2023-08-02 14:27:47
After The Unforgiven of Metallica, it’s the turn of Wild Horsesby the Rolling Stones, to metamorphose into a touching ballad in Inuktitut under the good musical care of Elisapie.
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This old Stones hit, originally released on the album Sticky Fingersin 1971, became Qimmijuat. Launched Wednesday morning, it is the fourth single from the album Inuktitutwhich will be released on September 15 and will include ten retellings in Elisapie’s native language of classic rock and pop music from the 1960s to 1990s.
His covers of Time After Timethe Cindy Lauper, Heart of Glassfrom Blondie, and The Unforgiven have already drawn attention to this singular and promising project, carried out with the excellent musicians Joe Grass, Robbie Kuster, François Lafontaine and Leif Vollebekk.
Metallica and its drummer Lars Ulrich had even introduced Elisapie’s version of The Unforgiven to their followers on social networks after its launch last June.
Inuktitut will also contain covers of songs by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Queen, Fleetwood Mac and Patrick Hernandez.
As was the case for the other excerpts from the album, Qimmijuat (Wild Horses) comes with a music video, which features the inhabitants of the villages of Inukjuak and Salluit, in Nunavik.
“The song, we explain in a press release, pays tribute to a childhood friend who, between the separation of his parents and his tense relationship with his father, had a complicated family life and who found refuge by listening to this success. of the Rolling Stones, as if he were riding his horse to run away from his problems. »
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