People tend to have strong feelings about this video, or at least that’s been my experience. They either love it or they hate it. Needless to say, I’m in the former group. As a foreigner something about it is very “French” to me, though the song is about two Americans and that strange instrument is Brazilian. At the same time the song doesn’t seem to me as old as it is, sounding like something much closer to our time, perhaps the 90s. It’s possible I like it because I heard it as a child. Listen for these lyrics, and how they play with the rhythm:
Il faut croire Que c'est la société Qui m'a définitivement abîmé
or these:
Dans les trois jours Voilà le tac tac tac Des mitraillettes Qui reviennent à l'attaque
What do you think of it?
(Note that one of the Youtube commenters was kind enough to provide an English translation. )
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