The original video by Les Cowboys Fringants is a beautiful demonstration of the meaning of the song. Go show some love to the Cowboys!!! ❤ th-cam.com/video/sYRp8oP0yiw/w-d-xo.html Which Cowboy song is your favorite?
@@SenyorCapitàCollons That's the point. They don't care. Living in their little illusion not listening to the lyrics. It's exactly what a lot of Quebecois did when this song got viral...
Literally the day I discovered this band. Absolutely tragic. Im actually teaching myself french just so that I can sing this dudes songs. Thats How much they resonate with me
To our friends from the USA, I just want to make something clear here because I've seen a few comments from some of you thinking this song is about your country. The song is not specific to your country, it talks about the continent. In French we do not use Amérique like you use America in English. We however share the same sickness that the Cowboys Fringants sing about in this song.
Lo mismo ocurre en el español. Los hispanos llamamos "América" al continente, y a U.S.A sólo le decimos "Estados Unidos" ("United States"). Los que hablan inglés son los únicos que piensan que América es un país. Todos sabemos que América es un continente.
Yeah but is weird, cuz as a mexican I see this song more about the USA rather than the whole continent. Not saying Latam doesn't have problems but they are considerably different
It must have something to do with history. We still managed to preserve our language... for how much longer? I fear we are losing it fast... very fast.
@@BonoboPaBo thats a good thing, means its working the language is surviving if there's still need of its protection eventually hopefully it will thrive
Karl Tremblay I was just introduced to you 6 months ago. Gone way too soon ❤. I work in Vermont and have many Québécois make the journey to our resort. I started learning French and Quebec specific dialogue so I could speak and understand your music. Repose en paix! ❤
I was a UPS driver, the line about carrying all the excess of the times in the back of the rig is REAL. You deliver to sick people, addicted to consumption all day long. Rarely do you get people actually excited for what they ordered.
Woah, je suis français, parisien et je tombe par hasard sur cette magnifique chanson en scrollant youtube, beh comme on dit par chez vous tu m'as mis une claque cousin. De l'amour sur toi et tout les Québécois.
@@jackflannigan5749 Je ne dit pas le contraire, je dit juste que l'amérique du nord n'as aucune leçon a donné a la france, évidemment que le Plan Kalergi est réel
If stuck in cities yes. Get away from over populated areas and this doesn't ring nearly as true. I'm a trucker also. I like this song but I definitely feel it represents cities far more than rural areas. I still see happy loving people all over the country, it is just so rare near any of the big population points.
@@ronmc4363 Even there, it depends which kind of cities. Rich small cities in the west of France, or even the inner cores are less concerned. It's the "cities" of the suburbs and the pavillons. Thowe who established there to have a bit of green... And accepted to get rid of public services, replace small local shops by the big distribution, and suddenly realise they live in an ugly poor envirnonment that will never be nice. But whose construction created lots of (artifical) wealth 30 years ago.
As an American this largely sums up how it is here today and how everyone feels even if some cant quite put their finger on it, it's just this heaviness that we all walk around with now. I pray for better times ahead and that we all work for better times and a better nation again 🇺🇸
It feels almost like what the phrase or word used to describe life in the USSR nearing its collapse. A sort of hyper-reality, yk? Raised in school and all your life that "things are fine here, its amazing," and then it kinda hits u some day. Its lies but a lot of people seem to believe it for some reason. You cant really be honest with people about how it feels because being even a bit depressed or angry or sad leads to social backlash. I had that realization or thought before, but it kinda just solidified going to community health places, talking with people online, and even just taking a trip through a "good city." It all feels so rundown and forgotten. "The most bestest country on Earth," looks like this? God thats depressing.
Everyone? We all? Don’t lump me in with you pessimistic Americans, not all of us have just given up or come to believe our country is shit and had no future
This is an international feeling, the world has stagnated and we all feel it, and worst, we all know that stagnation predicts decline, so we just wait... In a weird sociatal anxiety at a global level
Aw damn. So much truth. I'm an American whose native language is English, but I had a French professor in college who was Québécois, and thanks to him, Québec is near and dear to my heart -- including Les Cowboys Fringants. I got away from listening to them lately, though -- and man, I'm sorry I did! Their music is as amazing as ever.
Cette chanson date déjà de quelques années et ma cousine de Montréal me l'a fait découvrir il y a 3 semaines. Depuis je la réécoute chaque jour tellement elle est poignante de vérité sur la vie de ce monde de folies. Jusqu'où irons-nous mon Dieu... Félicitations à toutes les personnes de ce groupe " de cow-boys fringants ", je découvre vos autres chansons avec plaisir 😀 et tristesse suivant les thèmes.
It's very much alive in Québec everywhere, except perhaps in Montréal. That being said, big metropolises always seem to end up a bit cultureless, as if a place being too cosmopolitan had the effect of blending everything into a big, tasteless dough. People still speak French in Montréal, though, in general.
@@vlcr9259 As far as I'm aware, no "Anglo-Saxon" nation has a whole system of laws designed to "protect" their language and culture. Both France and Quebec do. Ask anyone and they'll tell you about the French superiority complex. Furthermore, Quebec is a parasite on the back of Canada, draining the rest of the country's wealth for privileged living conditions and business opportunities. France is also the biggest name in neocolonialism aside from China.
This song really shows off what French, as a language is capable of. It's powerful and has a moving underdog vibe, even without me understanding what I'm hearing.
in a nutshell. Truck driver on his way back from Florida with a load of proioduce , he hears of another blood bath from a sick person , complains about the food on the road, sees the continent in his rearview mirror...
C'est la vérité que nous avons un Amérique qui pleure. En tant que citoyen américain, notre pays est sous une réalité triste, même si nous sommes dans un âge avancé. May God save our country. 🇺🇸 🤝 🇲🇶
Tenemos un Estados Unidos que llora. Soy un estadounidense de origen latino. Debo decir que esta canción dice la verdad, aunque los hispanohablantes hemos tenido nuestras diferencias con ustedes los francófonos.
A beautiful and thought provoking song. I am proud of my Quebecois roots, I wish I knew how to speak French so I could better connect with Quebec. My great-grandfather came to America in the 1920s to work as a stone mason and also within the lumber industry in New England. I am so close to Quebec and love it, some of my roots are in Quebec, but it feels so far away when you can't speak French and need a passport to go there. I love Quebec
Thank you so much. We have a very strong bond with you, all Vermont's friends. We are so sad and our heart is crying for Karl Tremblay, Marie Annick, Karl sweet darling and their girls and all the Cowboys Fringant group and fans.
I studied French in high school and ever since I started my studies, I have been FASCINATED with Quebec and its culture, history, and the fact that it is still the ONLY predominantly French speaking region on the continent, despite being surrounded by English speaking countries. July 2023 was my first visit to Quebec from Florida USA and it almost didn't feel real. It was so much more INCREDIBLE than I ever imagined and the people were awesome to interact with. Many of them spoke English to me when I revealed I am American, despite being fluent in French myself and preferring to speak French. It just goes to show how accommodating and kind the people are. Oh and I got my first ever parking ticket in Montreal that was no fun ahaha!
@@alexh.7144How weird IT is , I Lived in L A for 30 months , the folks in Chatsworth were fascinated with french language , Strange cause English Canadians hate us for what we are , thanks for your comment.
Mon professeur de français en 8ieme année nous a montré cette chanson et je l'écoute encore après tous ces années. C'est vraiment une des meilleures chansons de notre temps
I recently listened back to some songs of Cowboy Fringants following the singer, Karl Tremblay’s death. This is one is genuinely one of my favourites and I can’t stop singing it. It’s beautifully written and always manages to tug at my heartstrings.
Descendant of the diaspora, US isn’t the country my family left Quebec for less than a hundred years ago, just a haunted shell, but then again it was fake promises, so many of our families escaped poverty to worse poverty. Southern Maine is a good example, we left prejudice by anglos there for their hate here. They marched the klan against us in the 1920s and all.
