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Old 08-04-2010, 08:01 PM   #61 (permalink)
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some classics i really like:



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Old 08-20-2010, 04:30 PM   #62 (permalink)
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-M- is coming to Lebanon on the 17th of October
Has anyone been to any of his concerts ?
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Old 08-28-2010, 02:09 PM   #63 (permalink)
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^^ Why does he have that vampire-like aesthetics? Is it an allusion to the film M (that one based on the crimes of the Vampire of Düsseldorf)?
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Old 02-26-2011, 03:27 AM   #64 (permalink)
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France is one of the largest music markets, with a lot on offer. Mylène Farmer is a must! Rich, dark romanticism, and some of the most expensive (and amazing!) music videos ever produced worldwide! If you understand French, you'll love her lyrics, though the melodies themselves are evocative enough for you to get suckered in.
Exactly who I recommend. I just downloaded her 2010 album Bleu Noir and it's like the French Britney, Gaga, Madonna all in one with electronic music thrown in for size.
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ZAZ is beautiful music. She's kind of french Jazz but with a pop sound. The song I'd listen to first would be Je Veux
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Old 01-12-2012, 03:05 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Paul Personne

The name of the song is "Visions" from his `94 album "Rêve Sidéral D'Un Naïf Idéal".




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Old 01-12-2012, 05:23 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Welcome back, Ikvat.

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Francis Cabrel: Je l’aime à mourir ("I Love her to Death").



"Moi je n’étais rien ................................ I was nothing
Mais voilà qu’aujourd’hui ................................ But today
Je suis le gardien ................................ I am the keeper
Du sommeil de ses nuits ................................ Of her nights' sleep
Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Vous pouvez détruire ................................ You can destroy
Tout ce qu’il vous plaira ................................ Anything you'd like
Elle n’aura qu’à ouvrir ................................ She will only need to open
L’espace de ses bras ................................ Her arms
Pour tout reconstruire ................................ To rebuild everything
Pour tout reconstruire ................................ To rebuild everything

Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Elle a gommé les chiffres ................................ She erased the numbers
Des horloges du quartier ................................ From the area's clocks
Elle a fait de ma vie ................................ She transformed my life into
Des cocottes en papier ................................ Paper hens
Des éclats de rires ................................ Bursts of laughter

Elle a bâti des ponts ................................ She built bridges
Entre nous et le ciel ................................ Between us and the sky
Et nous les traversons ................................ And we cross them
A chaque fois qu’elle ................................ Everytime she
Ne veut pas dormir ................................ Doesn't want to sleep
Ne veut pas dormir ................................ Doesn't want to sleep

Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Elle a dû faire toutes les guerres ................................ She must have been part of every war
Pour être si forte aujourd’hui ................................ To be so strong today
Elle a dû faire toutes les guerres ................................ She must have been part of every war
De la vie, et l’amour aussi ................................ Life's and love's also

Elle vit de son mieux ................................ She lives as well as she can
Son rêve d’opaline ................................ Her opalin dream
Elle danse au milieu ................................ She dances in the middle
des forêts qu’elle dessine ................................ Of the forests she draws

Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Elle porte des rubans ................................ She wears ribbons
qu’elle laisse s’envoler ................................ That she let's fly away
Elle me chante souvent ................................ She often sings to me
que j’ai tort d’essayer ................................ That I am wrong to try
De les retenir ................................ To hold them back
De les retenir ................................ To hold them back

Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Pour monter dans sa grotte ................................ To come up to her cave
Cachée sous les toits ................................ Hidden beneath the roofs
Je dois clouer des notes ................................ I have to nail notes
A mes sabots de bois ................................ To my wooden clogs

Je l’aime à mourir ................................ I love her to death

Je dois juste m’asseoir ................................ I must only sit
Je ne dois pas parler ................................ I must not talk
Je ne dois rien vouloir ................................ I must not want anything
Je dois juste essayer ................................ I must only try
De lui appartenir ................................ To belong to her
De lui appartenir ................................ To belong to her

Je l’aime à mourir. ................................ I love her to death
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