Sit Back

As a rule, I never repost more than a song per month, but it's summertime and this track resonates so much with the previous one I absolutely couldn't postpone it to September (which is likely to be an eventful and chaotic month).

So this is another musical crush. I discovered CelMar's music through his highly enlightening spiritual videos with Lulumineuse on his YouTube channel which always end with this song which fits perfectly with what's going on these days. His other songs are in the same spirit. Although I've never been fond of reggae, I got hooked immediately by this tune — which proves that music is not a matter of genre, but all about vibrations resonating (or not resonating) with ours. Incidentally, in his Soundcloud bio, he explains that he likes composing different styles of music in the same mindset: “ Live the present moment”. “All my songs may be downloaded for free and without restriction” he says on his website. “If you feel they contributed something to you and wish to get even by giving back, you may send me love, gratitude, or make a donation. Thank you.”

And you know what? Rémy's music is exclusively recorded in 432Hz! Which should be highly welcome by Ed O'Brien when I intiated the topic to him, last April. The following month, he went into details in a live video event on Instagram where he explained to those who told him it was all rubbish that unlike what they seemed to assume he doesn't go with everything he reads, but loves experimenting with what resonates with him (gosh, I could hear myself talking here!). So he did a sort of blind test: recorded the same track in three different tunings including the 440Hz standard, then played them back at random without knowing which was which and the one he liked best turned out to be the 432Hz tuning. I told him a musician friend of mine had opted for 432 after I mentioned it to him and found it makes him feel better and eases his voice. “Yeah, I agree” he replied. “The guitar sounds better at 432 than the stuff at at 440, I'm telling you. I think, in my humble opinion.”

UPDATE 28th August 2020 : Rémy was thrilled by my initiative of translating his lyrics, yet admits being unable to sing in English. So he proposes to email the karaoke version of this track to anyone who can sing and would like to make an English cover using the translation below. If you post it online, please, send me a link via the comments section or contact form so that everyone can hear it. I also put a note on the main blog in French. I have totally revised my intial translation so that it is singable. Thanks to my American friend B. for her proofreading and few suggestions. Can't wait to hear your covers!

UPDATE 13th September 2020 : Here are the English covers with my translation. Well done girls, you're fantastic!

Ey@el

Pose ton cul

Sit back
Sit back
And let your ideas guide you
Sit back
And feel the Truth within

Back to school again
And I need to go
And study
To be fitter, handier

Back home again
Can't wait to play
Or watch TV
Feels so good to break away

My life is all about
Making one
With a job
(Thou shalt do this or that)
And when I wanna break free
I hear that voice
Telling me

Sit back
And let your ideas guide you
Sit back
Don't let'em program you

You need to sit back
And wipe all the past away
Sit back
And feel the Truth within

Monday again
And I need to go
And listen to
My boss or my banker

Back home again
Can't wait to smoke
Drink or stuff my face
Feels so good to drift away

My life is all about
Having to
Meet all requirements
(Must do, have no choice)
And when my mind's a tangled mess
I hear that voice
Telling me

Sit back
And let your ideas guide you
Sit back
Yeah, you ain't just a jobber

You need to sit back
And wipe all the past away
Sit back
And feel the Truth within

Saturday again
And I need to
Go and join the protest
Fight and lose an eye

Back to the polls again
Can't wait for tomorrow
To shift masters
Feels so good to sign away

My life is all about
Ranting
And complaining
(I am the victim)
And when there's no one left around
I hear that voice
Telling me

Sit back
And let your ideas guide you
Sit back
And stop criticising

You need to sit back
And wipe all the past away
Sit back
And feel the Truth within

Original text by RÉMY GUYON translated from French by EY@EL
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