A Song About Modern Life

Even though this Canadian band is apparently pro-choice, I think the song (in French with English subtitles, posted below) is rather descriptive of many of the pitfalls of modern life.

Your great-great grandfather cleared the earth
Your great-grandfather laboured on the earth
Your grandfather turned a profit from the earth
Then your father sold the earth to become a bureaucrat

Now you, my little man, you don’t know what to do
In your little 3 room apartment -
too expensive and cold in the winter
You want something to call your own
And you dream at night of having your own little piece of earth.

Your great great grandmother, she had 14 kids
Your great grandmother had about as many
Then your grandmother had three, that was enough for her
Your mom didn’t want any, you were an accident

Now you, my little lady, change partners all the time
When you screw up you save yourself by aborting
But there are mornings you awake crying
When you dream in the night of a large table surrounded by little ones.

Your great great grandfather lived through incredible suffering
Your great grandfather collected used, dirty pennies
Then your grandfather became a millionaire
Your father inherited and put it into RRSPs

Now you, my little youth, owe your ass to the government
No way to get a loan from a financial institution
To alleviate your desire to hold up a bank
You read books about voluntary simplicity

Your great great grandparents knew how to celebrate
Your great grandparent dance the night away
Your grandparents lived through the Rock and Roll era
Your parents, it was discos, that’s where they met

Now you, my friend, what are you doing with your evening?
Turn off your TV, can’t stay locked inside
Happily, some things in life never change
Put on your best, we’re going out tonight dancing!

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8 Responses to “A Song About Modern Life”

  1. Rob Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 5:06 am

    Can’t remember where I first saw this on a blog, but I love that song.

  2. Fr. J. Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 5:08 am

    To each generation its own sorrows, to each its own dances.

    Wow, thanks.

  3. Kacy Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Awesome song and an all too common story.

  4. Micki Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    I only pray that the younger generation sees and understands this song. Or is it only the elders who will see the message?

  5. Laura The Crazy Mama Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    I thought this was so weirdly cool and haunting. I think I posted about it last year or something. I thought that for a pro-choice group, it was kind of a pro-life message!

  6. A Simple Sinner Says:
    January 31, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    They may not be as pro-choice as they claim.

    The history of the Catholic Church in francophone North America is one that is compelling, interesting, inspiring, and sometimes sad. My own maternal grandparents hale from such hardy Quebecois stock (Greek Catholic comes from paternal side…) and both of my maternal grandparents had at least 10 brothers and sisters.

    Je Me Souviens: Remembering Quebec by Juli Loesch Wiley a beautifully written piece that helped me to understand when I read it how it came to be the case that my Quebecois grandmother was one of 11!

    As fertility rates have gone down, and agrarian activity has lessoned, many Franco-Canadians have begun to wonder how prosperous they in fact are anymore, when “prosperity” has been little homes, small apartments, a continued decline in a distinctive French Canadian way of life, and continued loss of influence in the nation of Canada.

    Maybe making babies (instead of just going through the motions) is a fun and good thing after all.

  7. Anonymous Says:
    February 4, 2008 at 8:57 am

    Did you read somewhere that the band has pro-choice views, or did you infer it from the song? This doesn’t seem pro-choice to me at all. Just because they mention abortion is an option does not mean they endorse it. I don’t think they were at all. They were singing about the girl dreaming of children..I really don’t think this song is pro-choice.

  8. David B. Says:
    February 4, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Anonymous,

    The song itself seems very pro-life, you are right. However, I read a little bit about the group and found out that after lifesite linked featured a song about their story, talking about how pro-life it is, the band got mad because they stated they were all pro-choice. I suppose among the music industry there is pressure to conform to liberal politics. See
    this article.

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