Cette chanson qui, de nos jours, est un classique pourrait donner la larme à l'œil de tous les québécois. Karl Tremblay est un de nos plus grandes célébrité de nos chansons. Malheureusement, il nous a quitté l'année passée, emporté par le cancer. Il manque à tout les québécois que vous pourriez croiser dans la rue ou devant votre immeuble.
Not for all of us. I think it is about your personal mindset. We just need to come together with community and realise that government can not affect us.
I'm rusty on my French (2 years done my classes, lucky i have Québecois friends and live in a bilingual province), but i just have to learn the lyrics to this song without the english subtitles. Ça me fait sentir une tristesse tellement personelle, mais aussi si partagé.. touchant au fond du cœur.
The wording is a little off in the title, but this song is more about disillusion in America made by a Quebec band, not Quebec disillusion of being a Canadian province. Also Quebec is already very beautiful, love from Newfoundland!
@@AJVD2123En même temps si on peut embêter le Commonwealth, forcément c'est une tradition française que de soutenir. 😊 Plus sérieusement, vive le Québec Libre.
holy shit this is so relatable. I used to live in finland and often my family took vacation to florida, california (back when it wasnt a shithole) DC, etc. whenever we would get a taxi back to our hotel room, I saw all of the things mentioned in this video, people in poverty, without love, trying to get by. This type of stuff was new to me when I was so young, you would never find this in finland. America just looks so depressing compared to finland, and now that I live there, I can see that even more.
@@SS-yj2le natural disasters, homelessness, expensive everything, on fire for half the year before having a blizzard for the next half, also wayyy too liberal. I could add more if i wanted to
@@Chase92488 You realize natural disasters affect literally every single state in the country and California doesn't even get the most of them. Several states have far more disasters than California does. We don't even get hurricanes and tornadoes are rare, weak, and only happen in a few small areas of the state. For homelessness, most people here are not homeless with it less than 0.5% of the state population. For fires, most of the population isn't even in the high risk wildfire areas of the mountains where they happen and for on fire half the year, not common. Though increasingly common, not common and the fires area doesn't cover the whole state. For expensive everything, we have the highest salaries in the country along with benefits and business incentives with them. Get into tech, medicine, finance, or a certain type of high demand business type and you get great money that easily covers those expenses here. For blizzard, only affects the mountains where most of the population doesn't even live. Most places where the population live never even see's snow in any year and some places have never even recorded a frost. For liberal, why is that a problem? Especially when I can easily list more problems in many conservative states than any people can list for California. California has issues, but it is not what people think it is. Also, I've lived in DC. DC is one of the worst cities I've ever been to. Every single place I've been to in California has been better than DC. Though for the liberal one, I will give you this one as DC is more liberal than California. Then again, I've been to Texas, Louisiana, and more conservative places and I have found places worse than DC and they were the ultra conservative rural areas.
@@nathanc939 Yet, people claimed most of us were homeless or saw homeless everywhere. Also, our population is higher which always raises the chances as well.
Merci pour ce partage! C'est tellement de l'esprit français qui passe dans cette chanson! Québec, vous êtes nos observateurs avancés... amitiés de France.
Vous les Français, vous nous donnez le courage révolutionnaire qu'on aura besoin pour changer les choses. J'espère qu'on arrive à la fin du néolibéralisme. On doit tous protéger la planète entière.
I remember a time where I would work like a horse from 7am-2pm, then get to enjoy the afternoon however I wanted. Now the prices have skyrocketed and nobody respects the worker anymore. People are addicted to ordering online, and all the stores are gone anyway. This song could be about a whole lot of countries - Britain, France, Israel, Ireland - where the people have gotten stupid, and "need" huge houses and processed foods. Goodbye to the traditions that sustained, hello to the imports that obesify the people.
I'm Québécois and I traveled by car in 2022 all the way down to New Orléans. I saw so much wealth but so much poverty at the same time. I'll never forget those trailer parks and run down homes, it pains me to see my next door neighbors (Americans) having it so rough.
@@combinatious3508It's not as bad as Ontario but it appears we are getting there. It's shocking just to see the difference in cost from Ottawa to Gatineau
j'ai du écouter cette chanson une douzaine de fois et je la trouve plus belle, juste et plus triste chaque fois, paroles , mélodie, instrumental, un chef d'oeuvre. "Les cow boy fringants" que m'ont fait découvrir mes garçons il y a une vingtaine d'année. du sud ouest France.
@officerdonut7066 First of all, it’s Quebecers speak, not Québec speak. Have you ever been there? Québec is a beautiful place, if you speak English only, they’ll either answer you in English or make an effort to help you. A dialect, really? Quebec/France/Belgium is like Canada/England/US, same language except for the accents. Please educate yourself and travel a little.
This song isn't just a traditional Quebecois song, it is a song about America and the struggles and loopholes we face in the United States, it shows the other side of America a side that is rarely talked about. The Scenery and beauty are one thing but the inequality, and sadness is another thing. I hope one day America changes
But when they say "America", they're talking about all of North America, not just the USA. So they're including Québec and Canada in their critique of modern life.
@@Leopold_van_Aubel No, I'm pretty sure he's talking about America, not North America. He's talking about Quebec as his home when returning, hence talking about seeing America through his rearview mirror. He only talks about the American problems, not the North American ones. Talks about how "these people" (Americans) live without love and how they go through these problems. He primarily references about American landmarks too. I may be wrong but that's what the lyrics suggest
@@smeersmcdunkurmom I had another reading. When he says "those people" in French, he isn't pointing to anyone in particular. Because the demonstrative adjective in French isn't as 'discriminating' as it is in English. Actually, maybe a better translation would've been "I wonder how people do" not "how those people do". Also, if you notice it, in the last part of the song, he isn't seeing America crying in his rear mirror anymore. He feels it at the bottom of his heart. Because he spent this whole time taking a cynical posture towards society in general as if he wasn't part of it, but then he realizes that he's part of it as well and that maybe he is as sad as "those" people he's been talking about.
Just to be clear to USA Americans who think this is a critique of their country, this is not. We Quebecois consider ourselves as being part of the american continent as well as you do. This is what's differentiate us from the French. In many way we consider ourselves closer to you culturally than to any european country. In the context of this song, they are reffering to North America as a whole and maybe all of western country alienated by modern consumerism.
This song only makes me more patriotic. America currently is a mess. A litany of excess and overconsumption, a generation obsessed with labels and fitting into a group. Changing themselves to fit what they are. Instead of saying "I'm a republican so I can't be pro welfare", people think "I can't be pro welfare because I'm a republican". Things such as this. People are divided and caught in the trap of being constantly given a stream of news, reality TV, mind-numbing videos, gluttony and consumption, and just plain noise. People who can't even sleep without noise because the lack of stimulation feels 'unnatural'. But it makes me think. So many people are in this system complaining about it, making music, speaking, writing. People know that this is wrong. The fact that people point out these problems show that people know that these things are bad, rather than passively accepting them. And as is the trend, the more people grow dissatisfied, the more likely things are to change. But these things cannot be destroyed by government or anything like that. It's up to the individual. Hate consumption? Consume less. Hate noise? Consume less. Hate staring at a screen so much? Stop looking. Hate working a dead end job? Change your career or make a lifestyle adjustment. It's never too late. More than anything, this video really shows me that the American dream is not dead. People see their lives are destroyed by modernity, but rather than just accepting it and moving on, people still hold on to the idea that life should be different, that this isn't the way things should be. That's what I think one of the best parts of America is, that people still hold onto dreams and hopes for a better future.
