Ainsi Soit Je... - Track Listing

Track Listing

# Title Length Writer(s) Composer(s) Comment, performances on tours and TV
1 "L'Horloge" 5:03 Charles Baudelaire Boutonnat
  • The song is the adaptation of the poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire in Les Fleurs du mal. Very throbbing and gloomy, the music begins and ends with the sound of a clock pendulum, as well as cries of a baby. The words evoke the passage of time which leads to death. A male voice said repeatedly : "Souviens-toi".
  • It was performed during the 1989 tour and never on television.
2 "Sans contrefaçon" 4:07 Farmer Boutonnat
  • It was performed during the 1989, 1996, 1999, 2006 and 2009 tours and 16 times on television.
3 "Allan" 4:46 Farmer Boutonnat
  • It was performed during the 1989 tour and one time on television.
4 "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" 4:52 Farmer Boutonnat
  • It was performed during the 1989, 1999 and 2009 tours and 12 times on television.
5 "La Ronde triste" 4:13 Farmer Boutonnat
  • Although the title is in French, the text is in English. The music is throbbing and lyrics evoke suicide and death. A male voice repeatedly says "Don't cry". The song is the vinyl's B-side of "Sans contrefaçon".
  • It was never performed on stage, but one time on television (Domicile A2, December 15, 1987, Antenne 2).
6 "Ainsi soit je..." 6:18 Farmer Boutonnat
  • It was performed during the 1989, 1996 and 2009 tours and 12 times on television.
7 "Sans logique" 4:30 Farmer Boutonnat
  • It was performed during the 1989 tour and five times on television.
8 "Jardin de Vienne" 5:17 Farmer Boutonnat
  • This melancholy song begins with a few notes of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. The text is both poetic and naive. In it, Farmer discovers a little boy who hanged himself in a garden of Vienna. In the refrain, the death is seen as a release.
  • It was performed during the 1989 tour, but never on television.
9 "Déshabillez-moi" 3:45 Robert Nyel Gaby Verlor
  • It was performed during the 1989 and 2006 tours and two times on television.
10 "The Farmer's Conclusion" 2:15 Boutonnat
  • This instrumental song contains many cries of animals mixed with sighs of Farmer. The title refers to the pseudonym chosen by the singer ("Farmer" means "fermière" in French language) and is a humorous reply to journalists who sometimes give her that name in a literal way.
  • It was never performed on stage, nor on television.

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