Before I go any further, let me wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2025 be filled with lots of peace, love, laughter, and of course….. Lots of good music too! And, during this past Christmas holiday, I’ve been listening to nothing but Montreal’s own Beau Dommage. I’m in love with their melodies, and to top it off, their vocal harmonies sometimes give me goosebumps for how good they are. I’ve already talked about their first record just a couple of posts ago. At how great their first record was. But I didn’t mention this, and I should before I continue at how they tend to use references at whatever is surrounding or on the island of Montreal. Their song “Chinatown,” highlights a car accident at the corner of St-Hubert and Jean Talon, or even Beaubien, and the 9th Avenue in their song, “Montreal.” I was also checking out their recorded podcast, found on Radio Canada Ohdio titled, Beau Dommage : La face cachée de l’album, that recounts the coming of each song within the first record released back in 1974. And honestly, I really hope that they get to do this project with the rest of their records, because it was so interesting to learn the stories behind each song. I wasn’t only focusing on the creative process, but what inspired it to become what it is, and how they tend to stand till this day. But, today’s post is not about that. Maybe in the future, but I wanna shift our focus towards their second record released in 1975 titled Où est passée la noce?. Originally released in 1975, but has finally gotten remixed from the original tapes last year in 2024, this record was pretty much a continuation of their first record. The band didn’t have enough space in the first record, so most of the songs appeared on the second record, and they weren’t too crazy about making a double LP. It’s so worth checking out because you’ve got gems like “Heureusement qu’il y a la nuit,” or even their 20:26 track titled, “Un incident a Bois-des-Filion,” allows you to explore more into depth their music. What’s interesting about that song was how everyone thought that Beau Dommage was a progressive rock band just after listening to it, but they’re really not!  And then you’ve got “Le blues d’la métropole,” which is one of my favourites as it recounts how we all go through changes within society, and our lifestyle, where there are now 10,000 people on Saint-Paul street down in the Old Port of Montreal!