America have done bad things in its past but incredible heroïc things too. Times may be hard but a day will come where America and the West will get back on her feets and this day, you can count on your numerous allies in the world. Today it dont seems like it when you hear ingratitude and actions against your government but when the times will call us, you will know you are not alone in that world. I'm french, I may blame some things on the US time to times but in the end you are still friends and allies I will not forget. Stay strong
@@thepatriot1569 Name one time where America did something heroic. The reason why Americans hate the French is because your government disapproved of them blowing up muslims for oil money.
those who are only patriotic for a country when it succeeds are not patriotic for it at all. if you truly love your country and its people, work to make it better until it is something you can be proud of
Nothing but admiration for our brothers up north who acknowledge the crisis that is happening to our once great nation. Thank you Quebec from an American🇺🇸❤️
Si tu savait comment je suis écœurer de la présence de la langue anglaise dans mon pays et de la culture américaine faut que le Québec se sépare et trouve son propre chemin
Tu sais aussi bien que moi que ça va pas arriver. Pis si le Québec se sépare les Acadiens et les Franco-ontariens vont vraiment perdre leur langue sans le Québec pour défendre la langue française au Canada.
c'est ca ont fait rien on laisse aller on baisse la tete ,hein ca donne quoi de se battre on abandonne ,a quoi bon etc .Il faut des actions communes des francophones du pays pour sortir de l'assimilation lente et irréversible .Donc pour moi un Québec indépendant aiderais les francos a être respecter au Canada ,un peu de fierté ca stimule @@cedricrenaud5657
I believe in the American spirit and its ability to rise to new heights. I wish or hope that Americans would be more open to a more inclusive society. Education and health for everyone not just the wealthy. The world needs a prosperous, strong but kind America. I think the youth of America will soon step forward and toss the old bags aside to forge a new future.
Leave it to some Quebec musicians to make a song that not only slaps like a 10 foot biker, but is also a poignant and keeps true to the roots of country music, a very distinctly American genre. They did it better, and as an American from the rust belt on the other side of Lake Erie this might be the best written piece of music that describes the current human condition in the United States. Really makes me wish we had more french language music down here, and more canadian music as a whole because canada NEVER disappoints me.
This song is so true to see how it becomes more and more real by each day for north America Canada a country that is losing morals US losing what it was supposed to be about and Mexico over-runned by gang violence.
I’ll say this, Americans are honestly a lot friendlier to deal with than Canadians. Our great neighbours to the south are way more genuine, they treat Quebeckers with courtesy, humour and respect, unlike the “nice & polite” Canadian who’ll badmouth you as soon as you turn away, and when they can get away with it they backstab you.
Take a man whose people have been isolated by language in North America descended from 2000 years of artists and thinkers and have him drive a truck across the current American landscape. This is the deep thinking art that it produces from a people who are related to us, live so close but have an outside perspective. We need to reclaim the old Western, traditional culture and change society in a way that brings us back to our families.
I love this song and I think a lot of my fellow countrymen both think shouting at each other will fix things but at the same time not knowing what to do
A very good song and this is the first time I have ever seen a song in Quebec dialect French. Thank you for the English translation. My French is extremely limited. I only had two semesters in college. Spanish is my second language, which I learned in school as an American, but kept up over the years. Though it’s not what it used to be I never talk about work online but I am basically an office worker low-level. And a food pantry volunteer I tried to give back to those less fortunate when I can. Since I live in Florida, I thank you for bringing the food to us, I understand how horrifying interstate 95 is believe me. I pray you be safe.
@@marissalorion1244 point taken. I don’t know enough about the language, culture, province, or anything to give even an educated succinct answer. So I did my best to give credit and accuracy as due. I think the French language is quite beautiful, so I just want to do it justice. And I totally love this song with Spanish being my second language, I see the differences between Castilian versus Latin America Spanish Like Puerto Rico, or South America etc versus Catalan (which is something related but not really the same) and so on ad infinitum. I just say dialect to sum it up. :)
@@RealCanda You can see on their faces that despite how they're dancing, there's no joy on their faces. They're just doing what they do, mindlessly and depressed.
Mes chers Québécois, n'oubliez jamais cela si vous ne le saviez pas. -Le terme « Canadien » faisait à l'origine référence à un Québécois ou à un francophone du Canada, mais les anglos l'ont approprié culturellement. Eux-mêmes avant se qualifient comme Anglais ou britannique. -L'hymne national du Canada était à propos nous, écrite en français par le Québécois Adolphe-Basile Routhier mais ils l'ont approprié et traduit en anglais. -La Poutine, l’un de leurs derniers vols culturels, qui est maintenant le "Plat National Canadien" -La feuille d’érable en tant que symbole national, représentaient les Québécois et les franco-canadiens, mais ils l'ont aussi approprié. et bien plus.. La vérité c'est que les loyalistes anglais du Canuck n’ont jamais eu de véritable culture puisque c’était tout le résidu laissé par l’Angleterre. Alors ils ont tous volé aux Québécois. Nous avons nos propres lois, notre système d'éducation, nos pensions de retraite, notre système de santé, notre politique, etc. La seule chose que nous ne contrôlons pas est l'immigration, qui est la plus importante. Nous sommes le pays le moins officiel au monde, sans bénéficier des privilèges, des avantages et de la reconnaissance d’un véritable pays. L'avenir du Québec, c'est la souveraineté absolue. J'espère qu'il ne sera pas trop tard avant que la majorité ne s'en rende compte. Le sort du Québec ressemble à la métaphore de la grenouille bouillante. Aucune nation au monde n'a jamais regretté son indépendance et pourtant pour les Québécois, ce serait mal ? C'est ridicule! Vive le Québec souverain ⚜
@@SgtLogOfWood Oui, vous avez raison ! Comme je l'ai mentionné " et bien plus... " J'essaye seulement d'écrire les faits les plus importants de ce qui fait leur fierté ou ce qu'ils considèrent comme les choses les plus typiques de « leur » culture ou identité canadienne. Si nous énumérions tout ce qu'ils nous ont volé jusqu'à aujourd'hui, on ne serait plus juste à un simple commentaire sur YT, mais avec un roman complet lol. Même à ça, avec eux ça ne changera jamais, le plus drôle là-dedans, c'est qu'ils sont si fiers d'être ''cAnaDian'', mais tout ce que je viens d'écrire, la grande majorité ne le savent même pas et quand tu leur dis ils pogne les nerf ahaha. La vérité fait mal ! Une que j'aurais dû écrire est ceci, -Le nom original du territoire du Québec s'appelait Canada avant qu'ils ne nous le volent. Voilà pourquoi aujourd'hui nous avons la ville de Québec et la province de Québec dans le même territoire. Bref, heureusement que je n'étais pas encore là en 95, car ils ont collectivement raté leur shot, ces Pea Soup! (hehe autre terme bonus.) J'espère qu'ils en profitent de leur grand Canada et de ses montagnes pis ses eaux turquoise lol 😂😂
Le jour de l'Indépendance, on repart avec toutes nos billes... la faune, la flore, l'appelation, la chansonnette, pis le "nah-nah-nah hey-hey goodbye". Ils vont vite réaliser que le rapport Durham avait tout faux; "C'est un peuple sans histoire et sans littérature..." c'est lequel déjà???
Le mot Canadiens était utilisé à la cours du roi Louis XIV pour désigner tous les habitants de la Nouvelle-France vivants le long du fleuve St-Laurent et plus loin, y compris les autochtones. En effet, à cette époque les Anglos se considéraient toujours comme sujets Britanniques.
@@doswheelsouges359 Faux, le terme Canadien fût utilisé bien avant le règne de Louis XIV. Aussi, il faut se rappeler que le roi Louis XIV n'a jamais mis les pieds en Amérique durant tout le long de son règne. Cela représente une durée de 72 ans, ce qui en fait l’un des règnes les plus longs de l’histoire de France. Il n'a jamais rencontré d'Amérindiens. De toute manière, les Amérindiens ne se sont jamais considérés comme Canadiens et surtout pas parce que le terme était utilisé dans un contexte au sens large à la cour du roi Louis XIV de l'autre côté de l'océan pour désigner tout les habitant en terre d'amérique du nord qu'ils se considéraient de facto comme t'elle. Loin de là. Tout le monde sait qu'à cette époque ce qui se passait dans les cours du roi ne représentait pas la vraie vie courante pour les paysans. Il y a un dicton chinois qui résume bien la situation, « La montagne est haute et l’empereur est loin. » Mais je sais ce que vous êtes en train d'insinuer. Vous avez copier-coller ce même torchon sur plusieurs de mes commentaires, ceci dans le seul but de ternir et de semer le doute sur les origines du patrimoine et la culture québécoise et, ultimement, de miner sa légitimité d'autodétermination en tant que nation. Les anglais font exactement ce que vous fait depuis des décennies. Vous avez vraiment du temps à perdre, c'est pitoyable. Au revoir.
