Big rhythm and big voice, the rapper Biffty gently overplays the carnivore, as if to confirm the assertion which caused controversy this week, as to the masculine – or rather virilistic – character of the love of meat. And it’s true that if you dig into the Radio France discotheque, a faithful reflection of the history of our popular culture, you’ll find songs that celebrate the barbaque with a joyfully masculine force. But is it always first degree?
In the first episode of These songs that make the news this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Biffty, meat salad, 2018
The Three Cheeses, I don’t like cooked meat 2009
Bridget Fontaine, Meat, 2007
Maud Octallinn, At the butcher’s, 2016
Sheila White, The steak, 1973
Mustache and the Big Minets, Nothing is better than a good steak and fries, 1969
Roland Barthes in Readings for all 1957
Sheila White, The steak, 1973
Patrick January, The meats are grilled in the open air by Saint-John Perse, 2003
Philip Clay, The trucks, 1968
Boris Vian, The Merry Butchers, 1955
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