{"id":167,"date":"2026-01-26T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=167"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:24:54","slug":"the-story-behind-au-pays-du-cocaine-by-geese-and-its-inspiration-from-a-16th-century-painter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-story-behind-au-pays-du-cocaine-by-geese-and-its-inspiration-from-a-16th-century-painter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind \u201cAu Pays Du Cocaine\u201d by Geese and Its Inspiration From a 16th Century Painter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since they released their third album, <em>Getting Killed<\/em>, last year, Brooklyn-based rock band Geese has been gaining more attention. That attention has culminated in their debut appearance on sketch-comedy show <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> over the weekend. They performed the tracks \u201cAu Pays du Cocaine\u201d and \u201cTrinidad,\u201d but it&#8217;s the former which has some interesting inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title \u201cAu Pays du Cocaine\u201d was inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/338703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pieter Bruegel the Elder&#8217;s 1567 painting <em>Het Luilekkerland<\/em><\/a>. That title literally translates to \u201cThe Lazy-Tasty Land.\u201d In English, the painting is known as <em>The Land of Cockaigne<\/em>. Cockaigne was an imaginary medieval utopia, often depicted in art and folk tales as a place brimming with excess and hedonism, where people had no need to work. Essentially, it was the exact opposite of a medieval peasant&#8217;s difficult daily life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geese: Au Pays du Cocaine (Live) - SNL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tw7MC6_0a2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruegel&#8217;s painting depicts a small group of men relaxing after having overindulged, perhaps waiting to recover before doing it all again. They are surrounded by what&#8217;s left of their previous meal. But Bruegel wasn&#8217;t necessarily presenting Cockaigne in a positive light. An inscription at the bottom of the painting makes his intention clear: \u201cThe lazy and gluttonous farmers, soldiers, and clerks get there and taste all for nothing.\u201d Bruegel&#8217;s view of Cockaigne also depicts sloth and gluttony, two of the seven deadly sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geese Modernized a Few Concepts From the 16th Century Painting and Brought Them Into the Modern Age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, however, changes \u201cCockaigne\u201d to \u201cCocaine,\u201d in effect updating the concept of Cockaigne for modern audiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/geese\/au-pays-du-cocaine\">As described by SongFacts<\/a>, \u201cAu Pays du Cocaine\u201d alludes to \u201ca place where abundance becomes excess, pleasure becomes compulsion, and the magic roast goose is replaced by a substance that ruins far more lives than it improves,\u201d or \u201cCockaigne rewritten for an age of self-destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, \u201cAu Pays du Cocaine\u201d could be comparing a relationship to an addiction. It&#8217;s a familiar theme throughout music history. Or the singer could be assuring a potential partner he&#8217;ll always be there, even during struggles with addiction. Or could be presenting a relationship as its own version of Cockaigne, especially as Bruegel may have seen it: Something damaged by too much of a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Griffin Lotz\/Rolling Stone via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock band Geese&#8217;s song &#8220;Au Pays du Cocaine&#8221; takes its title from a famous painting depicting a fictional medieval utopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547050,"featured_media":168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":19,"post_id":80}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[43,18],"byline":[19],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-geese","tag-rock-music"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Features","term_id":12,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/features\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Geese","term_id":43,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/geese\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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