My Grandfather was a Teamster for all the last years of his life. He taught me the main parts of a Mack truck when I was 4 years old. Engine, Transmission, and Differential, I would point them out as I walked under the big truck, I was quite small. He retired from Cole -Dixie Trucking back in '73.
I definately do not see myself in this song. I have a great deal of faith and pride in my country. Despite this, I feel this song deep in my heart. It reflects the feelings of so many americans, you know. People I know. It's hard not to feel a great deal of empathy for them. I can understand why people feel this way. It hurts. It hurts that so many of my fellow americans are hurting so bad, and that there really isn't anything I can do to fix it. But I'll at least try to spread my own positivity, maybe I'll even convince some people. I hope so, anyways. Banger song
The original video by Les Cowboys Fringants is a beautiful demonstration of the meaning of the song. Go show some love to the Cowboys!!! ❤ th-cam.com/video/sYRp8oP0yiw/w-d-xo.html Which Cowboy song is your favorite?
I do not understand how it demostrates the meaning of the song. They just dance.
@@SenyorCapitàCollons That's the point. They don't care. Living in their little illusion not listening to the lyrics. It's exactly what a lot of Quebecois did when this song got viral...
@@loucololosse True
@@loucololosse So it's kinda like Hey Ya! By Outkast in that department.
@@loucololosse Thanks for the explanation. I love the song but the music video never made sense to me
A Quebec man gets on I-95 once.
He immediately becomes demoralized.
Understandable.
more than once tbf
I too would be demoralized if i had to drive through south carolina
@@Chaos.InsurgencyDeltaCommand Or NYC, or NJ, or MD. It all sucks.
Sudden
Not surprising
RIP Karl Tremblay, gone far too soon.
For those of you who may not know, the lead singer of this song has just passed away at age 47
Damn, that was only 5 days ago and just a day or even less before this comment was posted. Rest in peace.
I'm from Québec I saw it in the news the moment it happened. Whole province has been mourning@@n_asmo
shit...
Thank you for mentioning. I had no idea. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!
Literally the day I discovered this band. Absolutely tragic. Im actually teaching myself french just so that I can sing this dudes songs. Thats How much they resonate with me
To our friends from the USA, I just want to make something clear here because I've seen a few comments from some of you thinking this song is about your country. The song is not specific to your country, it talks about the continent. In French we do not use Amérique like you use America in English. We however share the same sickness that the Cowboys Fringants sing about in this song.
Merci, mon amie!
ah so its just about modern society in the Americas? well i wish you luck friend.
Lo mismo ocurre en el español.
Los hispanos llamamos "América" al continente, y a U.S.A sólo le decimos "Estados Unidos" ("United States").
Los que hablan inglés son los únicos que piensan que América es un país.
Todos sabemos que América es un continente.
@@heccsclips3319 Yes it's about the modern rat race.
Yeah but is weird, cuz as a mexican I see this song more about the USA rather than the whole continent. Not saying Latam doesn't have problems but they are considerably different
I'm Polish and have been listening to this song on repeat for 24 hours. Wow.
Nous pleurons tous!
Quebec seems to always have such fitting songs
Thank you from a Quebec one. ^^
Agreed
The langa franca of the world is currently English
@@mjbranch2109lingua franca
@@mjbranch2109 clearly not latin seeing how you speak
Quebec songs vibe really similar to russian songs, both are pretty melancholic and sad, but inspiring at the same time
It must have something to do with history. We still managed to preserve our language... for how much longer? I fear we are losing it fast... very fast.
depends
@@BonoboPaBo thats a good thing, means its working the language is surviving if there's still need of its protection eventually hopefully it will thrive
@@BonoboPaBoDoesn't make them wrong. There's a lot of melancholic predictions that pre date that that have still been true
You HAVE to listen to Ayoye by Offenbach
Karl Tremblay I was just introduced to you 6 months ago. Gone way too soon ❤. I work in Vermont and have many Québécois make the journey to our resort. I started learning French and Quebec specific dialogue so I could speak and understand your music. Repose en paix! ❤
Wow
Beau témoignage
Merci monsieur … thank you sir
"How can you relate to this song?" Profoundly
I was a UPS driver, the line about carrying all the excess of the times in the back of the rig is REAL. You deliver to sick people, addicted to consumption all day long. Rarely do you get people actually excited for what they ordered.
Yes,I agree. Also, your avatar among other things remind me that we in a culture of generation segregation.
Yeah cause I'm going to be giddy with delight when UPS delivers the overpriced printer ink that's been delayed for 10 days lmao
@@adonisparts1343 i get that, I mean the residential customers. They have garages and houses overflowing with cheap junk and cardboard boxes. Its sick
Woah, je suis français, parisien et je tombe par hasard sur cette magnifique chanson en scrollant youtube, beh comme on dit par chez vous tu m'as mis une claque cousin. De l'amour sur toi et tout les Québécois.
Comme on dit à paris, As-salamu alaykum!
Do you understand Quebecois
@@jackflannigan5749 très mauvaise blague au vu des autres immigrations que nous avons au Québec, nous n'avons aucune leçons a donné aux français
@@LeNumidium Le plan Kalergi est réel.
@@jackflannigan5749 Je ne dit pas le contraire, je dit juste que l'amérique du nord n'as aucune leçon a donné a la france, évidemment que le Plan Kalergi est réel
I rarely cry at media, but damn, the last made me shed a tear. Merci les quebecois d'avoir les mots sur ces sentiments.
Same
The truth, and the truth that is said beautifully
This song definitely captures the zeitgeist of 21st century America (U.S. and Canada).
Few others too
I'm not from America, but your comment somehow lasts in my mind for days.. The zeitgeist of the 21st century, yes, maybe we all share the same deplore
If stuck in cities yes. Get away from over populated areas and this doesn't ring nearly as true.
I'm a trucker also. I like this song but I definitely feel it represents cities far more than rural areas. I still see happy loving people all over the country, it is just so rare near any of the big population points.
Not forever - if we fight, that is
@@ronmc4363 Even there, it depends which kind of cities. Rich small cities in the west of France, or even the inner cores are less concerned. It's the "cities" of the suburbs and the pavillons. Thowe who established there to have a bit of green... And accepted to get rid of public services, replace small local shops by the big distribution, and suddenly realise they live in an ugly poor envirnonment that will never be nice. But whose construction created lots of (artifical) wealth 30 years ago.
Beautiful song, poignant, and sadly not an exaggeration, but many of us are still searching for the glimpses of humanity.
It starts at the top.
Justin Trudeau. Why????
@vlerhfI love this song but why elect a Castro?
@@TheCrapOnYourStrapOnI would rather have Fidel Castro himself than some BUF dipshit
@@TheCrapOnYourStrapOnCanadian politics is a rotating carousel of clowns, no option is good or satisfying.
As an American this largely sums up how it is here today and how everyone feels even if some cant quite put their finger on it, it's just this heaviness that we all walk around with now. I pray for better times ahead and that we all work for better times and a better nation again 🇺🇸
It feels almost like what the phrase or word used to describe life in the USSR nearing its collapse. A sort of hyper-reality, yk? Raised in school and all your life that "things are fine here, its amazing," and then it kinda hits u some day. Its lies but a lot of people seem to believe it for some reason. You cant really be honest with people about how it feels because being even a bit depressed or angry or sad leads to social backlash.
