MAMBO NASSAU : 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS · 2016. 2. 23. · MAMBO NASSAU : 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS... After touring to promote « Press Color », her debut album, with a funk band, Lizzy

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MAMBO NASSAU : 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS...After touring to promote « Press Color », her debut album, with a funk band, Lizzy Mercier Descloux traveled to Europe with companion•film•maker Seth Til-lett. They worked in Italy on a serie of short films where she played Anna Mag-nani, Suzanna Agnelli, filmed Renzo Rossellini at Cinecitta about the Emerginati movement, met Federico Fellini during the filming of « Cita della donna », discov-ered the label Ocora (traditional music from all around the world) and with all this in mind started writing songs with help of drummer Bill Perry. In Paris they audi-tionned many african musicians cause after wild child funk the idea was to make a record malaxating african roots music, french buzz vocals, albatross swing and some bizarre soundtracks. The record was made in Nassau, Bahamas at Compass point, Island Records studios under kindness support of Chris Black-well. Walli Badarou who worked there as a house musician with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, joined Lizzy’s band. Steve Stanley a young engineer from Jamaica who was also working on Grace Jones’s album, produced the sound, he later also produced Tom Tom Club, Third World and lots of Island records.« Mambo Nassau » was all instinctive pulsations, improvized energy. Each song is an attempt to mix the urban vibes of city like New York, raw tempo and acro-batic drum beats, african harmonies, hirsute guitars, heavy pulse of bass lines, anachronistic chants, derisive laughter, a blissfull ignorance of the rules of good taste. Music to snatch and glean with a big black sun in the middle of it. World music was not in the cards, it was a step by step adventure, everyday was a sur-prise, an uncompromizing ride, a motherfucking hot stew and they had the ocean to get lost.Eric Clapton, who was recording next door, showed Lizzy his legendary guitars and she sang him an Edith Piaf Song. Nassau is an island for Les millionnaires, drug center, casinos, american ladies looking for sex but Lizzy and the band lived like ermits in the studio, outside Lee Perry was talking to his tree and

FIVE TROUBLES MAMBO

I’m a trouble alone oneI’m trouble to you two j’ai la dance de St Guy three Chut, chut, chut you bore four

I’m no mascotte in Macao Or an amp fuzz in Las Vegas A rififi at Chac Mool Beach When I sing “my darling spinning top”

I’m a trouble alone oneI’m trouble to you two j’ai la dance de St Guy three Chut, chut, chut you bore four This is for real my babe jive five

Lizzy Mercier Descloux 1981© 2004 ZE Multimedia Music

IT’S YOU SORT OF

Its you sort of It’s you I kinda feel something hot in my back Holding me dumb, hoarse, hoarse, hoarse and worst I don’t know why It’s like letting it go for its shadow It’s you sort of It’s youI kinda feel something scoring my throatFeel, feelHolding me wet, wet, roughIt’s pure gold running on purposeIt’s you sort ofI kinda feel something not in my throatIt’s you sort ofIts you


LIZZYMERCIERDESCLOUX

MAMBO NASSAU

ROOM MATE Lazy, lazy , lazyCue me Cue me I’m mixed upMix it upLeaky, leaky, leakyCue me Cue me I’m mixed upMix it upDizzy just likeJust like the whirling dervishesDiva just like Orianna FallacciLava, lava, lavaCue me Cue me I’m mixed upMix it upSqeamish just like, just likeThe whirling dervishesRapper, just like Orianna Fallacci


SPORT SPOOTNIKS

Ah cha cha cha, in the PampaOh aie aie aie, there’s pimpsAh cha cha cha, a chartless lifeOh aie aie aie, a cheerless fight

Eh matadwarfThere’s specialistNo they’re spootnicksSpootnicks

Ah cha cha cha, not too chattyOh aie aie aie, their size are phonyAh cha cha cha, these guys are spotsOh aie aie aie. these spots are bad

Eh matadwarfThere’re pervertedNo they’re spootnicksPerverted, HeinSpootniks

Ah chi chi chi, look in the arenaOh aie aie aie, los caballerosAh chi chi chi, los picadoresAh aie aie aie, they grow grow

Eh matadwarfThey’re pervertedNo they’re spootniksPerverted ? NonSpootniksEl toro, El toroMatadorTorero

Troops in the moodMatadwarfTroops in the mood


MAÏTA Maïta vit à côté de son tempsBattue par le sable,De derrière, de devantEt une ribambelle d’enfantsUn par anDe bonne guerre!Autre temps, autres moeursMais pas à SowetoLoin des yeux, loin du coeurMais pas à Soweto

Maïta vit nue comme un verElle broie du noirElle brasse du ventElle tourne en rondDans la lumière du couchantElle s’aveugle,Elle fait des cravates aux mouchesEt morte de fatigue!Finalement elle se coucheAtmosphère, atmosphère Mais pas à Soweto Son et lumière,Mais pas à Soweto Les premiers seront les derniersCertes pas à SowetoD’amour et d’eau fraîcheMais pas à SowetoOn ne vit qu’une seule foisMême pas à Soweto

Maïta n’a pas sa langue dans sa pocheElle rit parce qu’il a beaucoup pluElle crie parce qu’elle a beaucoup buEt alors !Pas de nouvelle, bonne nouvelleMais pas à SowetoLoin des yeux loin du coeurMais pas à Soweto Une vie de bout de chandellesC’est cela à SowetoElle remplace l’hommeEmmuré, disparuDe bête de somme, ses musclesL’ont changé en statueA cette cadence, rivée aux pieds du murNéanmoins elle garde sa plus fière allureMystère Vivre et voir venir,Mais pas à Soweto A tout prendre, à vrai direMais pas à Soweto Vogue la galèreC’est cela à SowetoMais pas à Soweto Black is beautifulBut not in Soweto


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MAMBO NASSAU : 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS · 2016. 2. 23. · MAMBO NASSAU : 80/82 THE GRIGRI YEARS... After touring to promote « Press Color », her debut album, with a funk band, Lizzy