Feeling down

Hi all,

I'm feeling depressed now and just needed to put it down somewhere. Sorry if you don't give a sh*t.

There's this french band called Noir Désir that I love as much, if not more, as Bon Jovi. They've been there for almost 20 years now. They're a rock/indie band with a very artistic dimension, and unbelievable lyrics written by their frontman Bertrand Cantat. This guy is so talented, and has done a lot to fight racism, poverty, etc... We shared the same views and I related to their work so much.

One night this simmer with my best friend we were asking ourselves who, among famous people that we appreciate, we would like to have as close friends, and Bertrand Cantat came first on our list. He seemed a most well balanced and good person. We'd seen them live 6 month before and he, and the band, seemed so cool, and accumplished (I can't find a better word) people.

The next day I was in my car and heard on the radio he'd lost his mind and had beaten his girlfriend, Marie Trintignant, a brilliant french actress and another very nice person, who died from her injuries after 2 or 3 days of coma.
It blew me away. I felt it as if it was my best friend or own brother that had done such a mad thing.

He is now in prison waiting for his trial. He's expected to get 15 years of prison if not more. He deserves it, no question about that.

The thing is since that day it's been so damn hard for me to listen to this band. Not that I don't like the music anymore, it even somehow became more powerful, but I can't get out of my mind all the beauty, creativity, talent, hope, etc... that has been wasted. Beyond the hole Noir Desir will leave behing them in french music, and the loss of Marie Trintignant, it's a part of me that died, and I'm still struggling to recover from it.

I'm done, thank you for listening.

Ponrauil

I'm down too today not for the same reason ..

You know i met Bertrand when i worked in Paris, he was a friend of my neighbour and Noir Désir was close to my husband's band. He's ok, but nothing special, i mean, lots of talent of course, but i'm not so surprised by what he did unfortunely .... It's so sad, Marie was so sweet, even if he was angry/drunk/under drugs etc .... i don't know, even if he just pushed her in fact .... the result is the same, he was violent and she's dead ! for once a man will pay and we lost 2 persons in this story, Marie and Bertrand - really really sad.

I'm sorry you're feeling so down. Whether you knew him personally or not, you had a level of faith in him that got destroyed, so I'm sorry for the loss you feel right now.

Becky

never heard of the guy but i totally believe that every single genius has a little bit of madness in them and i guess his came out at the wrong time.

Aloha !

It was on the news here too, how all his fans were shocked that something like this happened. When you're a fan of someone you see them as sort of heroes to you. And now Bertrand stole away that idea from you with such a bad thing. I'm sorry for you.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Sorry to hear you are feeling down ... I hope the reaction of people here can cheer you up and like to be a part of that !!!
He destroyed your faith and I can understand it perfectly you can't listen to the songs the way you used too !

Very sad what happened to the girl !