| France Gall – Les Sucettes Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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"When that hard candy slides down her throat she's in heaven.." This song is infamous for its thinly veiled lyrics about oral sex, a topic that the allegedly naive France Gall was tricked into singing about by Serge! A translation can be found here: http://leschansonstraduites.com/?p=333 |
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| France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is one of the many songs of a broken heart that came from the Yéyé girls. It's really an angry song, sung by a girl who has been cheated on. There is a translation here: http://leschansonstraduites.com/?p=29 |
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| France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I also wanted to clarify that the mistranslation of the title is not the only error, but one of many. | |
| France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I don't want to sound offensive, but this translation is really bad. The phrase "Laisse tomber" is similar to the English phrase of "drop it", like "drop the subject". What it really means is to let something go or forget about it. | |
| Serge Gainsbourg – Pauvre Lola Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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"Poor Lola", a song that was directed by Gainsbourg to his "Lolita de France", France Gall, who the cult icon had an obsession with in her younger years, along with infamous work by Nabokov. In case the connection is not immediately clear, "Lola" is a diminutive form of "Lolita". Lyrically, this song is about a man trying to hint at a young girl about his somewhat carnal interest in her, but to no avail, as she just laughs. A proper translation can be found here: http://leschansonstraduites.com/?p=324 |
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| Thomas Fersen – Au Café De La Paix Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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A haunting song. There's a translation available here: http://leschansonstraduites.com/?p=106 |
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| Mathieu Chédid – A tes souhaits Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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A translation of this song can be found here, on my blog: http://leschansonstraduites.com/?p=151 Sweet song but not particularly deep... |
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