goldfinger Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Looking at it, I dont think you can credit Clau Clau with My Way... he probably contributed a couple of lines... there were other, more serious song writers involved on that . Clau Clau was all candy floss, he spent his life doing covers of Brit and American pop songs. Sacha Distel did that too... to some degree, whenever I think of him, I think of "Raindrops are falling on my head" ..." The song "Seasons in the Sun"... that was a big hit way back for Canadian Terry Jacks in 1974 ... it was so out of the ordinary .. a song about death. Did n't realise at the time but its a Jaques Brel song ! "Song of a dying man" ! ( what a depressing theme for a song ! but it gets you emotionally every time.) ( interesting... Terry Jacks... Jaques Brel ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Looking at it, I dont think you can credit Clau Clau with My Way... he probably contributed a couple of lines... there were other, more serious song writers involved on that . Clau Clau was all candy floss, he spent his life doing covers of Brit and American pop songs. Sacha Distel did that too... to some degree, whenever I think of him, I think of "Raindrops are falling on my head" ..." The song "Seasons in the Sun"... that was a big hit way back for Canadian Terry Jacks in 1974 ... it was so out of the ordinary .. a song about death. Did n't realise at the time but its a Jaques Brel song ! "Song of a dying man" ! ( what a depressing theme for a song ! but it gets you emotionally every time.) ( interesting... Terry Jacks... Jaques Brel ! ) Cloclo actually wrote "Comme D'Habitude" with Jacques Revaux (helping with the music) and Gilles Thibaut (he wrote the French lyrics). Of course, he wasn't a brilliant songwriter but at least that song is his song... Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics and changed the meaning: Cloclo's song is sad and depressive while Sinatra's very positive. Sacha Distel didn't write all of his songs though he did write the one I like the best: "La Belle Vie" was written by him and Jean Broussolle (lyrics) in Franch. But he gave it first to Tony Bennet, who had a hit with "The Good Life" (lyrics in english by Jack Reardon). I don't know if he co-wrote his other hits such as M.Cannibale or Incendie à Rio, but he also sung Gainsbourg ("Mamadou") and many covers of French and foreign songs... And he was an amazing jazz guitar player. Terry Jack's covers of Brel's "Le Moribond" or "If You Go Away" ("Ne Me Quitte Pas") are not bad... I still prefer Bowie's "Amsterdam"... There was a recent cover of France Gall's Link (written by Gainsbourg) called "Chick Habbit" by April March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Diane Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Looking at it, I dont think you can credit Clau Clau with My Way... he probably contributed a couple of lines... there were other, more serious song writers involved on that . Clau Clau was all candy floss, he spent his life doing covers of Brit and American pop songs. Sacha Distel did that too... to some degree, whenever I think of him, I think of "Raindrops are falling on my head" ..." The song "Seasons in the Sun"... that was a big hit way back for Canadian Terry Jacks in 1974 ... it was so out of the ordinary .. a song about death. Did n't realise at the time but its a Jaques Brel song ! "Song of a dying man" ! ( what a depressing theme for a song ! but it gets you emotionally every time.) ( interesting... Terry Jacks... Jaques Brel ! ) I also think so. __________________ Watch Sanctum Online Free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 is this thread supposed to be about any French songs, or mostly about the examples which were given? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Just the French scene generally Come to think of it, a biog or autobiog of Sacha would make interesting reading, ditto Bardot ditto Deneuve ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Yes. Feel free to discuss any French song... I'm writing an article about "L'Accordéon" (serge Gainsbourg) sung by Juliette Gréco, for a Spanish online magazine. It's funny, I hadn't written in Spanish since 1996... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Come to think of it, a biog or autobiog of Sacha would make interesting reading, ditto Bardot ditto Deneuve ! My grandad used to tell me some family stories about how he got his first guitar, high-school, girls and such... