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Zebda
Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse, France, known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status of immigrants and minorities in France, and the inhabitants of the French ''banlieues'', or suburbs.English: "Zebda continues to talk about exclusion, racism, tolerance and its opposite." Zebda earned widespread recognition, as well as several awards, for its 1998 single " Tomber la chemise" ("Take Off Your Shirt"). In 2001, the band spearheaded an independent political party that won over 12% of the first-round vote in Toulouse's municipal elections. The group disbanded in 2003 but reformed in 2011. History Zebda was first formed in 1985 when Magyd Cherfi, a community organizer at the time, organized a small group of his musician friends to shoot a video for a community organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magyd Cherfi
Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse, France, known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status of immigrants and minorities in France, and the inhabitants of the French ''banlieues'', or suburbs.English: "Zebda continues to talk about exclusion, racism, tolerance and its opposite." Zebda earned widespread recognition, as well as several awards, for its 1998 single " Tomber la chemise" ("Take Off Your Shirt"). In 2001, the band spearheaded an independent political party that won over 12% of the first-round vote in Toulouse's municipal elections. The group disbanded in 2003 but reformed in 2011. History Zebda was first formed in 1985 when Magyd Cherfi, a community organizer at the time, organized a small group of his musician friends to shoot a video for a community orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomber La Chemise
"Tomber la chemise" (English: literally "Take Off Your Shirt" but the meaning is "Get ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective Zebda. The song was released on 7 June 1999 as part of the first single from Zebda's third album '' Essence ordinaire'' and received a successful reception in France, where it reached number-one on the singles chart and won two awards. This summer 1999 hit song "Tomber la chemise" was part of a sudden popularity trend by rappers of immigrant origins in France at that time. Structure and lyrics Although "Tomber la chemise" appeared to be an outsider in the race to the top of the charts that summer, this highly political song became the hit that finally brought Zebda national recognition after eleven years of existence.Elia Habib, ''Muz hit. tubes'', p. 467 () : "Après onze ans d'existence sur les scènes locales toulousaines, le groupe Zebda accède à la renommée nationale en marquant un tube en or dans son répertoire". ("After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tawa (album)
''La Tawa'' is the first live album from French rock group Zebda and their last work as a band prior to their 2011 reformation. It was released in 2003 and produced by Zebda. The set contains two discs. The first, ''La Tawa'', named after the publishing company set up by the band, is a live album featuring 18 songs recorded during concerts in Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon and St-Étienne. The second disc, Zebda live à l' Apolo, is a DVD showing a concert they had in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... Track listing La Tawa # Toulouse 4'30 # On est chez nous 3'24 # Y'a pas d'arrangements 4'51 # Double peine 3'45 # Mêlée ouverte 4'43 # Sheitan 4'26 # Mon père m'a dit 5'26 # Oualalaradime 4'27 # Né dans la rue 3'42 # Ma rue 4'06 # Mala Diural (À la Skabyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bruit Et L'odeur (album)
''Le bruit et l'odeur'' () is the second studio album by the French rock group Zebda, released in 1995. With this album, the group confirmed its social focus by adding engaging samples to its guitar-driven music. The album title is a reference to a controversial statement made during a speech given in 1991 by the mayor of Paris The Mayor of Paris (french: Maire de Paris) is the chief executive of Paris, the capital and largest city in France. The officeholder is responsible for the administration and management of the city, submits proposals and recommendations to the C ... and later French president Jacques Chirac (known as Le bruit et l'odeur) which was not easily forgotten by many. This album explores how far life in France at the end of the 20th century has come, especially in the south.When Music Migrates: Crossing British and European Racial ... Professor Jon Stratton - 2014 "On their 1996 album, Le Bruit et L'odeur, the title track includes a sample of the notorious spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'arène Des Rumeurs
''L'Arène des rumeurs'' is the first album of the French rock group Zebda Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse, France, known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of ..., released in 1992.''Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture'' Alex Hughes, Keith Reader - 1998 0415131863 p67 "In their albums L'Arène des rumeurs (Arena of Rumours) and Le Bruit et l'odeur (The Noise and the Smell), they denounce the shortcomings of French society but still offer a message of hope." Liste des titres # ''Arabadub'' # ''Baudis'' # ''Mala diural'' # ''Minot des minorités'' # ''CNN'' # ''Singing'' # ''Le Masque au rade'' # ''La Bague à Danièle'' # ''Le Miroir'' # ''La France'' # ''Mala diural (À la Skabyle)'' # ''Baïonettes'' # ''D'Ève à Lise'' References Zebda albums 1992 debut albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laon
Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In the time of Julius Caesar there was a Gallic village named Bibrax where the Remis (inhabitants of the country round Reims) had to meet the onset of the confederated Belgae. Whatever may have been the precise locality of that battlefield, Laon was fortified by the Romans, and successively checked the invasions of the Franks, Burgundians, Vandals, Alans and Huns. At that time it was known as ''Alaudanum'' or ''Lugdunum Clavatum''. Archbishop Remigius of Reims, who baptised Clovis, was born in the Laonnais, and it was he who, at the end of the fifth century, instituted the bishopric of Laon. Thenceforward Laon was one of the principal towns of the kingdom of the Franks, and the possession of it was often disputed. Charles the Bald had enri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of France. With 37.2 million listeners in 2014, it is one of the most-listened-to international radio stations in the world, along with Deutsche Welle, the BBC World Service, the Voice of America, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, and China Radio International. RFI broadcasts 24 hours per day around the world in French and in 12 other languages in FM, shortwave, medium wave, satellite and on its website. It is a channel of the state company France Médias Monde. The majority of shortwave transmissions are in French and Hausa but also includes some hours of Swahili, Portuguese, Mandinka, and Russian. RFI broadcasts to over 150 countries on 5 continents. Africa is the largest part of radio listeners, representing 60% of the total audience in 2010. In the Paris region, RFI comprises between 150,000 and 200,000 listeners. In 2007, the audience was of 46.1 million listeners, bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politis (France)
''Politis'' is a weekly left-wing " anti-capitalist" French news magazine published in Paris, France. History and profile The magazine was established by Bernard Langlois under the title of ''Politis-le Citoyen'' in January 1988. Before it was renamed as ''Politis'' the name of the magazine was changed to ''Le Nouveau Politis''. The headquarters of the magazine is in Paris, and it was previously published on a monthly basis. Although ''Politis'' has a left-wing stance it has no political affiliation and publishes articles by the figures from various leftist parties and organizations, including French Communist Party (PCF), the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), ATTAC The Association pour la Taxation des Transactions financières et pour l'Action Citoyenne (''Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions and Citizen's Action'', ATTAC) is an activist organisation originally created to promote the e ... and the Alternatifs movement. The magazine has also an ecologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal Europe
''The Wall Street Journal Europe'' was a daily English-language newspaper that covered global and regional business news for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Published by Dow Jones & Company (a News Corp company), it formed part of the business publication franchise which included ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Wall Street Journal Asia'', and The Wall Street Journal Online. The final print edition of the newspaper was published on 29 September 2017. Background Founded in 1983, ''The Wall Street Journal Europe'' was printed in nine locations throughout the region – Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and Israel. The paper was distributed in more than 60 countries with almost 80% of its subscribers European citizens. The paper cease publication in 2017. ''The Wall Street Journal Europe'' drew on the Dow Jones network of more than 1,900 editors and reporters worldwide, including more than 400 in Europe alone, operating from 30 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verlan
() is a type of argot in the French language, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, and is common in slang and youth language. It rests on a long French tradition of transposing syllables of individual words to create slang words. The word itself is an example of verlan (making it an autological word). It is derived from inverting the sounds of the syllables in ''l'envers'' (, "the inverse", frequently used in the sense of "back-to-front"). Word formation Words in verlan are formed by switching the order in which syllables from the original word are pronounced. For example, becomes . Verlan generally retains the pronunciation of the original syllables. However, French words that end in a (such as ) and words that end in a pronounced consonant (such as ) gain the sound once reversed. In addition, verlan often drops the final vowel sound after the word is inverted, so and become ( – in full form) and ( – in full form), respectively. The study of wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beur
''Beur'' (or alternatively, ''Rebeu'') is a colloquial term, sometimes considered pejorative, in French to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from the Maghreb. The equivalent term for a female beur is a beurette. The term ''rebeu'' is neither applicable to females nor does it have a female version. Use The word beur was coined using verlan for the word ''arabe'', which means Arabic or Arab in French. Since the late 1990s, many young people have used the twice-verlanised term ''rebeu'' as a synonym. This term is now the dominant term used by the younger generations (under 30). The word ''beurette'', the female version of ''beur'', is created by adding the -ette female suffix in French. In French many slang words are created by simply reversing the word in terms of spelling and then reading it out. Because of French grammar rules, the new word is usually completely different from the result of reversing the word phonetically. The word ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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