Ravachol - French Anarchist Song [Lyrics EN/FR]

Ni Dieu ni maître ! 🏴
---
This is a french anarchist song about François Claudius Koenigstein, also known as Ravachol.
Tell me if there is a spelling error in the lyrics.

[@nettaatzili1936]

I have Disco Elysium to thank for this history lesson.

[@terran5364]

I will never not be awed by the ZA/UM devs' decision to all but hand-wave anarchism out of DE's contemporary and historical narrative ("They shot them well. So well one forgets they even existed.") but named the whole city after the _nom de guerre_ of a literal bomb-throwing anarchist.

[@Todyo1798]

@@terran5364 Considering this fact and that even DE's Marxism is a bit tongue-in-cheek I do wonder about the personal politics of some of the producers.

[@vfanon]

@@Todyo1798To me, honestly my interpretation of any “intent” was heavily colored by the kids on the ice, since they’re set up as literally *the positive force keeping the pale contained with their hardcore music*. I may be wrong but the original cultural collective seemed almost *punk*-aligned, and so I have always considered the idea they are more anarchist than marxist-leninist or what-have-you. It did always weird me out that most people seemed to miss what seemed like clear subtext to me to instead specify how “Ah, this is such a post-Soviet take on nostalgia for communism…” it is, sure, but to me it also seems like an anarchist and maybe verging on post-left critique of Scientific Communism in particular, too. Perhaps I’m entirely wrong to speculate on any of this, but it’s just the thoughts the game made me think and I’m curious to see if anyone else saw the same subtext scattered throughout the game. Maybe it’s all just the sines saying this to me, but the sines get shit right, man.

[@terran5364]

@@vfanonSee, the wild thing to me is that communism in DE is almost layered. You can look at it on a superficial level as a normie and simply take it as a comical critique. Alternatively you could look deeper into it and realize that while bluntly criticizing our own history with socialism and Marxist theory, it might have some weight to it in Elysium. I don't know if you've read any of the translations of Sacred And Terrible Air, but it directly shows that, yes, faith in Communism not only can resist the pale-it can drive it back. The novel succeeds, I feel, in conveying this feeling on the nominally anarchic Kurvitz's part that belief in a socialist project is a belief in goodness without qualification. Justice, morals, and beauty have their utility, but you shouldn't forsake goodness just for them. The enthusiasm becomes something almost admirable in of itself. “Communism is mighty! Believe in communism, it’s a blast! I promise! It’s beautiful if you believe in men, but without it...!” “Without it, there is nothing.” “Nothing. There was a snowstorm, but it was white, it was morning. Communism is white, it’s glistening! Communism is the morning, it’s jubilation!”

[@luk7269]

@@vfanon I wouldn't say the game is nostalgic, as much as it is hopeful, like just think about the title, "disco elysium", we know from the game that elysium is the world, and we also know that communism, just like disco, once were majour parts of DE's world but have since been almost forgotten, yet they still inspire people to try again, disco is dead, but it's what keeps your character going, and while communism might have seemed dead at the start of the game, there is clearly hope in the end that the better fututre the communards worked for in the first place will see the light of day, especially after a mercenary group hired by a monopoly tried to shoot down civilians. In the end the world is still inspired by disco.

[@schizeinbornheim7732]

As a french speaker I woukd like to point a pun : in french " trancher " means " decide " but also " cut " so here it means basically " enough talking time to cut your head " Thanks for the song

[@bobmorane2082]

In French it says “on va maintenant trancher” but it got a double meaning in English it should say “we will now cut our decisions” since he’s being guillotined

[@rutufn0596]

"On va trancher" this is the words used by the so called "french" "justice state", as it is said in the song ( at least how i understand it as a FrAnch mysel And you art right, it mean

[@MarImpObsc]

@@rutufn0596 we all know the World Economic Forum is controlling us

[@raven_the_crow]

The singer is Renaud. He's known for being very critical of the french government. He is now 71 yo.

