{"id":8061,"date":"2011-11-14T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2011-11-15T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:56:49","slug":"beatrice-martin-aka-couer-de-pirate-and-armistice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-11\/beatrice-martin-aka-couer-de-pirate-and-armistice\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s B\u00e9atrice Martin (aka “Coeur de Pirate” and “Armistice”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our continuing efforts to pay homage to our French-Canadian roots, we introduce (we surmise) to you Canadian singer, Beatrice Martin<\/strong>, who has been making huge inroads (over 10,000,000 hits for her video below of Comme des Enfants)<\/strong><\/em> in both her native French and English tongues (she’s Canadian after all).\u00a0 Martin has made her mark in Canada and other Francophone environs as “Coeur de Pirate<\/strong><\/a>” (Pirate Heart) and elsewhere as a part of the English side-project, “Armistice<\/strong><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Toronto-based music blog, Chromewaves<\/strong><\/a>, pointed to Martin, Couer de Pirate and Armistice in their post today<\/strong><\/a> in which Chromewaves rave-viewed the Couer de Pirate show in Toronto last Friday (in support of the band’s brand new album, “Blonde<\/strong><\/a>“).\u00a0 Chromewaves said the following about the new album:\u00a0 “The girlish, chanson<\/em>-derived charms of Coeur de Pirate<\/em> have blossomed into widescreen, swinging-\u201960s full-band pop gems with Martin functioning less as a singer-songwriter than a full-on bandleader.”<\/p>\n

To begin to get a feel for Martin and crews, first check out Armistice’s (with Mariachi El Bronx<\/strong>) official video for their song, Mission Bells<\/strong><\/em> (followed by the song’s lyrics).\u00a0 And then check out Couer de Pirate’s humorous\/inventive official video for new song, Adieu<\/strong><\/em> (off of Blonde), <\/strong><\/strong>and the official video for previously mentioned ballad, Comme des Enfants<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“MISSION BELLS<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/strong>I can still feel you there
\nAre we tangled in time somewhere
\nAnd it’s been a while since you’ve been \u2018round here
\nSince you locked me in some devastated stare<\/p>\n

Oh then we could ring out like mission bells
\nAcross the yard we knew so well
\nCome on come on give me my turn
\nTo sing once more
\nAnd let it burn<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause I\u2019m
\nI\u2019m just no good
\nSo leave me, as you should
\nAnd surrender to some unholy war
\n\u2018Cause we forgot what we first came here for<\/p>\n

Oh then we could ring out like mission bells
\nAcross the yard we knew so well
\nCome on come on give me my turn
\nTo sing once more
\nAnd let it burn<\/p>\n

Come on come on come on now you sing it
\nLaying me low in bells that come ringing and,<\/p>\n

We could ring out like mission bells
\nAcross the yard we knew so well
\nCome on come on give me my turn
\nTo sing once more
\nAnd let it burn”<\/p>\n