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Les Monophonies de Polyphrène
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Versions françaises inédites (traductions personnelles "chantables" car respectant la rime et la métrique du texte anglais original) de chansons anglaises folk et country, avec explications et commentaires.
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The Smokey Life
I've never seen your eyes so wideI've never seen your appetite quite this occupiedElsewhere is your feast of loveI know ... where long ago we agreed to keep it... Lire la suite
Publié le 27 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Rusty Cage
You wired me awakeAnd hit me with a hand of broken nailsYou tied my lead and pulled my chainTo watch my blood begin to boilBut I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break... Lire la suite
Publié le 26 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
When I'm Sixty-Four
When I get olderLosing my hair,Many years from now,Will you still be sending me a valentineBirthday greetings bottle of wine?If I'd been out till quarter to... Lire la suite
Publié le 20 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Eleanor Rigby (The Lonely People)
Ah, look at all the lonely peopleAh, look at all the lonely peopleEleanor Rigby Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has beenLives in a dream, Waits... Lire la suite
Publié le 19 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
A Hard Day's Night
It's been a hard day's night,And I've been working like a dogIt's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a logBut when I get home to you I find the... Lire la suite
Publié le 13 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
I Can't Forget
I stumbled out of bedI got ready for the struggleI smoked a cigaretteAnd I tightened up my gutI said this can't be meMust be my doubleAnd I can't forget, I can'... Lire la suite
Publié le 12 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Letters
You never liked to getThe letters that I sent.But now you’ve got the gistOf what my letters meant.You’re reading them again,The ones you didn’t burn.You press... Lire la suite
Publié le 05 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Boogie Street
O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,I never thought we'd meet.You kiss my lips, and then it's done:I'm back on Boogie Street.A sip of wine, a cigarette,And then... Lire la suite
Publié le 30 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Love Itself
(For L.W.)The light came through the window,Straight from the sun above,And so inside my little roomThere plunged the rays of Love. Lire la suite
Publié le 29 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
No, Not Now
Took my gal to the picture show, just the other dayBut when I tried to hold her hand; here’s what she hat to sayChorus:No, not now – No, not nowNo, not now,... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Well, when I was a young man and never had been kissedI got to thinkin' it over how much I had missedSo I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and thenOh,... Lire la suite
Publié le 22 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Penny Lane
there is a barber showing photographsOf every head he's had the pleasure to have knownAnd all the people that come and goStop and say helloOn the corner is a... Lire la suite
Publié le 16 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
San Francisco Bay Blues
I got the blues for my baby left meBy the San Francisco Bay,The ocean liner's gone so far away.Didn't mean to treat her so bad,She was the best girl I ever... Lire la suite
Publié le 15 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Night Comes On
I went down to the placeWhere I knew she lay waitingUnder the marble and the snowI said, Mother I'm frightenedThe thunder and the lightningI'll never come... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Jimmy Whalen
All alone as I walked by the banks of the riverWatching the moonbeams as evening drew nigh.All alone as I rambled I spied a fair damselWeepin' and wailin' with... Lire la suite
Publié le 31 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' meEverything you had is gone, as you can seeThat's what you get for lovin' me.I ain't the kind to hang aroundWith any new love... Lire la suite
Publié le 30 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Last Thing on my Mind
It's a lesson too late for the learnin'Made of sand, made of sandIn the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'In your hand, in your hand.[Chorus:]Are you going away... Lire la suite
Publié le 29 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Leaving Green Sleeves
Alas, my love, you did me wrong,To cast me out discourteously,For I have loved you so long,Delighting in your very company.Now if you intend to show me... Lire la suite
Publié le 18 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Memories
Frankie Lane, he was singing JezebelI pinned an Iron Cross to my lapelI walked up to the tallest and the blondest girlI said, Look, you don't know me now but... Lire la suite
Publié le 11 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
A Poem on the Underground Wall
The last train is nearly due,The underground is closing soon,And in the dark deserted station,Restless in anticipation,A man waits in the shadows. Lire la suite
Publié le 03 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
