Re: Ye-ye? aï aï aï !!!

["mimi la twisteuse" <twistmimi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>So in france in the 60's we've been lucky enough to have crap singers (most 
>is crap) covering american and english pop hits. But translated, and  not 
>very well done. I mean the meaning of the lyrics in french was even more 
>absurd & stupid than the original versions, so you can imagine the high 
>degree !

Why do you always give so much importance to lyrics? It's all about the 
groove and the music, especially with covers!! We had the same thing here as 
you probably know, and so did every other country that didn't speak English! 
You can't just call it yéyé shit! I'll never understand what you all have 
against Bardot and France Gall. Denis was discussing this with me the other 
day at Le Pick Up store, and he feels that just like here in Québec, France 
seems to have a problem with it's 60's star system. The Brits or Americans 
always seemed to do it better. It's the same reaction here: the 60's in 
Québec were only mediocre bands in matching color suits and hair doing 
American top 40 hits in French. So what? If the song was good in English, 
turns out it's just as cool to hear in French, Italian or Yedish! There was 
a great song by French cutie Violaine in 1967 called "cessez la guerre" 
(Stop the War) where she sings: "Stop singing about your long hair and 
flowered shirts, just sing! stop putting down the poor blond boy we all 
listened to before you!"
(aka Johnny Hallyday)

Now that's poetry!

Mimi


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