Nadawieb".[6] Some of the novels mentioned by Henri Vernes belonged to the library he had built up when he lived in Uccle, in Belgium, until he was 15 years old.[7]
Genesis
editAccording to the manuscript published in the book Kissing my songs (Flammarion, 2011), L'Aventurier was written by Nicola Sirkis in December 1981.,[8] at a time when Bob Morane's aura had already begun to wither [9] Nicola Sirkis had discovered Bob Morane, a hero created by the Belgian novelist Henri Vernes for the pocket collection "Marabout Junior, when he was in boarding school in Belgium in 12 years. "At that age, for us, it could only be a model, we dreamed of becoming Bob Morane," said Nicola Sirkis, who was also marked by another adventurer, but this time of cinema: Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg's film Raiders of the Lost Ark had just been released in 1981, a year before L'Aventurier .
The song, along with several others from the album L'Aventurier, was recorded at the Aguessau studio, in Paris, in September 1982, during a session that was to be devoted solely to their first single, "Dizzidence Politik". The song "The Adventurer" was decisive in the choice of their producer of the time, Didier Guinochet, to finance their first album.[10] In front of B 45-rounds, there is another song from their first album: "Indochina (the 7 days of Beijing)". The cover of the disc, whose design was made by the graphic designer Marion Bataille, become the companion of Nicola Sirkis.[11][12] and the photo by J.-F. Rousseau, stylistically represents the four members of the group, with an Asian-inspired typography.[13]
Reception
editOn Antenna 2, the broadcast Platine 45, devoted to music videos, broadcasts that of L'Aventurier February 16, 1983, before a special show devoted to the group Indochina on March 11, 1983,
Musically, Sud Ouest judged that this piece is distinguished by its "ultra dancing, bouncy and playful pop rock"[14]
The journalist Rebecca Manzoni notes that L'Aventurier "Introduces in the introduction a ritornello inspired by Asia, supported by futuristic sounds (...), followed by a guitar riff composed by Dominique Nicolas, a riff so effective that it allows to identify the song[15]
In 2017, Le Point felt that the song remains "the best known of the band"[16]
"Since 1982, this song continues to resonate on the dance floors of discotheques or parties with friends, when it is the turn of the tubes of the eighties," notes his side "Ouest France"[17]
When she mixed as a DJ in parties, the Italian actress Asia Argento tells that she was playing this song[18]
References
edit- ^ "Paris-Bruxelles: les deux moitiés de Nicola Sirkis". Lefigaro.fr. 25 January 2012.
- ^ LLC, SPIN Media (1 June 1998). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC. p. 34 – via Internet Archive.
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{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ Eudeline, Christian (25 October 2018). Indochine. Editions Prisma. ISBN 9782810425549 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ina.fr, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel-. "Indochine et Bob Morane". Ina.fr.
- ^ Anne-Sophie Jahn (September 11, 2017). "Your tubes of the summer (49): "The Adventurer"". Lepoint.fr (in French).
- ^ "60 years after its first appearance, Bob Morane did not take a ride!". Rtbf.be (in French). 31 July 2018.
- ^ Anne-Charlotte de Langhe (31 January 2012). "Paris-Brussels: the two halves of Nicola Sirkis" (in French).
- ^ Nicola Sirkis and Agnès Michaux (November 2011). Kissing My Songs (in French). ISBN 978-2081268142.
- ^ Olivier Mimran (October 28, 2015). "How Bob Morane became eternal". 20 Minutes (in French).
- ^ Philippe Crocq and Jean Mareska (September 2011). Small dico Indochine (in French). Editions du Rocher. ISBN 978-2268071756.
- ^ "Nicola Sirkis, its bio". Voici.fr (in French).
- ^ "Nicola Sirkis". Gala (in French).
- ^ "L'Aventurier". Encyclopedisque.fr (in French). 13 December 2018.
- ^ Lafon, Cathy (9 August 2017). "Indochine : 35 ans de carrière en six clips cultes". Sudouest.fr. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Indochine contre tout chacal du 17 avril 2015 - France Inter". Franceinter.fr. 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Indochine en 6 tubes". Lepoint.fr. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ HÉLARY, Laetitia (September 8, 2017). "Indochine. Les tubes qui ont marqué l'histoire du groupe". Ouest-France.fr.
- ^ Média, Prisma. "EXCLU – Indochine : Nicola Sirkis et Asia Argento, une rencontre inattendue - Gala". Gala.fr.