Always Frenchy «

Wed 9 May 2007

Always Frenchy

Posted by Dangerscouse under Soopajud
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Dangerscouse says:

May 9, 2007 at 4:49 pm

Bonjour tout le monde !

Finally, here is my french mix :

“Sometimes Classy, Sometimes Cheesy, always Frenchy”

The title speaks for itself. ;o)
I’ve add information about the songs that you could read while listening.
It helps grabbing the meaning more efficiently.(sometimes)…

Hope you’ll enjoy !

see ya all !
s00pajud

Tracklist :

01 – Youssoun Dour : Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux (2002)
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This title is a cover of the poet Georges Brassens by the french senegalian Youssoun Dour …
It tells that there is no happy love, it doesn’t exist.. (sorry guys)

02 – Maxime Leforestier – Mon frÃ¨re (1972)
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THis song begins with : “You, the brother that i never had, do you know what we could have achieved”
The guy mourns about a brother he never had

03 – Charles Aznavour – La salle et la terrasse (1983)
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Our international french guy complains about his miserable life.
He works as a waiter in a bar owns by the girl he wanted to marry but never had the guts to…
A sentence in the song : “I’m a jerk, i’m always a loser, but i’m liked by the clients”
La salle et la terrasse means “The bar and the sundeck (terrace)” (?)

04 – Michel Jonasz – Le cabaret Tzigane (1981)
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This french singer is not well appreciated in France because of his “sheep’s voice”.
But i like him very much…
This song tells about the images that comes to him when he enters a tziganian (?) bar…Very nostalgic (as always..for Jonasz)..

05 – Serge Gainsbourg – Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais (1974)
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Do i need to present this composer or this song ?

06 – Yves Montand – Les feuilles mortes (1946)
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Original french song from the poet PrÃ©vert and the composer Kosma.
A worldwide hit. Montand is cheesy but has a great voice, and the song is so wonderful. You might know it as “Autumn leaves”.
Tells about a lost love (as always), but no regrets, cause this song haunts him, and is reviving sweet memories to him..

07 – Bernard Lavilliers – Berceuse pour une shootÃ©e (1976)
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“Lullaby for a junkie” the title is quite eloquent..
A sentence : ” Mr Dealer i know you, i feel like killing you” (pfff, chicken chicken!!!)

08 – Alain bashung – Bijou, Bijou (1979)
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Enigmatic man, enigmatic lyrics, beautiful song. Cause, even if the words are not so understandable, they sound very well…
Bijou means jewel. A sentence : ” I can’t say goodbye this morning cause i don’t feel good, fuck ! : you’ve been so beautiful when you were on your knees”

09 – Claude Nougaro – Le cinÃ©ma (1962)
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Music from Michel Legrand.
Story : The man makes his movie in his head.. He starts over and over the sequence where she falls in his arms…

10 – Michel Legrand – Tous les moulins de mon coeur (1968)
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Originally Composed for “The thomas Crown Affair” with Steve McQueen
“The windmills of your mind” obtained an award for original soundtrack (To get right away : wonderful).
This is a very cheesy song ! but the music is Michel legrand…what can i say…?

11 – Air – Le soleil est prÃ¨s de moi (2004)
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Do i need to present this song ?

12 – Claude FranÃ§ois – Comme d’habitude (1968)
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Original french song by Jacques Revaux, Claude FranÃ§ois & Gilles Thibault
Worldwide known as “My Way”. The right translation of Comme d’habitude is “As Usual”.
Story tells about the solitude of a married man that pretends to still love his wife

13 – Michel Jonasz – 25 Piges dont 5 au cachot (1979)
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“I’d like to fly on a back of a bee, and squeeze in between the bars of my cell”
The title means “25 years but 5 in the brig”
don’t miss the vocal solo of Arthur Simms at the end…

14 – Edith Piaf – Les Amants d’un jour (1956)
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A waitress envies lovers that ask for a room…
Ahhh…Edith Piaf…!

15 – Mathieu Boogaerts – Dom (2000)
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A friend that Mathieu has lost…
“You are talented Dom”

16 – Katerine – Copenhague (1996)
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“Don’t ever talk to me again about Copenhague” (Why not?)

17 – M – Faut Oublier (1999)
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“Need to Forget” “I avoid bad thoughts, they fly away, i don’t know where”…

18 – Bonus TRACK : Grace jones – Frantic Soundtrack – Strange (1988)
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Original song by Astor Piazzolla..
I like when grace speaks in french, it’s fun and creepy…
bong says:

May 10, 2007 at 9:54 am

la sound mix
merci

😈

Mon singe est dans lâ€™arbre
soopajud says:

May 10, 2007 at 10:48 am

Que fait-il dans l’arbre ?
bong says:

May 10, 2007 at 12:17 pm

sorry
it’s the only french i know
😉
soopajud says:

May 10, 2007 at 1:01 pm

It’s a good sentence anyway… You never know…sometimes it could be very helpful.. 😉
Dangerscouse says:

May 10, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Sorry to show my ignorance…what does it mean?
bong says:

May 10, 2007 at 2:05 pm

it’s says
“the monkey is in the tree”

“borrowed” from eddie izzard, who uses the phrase in one of his jokes about getting about france with 70’s GCSE french as the basis for his knowledge of the language..

😈
dEZ says:

May 10, 2007 at 3:46 pm

If the monkey is in the tree, where is the cat ?

I’m going to listen to this one very carefully. I happen to understand French better than English and I ‘don’t know each and every song in this mix.

The cover is amazing, as always . . .
For those willing to see more of Superdupont, I urge you to go visit this site, it’s great :

http://www.marcelgotlib.com/

I Will be back to comment the songs and the way they are put together
dEZ says:

May 11, 2007 at 9:12 am

Well . . .
First, let me start by saying that I really appreciated all of those songs, the lyrics are awesome and they represent at least half of the interest of the songs.

You really did a great job, the songs are cleverly put together.

Nice cover by Youssou n’dour, I never heard this version before.

The one song I didn’t like is Katerine, not that it’s not good, I just don’t like that singer.

A nice collection of Classic French songs.

Oh, and the sound is great ! 320 Kbps you must acutally own all those records.
monkey says:

May 11, 2007 at 12:34 pm

oh! no. le singe n’est pas “dans l’arbre” le singe est sur la branch.
soopajud says:

May 12, 2007 at 5:02 pm

thanks dez !
i don’t deserve such credits…
I put songs together like you said..I’m far from doing the impressive work of some really good mixers in here..
But i have fun anyway, the funniest was to imagine english folks listen to old cheesy french songs… this is fun!
And there are good tunes in this stuff..Glad you enjoyed it ! katerine’s song is taken from his first album.. long before he went “let’s dress and act completly stupid to make business”, you should listen to “Le jardin botanique” : nice tune…

see you on oxmo !
useo8 says:

May 28, 2007 at 3:19 am

I ‘live’ in Michigan,USA,& quite enjoyed the amazing selection.I got a real sense of the local music & especially was grateful for the liner notes.
I was familiar with the artists of 1,5 & 7.The rest were new & pleasing.
Wonderful cover there.Looks hi-larious!
Thanks for the overview.
Edward says:

May 30, 2007 at 5:41 pm

This one came up at random on my headphones at work today. Totally fab – perfect for stopping me being annoyed and brought a smile to my face (or at least a gallic smirk).
Ken Masters says:

June 8, 2007 at 9:49 am

I’m a big fan of most modern French stuff but this was just as sweet. This put me in a French cafe somewhere in a small leafy square sipping wine from a carafe. Lovely 8)

Like the song descriptions too. Most helpful