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 one French song I really like is Le vent nous portera ~ Noir Desir (even though I know the story behind the band and that the singer can't really be considered to be a role model ) Je n'ai pas peur de la route Faudrait voir, faut qu'on y goûte Des méandres au creux des reins Et tout ira bien là Le vent nous portera Ton message à la Grande Ourse Et la trajectoire de la course Un instantané de velours Même s'il ne sert à rien va Le vent l'emportera Tout disparaîtra mais Le vent nous portera La caresse et la mitraille Et cette plaie qui nous tiraille Le palais des autres jours D'hier et demain Le vent les portera Génetique en bandouillère Des chromosomes dans l'atmosphère Des taxis pour les galaxies Et mon tapis volant dis ? Le vent l'emportera Tout disparaîtra mais Le vent nous portera Ce parfum de nos années mortes Ce qui peut frapper à ta porte Infinité de destins On en pose un et qu'est-ce qu'on en retient? Le vent l'emportera Pendant que la marée monte Et que chacun refait ses comptes J'emmène au creux de mon ombre Des poussières de toi Le vent les portera Tout disparaîtra mais Le vent nous portera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Foux Du Fafa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edna Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Martin, I liked Noir Désir very much. it was my fave French Band. (it was, sadly...somehow -and for private reasons-I was very much involved, back in the sixties, with the first tragedy at the Trintignant's, they lost their first child and Nadine even made a film about that. "Ça N'arrive qu'aux autres". Song by Michel Polnareff). So when they lost the remaining daughter it was quite impressing... ) "Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres" - Michel Polnareff La petite bête jouait au jardin Et j'avais sa tête au creux de ma main Un oiseau de plus Un oiseau de moins Tu sais, la différence c'est le chagrin Il n'y a pas eu école ce matin Il n'y aura plus d'enfance au jardin Un oiseau de plus Un oiseau de moins Tu sais, la différence c'est le chagrin La petite bête jouait au jardin C'était une fête comme tous les matins Un oiseau de toi Un oiseau de moi Venait ici manger dans notre main Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres Mais c'était le nôtre Tu sais, la différence c'est le chagrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 If you go away.... another Jacques Brel song.. wow his songs hit you emotionally every time he was one hell of a song writer. Born in Belgium but he seems to have spent a lot of his professional life in Paris . He died at the early age of 49 in 1978 I suspect it was the fags that did it .... as also in the case of Serge Gainsbourg (though Serge made it to age 62 !) (they were almost exact contemporaries.. Jacques born 1928 Serge born 1929 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Serge Gainsbourg kept on smoking and drinking very very hard after his first heart attack. Plus he never could accept Jane Birkin left him, though she always loved him. Gainsbourg was a genius... Brel was just an amazing poet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 France Gall "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son" "Baby Pop" "Les Sucettes" "Laisse tomber les filles" "Bebe Requin" Catch these fellas dancing! Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Gainsbourg was a genius... Brel was just an amazing poet. end quote a genius ? come on, hes candy floss compared to the brilliant Brel J t'aime is all I can think of and that is hardly a song anyway ! wow.. France Gall.... ! she looks like France's answer to Marianne Faithful ! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Looks like you are fluent in Spanish, French and English then Edna .... ! quite a talent ! Can you speak any other languages ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 a genius ? come on, hes candy floss compared to the brilliant Brel J t'aime is all I can think of and that is hardly a song anyway ! wow.. France Gall.... ! she looks like France's answer to Marianne Faithful ! Actually, "Je T'Aime etc..." is a song I hate... You should read Gainsbourg lyrics. His "calembours" (puns) are brilliant. Those songs BF posted are gainsbourg songs (sauf Bébé Requin) but he also wrote many, many other stuff... I will post "L'Accordéon" for you if you speak Franch... Brel is a genius too, I was a bit too short in my statement... "La Valse A Mille Temps"... As for France Gall, she was there quite before Marianne Faithfull. In fact, Marianne faithfull was rather the answer to Françoise Hardy (Marianne& Mick, Françoise&Jacques Dutronc) Looks like you are fluent in Spanish, French and English then Edna .... ! quite a talent ! Can you speak any other languages ? Thank you, goldfinger... Yes, I speak Russian too... (it's a family thing... we're all from different places ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 "L'Accordéon" - Juliette Gréco "L'Accordéon" - Gainsbourg "Comment Te Dire Adieu" - Françoise Hardy "Comic Strip" - BB&Gainsourg "Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais" - Gainsbourg "Dieu est un fumeur de Havannes" - Deneuve&Gainsbourg "La Javanaise" - Gainsbourg "Ces Petits Riens" - Françoise Hardy I hope you speak French... I guess you do... All these songs were written by gainsbourg. far from the ridiculous "Je t'aime moi non plus" that was just a track pour épatter le bourgeois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 "Love Me, please love me" - Michel Polnareff I love this song. Not a brillian lyricist but such a great performer and sonwriter... But the main one, the MASTER, papa... c'est Georges Brassens. Talk about a poet... I believe in Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Georges Brassens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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