HARMONIUM - "HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES (STORIES WITHOUT WORDS)" (reaction)
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- Check out Sight After Dark reacting to "Stories Without Words" by Harmonium!
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Harmonium is a Quebec band! They had 3 albums and a live album in the 70s. Their 3rd album (the one after this one) is noted for being the most expensive French Canadian album to ever be produced at the time. They toured with Supertramp in the late 70s and then they seemed to have vanished! Looking forward to hearing from people who know more. The lead singer’s voice is one of my favorites
Thanks for the info!
Serge Fiori, the singer/song writer/guitarist of the band never wanted to be famous and could not handle fame. He completely left the public scene. He did make an album with Richard Séguin after Harmonium called Deux cent nuits à l’heure that is just amazing and well worth a listen.
They did vanish. However, I think that this is what helped build their fame here. I'm from Québec. Been living there my whole life. When I was young (I'm from the 90s), my mom was playing L'Heptade often. If you want to hear something (although not similar at all) that is pretty much unknown outside of Québec, but a kind-of prog-ish band from the 90s, I suggest to you Les Colocs. Especially the album "Dehors Novembre", which is a gem.
@@bengagnon2894 I’ll check it out!
The composer, Serge Fiori, was 22 when he composed this piece. He's a genius. Unfortunately, some health problems affected his carrer - he had to quit the scene too soon (he's still alive though, he's 71).
It's so nice to see people discover this music. It is what Rolling Stone Magazine had to say when they did their 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time in 2015 and that album at number 36 (Ok lists are lists):
''For their second record, French-Canadian folk guitar trio Harmonium expanded into a symphonic quintet, adding woodwinds and keyboards to flesh out a concept album based on the four seasons (and a fantastical fifth). The first side is all pastoral warmth, with guitarist Serge Fiori's sweet-nothings croon, and jazzy asides. Elegant stuff, but only a warm-up for the side-two centerpiece "Histoires sans paroles," which is 17 minutes of cyclical flute themes, Mellotron haze, and billowing vocal harmonies (featuring guest Judi Richards). In 2007, journalist Bob Mersereau ranked Si On Avait Number 56 in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. But he may have undersold the album - it's the pinnacle of the entire folk-prog movement. R.R."
Cheers from Montreal!
Cheers On the Run! Thanks for that dash of Rock history!
I saw this record for $50 bucks when I was 17 and had no idea what was on it. My buddy bought it for me for Christmas because we were both so into the album art. What was on it really ended up being one of my favorite albums of all time. I brought it to college with me and showed a lot of people it over the 4 years. I feel like I save my progress in a video game every time I put it on now. It just turned into something very special in my friend group and I’m so glad I could share it with you two.
I love what you guys heard in this. Two really beautiful interpretations. Also on the drum thing, crazy right!? I was thinking about trying to click track record things like this
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Great reaction! As a 61 years old French Canadian, this was a part of my musical youth, this group was so good incompassing Folk and Progessive, it's a shame TH-cam Reactors don't listen to them because they sing in French, but their first self intitled album from 1974 is a masterpiece of melodies and acoustic guitar while being progressive, and their 3rd Album is even more progressive, they're so good but I'm not holding my breath, most reactors won't listen unless it's English, a shame really, their loss...
Yeah, what a shame. Hopefully our patrons will suggest more music from them. Thanks for watching Marc!
This album is really cool because the first 4 songs are spring,summer,fall and winter. This is the 5th season if there was one and I like to think the album artwork also is the 5th season. I’m glad this video had a full version of the artwork to look at.
This band is one of the greatest Canadian bands ever, their albums are amazing, especially the 3rd one (L’Heptade). This band is slept on by English speakers but they’re legends in Quebec!
Very cool French Canadian prog band. This is a good track to represent them.
The last few minutes of this song never fail to ground me and make me relive every time I’ve heard it and who I heard it with. Good times and bad times and sad times. This album is something special
Shocked to see Americans react to Quebec based Harmonium much less to their 17-minute plus epic "Histoires San Paroles" without interruption. I listen to this song regularly including while I was recently in the ER. Music is best medicine.
It so is. Hope you’re feeling better!
@@SightAfterDark Thank you kindly. I have a second surgery next week.
Hi Harmonium is from Quebec, that particular song as been recorded again with a symphonic orchestra. The main composer (it was a group effort then) is Serge Fiori and main vocal it most of yhe group's other songs and he's the one behind the symphonic project. With many collaborators of course...
Haven’t heard this in 40 yrs. Still sounds fresh!
Some syphonics orchestra are playing Harmonium right now. This group was and by far my favorite group ever. Serge Fiori is a genious. Thanks to listened to histoire sans paroles.
Thanks for this from a Québecois. Merci !
♥️ 🍁 🇨🇦 !
It gives me goosebumps everytime... 🥰❤
Harmonium is one of the most influencial and progressive band of Quebec…one of the best…they were very tuned with their craft!
Great great song. Thank you! Lots of Mellotron on this album and i love it.
