Respirer, chanter

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Even more than its predecessor, carried by Juliet's Au pays des merveilles, Respirer, chanter stands as Yves Simon's definitive album. Emblematic of the era and the universe of the singer-songwriter fascinated by the United States, this folk-rock gem played on repeat in the bedrooms of romantic teenage girls. J'ai rêvé New York, Moi je sais qu'un jour tu iras ("on the kayaks of Alaska, joining the gold prospectors, Jack London of the Mackenzie"), Clo Story, Manhattan, and Demain nous ne serons plus jamais seuls now resonate as anthems. It is urgent to invent new recipes for life That escape the punched cards of the state police. Money controls oxygen. Let us invent thought gases And connect our mouths to other mouths. - Yves Simon