I had that realization or thought before, but it kinda just solidified going to community health places, talking with people online, and even just taking a trip through a "good city." It all feels so rundown and forgotten. "The most bestest country on Earth," looks like this? God thats depressing.
Everyone? We all? Don’t lump me in with you pessimistic Americans, not all of us have just given up or come to believe our country is shit and had no future
I realized this awhile ago, hence my decision to (hopefully) escape and move to Sweden after my graduation from school
Listen to hard times come again no more
Heaviness? You might be alone on that one pal.
"How did you relate"
"Yes"
🤣 It was a stupide question anyways.
On pleure de nouveau aujourd'hui...merci, Karl Tremblay.
This is an international feeling, the world has stagnated and we all feel it, and worst, we all know that stagnation predicts decline, so we just wait... In a weird sociatal anxiety at a global level
The west is in a collective Weimar period.
It's as if we collectively have depression.
i blame the bank and media owners
@@bpapao Watch out. The blame game and generalizations can both be dangerous.
Living in America with great expectation to push your American dream BUT in reality its under expectations
This song in French described my feelings about my country better than I could in English.
Aw damn. So much truth. I'm an American whose native language is English, but I had a French professor in college who was Québécois, and thanks to him, Québec is near and dear to my heart -- including Les Cowboys Fringants. I got away from listening to them lately, though -- and man, I'm sorry I did! Their music is as amazing as ever.
Sad new :(, Karl, the singer died at 47 of cancer. He left a whole nation a few days ago. We won’t hear his voice in new music anymore:(
Qu'il repose en paix!
May he reste in peace!
Protect Québec at all costs.
Cette chanson date déjà de quelques années et ma cousine de Montréal me l'a fait découvrir il y a 3 semaines. Depuis je la réécoute chaque jour tellement elle est poignante de vérité sur la vie de ce monde de folies. Jusqu'où irons-nous mon Dieu...
Félicitations à toutes les personnes de ce groupe " de cow-boys fringants ", je découvre vos autres chansons avec plaisir 😀 et tristesse suivant les thèmes.
Le meilleur groupe francophone de tous les temps
Ma premiere fois sur cette chanson-la. Tres bonne. Tres touchante!
@@auboisflotteils sont excellents
I'm so happy to see Les Cowboys' music reaching Americans. They're something special.
RIP Karl
Qubuebec's culture must be protected. French in north America cannot be alllwed to die.
I agree
It's very much alive in Québec everywhere, except perhaps in Montréal. That being said, big metropolises always seem to end up a bit cultureless, as if a place being too cosmopolitan had the effect of blending everything into a big, tasteless dough. People still speak French in Montréal, though, in general.
How many songs about this exact topic do you think have been made in English? French arrogance deserves to die.
@@SuperGman117 arrogance ? Anglo saxons are far more arrogant and your comment shows it
@@vlcr9259 As far as I'm aware, no "Anglo-Saxon" nation has a whole system of laws designed to "protect" their language and culture. Both France and Quebec do. Ask anyone and they'll tell you about the French superiority complex. Furthermore, Quebec is a parasite on the back of Canada, draining the rest of the country's wealth for privileged living conditions and business opportunities. France is also the biggest name in neocolonialism aside from China.
those sad quebecoise songs are on a game of their own. damn
This is the first song that actually had me in tears.
Not the first for me... but moving.
@BigfootSquad BWPP سلطان علي القارشيرصكئ الطريقꪜ where is the Islamic Sultanate Qasherskiy located?
This song really shows off what French, as a language is capable of. It's powerful and has a moving underdog vibe, even without me understanding what I'm hearing.
in a nutshell. Truck driver on his way back from Florida with a load of proioduce , he hears of another blood bath from a sick person , complains about the food on the road, sees the continent in his rearview mirror...
@@dubongros3108 It flew over your head and brain. It is about the rat race..
it is very 'joual', very Quebecois French in particular
As a french, merci mon frère
C'est la vérité que nous avons un Amérique qui pleure. En tant que citoyen américain, notre pays est sous une réalité triste, même si nous sommes dans un âge avancé. May God save our country.
🇺🇸 🤝 🇲🇶
Merci d'avoir utiliser le drapeau du Québec.
@@JarJarMilleniumC'est le drapeau de la Martinique
@@wstauda4478 c'est sa la joke
Tenemos un Estados Unidos que llora. Soy un estadounidense de origen latino. Debo decir que esta canción dice la verdad, aunque los hispanohablantes hemos tenido nuestras diferencias con ustedes los francófonos.
RIP to a legendary man .
On t'aime Karl
A beautiful and thought provoking song. I am proud of my Quebecois roots, I wish I knew how to speak French so I could better connect with Quebec. My great-grandfather came to America in the 1920s to work as a stone mason and also within the lumber industry in New England. I am so close to Quebec and love it, some of my roots are in Quebec, but it feels so far away when you can't speak French and need a passport to go there.
I love Quebec
Wow thank you
feel free to come anytime anywhere... most people will do their best to accommodate you even with poor English skills.
Thank you so much. We have a very strong bond with you, all Vermont's friends. We are so sad and our heart is crying for Karl Tremblay, Marie Annick, Karl sweet darling and their girls and all the Cowboys Fringant group and fans.
I studied French in high school and ever since I started my studies, I have been FASCINATED with Quebec and its culture, history, and the fact that it is still the ONLY predominantly French speaking region on the continent, despite being surrounded by English speaking countries. July 2023 was my first visit to Quebec from Florida USA and it almost didn't feel real. It was so much more INCREDIBLE than I ever imagined and the people were awesome to interact with. Many of them spoke English to me when I revealed I am American, despite being fluent in French myself and preferring to speak French. It just goes to show how accommodating and kind the people are. Oh and I got my first ever parking ticket in Montreal that was no fun ahaha!
@@alexh.7144How weird IT is , I Lived in L A for 30 months , the folks in Chatsworth were fascinated with french language , Strange cause English Canadians hate us for what we are , thanks for your comment.
Mon professeur de français en 8ieme année nous a montré cette chanson et je l'écoute encore après tous ces années.
C'est vraiment une des meilleures chansons de notre temps
I recently listened back to some songs of Cowboy Fringants following the singer, Karl Tremblay’s death. This is one is genuinely one of my favourites and I can’t stop singing it. It’s beautifully written and always manages to tug at my heartstrings.
Descendant of the diaspora, US isn’t the country my family left Quebec for less than a hundred years ago, just a haunted shell, but then again it was fake promises, so many of our families escaped poverty to worse poverty. Southern Maine is a good example, we left prejudice by anglos there for their hate here. They marched the klan against us in the 1920s and all.
The KKK thing is true
I'm addicted to this song, help.
All goes according to my plan 😈😁
Same
*Looks at username!*
Does 3:02 remind you of a certain thing in Belgrade?
Check out Les Cowboys Fringants. That’s the band that made this song and a lot of other amazing ones. Les antipodes is my favourite of theirs.
@@pumpkin7310 I'll check
Mes amis du Québec, par pitié. Ne disparaissez jamais. Vous êtes notre espoir à tous.
On va essayer 👍
C'est trop tard
@@joblolutherTu me diras, c’est trop tard pour les français de France aussi…
@@AJVD2123 L'Europe de l'Est, les USA, sont les derniers bastion de l'Occident.
@@joblolutherho non VIVE Le QUÉBEC LIBRE
I didn’t expect to come across this and be moved by it
Repose en paix mon Karl 🕊️
Cette chanson qui, de nos jours, est un classique pourrait donner la larme à l'œil de tous les québécois. Karl Tremblay est un de nos plus grandes célébrité de nos chansons. Malheureusement, il nous a quitté l'année passée, emporté par le cancer. Il manque à tout les québécois que vous pourriez croiser dans la rue ou devant votre immeuble.
It didn't have to be like this. It wasn't always like this. It won't always be like this.
