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 РMaxime Leforestier РMon fr̬re (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 Prévert 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 РBernard Lavilliers РBerceuse pour une shoot̩e (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 РClaude Nougaro РLe cin̩ma (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 РAir РLe soleil est pr̬s de moi (2004)
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Do i need to present this song ?
12 – Claude François – Comme d’habitude (1968)
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Original french song by Jacques Revaux, Claude François & 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…
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