Harmonium was a French-speaking Quebec band. In my view they wrote some of the most beautiful music of the 1970s. Listen to the rest of this album ... it will DESTROY you with its glorious beauty. They only made 3 studio albums and one live album, but their influence on Quebec and Canadian music is profound.
Thanks Frank!
Harmonium is a Montreal band! my city, the composer Fiori Seguin is a monument here in Montreal. there are extraordinary pieces to hear from this group! 😉
A real nice part of the freaks french canadian culture cake of the '70s. Serge Fiori was a great composer at that time, & great musicians around
In 2000y the magasine Rolling Stone choice the best 50 records on the last century, 48 were in English, I'm not so sure about that but one is from Italy and the other was Heptade from Harmonium.
Oui!! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to this beautiful piece of quebecois music. I was right there with you. So fun...Merci!
70's pastoral prog from Montreal, did not expect this here!
Harmonium's first album was very much folk-rock, no instrumentals, more in the CSN&Y/James Taylor mold, whereas this one is very much influenced by prog à la Genesis/Yes/Strawbs, and their third one, a double-album, is a full on prog concept album (with drums!). All three were platinum in Canada, they were huge. There is a sorta fourth album with much of the same players, called Fiori/Séguin, titled Deux Cents Nuits à l'Heure. The main player, Fiori, released a few solo albums.
Great info; thanks Benoit!
Thank you so much! I’ve been thirsting for his voice!
Stories without words, you know why..... cause he dreams about it so there is no words when you dream. It's always like that with them.
You can hear Harmonium's influences here. Early Genesis, especially their folk sounding second album Trespass. Jethro Tull and early King Crimson (on songs like I talk to the wind or Moonchild).
The concept, of course is based on Vivaldi's Four seasons with them adding their fifth.
The fifth season represented by this song is, without doubt, the centerpiece of the album, both in length and musically, but the album is not one trick poney, it is beautiful from beginning to end.
Granted, this song is on a whole other level.
It's the perfect storm where musical talent, imagination and I guess, the right period, all come together nicely to give a result of such beauty that you are transported to another place, one of calm and peace.
This is simply one of the most beautiful piece of music ever created and that a French Canadian group is behind it is something they can be proud of as this album can stand proudly shoulder to shoulder with such albums as Close to the Edge of Selling England by the Pound, or even Wish you were here.
This song is so beautiful that I don't think any words can accurately describe its beauty.
The first 3 minutes of this song makes me want to go outside and pick some apples...😂
Go!
Aww!
Thank you for reacting to Harmonium. One of my favorite bands. I grew up in northern Vermont and heard their music on Montreal radio a lot. It is the soundtrack of my teens, even though I don't speak French. This whole album is great, and I hope you get a chance to react to more of it.
Glad you enjoyed Sarah!
What you called moments are actually movements in the classical sense and Harmonium manages to blend folk and classical music using guitar, flute, piano for percussion. Some of their songs are really long, for example Vien Danser which means Come and Dance. My favorite is Depuis L' Automne. 10 minutes long, half of it is instrumental. You guys need to sit in reclining leather chairs for this type of music. Awesome group from Quebec, Canada, still popular.
Harmonium?! Good on you to be willing to go that deep. Bravo pour la recommendation.
It's like it should belong to an opera or a ballet. Very different but certainly not objectionable. I enjoyed it. Lots of cool stuff to be found up in Quebec. Like Voivod!
Wow! Great that you gave a shot to Harmonium!
Surely one of the best of their songs. The only thing living me on my appetite with this one is that Fiori doesn’t sing.
For me, when Fiori is singing, it’s like he is pouring warm light all around.
« Comme un fou » or « Chanson noire » would be two good songs on « l’Heptade » to listen to.
Anyway, thanks for the review!
Thanks Michel, hopefully we get to react to more of their tunes!
I love all on the Heptade. It has a logic and you can feel the progression of it if you listen to it in order.
Serge Fiori, the lead singer, made a great album in 1979 with Richard Seguin, who was not in Harmonium, called Deux-cent nuits à l’heure (200 nights an hour, like speed…). Then he disappeared for many years. He had a solo album about 10 years ago.
Thanks for the info Benoit!
if we get the physics signs... the boy catch fuck all, he drink, but the girl stay focus. Thats Harmonium.
This was really sweet sounding and I enjoyed it very much. Thanks
Thanks Hartlor!
Great Band, great piece but from the same album, the song "Dixie" was the hit. Hope you guys go back and try this one. REALLY worth giving this one a listen. Much shorter tune but it sure packs a punch!
Once upon a time, there was amazing music in Québec, but we have been swallowed whole by the machine. It's mostly gone now...
Same here in the states!
heads up my friend first time a reaction on something different being from MTL and born in the 50 harmonium was the Band when I was teenager during the Flower Power great souvenir. There is this song Dixie also on this album if you like Dixieland. So much great music on this album there is Offenbach also great french rock band!
Great use of melotron!
