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Look Through Any FenOtre (Singing in French as a second language)
| Artist | Song | |
| Blondie |
Sunday Girl (French Version) 1978 |
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| Regina Spektor |
Ne me quitte pas 2002 |
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| Les Sans Culottes |
Apollinaire 2002 |
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| Kylie Minogue |
Confide In Me (French Version) 2003 |
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| Heavenly |
Nous ne sommes pas des anges 1996 (France Gall) |
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| The Krolls |
Le cocanne, le chocolat 2007 |
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| The Blow |
Bonjour Jeune Fille 2006 |
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| Sarah Vaughan |
Michelle Date unkown (Beatles) |
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| Frenchmen |
Les Sucettes 2006 (France Gall) |
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| The New Seekers |
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma 1971 (Melanie) |
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| Sonny & Cher |
Je m'en balance car je t'aime 1966 ("But You're Mine") |
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| Marianne Faithfull |
Coquillages 1967 |
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| Electric Light Orchestra |
Hold On Tight 1981 |
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| April March |
Le code rural 2003 |
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| The Hollies |
Regardez par des fenOtres 1966 ("Look Thru Any Window") |
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| Tricky feat. Emilie Simon |
Je tombe 2008 |
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| Sonic Youth |
¦a plane pour moi 1992 (Plastic Bertrand) |
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| Petula Clark |
La nuit n'en finit plus 2004 (Searchers "Needles And Pins") |
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| Avril Lavigne |
Girlfriend (French Version) 2007 |
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| Lorne Greene |
Ringo (French Version) 1965 |
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| Fairport Convention |
Si tu dois partir 1969 (Bob Dylan "If You Gotta Go, Go Now") |
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| Susan Werner |
La vie en rose 1993 (Edith Piaf) |
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Comment:
72 minutes. This is a mix of songs sung partly or entirely in French, by singers
whose primary language is not French.
The Krolls' frontlady Masha Andreychikova is Russian. So is Regina Spektor,
but Regina grew up in New York. Avril Lavigne is an Anglophone Canadian.
The rest of the gang are Yanks, Brits, or Aussies, nationalities not known for
interest or skill in second languages.
April March gets a lot of practice, since she performs regularly in French, as do her fellow New Yorkers
Les Sans Culottes.
On the other hand, some are just giving it a shot.
I am no expert, but it sounds to me like most of them do quite well
with their French!
That was "most," not "all."
The famous voice of
Sarah Vaughan
gets noticeably faint
on the French lines.
The Sonny and Cher duet is obviously constructed to limit Monsieur to just a few words.
And Avril surely inspires her young fans to new heights of foreign language proficiency by
keeping English for certain key phrases, such as "I'm the motherf**kin' princess."
As for Sonic Youth,
one reviewer noticed that
Thurston is "just singing random things that sound like the original song."
He's doing Fake French!
½Oh mon Dieu! Comme on va s'amuser sur scFne avec cette chanson.+
Feedback:
looks interesting! - thank you for offering something different for my eyes - is this stuff available? - never thought of looking for songs in different languages over here in hillbilly america.
interesting concept, ed, & some fine tunes too
The all-time lame-French song I think would have to be "Michelle" (ma belle), perhaps followed by that "voulez-vous coucher avec moi" song, but you do have the great French-Canadian Lorne Greene doing "Ringo" which I bet is even better in French than in English. I would love to take this to French class!
Fairport convention does it for me most here, but there are a couple of other corkers . . . . that ELO album (Time?) was the last album I bought on Vinyl . . . 'attonnez toi as ton reves' or something similar isn;t it ?!
Looks great, I'll know more after I have The French Connection translate for me.
How about Reconnez Cherie by Wreckless Eric? As Eric sounds dodgy in English his French is tres mal.
Bit like mine. Love to hear that Frenchmen version of Les Sucettes. France Gall covers are always cool; you should hear her sing in German, I think that language suits her voice better than her own.
Bit like mine. Love to hear that Frenchmen version of Les Sucettes. France Gall covers are always cool; you should hear her sing in German, I think that language suits her voice better than her own.
Neat idea and execution. No "Michelle" or "Psycho Killer" (I only ask that because those are the two that sprang to my mind immediately)?
Great concept...have never heard that Hollies track.
I really like what you've done here. What about "Hungry For You" by The Police?
Incroyable? Ou-est le link, s'il vous plait?
Neat mix. I love that SY cover... makes me laugh since I can understand french. Also digging the Fairport Convention, Sarah Vaughan and Kylie Minogue songs.
I don't know if you've heard of Eux Autres but they're a band from Portland who have a few songs in sung in french. And its really good too. It would definitely work on this mix.
I don't know if you've heard of Eux Autres but they're a band from Portland who have a few songs in sung in french. And its really good too. It would definitely work on this mix.
Cool idea, I'm particularly fond of faux French (ala Sid Caesar).
very nice. check out luminescent orchestrii who do songs in french as well as english and yiddish.
TrTs Bon. Some fine stuff on here Ed, particulary like the 20-22. And I love The Blow..
Oui Oui! This does look like a mighty fine collection, monsier mixxer. Love the Heavenly, Blondie and April March especially. Curious to hear that Avril march :)
oooh. I love this!
Thurston can do whatever he likes. So can you Ed. Magnifique.
Great idea , excellent execution.
Excellent idea, Ed...And a great eclectic collection of artists and songs...Really good work....
Haven't heard anything about it... But what a bummer if that's true. Their last album was truly magnificent and I haven't even seen them live... :/ On a lighter note: Digging this quite a bit! 2, 7, 12, 14 & 17 are highlights for me. :)
The McGarrigles would have been a worthy addition here but french is their second language so I'm not sure if that qualifies. Nice idea.
Ce qui peut je dites au sujet du frantais...
Quite a diverse lineup on le mix, Ed.
Quite a diverse lineup on le mix, Ed.
this looks great, Mixxer - a real neat idea. I'd love to hear it! if you're planning a sequel, you're welcome to borrow my Al B. Sure "Nite and Day" 7" single, which has him doing the song in French on the b-side.
cool even if I didn't ubderstand a word ;)
Aw, man, I have to have a copy of this, if you have the chance, drop me a link.
c'est fabuleux!
That bit about Thurston is hilarious. Nice inclusions here, especially (for me) the Regina Spektor - a couple of hers would've fit the theme.
J'adore. Wish I could sing in English, let alone en Francais.