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About "Water and Fire (Dedicated to JJ Cale)"
Water and Fire is the continuation of the joint adventures of L'Attirail and Sidi Bemol, as well as a beautiful coincidence: without knowing what the other was up to, each loved JJ Cale in his own way. Realizing this one fine day, they decided to make a song and video together in honor of the author of After Midnight and so many other musical gems, with a simple objective: to put this subtle, roundabout tribute online on the 10th anniversary of his death, July 26, 2023.
The idea of this clip, which starts outside at dusk, is to suggest the presence of JJ Cale. Three musicians (Hocine Boukella, Xavier Demerliac, Eric Laboulle) perform the music of Water and Fire around a fire. Opposite them, in the half-light, a man sings, whom we gradually imagine to be JJ Cale (we recognize a little of his silhouette, but never really distinguish his face).
The clip begins with a series of wide shots. The camera gradually moves in on the musicians, until the final section features close-ups. At the end of the last verse, the mysterious singer - who, from all indications, is JJ Cale - leaves the bivouac, and we see the lights of a car driving off into the night. Real or fantasized presence, it doesn't matter: what's certain is that JJ Cale's music is always with us, universal, timeless and timeless. This simple, unassuming man was in fact an immense artist, and now that we know it, we share his love for his inspiring work, of which Water and Fire is the result.
music video running time 3:52 / released July 26, 2023 / director: Ira Wizenberg / assistants: Hocine Boukella and Ilan Wizenberg
script: Hocine Boukella / production: CSB Productions / Casting, musicians: Hocine Boukella (Sidi Bemol) Xavier Demerliac Eric Laboulle Alexandre Michel (JJ Cale) / music: Xavier Demerliac / lyrics: Hocine Boukella / vocals: Hocine Boukella / guitars: Xavier Demerliac drums: Eric Laboulle / keyboards: Clément Robin / recording and mixing: Fantin Routon & Xavier Demerliac / from the album: Honorables Correspondants to be released on December 8, 2023 / © 2023 CSB Productions / Les Chantiers Sonores / L'Autre Distribution
Lyrics :
I want to listen to the snow / crunching under our feet
I want to hear the wind / singing with us in the trees
one last time, last time before water and fire
I want to see the red sun / set in the golden sea
I want you to swim again / a few more hours with me
one last time, last time before water and fire
I have spent my whole life / on this black asphalt
I want my love back / I want to see your eyes
one last time, last time before water and fire
(Hocine Boukella)
The idea of this clip, which starts outside at dusk, is to suggest the presence of JJ Cale. Three musicians (Hocine Boukella, Xavier Demerliac, Eric Laboulle) perform the music of Water and Fire around a fire. Opposite them, in the half-light, a man sings, whom we gradually imagine to be JJ Cale (we recognize a little of his silhouette, but never really distinguish his face).
The clip begins with a series of wide shots. The camera gradually moves in on the musicians, until the final section features close-ups. At the end of the last verse, the mysterious singer - who, from all indications, is JJ Cale - leaves the bivouac, and we see the lights of a car driving off into the night. Real or fantasized presence, it doesn't matter: what's certain is that JJ Cale's music is always with us, universal, timeless and timeless. This simple, unassuming man was in fact an immense artist, and now that we know it, we share his love for his inspiring work, of which Water and Fire is the result.
music video running time 3:52 / released July 26, 2023 / director: Ira Wizenberg / assistants: Hocine Boukella and Ilan Wizenberg
script: Hocine Boukella / production: CSB Productions / Casting, musicians: Hocine Boukella (Sidi Bemol) Xavier Demerliac Eric Laboulle Alexandre Michel (JJ Cale) / music: Xavier Demerliac / lyrics: Hocine Boukella / vocals: Hocine Boukella / guitars: Xavier Demerliac drums: Eric Laboulle / keyboards: Clément Robin / recording and mixing: Fantin Routon & Xavier Demerliac / from the album: Honorables Correspondants to be released on December 8, 2023 / © 2023 CSB Productions / Les Chantiers Sonores / L'Autre Distribution
Lyrics :
I want to listen to the snow / crunching under our feet
I want to hear the wind / singing with us in the trees
one last time, last time before water and fire
I want to see the red sun / set in the golden sea
I want you to swim again / a few more hours with me
one last time, last time before water and fire
I have spent my whole life / on this black asphalt
I want my love back / I want to see your eyes
one last time, last time before water and fire
(Hocine Boukella)