But it is now.
Not for all of us. I think it is about your personal mindset. We just need to come together with community and realise that government can not affect us.
Help, I don't know French but I'm bawling
Amis Québécois amitiés de France,très belle chanson 👌❤️
L'accent est redicule quand même
Je veux dire SIROOO d'érable
@@redaait9561 Ridicule pour nos oreilles Françaises de 2023.
Mais si tu remontes dans le temps,en France (métropolitaine) on parlait aussi comme ça.
@@cathonatio8100 bah c'est aussi à cause de l'anglais parler par les canadiens
@@redaait9561 Peut être aussi oui
I'm rusty on my French (2 years done my classes, lucky i have Québecois friends and live in a bilingual province), but i just have to learn the lyrics to this song without the english subtitles. Ça me fait sentir une tristesse tellement personelle, mais aussi si partagé.. touchant au fond du cœur.
Ton français est très bien.
Traduction
Your french is really good.
And with this Rusty French you just made me drop a tear of how accurate your words where
Le chanteur est mort le 15 novembre 2023. Repose en paix Karl. /The singer died on the 15th of November 2023. Rest in peace Karl.
Quand on réalisera notre force, le Québec sera beau, libre et grand ✊
The wording is a little off in the title, but this song is more about disillusion in America made by a Quebec band, not Quebec disillusion of being a Canadian province.
Also Quebec is already very beautiful, love from Newfoundland!
@@spingebill8551VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE oui nous sommes (désolusionner) du Canada
⚜️
Les vrais français vous soutiennent les gars ! Nous aussi on se souvient.
@@AJVD2123En même temps si on peut embêter le Commonwealth, forcément c'est une tradition française que de soutenir. 😊
Plus sérieusement, vive le Québec Libre.
holy shit this is so relatable. I used to live in finland and often my family took vacation to florida, california (back when it wasnt a shithole) DC, etc. whenever we would get a taxi back to our hotel room, I saw all of the things mentioned in this video, people in poverty, without love, trying to get by. This type of stuff was new to me when I was so young, you would never find this in finland. America just looks so depressing compared to finland, and now that I live there, I can see that even more.
California isn’t a s-hole. Florida is. Keep calling it that and I might do some intervening in Florida.
@@SS-yj2le natural disasters, homelessness, expensive everything, on fire for half the year before having a blizzard for the next half, also wayyy too liberal. I could add more if i wanted to
@@Chase92488 You realize natural disasters affect literally every single state in the country and California doesn't even get the most of them. Several states have far more disasters than California does. We don't even get hurricanes and tornadoes are rare, weak, and only happen in a few small areas of the state. For homelessness, most people here are not homeless with it less than 0.5% of the state population. For fires, most of the population isn't even in the high risk wildfire areas of the mountains where they happen and for on fire half the year, not common. Though increasingly common, not common and the fires area doesn't cover the whole state. For expensive everything, we have the highest salaries in the country along with benefits and business incentives with them. Get into tech, medicine, finance, or a certain type of high demand business type and you get great money that easily covers those expenses here. For blizzard, only affects the mountains where most of the population doesn't even live. Most places where the population live never even see's snow in any year and some places have never even recorded a frost. For liberal, why is that a problem? Especially when I can easily list more problems in many conservative states than any people can list for California. California has issues, but it is not what people think it is. Also, I've lived in DC. DC is one of the worst cities I've ever been to. Every single place I've been to in California has been better than DC. Though for the liberal one, I will give you this one as DC is more liberal than California. Then again, I've been to Texas, Louisiana, and more conservative places and I have found places worse than DC and they were the ultra conservative rural areas.
@@SS-yj2ledude, 0.5% homelessness is HIGH. That is 1 in 200, living in the street. That is not low, by any Western standards, but the USA.
@@nathanc939 Yet, people claimed most of us were homeless or saw homeless everywhere. Also, our population is higher which always raises the chances as well.
Merci pour ce partage! C'est tellement de l'esprit français qui passe dans cette chanson! Québec, vous êtes nos observateurs avancés... amitiés de France.
Merci au français qui prennent le temps d'écouter nos chansons québécoise ❤
Vous les Français, vous nous donnez le courage révolutionnaire qu'on aura besoin pour changer les choses. J'espère qu'on arrive à la fin du néolibéralisme. On doit tous protéger la planète entière.
l'esprit du monde
awhh
I remember a time where I would work like a horse from 7am-2pm, then get to enjoy the afternoon however I wanted. Now the prices have skyrocketed and nobody respects the worker anymore. People are addicted to ordering online, and all the stores are gone anyway. This song could be about a whole lot of countries - Britain, France, Israel, Ireland - where the people have gotten stupid, and "need" huge houses and processed foods. Goodbye to the traditions that sustained, hello to the imports that obesify the people.
Merci de partager ce trésor aux anglos! ♥
I'm Québécois and I traveled by car in 2022 all the way down to New Orléans. I saw so much wealth but so much poverty at the same time. I'll never forget those trailer parks and run down homes, it pains me to see my next door neighbors (Americans) having it so rough.
idk if its just an ontario thing or if its country-wide but i hope your housing market stabilizes
@@combinatious3508It's not as bad as Ontario but it appears we are getting there. It's shocking just to see the difference in cost from Ottawa to Gatineau
j'ai du écouter cette chanson une douzaine de fois et je la trouve plus belle, juste et plus triste chaque fois, paroles , mélodie, instrumental, un chef d'oeuvre. "Les cow boy fringants" que m'ont fait découvrir mes garçons il y a une vingtaine d'année. du sud ouest France.
"Vive le Quebec libre " !
Charles De Gaulle .
It's really good to fully understand but hear in French at the same time
Québec speak a dialect
@@officerdonut7066 ????
@officerdonut7066 First of all, it’s Quebecers speak, not Québec speak. Have you ever been there? Québec is a beautiful place, if you speak English only, they’ll either answer you in English or make an effort to help you.
A dialect, really? Quebec/France/Belgium is like Canada/England/US, same language except for the accents.
Please educate yourself and travel a little.
@@officerdonut7066 get educated a Little BIT and then you can comment, Québec was French way before the revolution and the first Republic
the quebecois really know what is happening in the world right now
And they Write this songs longtime ago
This song doesn’t just describe America. It’s the whole west.
@dacholo3l the world cycles, life gets worse, then it gets better, and so on, so i hope so too
What was wrong with Argentina? I've never been there, but I never heard of it being a bad place to live.@dacholo3l
mismanaged economy and a lot of crime@@MondoBeno
It doesnt describe the us of a, it describes the continent.
We could make it better but we can’t be independent 🎉🎉
People seem to forget there's a 90% French speaking province just above the US lol
True
damn the Quebecois are always so based compared to the rest of North America, must be French side of things.
Indeed it is pal
Being french is like cutting onions. Onions don't taste good just like Robespierre and King Louis head
@Ryuell but its sure swell to annoy everyone else with it
Quebecois seem infinitely more based than Parisians. Parisians are probably the least based of the French.
@@GarrulousHerald I don’t think Parisians even like themselves.
Having the accent go from Sexy French to Sexy Yank is jarring.
the beauty of quebec my friend
@@philipperousseau457 You're right.
un véritable chef d'oeuvre !
I love how my South East Asian ass can still relate hard to this.
This song isn't just a traditional Quebecois song, it is a song about America and the struggles and loopholes we face in the United States, it shows the other side of America a side that is rarely talked about. The Scenery and beauty are one thing but the inequality, and sadness is another thing. I hope one day America changes
But when they say "America", they're talking about all of North America, not just the USA. So they're including Québec and Canada in their critique of modern life.