[@jujucaesar7751]

he WAS known for that.

[@raven_the_crow]

@@jujucaesar7751 he's not dead

[@MarImpObsc]

one of my favourite singers, he was known to criticize a lot of political figures (Thatcher, the french government, the germans, etc) but no it's not Renaud, that's not his voice, good try though !

[@Ihkirem]

@@MarImpObsc Renaud never recorded this song but he did write it (during May 1968)

[@thornil2231]

Dansons la Ravacholle, vive le son, vive le son Dansons la Ravacholle, vive le son d'l'explosion

[@schizeinbornheim7732]

Dans la grande ville de Paris Dans la grand ville de Paris !

[@manoxxmax1287]

​@@schizeinbornheim7732il y a des bourgeois bien nouris il ya des bourgeois bien nouris et

[@happymolecule8894]

Based and frenchpilled

[@haggard_hermit]

It’s only a matter of time ❤️

[@ikarus6819]

And a matter of effort!!!!!!!

[@ravacholmiddleton4845]

To right my friend, we will rise again

[@Paul-hs9un]

@@ravacholmiddleton4845 issou

[@Lidavaz_]

will never happen

[@haggard_hermit]

@@Lidavaz_ you’ll be forgotten.

[@the_chosen_one5642]

based

[@fauconnoir4475]

Je menfous des commentaires, souvent bien trop d'ailleurs, Pas besoin de mots seul notre drapeau noir 🏴

[@ChalkyMuffin969]

Pretty epic

[@raymondefouanon9930]

Merci 💟💟💟🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@cxarhomell5867]

J'espère que vous réalisez que l'anarchisme ne fonctionne jamais. C'est irréaliste. Je vous exhorte à en apprendre davantage sur l’anarchisme et sur la manière dont il provoquera la chute d’un pays et de son peuple.

[@classicalsheetmusic1986]

based.

[@lucbourbon7882]

Pauvre renaud sechan s'il se rendait compte de ce qu'il est devenu....

[@kirkeaske]

Ce n'est pas Renaud...

[@Neyliece]

C'est pas Renaud qui chante mais c'est lui qui a écrit la chanson, il l'a jamais enregistré@@kirkeaske

[@MrGwendall]

belle chanson de Renaud a l'époque où il se disait anarchiste. le texte est sympa et rend hommage a notre compagnon Ravachol. la vidéo est pas mal a un détail prés : le drapeau bleu ,blanc rouge au début de la vidéo. l'anarchisme n'a pas de patrie. seul le drapeau noir la représente, sait tu pourquoi compagnon? si tu ne le sait pas alors renseigne toi et tu verra et comprendra que l'anarchisme ne peut en aucun cas représenter une nation (extrait d'un chant anarchiste ,si tu cherche tu trouvera duquel je parle : " oui la patrie est une baliverne ,un sentiment doubler de lâcheté....") amitié fraternelle.

[@smle270]

Ты ошибаешься, мой французский товарищ. Нацию анархизм представлять может, вспомни народно-освободительное движение в Корее. Но это всё не значит, что мы должны променять интернационализм на шовинизм, вовсе нет. Просто национальное самоопределение - личное дело каждого, как и право на свободу вероисповедания.

[@MrGwendall]

