{"id":11545,"date":"2016-10-19T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auderset.com\/?p=11545"},"modified":"2016-10-19T15:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:59:28","slug":"la-priere-du-rockeur-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auderset.com\/en\/la-priere-du-rockeur-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The rocker\u2019s prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The den of demons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with \u2018my\u2019 band, I\u2019ve ventured onto the home turf of an alternative rock festival. It\u2019s stuffed full of black banners displaying the anarchist symbol, death\u2019s heads and other joys…
\nIn the audience, a rather unpleasant-looking demon with a goat\u2019s head is staring at me. Calm and collected, he is in the middle of a golden pentagram. \u00a0Cabalistic letters dripping with blood seem to circle him… Ah! My mistake, it\u2019s just the design on his t-shirt!
\nThe guy wearing this is decked out in metal chains that dangle right down to the ground and ripped pants (he must have bought them on Black Friday).
\nDespite that, he seems very nice (more so than many suited and booted individuals I\u2019ve come across in more respectable places…).<\/p>\n

The rocker\u2019s prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dark side of the force of the unseen world signals its presence in a very visible way on the human standard bearers who are slaves to their impossible dreams of freedom. Blinded by the fleeting lights of a stage at night, they\u2019ve forgotten their ruthless masters and their own misery to the point they deny they even exist.
\nMy blood boils, I can\u2019t just leave them to their fate. Back stage, my soul seeks a closer connection with God, looks to Him to strengthen my right hand. One sigh from Him, and Hell will be on its knees. I fire up my distortion pedal, I tune my heart… I sense the prayers of an entire army behind us (maybe it\u2019s you!).
\nI can\u2019t wait to do battle, to throw myself into the fight with riff after riff.<\/p>\n

Divine intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n

The warriors with me, I mean… the musicians, are ready for the off too. The group currently on stage start their last song glorifying sexual infidelity in a thousand different positions, each more depraved than the last\u2026
\nJust after that, it\u2019ll be our turn!!!
\nOur first songs are happy ones. In the audience, a group of young people, warned on my social media posts that I\u2019d be there, are having a party. They\u2019re easy to recognize: they look normal!).
\nWhen Lilou, our beautiful vocalist (and my wife), introduces a solemn song, God intervenes:
\n\u2013 This song is a prayer…<\/p>\n

To say that God is always there is terribly clich\u00e9d in our churches, which are stuffed to the gills with the truth, but here… these words are like a thunderbolt! The thicker the shadows, the more even the dimmest light stands out.
\nLike a solemn appeal, a crystal-clear guitar solo rings out, suddenly piercing the quiet night air. There is real significance in that moment.
\nOur performance was greatly appreciated by the event organizers. All the bands in attendance (even though they were better-known than us) had a 5 minute interview on an independent radio station (a bit pro-anarchist). We, on the other hand, got to talk for half an hour on air.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing special about shining your light amidst all the other lights.<\/p>\n

However, the darker the shadows, the more helpful even the tiniest light.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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