The song by Scott McKenzie is not the only beautiful song written about this fascinating city. In 1971, Maxime Le Forestier, who at the time was still a thriving young singer, who wrote folk-inspired songs with his sister, went in America and settled in San Francisco during a month. The characters described in the song are real people. It is about a real community that existed in San Francisco in the early 70’s, where freedom, love, pacifism and drugs were everywhere. Fascinated by this atmosphere, when he came back to France, Le Forestier wrote this song, which was is first hit. Since then, pretty much every French person that gets to visit SF (and knows the classic old French songs) tries to locate and find this blue house…
- C’est une maison bleue
- Adossée à la colline
- On y vient à pied
- On ne frappe pas
- Ceux qui vivent là
- Ont jeté la clef
- On se retrouve ensemble
- Après des années de route
- Et l’on vient s’asseoir
- Autour du repas
- Tout le monde est là
- À cinq heures du soir
- Quand San Francisco s’embrume
- Quand San Francisco s’allume
- San Francisco
- Où êtes-vous
- Lizzard et Luc
- Psylvia
- Attendez-moi
- Nageant dans le brouillard
- Enlacés, roulant dans l’herbe
- On écoutera
- Tom à la guitare
- Phil à la kena
- Jusqu’à la nuit noire
- Un autre arrivera
- Pour nous dire des nouvelles
- D’un qui reviendra
- Dans un an ou deux
- Puisqu’il est heureux
- On s’endormira
- Quand San Francisco se lève
- Quand San Francisco se lève
- San Francisco
- Où êtes-vous
- Lizzard et Luc
- Psylvia
- Attendez-moi
- C’est une maison bleue
- Accrochée à ma mémoire
- On y vient à pied
- On ne frappe pas
- Ceux qui vivent là
- Ont jeté la clef
- Peuplée de cheveux longs
- De grands lits et de musique
- Peuplée de lumière
- Et peuplée de fous
- Elle sera dernière
- À rester debout
- Si San Francisco s’effondre
- Si San Francisco s’effondre
- San Francisco
- Où êtes-vous
- Lizzard et Luc
- Psylvia
- Attendez-moi
- It’s a blue house
- On the back of an hill
- You come here by foot
- You don’t knock
- Those who live here
- Have thrown away the keys
- We meet up together
- After years on the road
- And we come to seat
- Around the meal
- Everyoby’s there
- At 5 in the evening
- When San Francisco fogs up
- When San Francisco lights up
- San Francisco
- Where are you
- Lizzard and Luc
- Psylvia
- Wait for me
- Swimming in the haze
- Entwined, rolling in the grass
- We’ll listen to
- Tom on guitar
- Phil on kena
- Until the dark night
- Another will come
- To give us news
- About one who’ll come back
- In a year or two
- Since he’s happy
- We’ll fall asleep
- When San Francisco rises up
- When San Francisco rises up
- San Francisco
- Where are you
- Lizzard and Luc
- Psylvia
- Wait for me
- It’s a blue house
- Clinging to my memory
- You come here by foot
- You don’t knock
- Those who live here
- Have thrown away the keys
- Full of long hair
- Large beds and music
- Full of light
- And full of madmen
- She will be the last one
- Standing
- If San Francisco collapses
- If San Francisco collapses
- San Francisco
- Where are you
- Lizzard and Luc
- Psylvia
- Wait for me
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