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Translation of Il Faut Que Tu T’en Ailles by Marie Mai

April 9, 2010

The UK general election was called on Tuesday and we’ll soon be trundling off to the polling booths to decide how many of our current suits we want to swap for new ones. Now, this song choice is not supposed to indicate in any way my political preference (not much), suffice to say that it [...]

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Translation of Arrêter La Clope by Renaud

March 23, 2010

Thirty one years on from the release of his first album, in 1975, Renaud released his fourteenth album Rouge Sang. The classic style of half singing and half talking in French songs is something that has never tickled me, but Renaud produces albums that are consistently full of great tunes and interesting lyrics. Arrêter la [...]

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Translation of Caméra Vidéo by Les Trois Accords

March 20, 2010

Here’s another Les Trois Accords translation, this time from their 2009 album Dans Mon Corps. All their albums are great fun and this one has really grown on me since its release a few months ago. The lyrics are provided in this video, click the link below to go to the translation…

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Translation of Presque Complet by Vulgaires Machins

March 17, 2010

Long time, no see! Many apologies to those who have left comments over the past three months – a combination of not being involved with the site and the fact that my ISP had decided that the notification emails were spam has meant that I’ve only just approved them all! Vulgaires Machins latest album, Requiem [...]

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Translation of A Tout Moment La Rue by Eiffel

December 6, 2009

As you can see, top right, Eiffel’s 2007 Album Tandoori is one of my Top 10 French language albums of the last five years. Their latest release, A Tout Moment, released in October this year is contained within the Amazon widget to the left. I’ve just bought this album today and as I write this [...]

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Translation of Déjà Loin by Marie-Mai

November 8, 2009

I can’t tell you how much this guy reminds me of myself about twenty years ago. He’s even using the same Gibson guitar I was grinding at the time and would’ve used to record almost exactly that video had YouTube been around in 1989. Thankfully it was not. The song he is attacking is the [...]

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What a petite terre

November 3, 2009

Two weeks ago I was searching for something fresh. I was really looking for some new French singing rock band. I didn’t find much – I came across one track by Bony Hide which, although pretty good and indeed like gold when compared with some of the horrors I’d been listening to that day, didn’t [...]

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Translation of Mon Pére Etait Tellement De Gauche by Les Fatals Picards

October 28, 2009

“So what is the award for?” “For saving the council money. I happened to mention one day that I’d had the same broom for the last twenty years. They were very impressed and gave me a medal. Twenty years… that’s a long time, Dave.” “Yeah, well it’s two decades.” “Well, I wouldn’t go that far, [...]

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Oh my God, Babylon Circus are really good

October 27, 2009

“Oh my God, they’re really good” were the words spoken by my girlfriend at the end of the second song of Babylon Circus’s appearance last night in Camden Town, home of Madness, who, if you didn’t already know, are one of the greatest bands of all time. My cousin also came with me to this [...]

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Translation of La Ballade Des Gens Heureux

October 13, 2009

As promised, I’m following up my previous post with a translation of the final track on the album Pépé Goes Français. Extracts of all the songs on the album are provided in the previous post. La ballade des gens heureux was originally written and performed by Gérard Lenorman. Pépé’s rock cover is, in my opinion [...]

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