April 13, 2009
I really love the Gros Mammouth Album by Les Trois Accords. This song isn’t really in the style of the album, but has simple lyrics, sung slowly which would put this song very much in the “easy” category except for a few Québécois expressions which may not be immediately recognisable.
And there’s a couple of chuckles to be had.
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April 11, 2009
This is a song by Renaud (Renaud Séchan), a very popular, often controversial French singer. This song Le Père Noel Noir (The Black Father Christmas) gives a description of Father Christmas as seen through the detached eyes of someone who sees him going about his business.
This translation has been the most interesting so far – a bucket load of slang expressions, colloquialisms and interesting verbs. There’s a lot of good stuff we can learn here.
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