tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post5846741164363575446..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Vieux JeuBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-73463922908983309962009-06-14T21:27:05.744+01:002009-06-14T21:27:05.744+01:00OOh, an album on spotify. After all these spill li...OOh, an album on spotify. After all these spill lists...steenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-75389433668265124932009-06-14T21:07:13.081+01:002009-06-14T21:07:13.081+01:00Radio Nova says this:
«Melocoton, où elle est mama...Radio Nova says this:<br /><i>«Melocoton, où elle est maman ? » : refrain du plus implacable blues français, un bijou en forme de comptine, dû à une femme à la carrure imposante et à la voix soul scotchante, Colette Magny. Une figure radicale et indomptable dont les textes engagés enflammeront l’après 68.</i><br /><br />"Which lefty-loosely translates an unstoppable French blues refrain in the shape of a lullaby, from a woman with an imposing frame and flabbergasting soul voice, Colette Magny. A radical and indomitable figure whose lyrics inflamed the post 1968 era."<br /><br />The lyrics of the actual song repeat several phrases, which seem to be a discussion between two children. If I got this right, they're called Melocoton and Boule d'Or (goldenball, like David Beckham).<br />Boule d'Or asks Melocoton where mummy is, "I don't know" he/she says, "come, take my hand"<br />"To go where?"<br />"I dunno, come"<br />"Daddy's got a big voice, do you think we'll get to talk like that some day?"<br />"I dunno, come take my hand"<br /><br />Practice your french here:<br />http://jbodart.club.fr/melocoton.htm<br /><br />I saw she has an album on spotify, which I was lining up for listening sometime this week.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-78170741219477747682009-06-14T20:34:20.463+01:002009-06-14T20:34:20.463+01:00Ooh--I do like it! I love it. I love how it has da...Ooh--I do like it! I love it. I love how it has dark & light elements all at once. Wow. What is she saying?(Sorry for this delayed reaction, I was at work. And I hadn't started listening to this list yet at all)<br /><br />What a voice! I looked up some other songs on youTube...what is it with these strange, sad lullabies? They're so effecting. Or is that affecting?<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIzTyHMQrQ&feature=relatedsteenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-89027478444115109162009-06-14T19:50:40.869+01:002009-06-14T19:50:40.869+01:00They're very sweary if you use the original an...They're very sweary if you use the original ancient meaning of con, but now we use as a more offensive way to say stupid, so it's okay to sing along to it.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-54912710707097205252009-06-14T19:20:07.983+01:002009-06-14T19:20:07.983+01:00the lyrics for requiem pour un con are very sweary...the lyrics for requiem pour un con are very sweary - i know this cos i asked my dad to translate them last year!Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-5035476419667320492009-06-13T22:14:17.920+01:002009-06-13T22:14:17.920+01:00What's the French for "ennui" remind...What's the French for "ennui" reminds me of the great Bushism. Talking of the lazy socialist cheese-eaters, he pronounced that "the trouble with the French is they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'"glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.com