Maajun - Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde. 1971 France

Vivre la Mort du Vieux Monde is the debut album from Maajun, better known as Mahjun. And with this debut one quickly realizes that two words that go so very well together are wacky and French. Mix in the year 1971 and the idea of underground rock and you have the perfect champagne cocktail. There's the expected juxtapositions that match the anguished French tantrums with the delicate flute; the heavy electric guitar with the spacey voice; the menacing violin with the soft acoustic guitar; the screeching sax with the chanting monks. Well, we could go all day here. It's what you would expect from an album that translates more or less to "Long Live the Death of the Old World". This unabashed creativeness defines the time and place. Makes you want to riot at La Sorbonne, just as a raison d'etre.  While side 1 offers hors d'oeuvres, it's side 2 that we enjoy our super repas. Bon appetit!

Ownership: LP: 1971 Pop Music / Vogue. Recent online acquisition from France. Originals come with the flapback cover that was still common back then. 

6/6/09 (CDRWL); 1/20/20 (new entry)