In our separate baby-blue bastions, we all play and record the same song. Then we join the tracks and publish the resulting video. And we’ll keep making them regularly as long as the pandemic stands in the way of our gigs.We hope to see you all again soon, but as long as we don’t, we are Cochon Bleu en Quarantaine!
In our separate baby-blue bastions, we all play and record the same song. Then we join the tracks and publish the resulting video. And we’ll keep making them regularly as long as the pandemic stands in the way of our gigs.We hope to see you all again soon, but as long as we don’t, we are Cochon Bleu en Quarantaine!
Deel 8 - Syzygy
Op 21 December 2020 staan Jupiter, Saturnus en de aarde precies op een rijtje. Voor ons is dat ’s avonds zichtbaar als een heldere ‘ster van Bethlehem’, aan de zuidwestelijke horizon. Dit bijzondere verschijnsel heet ‘Grote Conjunctie’, of ook wel ‘Syzigie’. Cochon Bleu schreef er een lied over.
Geniet ervan, met of zonder optische versterking.
Part 7 - Acadian Two Step
You spend a much bigger amount of time in the kitchen during a pandemic. And then it’s tempting to use of kitchen utensils improperly. Especially if, like in this case, we’re dealing with 4 musicians with ‘issues’. Now bake your own word joke here using the term PANdemic. The best 16 will receive one of drummer De Droeze’s broken spatulas!
Deel 6 - Perdu
A first stroll after weeks of house arrest. A recipe for misfortune, in the case of our four blue pig friends. They have no clue where they are. Their cell phones do have google maps, but they were already using them to make this video: Perdu, or ‘Lost’.
Part 5 - Abandonné
In week 5 of their lock down the Cochons have lost their cachet. Appointments with barbers and dentists have all been cancelled. And when the missus leaves them to their devices as well, they hit rock bottom. Ayez pitié! (Have mercy!)
Part 4 - Relooké
I guess we’ll stay home then, this spring break. Hm. On the plus side: In your head you can turn this period into any holiday you want. So why not…
A skiing trip to Portugal, or Brazil? While on this imaginary trip, you may want to compliment your flat mates by quoting this song:‘Que lindo fato de esqui!’ (‘I like your skiing suit!’)
Part 3 - Sel Ammoniac
SWhile working from home, no one will comment on your binge-eating sprees. Our poison is Liquorice. Popular in The Low Countries and Scandinavia, virtually unknown in the rest of the world. We’d like to explain it to the uninitiated: Lakridz, Salmiak, Salmiakki, Drop, Salty liquorice. Sel Ammoniac.
In a black-and-white video, off course.
Part 2 - Dear Doctor (Jagger / Richards)
A big event that’s being cancelled. A doctor coming to the rescue. The Rolling Stones may have predicted the future while writing ‘Dear Doctor’.
‘Oh help me, dear mama, I’m sickening!’
Part 1 - Lance Meg Waltz (trad. arr. Cochon Bleu)
A fast waltz about loneliness. In Cochon Bleu’s version bursting with the energy you get from weeks of house arrest. ‘Cabin Fever’, the anglophonic world calls it. Enjoy!