@@Leopold_van_Aubel No, I'm pretty sure he's talking about America, not North America. He's talking about Quebec as his home when returning, hence talking about seeing America through his rearview mirror. He only talks about the American problems, not the North American ones. Talks about how "these people" (Americans) live without love and how they go through these problems. He primarily references about American landmarks too. I may be wrong but that's what the lyrics suggest
@@smeersmcdunkurmom I had another reading. When he says "those people" in French, he isn't pointing to anyone in particular. Because the demonstrative adjective in French isn't as 'discriminating' as it is in English. Actually, maybe a better translation would've been "I wonder how people do" not "how those people do".
Also, if you notice it, in the last part of the song, he isn't seeing America crying in his rear mirror anymore. He feels it at the bottom of his heart. Because he spent this whole time taking a cynical posture towards society in general as if he wasn't part of it, but then he realizes that he's part of it as well and that maybe he is as sad as "those" people he's been talking about.
@@smeersmcdunkurmom we do not call usa america in french
america is only for the continent
@@oriax7207yes I do you call us « Américain »
Just to be clear to USA Americans who think this is a critique of their country, this is not. We Quebecois consider ourselves as being part of the american continent as well as you do. This is what's differentiate us from the French. In many way we consider ourselves closer to you culturally than to any european country. In the context of this song, they are reffering to North America as a whole and maybe all of western country alienated by modern consumerism.
Thanks redcranberry1
@@loucololosseHé tu devrais faire une vidéo sur Paradis city de Jean Leloup
Yesterday I felt soo patriotic and today I feel horrible.
This is not a democracy, this is a nightmare.
This song only makes me more patriotic. America currently is a mess. A litany of excess and overconsumption, a generation obsessed with labels and fitting into a group. Changing themselves to fit what they are. Instead of saying "I'm a republican so I can't be pro welfare", people think "I can't be pro welfare because I'm a republican". Things such as this. People are divided and caught in the trap of being constantly given a stream of news, reality TV, mind-numbing videos, gluttony and consumption, and just plain noise. People who can't even sleep without noise because the lack of stimulation feels 'unnatural'.
But it makes me think. So many people are in this system complaining about it, making music, speaking, writing. People know that this is wrong. The fact that people point out these problems show that people know that these things are bad, rather than passively accepting them. And as is the trend, the more people grow dissatisfied, the more likely things are to change.
But these things cannot be destroyed by government or anything like that. It's up to the individual. Hate consumption? Consume less. Hate noise? Consume less. Hate staring at a screen so much? Stop looking. Hate working a dead end job? Change your career or make a lifestyle adjustment. It's never too late.
More than anything, this video really shows me that the American dream is not dead. People see their lives are destroyed by modernity, but rather than just accepting it and moving on, people still hold on to the idea that life should be different, that this isn't the way things should be. That's what I think one of the best parts of America is, that people still hold onto dreams and hopes for a better future.
America have done bad things in its past but incredible heroïc things too. Times may be hard but a day will come where America and the West will get back on her feets and this day, you can count on your numerous allies in the world. Today it dont seems like it when you hear ingratitude and actions against your government but when the times will call us, you will know you are not alone in that world.
I'm french, I may blame some things on the US time to times but in the end you are still friends and allies I will not forget. Stay strong
“…chase a nightmare called a dream…”
@@thepatriot1569 Name one time where America did something heroic.
The reason why Americans hate the French is because your government disapproved of them blowing up muslims for oil money.
those who are only patriotic for a country when it succeeds are not patriotic for it at all. if you truly love your country and its people, work to make it better until it is something you can be proud of
Nothing but admiration for our brothers up north who acknowledge the crisis that is happening to our once great nation. Thank you Quebec from an American🇺🇸❤️
Si tu savait comment je suis écœurer de la présence de la langue anglaise dans mon pays et de la culture américaine faut que le Québec se sépare et trouve son propre chemin
Tu sais aussi bien que moi que ça va pas arriver. Pis si le Québec se sépare les Acadiens et les Franco-ontariens vont vraiment perdre leur langue sans le Québec pour défendre la langue française au Canada.
c'est ca ont fait rien on laisse aller on baisse la tete ,hein ca donne quoi de se battre on abandonne ,a quoi bon etc .Il faut des actions communes des francophones du pays pour sortir de l'assimilation lente et irréversible .Donc pour moi un Québec indépendant aiderais les francos a être respecter au Canada ,un peu de fierté ca stimule @@cedricrenaud5657
the crisis refers to things in the past and around the world also
I believe in the American spirit and its ability to rise to new heights. I wish or hope that Americans would be more open to a more inclusive society. Education and health for everyone not just the wealthy. The world needs a prosperous, strong but kind America. I think the youth of America will soon step forward and toss the old bags aside to forge a new future.
This is my favourite song off the Album! Cheers!
God I'm in love with Quebec
On vous aime aussi!
Then you have chosen wisely
Why a song with a sad message like this, sounds so good? 😭
Simple: Les Cowboys Frigants!
They sing the truth, to be real in life. To show resilience and acceptation. The fact!
Because it's in French
Cousin... NON! Parti ben ben trop tôt! 😢
Merci d'avoir partagé ton talent!
As a Canadian I always loved the cowboys fringants.
Cette chanson ne décrit pas seulement l'Amérique du Nord.
Elle décrit l'Occident.
Leave it to some Quebec musicians to make a song that not only slaps like a 10 foot biker, but is also a poignant and keeps true to the roots of country music, a very distinctly American genre.
They did it better, and as an American from the rust belt on the other side of Lake Erie this might be the best written piece of music that describes the current human condition in the United States.
Really makes me wish we had more french language music down here, and more canadian music as a whole because canada NEVER disappoints me.
It’s about the entire North American continent. But yes, it slaps
@@xxxnapoleon69it's way more relatable in Canada or United States than Guatemala, Nicaragua or Cuba
quebec is forever based
@@xxxnapoleon69 North America ends in Brownsville, Nogales, El Paso, Key West...
0:19 sick harmonica solo
Quelle chanson et texte géniaux de notre triste société...
This song is so true to see how it becomes more and more real by each day for north America Canada a country that is losing morals US losing what it was supposed to be about and Mexico over-runned by gang violence.
Very nice translation.
Thanks. You can say thanks to this video th-cam.com/video/PzvxA3nRNmE/w-d-xo.html and deepl.
Brilliant
I can't get teary eyes at work, don't make me get embarrassed
I always nearly tear up hearing this as an American
Très belle chanson de voyage... salut de Montréal! :)
Awesome ❤ I love French language and words❤ They are beautiful and interesting❤
Quel réalisme! Fait parti de mon coffret musical
We love you Canadian brothers 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦⚜️, Quebecois or not.
nous aussi mon frère!
I’ll say this, Americans are honestly a lot friendlier to deal with than Canadians. Our great neighbours to the south are way more genuine, they treat Quebeckers with courtesy, humour and respect, unlike the “nice & polite” Canadian who’ll badmouth you as soon as you turn away, and when they can get away with it they backstab you.
@@patrice5976how about not generalising people just because you had some bad experiences?
@@mizutanirinhe's so right
@@mizutanirin canadian who can't stand somebody complimenting americans... what a shocker!
"Moi, je traîne dans ma remorque tous les excès de mon époque." J'ai bien aimé cette phrase.
RIP Karl Tremblay
Take a man whose people have been isolated by language in North America descended from 2000 years of artists and thinkers and have him drive a truck across the current American landscape. This is the deep thinking art that it produces from a people who are related to us, live so close but have an outside perspective. We need to reclaim the old Western, traditional culture and change society in a way that brings us back to our families.
I came here for your Karl Tremblay and Les Cowboys Fringants. You left too early.
Such wonderful; wisdom from the other solitude. Thanks do much.
this is... literally one of the best songs i've ever heard
I love this song and I think a lot of my fellow countrymen both think shouting at each other will fix things but at the same time not knowing what to do
Take the time to listen to the catalogue of songs of the Cowboys Fringants...tellemnt interessents et si magnifiques
I'm an American who was born in Montreal making me a Quebeccer. You're not wrong.
Unclear why YT recommended me this, but great song!
