Program an ADISQ gala the same evening as the municipal elections? Truly ? Admit it was a funny dilemma: we had the choice between watching the rise of the sneering Montrealer or following the imitation of Diane Dufresne by Klo Pelgag.
We were torn between the consecration of the young queen of Longueuil Catherine Fournier and the jokes of Louis-José Houde who reminded us, we do not know why, that Joël Legendre had already shown the “kiki” in a park in Longueuil.
The Adisq evening was not hectic, especially in front of a sparse room, but at least we did not have the right to the evening woke that I expected …
IN FRENCH PLEASE
I hope that Michael Rousseau, the CEO of Air Canada who was very proud to say that he had spent the last 14 years in Montreal without speaking French, listened to the gala and the pre-gala, to “improve his French” as he promised it to us last week.
He could have heard Klo Pelgag, the big winner of the evening, say: “I’m trying to enjoy the moment. […] My collaborators are not forehead. […] I am low profile. […] I am fan of fun. […] We have brainstormed. […] Well done to everyone who do [sic] music “.
He could also have heard Vincent Vallières praising the merits of a real tour by evoking ” tapping and real beat making, a tour with real trucks “. If Mr. Rousseau listened to the gala, he could hear Charlotte Cardin say: “I am proud of this release-the. We are happy to meet in band “.
He would have heard her sing too Anyone who loves me, with its beautiful refrain ” We’ll fuck you up “… He would have heard FouKi sing:” Everybodys’s gonna to love you. So much hate, so much haste. “
He would surely have liked to hear Alex Burger, winner in the country category for his album. Sweet Montérégie declare, with his Felix in his hand: “We love to make shows, go see the bands, have to fun “.
In an advertisement for Fido, he would have heard Mathieu Dufour say that he reserves for his friend “quite a surprise”. After all… Tokébakicitte !
I love Roxane Bruneau and her song, consecrated song of the year, In my way, but why is she mumbling on stage?
Klo Pelgag? I understood 10% of the lyrics of his song Melamine.
Not sure that a “French learner” like Michael Rousseau could have practiced Molière’s language while watching this gala.
By the way, speaking of language, why not have underlined, in a gala of the excellence of Quebec music, the fact that yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the death of Leonard Cohen, who passed away on November 7? 2016?
All day long I’ve seen foreign media tributes on social media, but right here in Montreal, not a nod to Lennie?
THE DIVERSITY
This year, the pre-gala was hosted by Isabelle Racicot and Nicolas Ouellet. We received, among others, Dominique Fils-Aimé.
This segment was interspersed with two commercials for a company featuring a black family, Hello fresh with a bi-racial family, Gregory Charles for the group Maurice.
Ah, yes it’s true, systemic racism is really absolutely appalling in Quebec …