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Rain 03:33
Sitting in an armchair I’m smelling the air And listening to the rain That’s falling down Yesterday we tried to make love But we had some kind of trouble And then in the night I had a dream It was war and I was fighting Sitting in an armchair I’m smelling the air And listening to the rain That’s falling down This morning I read a story It was a true story Of young boy who’d been killed While he was sleeping Everything’s so quiet now
3.
A Family 04:06
It’s a family A pretty family It’s a family Telling just stories It’s a family A pretty family It’s a family Made of cruel stories It’s a usual tragedy And it’s my fear It’s a usual tragedy Are we made of this? It’s a usual tragedy Is there something else to live?
4.
Sometimes 04:50
Sometimes I think I’m no one Because I spend my days Losing my way Sometimes I think I’m everyone So useless, so empty But oh so happy Sometimes
5.
Am I me? Am I you? Or anybody else? What do I mean? Am I real? Am I true? Who am I? What’s my part? Do you think I’ve lost my mind? What do I mean? Am I real? Am I true? Years pass by And all these questions in my mind Grow like a cancer But there’s no answer
6.
Summer Song 04:01
Sing me a summer Draw me a sun Where are the good times? When I was new When I was young Give me the colors Of a rising sun I’m just a broken toy The game’s too hard For a little boy Sing me a birdsong Give me the wings Help me to fly away My winter is long Show me the way I need a summer day
7.
All you people Where are you going? All you people Are you strangers? I’m so close And I’m far away I should talk But I can’t even say A word All you people Waiting in stations All you people What’s in your mind? I’m so close And I’m far away I should talk But I can’t even say A word Do you share my pain? Do you feel ashamed? Would you like to run? Do you need a change? What keeps me away from you? What kind of wall? What kind of pressure? What kind of truth?
8.
A Fear 05:10
You say I’m the one Who makes you happy But I’m living with a fear Deep inside of me It looks like a man Who’d be stronger than me It looks like a lover Who would kill you better than me You say I’m the one Who makes you happy But I’m living with a fear Deep inside me It looks like a truth You could find out Someday Without me And sure it would kill me
9.
Dust 07:03
I’m nothing but dust Potential dust And day after day I fade away I fade away While the world is dying of vanity While the world pretends to know where it goes And I know my words are hopeless But I can’t help singing this song No I can’t help singing this song I’m nothing but rust Fucking rust And day after day I get weaker and weaker Weaker While the world is dying of its power While the world still dares dream of glory And I know my words are useless But I can’t help singing this song No I can’t help singing this song
10.
Pain 08:07
Throw off the mask And find the answer It’s yours and it’s mine It’s the same for everyone Throw off the mask And find the truth Every lie we tell Is made of it Year by year Brick by brick Everything we build Is made of pain

about

Metz est-elle située dans les Rocheuses ? Les Appalaches ? Les Blue Smokey Montains ? Merci, en tout cas, pour cette confirmation : les complexes volent désormais bas en France.

Oboken est avant tout une histoire de chevaux pur-sang, de mavericks à crinière ébouriffée, de Crazy Horse à Sparklehorse.
LES INROCKUPTIBLES (JD Beauvallet)

Magistral et somptueux de bout en bout, cet album éponyme d'Oboken nous suivra longtemps.
MAGIC!

Auto-production précieuse, Oboken recèle des trésors d'intimité et de sensibilité, révélation de jours acoustiques meilleurs où l'intelligence et la maestria iraient enfin de pair. Hosanna.
ROCKSOUND (Patrick Peiffer)

"Ce pourrait être l'automne. Ou certaines nuits d'été que l'on voudrait sans fin. Là, vous glisseriez lentement sous la peau à fleur de voix. Une musique propice aux confidences murmurées. Ces petits moments où l'on se souvient des rêves d'avant. Des peurs quand on est grand on n'ose plus dire. De l'autre. Trop proche. Trop loin. Bref, des histoires de nous. Et là, juste une corde pincée, frôlée, qui se rétracte. Qui continue à vibrer"
FNAC STRASBOURG (Alain Walther)

Oboken se déguste comme une démo de Spain avec une sensibilité exacerbée, un sens rare de la mélodie et de la mélancolie addictive, à mettre au bout d'outtakes piochées dans la marge royale de "Tonight's the night", l'oeuvre au noir de Neil Young
STATION SERVICE

Cet album, c'est cela : une sorte de voyage sous la pluie, vous savez quand la pluie est douce, mélancolique juste ce qu'il faut, ôtant aux paysages leurs aspérités. Peu ou pas de percussion sur Oboken, jamais une harmonie plus haute que l'autre. Tout est dans la rêveuse précision des agencements voix guitares acoustiques.
LE MIDI LIBRE (J. Vilaceque)

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released September 1, 1999

Written, arranged, performed and produced by Philippe Saucourt, except "cheap guitar" sample on "a family" and bass guitar on "pain" arranged and performed by Bruno Fleutelot, and electric guitar on "summer song" arranged by Philippe Saucourt and Bruno Fleutelot. Recorded and mixed at home by Bruno Fleutelot in february 1999.
Sleeve design by Philippe Saucourt and Zinzolin.
Thanks to Bruno, Fanou, Laurent, Marc, Marion, Pascale, Philippe, Sophia, Véronique and Yannick for their help and support.

All rights reserved (p) & (c) 1999 Phillippe Saucourt.

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