Essentially sounds like a cinema soundtrack - was it ever used that way?
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It’d make a very nice one!
No, it has not been used for this. Do check out other songs from this band as they are amazing.
The Best in France
There is this group Octobre la Maudite Machine or Morse Code La marche des hommes
Pollen (La femme aillée), Maneige (La noce), Etcetera...
Do they have similar music?
@@SightAfterDark Morse Code is a Quebecois prog band they made the first part for Yes at the time in Mtl
@@SightAfterDark Maneige got the same kind of musicality (all instrumental songs). With the song : La Noce, you gonna have a good vibe of the band. You can also look up to the album Ni vent... ni nouvelles. Pollen : La femme ailée (great song) ; Morse Code : La marche des hommes sounds more like old Genesis (Peter Gabriel era). Et Cetera : Et la musique tourne are close to Gentle Giant style of prog.
@@SightAfterDark If you like Blues rock there is this group Offenbach great singer and good musician. Mes blues passe pus dans porte, Chu un rocker, le voix que j'ai ect
Bonjour, Harmonium was the number one band in Québec in the '70. I would say it's more folk prog than rock prog, because they were mainly acoustic instruments musicians...their first album is totally acoustic....in their second, they have introduce some electric instruments and in the last one, there's more synth and electric guitar...the last one called "l'heptade" is a concept album about the quest to elevate your spirit thru the search of peace in your soul....those were the hippy years after all....they were using a lot of vocals as an instrument....I sent you one song of their first and second album, one song of their third album and one that the leader of the group (Serge Fiori) recorded with another Québec musician (Richard Séguin) but was played with most of the Harmonium musiciens....I also send you a link to know a little bit more about the story of this band...if you're really interested I could send you traduction of the lyrics....I hope I haven"t made to much mistake in writing in english because I'm a french mother tongue guy....so I hope you will enjoy....even if you don't make reaction video out of it.
Pierre from Montréal
This is the band: info Harmonium
First album :. Harmonium song
Second album : Dixie song
Third album : Comme un fou song
Fiori-Séguin album : viens danser
Thanks so much Pierre!
Pastoral pile-on! Pretty here, heavy there. Gotta explore on my own. Could happen, honest. ;>D
Loved your take in particular, Sifa, both were interesting. Cheers.
Thanks so much Damon, we appreciate you!
I compare this brilliant instrumental with some early Genesis and also Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
We can hear the Genesis!
Toujours aussi bon ;-) Bravo
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Cirque du Soleil take their inspiration from Harmonium for the music.
The only percussion is a guitar that sounds like a clock ticking!
I don't hate this one, but I kind of thought this was kind of background music. Anyhow, you guys are great. Watch all of your videos. Hope to see you friday night at Connolly's. Need to buy a T-shirt too. Cheers.
What size are you? We’ll be sure to have one for you!
@@SightAfterDark Thanks. I am medium.
Merci Mon Amis...
Their first album (self titled)will give you more of the Québec folk sound,
with the gentle progressive twist, which I fell in love with way way back when. Another group worth a listen ... Cano (Bain St. Marie or Un Norde de outra vie) could be butchering the titles as it's been a long time ....
Offenbach is another of Les belle Provence's excellent bands.
Bon appétit....
Merci for all the tips David!
@@SightAfterDark Mon plaisir
It was nice to have a little bit of home tickling my ears as Toby(🐕) and I enjoyed a bit of Portuguese sunshine {about 65° F}
Hope you are keeping warm and we'll .... Don't miss shoveling snow one bit, but some times on a cold crisp night, crunching across the snow with my old hound Nico to feed our two mohair goats, I could see the Northern Lights, the Arora Borealis flicker on the horizon.
There is beauty in winter, but I just couldn't take the cold anymore. My hands would stop moving with the precision I needed, knees and ankles started to freeze up.... Oh Canada.... I miss her, but Portugal is probably the closest in attitude(we gotta shovel now, but we'll have a hot toddy by the wood stove after).
Low crime, virtually no guns, people treat you like neighbors, say hello... Bom dia, boa tarde, and for now bon noite.
Sounds absolutely gorgeous; stay well David!
Conflicted about this one - when you're into the VU and Iggy and Bolan and Bowie and Roxy Music and this is your nation's greatest music, you get it but you don't. Now, Fairport Convention...
We don’t think they sound anything like all who you listed, but we definitely respect your opinion! Thanks Nomis!
@@SightAfterDark Yes, I mean that when you're a Quebec kid into Lou Reed, this bucolic folk-prog is not your first ideal, musically - although it's of course brilliant and I recognize that. Sorry for the confusion!
For sleep
A lot of 12 strings with Harmonium
Just beautiful!
Harmonium were a pastoral folk progressive rock band from Quebec.... they made some great albums this one not withstanding....
Harmonium is much more complexe....
Elevated elevator music. Haha. I really enjoyed this, though.
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If dropping out of Highschool enables you to do that, then by all means.
For me, this is like a broken pencil. Pointless!
We respect your opinion Paul!