A very good song and this is the first time I have ever seen a song in Quebec dialect French. Thank you for the English translation. My French is extremely limited. I only had two semesters in college. Spanish is my second language, which I learned in school as an American, but kept up over the years. Though it’s not what it used to be I never talk about work online but I am basically an office worker low-level. And a food pantry volunteer I tried to give back to those less fortunate when I can. Since I live in Florida, I thank you for bringing the food to us, I understand how horrifying interstate 95 is believe me. I pray you be safe.
Please don’t call it a dialect. It’s just a different accent - the French Canadian one. Just like the American accent vs. the British one 😊
@@marissalorion1244 point taken. I don’t know enough about the language, culture, province, or anything to give even an educated succinct answer. So I did my best to give credit and accuracy as due. I think the French language is quite beautiful, so I just want to do it justice. And I totally love this song with Spanish being my second language, I see the differences between Castilian versus Latin America Spanish Like Puerto Rico, or South America etc versus Catalan (which is something related but not really the same) and so on ad infinitum. I just say dialect to sum it up. :)
Song: Has an upbeat road trip vibe
Lyrics: Have you ever happiness? Me neither
And the original music video is just people dancing 😂😂😂
@@RealCanda help yes I saw the mv it’s so funny for no reason
This is the French language equivalent of Yoasobi’s song
@@h0rn3d_h1st0r1anthe Québécois equivalent of that RuRu suicide music video
@@Account_abandoned-q7m the QUOI
@@RealCanda You can see on their faces that despite how they're dancing, there's no joy on their faces.
They're just doing what they do, mindlessly and depressed.
« Y a tellement de chars partout »
Au Québec : une autoroute
En France et en Belgique: une visite (invasion) de nos voisins les Allemands 😂
Au Québec, un char est une auto. 😂
Je devrais peut être mettre des sous titres en français de France 😅🤣
@@neilchristensen6413 je sais bien
@@neilchristensen6413 je sais bien
Oui et tu sais qui a gagné le Tour de France 1940 edition?😂
Saludos desde Colombia!
salut à toi frère latin!
I wish that my French was better than it is, but thank you for the English translation. Merci beaucoup.
Mes chers Québécois, n'oubliez jamais cela si vous ne le saviez pas.
-Le terme « Canadien » faisait à l'origine référence à un Québécois ou à un francophone du Canada, mais les anglos l'ont approprié culturellement. Eux-mêmes avant se qualifient comme Anglais ou britannique.
-L'hymne national du Canada était à propos nous, écrite en français par le Québécois Adolphe-Basile Routhier mais ils l'ont approprié et traduit en anglais.
-La Poutine, l’un de leurs derniers vols culturels, qui est maintenant le "Plat National Canadien"
-La feuille d’érable en tant que symbole national, représentaient les Québécois et les franco-canadiens, mais ils l'ont aussi approprié.
et bien plus..
La vérité c'est que les loyalistes anglais du Canuck n’ont jamais eu de véritable culture puisque c’était tout le résidu laissé par l’Angleterre. Alors ils ont tous volé aux Québécois. Nous avons nos propres lois, notre système d'éducation, nos pensions de retraite, notre système de santé, notre politique, etc. La seule chose que nous ne contrôlons pas est l'immigration, qui est la plus importante. Nous sommes le pays le moins officiel au monde, sans bénéficier des privilèges, des avantages et de la reconnaissance d’un véritable pays. L'avenir du Québec, c'est la souveraineté absolue. J'espère qu'il ne sera pas trop tard avant que la majorité ne s'en rende compte. Le sort du Québec ressemble à la métaphore de la grenouille bouillante. Aucune nation au monde n'a jamais regretté son indépendance et pourtant pour les Québécois, ce serait mal ? C'est ridicule! Vive le Québec souverain ⚜
C'est pas tout, ils ont aussi pris le mot tuque, et même là ils le massacrent en l'appelant Touque.
@@SgtLogOfWood Oui, vous avez raison ! Comme je l'ai mentionné " et bien plus... " J'essaye seulement d'écrire les faits les plus importants de ce qui fait leur fierté ou ce qu'ils considèrent comme les choses les plus typiques de « leur » culture ou identité canadienne. Si nous énumérions tout ce qu'ils nous ont volé jusqu'à aujourd'hui, on ne serait plus juste à un simple commentaire sur YT, mais avec un roman complet lol. Même à ça, avec eux ça ne changera jamais, le plus drôle là-dedans, c'est qu'ils sont si fiers d'être ''cAnaDian'', mais tout ce que je viens d'écrire, la grande majorité ne le savent même pas et quand tu leur dis ils pogne les nerf ahaha. La vérité fait mal !
Une que j'aurais dû écrire est ceci,
-Le nom original du territoire du Québec s'appelait Canada avant qu'ils ne nous le volent. Voilà pourquoi aujourd'hui nous avons la ville de Québec et la province de Québec dans le même territoire.
Bref, heureusement que je n'étais pas encore là en 95, car ils ont collectivement raté leur shot, ces Pea Soup! (hehe autre terme bonus.) J'espère qu'ils en profitent de leur grand Canada et de ses montagnes pis ses eaux turquoise lol 😂😂
Le jour de l'Indépendance, on repart avec toutes nos billes... la faune, la flore, l'appelation, la chansonnette, pis le "nah-nah-nah hey-hey goodbye".
Ils vont vite réaliser que le rapport Durham avait tout faux; "C'est un peuple sans histoire et sans littérature..." c'est lequel déjà???
Le mot Canadiens était utilisé à la cours du roi Louis XIV pour désigner tous les habitants de la Nouvelle-France vivants le long du fleuve St-Laurent et plus loin, y compris les autochtones. En effet, à cette époque les Anglos se considéraient toujours comme sujets Britanniques.
@@doswheelsouges359 Faux, le terme Canadien fût utilisé bien avant le règne de Louis XIV. Aussi, il faut se rappeler que le roi Louis XIV n'a jamais mis les pieds en Amérique durant tout le long de son règne. Cela représente une durée de 72 ans, ce qui en fait l’un des règnes les plus longs de l’histoire de France. Il n'a jamais rencontré d'Amérindiens. De toute manière, les Amérindiens ne se sont jamais considérés comme Canadiens et surtout pas parce que le terme était utilisé dans un contexte au sens large à la cour du roi Louis XIV de l'autre côté de l'océan pour désigner tout les habitant en terre d'amérique du nord qu'ils se considéraient de facto comme t'elle. Loin de là. Tout le monde sait qu'à cette époque ce qui se passait dans les cours du roi ne représentait pas la vraie vie courante pour les paysans. Il y a un dicton chinois qui résume bien la situation, « La montagne est haute et l’empereur est loin. »
Mais je sais ce que vous êtes en train d'insinuer. Vous avez copier-coller ce même torchon sur plusieurs de mes commentaires, ceci dans le seul but de ternir et de semer le doute sur les origines du patrimoine et la culture québécoise et, ultimement, de miner sa légitimité d'autodétermination en tant que nation. Les anglais font exactement ce que vous fait depuis des décennies. Vous avez vraiment du temps à perdre, c'est pitoyable. Au revoir.
My Grandfather was a Teamster for all the last years of his life. He taught me the main parts of a Mack truck when I was 4 years old. Engine, Transmission, and Differential, I would point them out as I walked under the big truck, I was quite small. He retired from Cole -Dixie Trucking back in '73.
what do you think?
West is suffering a spiritual decay
what do you mean by spiritual decay?
@@zarekbeck3358death of religion and worship of degeneracy
I definately do not see myself in this song. I have a great deal of faith and pride in my country. Despite this, I feel this song deep in my heart. It reflects the feelings of so many americans, you know. People I know. It's hard not to feel a great deal of empathy for them. I can understand why people feel this way. It hurts. It hurts that so many of my fellow americans are hurting so bad, and that there really isn't anything I can do to fix it. But I'll at least try to spread my own positivity, maybe I'll even convince some people. I hope so, anyways.
Banger song