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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 songContinue reading “Maxime Le Forestier – San Francisco”

It’s probably Pierre Perret’s most famous -and of his most politically engaged- songs. I thought it would be a good choice for today, since it’s a message that we would have taken for granted only a few weeks or months ago, but there’s apparently some things that need to be repeated over and over again…Continue reading “Pierre Perret – Lily”

This one is a huge classic. And also one of the saddest French songs you’ll ever hear, probably. It’s Ferré’s most famous song. [More about Léo Ferré] Avec le temps Avec le temps va, tout s’en va On oublie le visage, et l’on oublie la voix Le coeur quand ça bat plus, c’est pas laContinue reading “Léo Ferré – Avec le Temps”

This is one of the most famous French rap songs of the 90’s. [More about IAM] Petit frère n’a qu’un souhait devenir grand C’est pourquoi il s’obstine à jouer les sauvages dès l’âge de dix ans Devenir adulte, avec les infos comme mentor C’est éclater les dents de ceux qui ne sont pas d’accord ÀContinue reading “IAM – Petit Frère”

This beautiful song, written for him by Jean-Jacques Goldman, is a song dedicated to his then 3-year-old daughter Laura Smet. It’s also one of his many famous songs. [More about Johnny Halliday] Laura Y a tant d’hommes que je ne suis pas Y a tant de phrases qu’on dit Que je ne te dirai pasContinue reading “Johnny Halliday – Laura”

Okay, so here is THE classic of the classics. Isn’t it like the most covered French song of all times ? Or at least very close to it. I chose to put several great covers as well, after the translation of the song. It’s Edith Piaf who wrote the lyrics in 1945, and the musicContinue reading “Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose”

It’s probably one of her most famous songs. It’s a song about the human race, its errors and its failures. The lyrics are great and in my opinion this song becomes more and more actual with time. [More about Zazie] Je suis un homme de Cro-Magnon Je suis un singe ou un poisson Sur laContinue reading “Zazie – Je suis un homme”

I’m in dynamics of translating love songs tonight, so let’s go with another one, from the great Francis Cabrel, who is quite a specialist in romantic songs, so there was a wide choice 😉 This is one of this most famous and beautiful songs. And this is one of the many songs he totally wroteContinue reading “Francis Cabrel – Je t’aimais, je t’aime et je t’aimerai”

As I write these worlds, it’s February the 14th, so happy Valentine’s Day, fuckers ! At this occasion, here is a magnificent love song, from one of the best representatives of French music in the XXth century 🙂 The title can be translated as “the old lovers’ song”. Bien sûr, nous eûmes des orages VingtContinue reading “Jacques Brel – La chanson des vieux amants”

Okay, so this is the first time I translate a -long- rap song, and this one is even more complicated because there’s a lot of sounds and syllabs repetitions as you can see in many rap tracks in any language. It still was a lot of fun, and it can give you a good glimpseContinue reading “NTM – Laisse pas traîner ton fils”