Happy to be back on SC with a new track, a new collaboration with my great friend and music inspirer Tom Régnier. Tom suggested we cover this popular French classic from the 70's, originally performed by Michel Delpech, and he created a wonderful arrangement in the purest Tom Régnier style. All I had to do was to sing and add a few guitar notes.

Arrangement, piano, keyboards and other instrumentation: https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier
Vocals, guitar: https://soundcloud.com/alexis-roche-2

J'ai mon rhumatisme
Qui devient gênant
Ma pauvre Cécile
J'ai soixante-treize ans
Je fais de la chaise longue
Et j'ai une baby-sitter
Je traînais moins la jambe
Quand j'étais chanteur

J'avais des boots blanches
Un gros ceinturon
Une chemise ouverte
Sur un médaillon
C'était mon sourire
Mon atout majeur
Je m'éclatais comme une bête
Quand j'étais chanteur

Un soir à Saint-Georges
Je faisais la kermesse
Ma femme attendait
Planquée, dans la Mercedes
Elle s'est fait jeter dans l'Indre
Par tout mon fan-club
J'avais une vie de dingue
Quand j'étais chanteur

Les gens de la police
Me reconnaissaient
Mes excès de vitesse
Je les payais jamais
Toutes mes histoires
S'arrangeaient sur l'heure
On m'pardonnait tous mes écarts
Quand j'étais chanteur

Ma pauvre Cécile
J'ai soixante-treize ans
J'ai appris que Mick Jagger
Est mort dernièrement
J'ai fêté les adieux de Sylvie Vartan

Pour moi, il y a longtemps que c'est fini
Je comprends plus grand-chose, aujourd'hui
Mais j'entends quand même des choses que j'aime
Et ça distrait ma vie

Alexis Roche's Album

Quand j'étais chanteur (cover) with Tom Régnier

"Losing You" delves into the  personal experience of losing someone you love due to Alzheimer’s or dementia.  It's about those moments when the connections to who they were are fractured and lost, and the clarity they once had about their identity becomes uncertainty as they fade away. This track captures the emotional weight of navigating through confusion and the search for understanding in the midst of inner chaos.
Dedicated to anyone who's experienced the pain of losing a loved one in this way, this song is a tribute to resilience, love and the memories that live on in our hearts.


As Vincent Van Gogh once said :-
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Losing You

Your blood begins to boil 
Your boiling erupts
The flood of all your feelings 
Soiled in your disgust
A Remedy’s  a virtue
A Victory’s Devine 
An enemy to hurt you
Your misery defined 
Another manic masterpiece 
To marvel at in spades 
You fade away much faster 
Than the face that stole your place 
You debate a bastard 
And double down your doubt 
I remain a master 
Of never losing clout
Never losing dignity 
To the claims of all your hate 
To the blames that I would take 
To make you stay and not debate
You can runaway like trains off tracks 
And into walls 
You can break my back and say 
I always break your balls
Taking falls 
And the cause is still the same 
And the fault and all the blame
Is pointed straight your way 
Like a plague you are decay 
Your way is your dismay 
Your descent is so decisive
To the loneliness you crave 

Nobody can help you when you can’t help yourself 
Nobody will tell you when you’re telling yourself 
Everything’s  gonna be okay 
Hey
Youre fading away  

The pain that you feel only 
Gets worse when you feel lonely 
The pain that you feel only 
Gets worse when you feel lonely 
Stop the games you play 
Your mind is rotting in decay 
The signs are pointing your way 
You’re a detriment to me

The pain that you feel only 
Gets worse when you feel lonely 
The pain that you feel only 
Gets worse when you feel lonely

You are decay

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The title describes the music made. Funky original beats and smooth symphonies make this song have the question: Is it real or a dream?

Real or Dream

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Music composer and Soundscape designer.

Heavily influenced by Beaumont Hannant, Autechre, Brian Eno and a wealth of styles ranging from classical music through to DC Hardcore.
I love the organic feel of music and the creation of warmth within patterns.
Trying to create soundtracks to everyday life and images.


Tracks available on my YouTube channel
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