@Angelo Ferreira je ne confond rien ,ou tu ,n'a pas lu mon com. ou tu ne l'a pas compris . je réitère mon affirmation , l'anarchisme n'a pas de patrie ,il n'a pas n ,on plus de religions ou croyance,. pourtant tu vois je suis français, juste parce que je suis né en France de parent français, si j'était né ailleurs dans le monde , n'en serais pas moins humain. je n'ai rien contre la France ,ou l'Angleterre ou je ne sais tout les pays qui peuple la terre . il sont pour moi une richesses qui pourrait renforcer l' humanité plutôt que la divisé dans des clivages patriotique ou religieux. v il n'y a Pas de honte a dire je suis français ,ou allemand ou iranien ou que sais -je . ni de dire je suis chrétiens ou juif ou musulman ou Payen ou athée. l'important est de savoir et de comprendre que le pays ou tu es née ,n'est qu'un endroit géographique posé sur une carte .et que la religion en laquelle tu peut croire n'affecte en rien ton choix ,ta liberté. tu es le seul maitre de ta vie et de tes choix. tu n'a ni dieu ( tu peut croire en un dieu ,si c'est ton choix mais la religions sert le pouvoir ni toi ,ni ta foi ) et jamais tu ne dois avoir de maitre. ne te soumet pas ni a une religions ,ni a un état . le drapeau français comme tant d'autre drapeau représente des choses qui sont en désaccord avec l'esprit libertaire des anarchistes. moi je te le dis compagnon tant qu'il y aura des patries ou des religions les hommes se feront la guerre . pourquoi? pour le pouvoir : tout pouvoir est maudit . maudit soit la guerre et tout ceux qui l'ordonne

[@Raphael91250]

C'est pas Renaud.

[@PepitodelaVega]

@@MrGwendall l'anarchie c'est la liberté, de croire ou pas peu importe, d'être ce que tu veut ,les paroles et les actes parleront d'eux même ,la liberté prime avant tout! Sans conflit ,le savoir l'apprentissage est permanent ,mais seul la liberté d'être de l'humain compte

[@kirkeaske]

"le texte est sympa et rend hommage a notre compagnon Ravachol"... Ben dis donc, la race humaine est tombée bien bas ! Se revendiquer le "compagnon" d'un terroriste, c'est quand même le comble de l'anti-humanisme ! Ca se revendique contre la peine de mort mais ça tue en masse en faisant exploser des bombes... Les consanguins dans toute leur splendeur !

[@jean-pierrechoquet2909]

Hélas, rien n'a changé, 2.023, je suis vieux, mais toujours, "socialiste libertaire" ! Vive l'Anarchie !!!💥💥💥💣💣💣

[@user-ql3lf4jt6q]

Anarchism is best ❗️ i love this

[@cxarhomell5867]

It will never work.

[@supercool1312]

hes literally me

[@fauconnoir4475]

🏴

[@lucjean9705]

tranquillement !

[@chekhososlanian1942]

Can’t wait when there will be a song about JStark or Andrei Zeltser. RIP

[@thornil2231]

What? those were right wing-terrorists. Sorry you are on the wrong page.

[@chekhososlanian1942]

@@thornil2231 Do some research, Andrei Zeltser was a common Belorussian man and JStark openly rejected affiliation with any political movement or ideology, solely focusing on dissolution of gun control and the ability of people for self-empowerment. They also never committed any acts of terrorism, it’s just a blatant lie.

[@pivomanslovensko]

​@@thornil2231How is JStark a right wing terorrist?

[@thornil2231]

don't ask me, do like me, do some research... @@pivomanslovensko

[@billy6044]

@@thornil2231 dude

[@IoanaNoemyToma]

terrasophie, non illusions

[@renatorafael2691]

Onde que eu vim parar??

[@daniellocatelli_]

Viva a Anarquia!

[@fredericopereirapereira8178]

[@iillililillliliilliiililil5066]

Property is not theft, Proudhon and Bakunin were petit bourgeois utopians, read Marx.

[@DerDrako]

Marx, who profited from a bourgeois friend, called Friedrich Engels. If you make silly claims, stick to it.

[@supercool1312]

fill your shelf

[@drunkenslav2334]

inshallah brother meow

[@marcobellucci3481]

Property is still theft even in Marxist theory. Even if we communists disagree with the methods of anarchist we should always remember we have the same goal.

[@iillililillliliilliiililil5066]

@@supercool1312my shelf is already filled with the numerous works of Marx, Engels, and Lenin.

[@remka2000]

🏴