Air Call Kids 'Evil'
- Posted on Oct 8th 2009 3:30PM by Ken Micallef
- Comments (95)
French duo Air knows a thing or two about making music. Their lush, oddly stimulating electronica has graced movie soundtracks and TV commercials, and filled dance clubs since the late '90s. But when they're not making music, life can be complex for Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel."Things get bizarre when we leave the studio," Godin says, "that is our normal life. We are not very adaptive. In the studio everything is normal, like a fish in water. Then when we go out it's a nightmare. You have to deal with things. Like here in the US, I have to speak English."
"We are really sensitive to the aggressiveness of the world," Dunckel adds. "In the studio everything is simple and we are productive."
Not content to muse in the present, Godin brings up his childhood, where as John Lennon once sang, "Everything was right." Or maybe not.
"I remember when I first heard 'Peter and the Wolf' in kindergarten," Godin recalls. "I knew then that the instruments in the orchestra were my friends. They were better than human beings. That was magic when I was in class with all these mean kids 'cause kids are f---ing mean. Everybody loves kids but kids are evil. And I have kids! But it's true."
It's true? How can a father say kids are mean? Aren't they the light of his life? "Kids are mean," Godin confirms, his sullen expression unmoving. "Look at them when they play. They are mean to each other. They are full of aggressive behavior. Then I heard 'Peter and the Wolf' and I was saved by the music."
Reader Comments(1 of 5)
homecarekingat 10-10-2009
This guy is one sick mofo. Kids are not mean. He probably had a crappy childhood so he has to take it out on kids now. Grow the F........... up dude.
Louanneat 10-10-2009
I don't know what world you grew up in, but that guy is right - kids ARE mean and selfish and motivated by the desire for everything to be about them. That's why they have parents - to raise them and teach them that the world doesn't revolve around them and that they can't treat people badly. That's the way it is - period.
SpiceMonkeyat 10-10-2009
Yeah, sure... you apparently grew up someplace where there were no other children...
Phylat 10-10-2009
Kids ARE mean! Most definitely and mostly because they are SO honest and do not FAKE being nice. And we all know its the truth that hurts!
TweetDeckTVat 10-10-2009
As a professional nanny for 20 years, I can vouch that each child is an individual, born with innate traits of both intellect and biological proclivity. A large part of what determines a child's personality is of course dependent on parental guidance, or the lack thereof.
Godin is simply not eloquent, but not alone in his sentiments. Hopefully, we have learned that indulgence is not the answer to raising confident humans. Respect is something that used to designate someone as a hero or a "star". The media idolizing ruthlessness is a trend that will go by the wayside...if society knows what's good for it.
James D. Arnoldat 10-10-2009
If you have already forgotten what your childhood was really like, watch a few episodes of South Park.
Scarpelliat 10-10-2009
True dat. South Park is closer to reality than we choose to admit.
Lorraineat 10-10-2009
I work for a school bus comp. and yes kids are mean. they are little monsters. They respect no one.
Mattat 10-10-2009
That's not true at all. My bus driver is so cruel that when several of my friends were speaking quietly, he screamed "SHUT UP!!" over the intercom and drove the bus over a speed bump at 20 MPH. Don't paint us all with the same brush.
morgyat 10-10-2009
Are you saying you never a child who never picked on anyone? I would have to say you are blind then. I was a child who never picked on anyone. I had friends like that to. My niece is picked on in school, and she often feels bad for other children who are picked on. The fact that you think no child has compassion is scary. I hope you do not have any children.
?????????at 10-10-2009
Lorraine guess what, im a kid and yeah ur rite the y can be monsters keyword can be, but some of them r really nice but yo know what it's a cruel word and not everyone gonna be nce to you
boboat 10-10-2009
It's because he's French!!
Carolineat 10-11-2009
It's got nothing to do with that! kids are mean! i'm a teacher I know that for a fact! but that's because they have no real concept of good and evil!!!
walkfarwmnat 10-10-2009
If he doesn't like to speak English in the USA, what is he doing here - Making money off of us. Besides he sounds a little sicko to me; not all kids are mean.
gingerat 10-10-2009
I totally Agree with him, Kids are the meanest Humans alive. I never had any Because I remember from my childhood just How Mean kids are. Give me a Dog anyday,you keep the kids.
SpiceMonkeyat 10-10-2009
What're you, some kind of f*cking imbecile?
Michele Rodgersat 10-10-2009
This guy makes me sick! True kids can be brats sometimes, but you know what it's all a part of learned behavior, mixed with natural instinct....children are amazing, they really are. Kids who behave meanly are testing their place in this world and how to act. Thats where we as adults and parents come in. Kids are not evil....Thinking the way this idiot does IS. And like someone else said...If you are in America stop b****ing about speaking English, you are making money off of the english speaking...you don't like it don't come back and give us our money back!! Why did you even have children? I feel bad for them!!!
nellat 10-10-2009
I say let him stay out of the US, in fact, we should ban him from entering our country. Kids can be mean if they are allowed to be, but it is up to adults to make them behave. Most adults not only allow bad behavior in kids but actually encourage it.
Sexy!at 10-10-2009
kids aren't evil per se but get a bunch of em in one room and they are mean!! have you ppl seen how gross kids act these days? NO resepct for authority and toys all over the place constantly at my favourite bookstore cos the parents can not or will not control their kids! there are people who ALWAYS have to pick up after their kids on top of whatever else they have to do all day! it is very rare nowadays when I see a kid who is well-mannered it's like seeing a unicorn give birth it's such a rare thing! Ppl need to teach their kids manners and to be nice to each other; it's basic stuff! Don't get me started on how bad they act at school!
Jessicaat 10-10-2009
I work at a bookstore, and I agree completely. There are parents who bring their kids in and than leave while they walk around the rest of the store, or even the mall. I hate to tell you guys this, but we are not baby sitters! We have things to do while we work, and your kids get in our way when they ask the price of the same book 10 times when they don't have money for it anyway and only plan on throwing a fit to get it when you finally come back. And God forbid if these neglectful parents come back and cannot find their child. That is our fault, of course. It couldn't be their fault for just leaving their six year old in a store alone. I agree with this guy as well; kids are mean, evil, nasty little creatures unless their parents raise them to act otherwise. Without proper instruction, with seems to be becoming more and more rare, kids grow up and stay nasty. They don't come out nice; kindness and goodness are learned traits. Look at an angry screaming baby sometime and you'll see true human nature.