Lo Boob Oscillator

most of these lyrics translate into something about how the moon shines and is made up of two elements, which they list, but i'm not sure which elements they are. but the elements are "symbolic system of some imaginary visions". it is free, more free than you can believe.

Sounds like they took a lot of drugs while writing this song then.

I speak some French and while somewhat irreverent, the lyrics do have a certain beautiful quality to them. I like this song a lot.

My French is sketchy, and I have not been able to find any authoritative version of the lyrics even in French, but I believe the lyrics above have many minor errors. I have no idea why cold_war makes the above comments about "elements." As for "symbolic systems," the lyrics "Transitoire, unique, symbolique de quelques visions imaginaires" would be something like "Transitory, unique, symbolic of (some) imaginary visions."

The The moon is free, I believe, That shines above you. The moon is free, More free than one would believe, It fluctuates between this and that, The parts that one does not see, It's not important, it will return And when it is plunged Into cold obscurity Gives the impression that it darkens It quickly gets back on its feet With its unstable appearances Which create doubt More faithful than one would believe The moon is free

This has been my favorite Stereolab song since it first appeared. If anyone knows the accurate french, please post.

Does anyone with a musical background know if the opening "la" she sings is the "la" of "do re mi fa so la ti do?"

"Sugar/ oh, honey, honey/ you are my candy girl/ and you got me wanting you."

quisquilloso... the la is not the same pitch as the la in "do re me..." ect. and yeah, theres a lot of mistakes in the lyrics... every time it says "elle fluctue de cr et lr" im pretty sure it should be ca et la with an accent circonflexe on the ca... also, "lcvent" is definitely not a french word. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be, im not too good at french ive only been taking it 7 years.

Ok... I just found these, they look correct:

La La lune est libre je crois, qui rayonne au-dessus, rayonne au-d'sus des toits. La lune est libre, bien plus libre qu'on ne le croit, elle fluctue de çà et là, les parties qu'on ne voit pas, c'est pas grave ça reviendra et quand elle est plongée dans la froide obscurité, donne l'impression qu'elle se noie, bien vite reprend pied, avec ses apparences instables y en a qu'elle fait douter bien plus fidèle qu'on ne le croit, La lune est libre.

Réceptive et absorbante de la lumière qu'elle renvoie, Elle rayonne au-dessus des toits et fluctue de çà et là. Changeante, fascinante, parfois même éblouissante. C'est ainsi qu'on l'aperçoit Disque parfait, disque lumineux ne vous rappelle-t-elle pas l'hostie/le style ? de ceux qui lèvent la tête dans l'espoir de s'élever un peu. Transitoire, unique, symbolique de quelques visions imaginaires, Elle en impressionne plus d'un qui prennent peur et délirent.

Elle est au-dessus de tout ça, Elle est au-dessus de tout ça, Elle est libre de tout ça, Elle est au-dessus de tout ça, Elle est libre de tout ça, Elle est au-dessus de tout ça,

La lune est libre je crois, qui rayonne au-dessus, rayonne au-d'sus des toits. La lune est libre, bien plus libre qu'on ne le croit, elle fluctue de çà et là, les parties qu'on ne voit pas, c'est pas grave ça reviendra.

Disque parfait, disque lumineux ne vous rappelle-t-elle pas l'hostie/le style ? de ceux qui lèvent la tête dans l'espoir de s'évader un peu. Transitoire, unique, symbolique de quelques visions imaginaires, Elle en impressionne plus d'un qui prennent peur et délirent.

Elle est libre de tout ça. Elle est libre de tout ça.

and english translation:

The The moon is free I believe, that radiates above, radiates above the rooftops. The moon is free, even more than one would believe it, it fluctuates between that and there, the parts that one never sees, it's not important that it returns and when it has been plunged into cold obscurity give the impression that it darkens yourself quickly get back on your feet with these unstable appearances [...] that it can doubt more faithful than one would believe the moon is free

Receptive and absorbant of the light that it returned it radiates above the rooftops and fluctuates between that and there Changing, fascinating and at times even a little let go it's in this way that one percieves it Perfect disc, luminous disc it reminds us [...] of the one who raises its head in the hope of getting up a little bit Transitory, unique, symbolic of some imaginary visions it gives it more of an impression then [...] it delivers them

It is above everything, (ga?) It is above everything, It is free of everything, It is above everything, It is free of everything, It is above everything,

The moon is free I believe that radiates above that radiates above the rooftops the moon if free even more than one would believe it it fluctuates between that and these that parts that one never sees it's not important that it returns it reminds us [...] of the one who raises its head in the hope of getting up a little bit Transitory, unique, symbolic of some imaginary visions it gives more of an impression then [...] it delivers them

Fifteen+ years ago, I read an article about how there could never be a decent translation computerprogramme, it was thought.

Channel 4 Royal Institute Christmas Lectures describes just how AI has made it possible. There's no French/English Dictionary inside, just AI Logic. It's utterly fascinating to watch and is free to view. They are even using it to 'talk to the animals'...

Nice song, Hotels.com use it in their Ad music. I first heard it on a free NME CD giveaway.