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MadameButterfly wrote:Thank-you for that indeed a very good cover....will see what A'dam has to offer and then let you know! Please say something, anything in french....in the "General chat" PLEASE....love the language.
At least someone loves it
What can I say in french in the general chat
But here is something that was written by the great Paul Verlaine:
Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Blessent mon coeur
D'une langueur
Monotone
Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
Sonne l'heure
Je me souviens
Des jours anciens
Et je pleure ; Et je m'en vais
Au vent mauvais
Qui m 'emporte De-ci, de-là ,
Pareil à la
Feuille morte.
That's the only reason I like the Nouvelle Vague cover of Marian, though it loses Brownie points for missing out the German bit... Bottlers. Their versions of Too Drunk To f**k and Making Plans For Nigel make the album worth it all in all.
I still think Nouvelle Vague is awful, can't listen to it
I read somewhere they had to give the singer a more or less phonetical lyrics sheet, because she had never heard of any of the songs before and does not speak a single word English
Anyway, didn't get to listen this song yet, to get the holiday going I'm listening to all sorts of things I know and really like first,
Nouvelle really seem to split people. I can see why, I absolutely loved it when I first heard it, but it's starting to wear. 'Twas supposed to be a novelty I suppose. I have a massive soft spot for Bossa Nova as it is, so I was doomed to buy the album anyway
Would Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant by Siouxsie And The Banshees (b-side of Melt! which is rather apt in this heat) count as a French song since it WAS a French carol.
RobF wrote:Nouvelle really seem to split people. I can see why, I absolutely loved it when I first heard it, but it's starting to wear. 'Twas supposed to be a novelty I suppose. I have a massive soft spot for Bossa Nova as it is, so I was doomed to buy the album anyway
The only stuff of theirs I've heard is Marian, A Forest and I Just Can't Get Enough. I rather like them - A Forest is particularly fine - but I think listening in moderation is the key. I can imagine them becoming waring very quickly if I listened too often.
And I like Paris...maybe I can handle their arrogance...the feeling and atmosphere is poetry......and it is also romantic....with beautiful art ...modern and old...I do not understand too much and can speak only limited greetings but french is the language of love and passion.
Although could whisper sweet nothings all night long.....whilst dancing to both of the above ...
it's all about circles and spirals
that ongoing eternity
MadameButterfly wrote:In France with wine and short people...the villages and country-side?....it does have poetical ambiance..
Any atmosphere is also poetical....trust me....watch clouds and see forms.
And I thought poetry doesn't need necessarily wine and clouds as rock'n'roll doesn't need necessarily puudle-hair and falsetto.
But what do I know about poetry.
doctoravalanche wrote:I don't know if all Sisters fan here have heard about the french electro-rock band The Penelopes, they did a great cover in my opinion of "Alice", it was released this year on a vynil called "Steal this", it is maybe hard to get out of France.
Here is a direct link if you want to get it, hope you will like it cause I think it is really interesting ... http://footnostalgie.free.fr/sons/alice ... elopes.mp3
My mother always tells me "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
doctoravalanche wrote:I don't know if all Sisters fan here have heard about the french electro-rock band The Penelopes, they did a great cover in my opinion of "Alice", it was released this year on a vynil called "Steal this", it is maybe hard to get out of France.
Here is a direct link if you want to get it, hope you will like it cause I think it is really interesting ... http://footnostalgie.free.fr/sons/alice ... elopes.mp3
My mother always tells me "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all."
indeed a very good cover....will see what A'dam has to offer and then let you know! Please say something, anything in french....in the "General chat" PLEASE....love the language.
could whisper sweet nothings all night long.....whilst dancing to both of the above ...
