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DMCV-Spécial karaoké: “Ôôôôh Champs-Élysées” !

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by in Music

Non, en fait, c’est “Aux Champs-Élysées”, and not “Ôôôôh Champs-Élysées” !

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D.M.C.V. = “Désolé Mais C’est Vendredi…13″? (“Sorry But It’s Friday…the 13th?”)

Pas du tout, voyons (not at all, come on)!

Whether it’s Friday the 13th or not, nous ne sommes pas superstitieux (See for example:

It is and still is Dieu Merci, C’est Vendredi !
To Change ”ze rythme” a little bit for this weekend, here’s une chanson classique by the famous Joe Dassin called “Les Champs-Élysées.”


Un aperçu sur les Champs-Élysées pendant la nuit
(A night glimpse of the Champs-Élysées)

Et maintenat avec les paroles traduites en anglais (and now with the lyrics translated in English):

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AUX CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES, par JOE DASSIN:

Je me baladais sur l’Avenue, le cœur ouvert à l’inconnuJ’avais envie de dire bonjour à n’importe quiN’importe qui et ce fut toi, je t’ai dit n’importe quoi 

Il suffisait de te parler, pour t’apprivoiser

Refrain: Aux Champs-Elysées, aux Champs-Elysées

Au soleil, sous la pluie, à midi ou à minuit,il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées !

Tu m’as dit “J’ai rendez-vous dans un sous-sol avec des fous, Qui vivent la guitare à la main, du soir au matin”

Alors je t’ai accompagnée, on a chanté, on a dansé, et l’on n’a même pas pensé à s’embrasser

[Encore le Refrain]

Hier soir deux inconnus, et ce matin sur l’Avenue, deux amoureux, tout étourdis par la longue nuit

Et de l’Étoile à la Concorde, un orchestre à mille cordes

Tous les oiseaux du point du jour chantent l’amour

[Et encore une fois le refrain!]

I was wandering around on the Avenue, with my heart open to the unknownI felt like saying hello to anyoneThat anyone was you, I told you just anything, 

It was enough to talk to you, in order to tame you

[Chorus: On the Champs-Elysées, on the Champs-Elysées]

Under the sun, under the rain, at noon or at midnight, there’s everything you want on the Champs-Elysées!

You told me: “I have a meeting in a basement with some crazy people, who live with the guitar in their hands, from night to morning”

So I went along with you, we sang, we danced, and we didn’t even think of kissing

[Chorus again]

Last night two strangers, and this morning on the Avenue, two people in love, all dazed from the long night

And from l’Etoile (Place) to the Concorde (Place)
an orchestra of a thousand chords

All the birds at the break of day sing love

[And once again the chorus!]

French Music – Chérie FM

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by in Music

Okay, so some people think I’m a bit geeky, but I love to listen to Chérie FM!  The French music they play is just the kind of music I came to love as a student in Paris.  And the rest of the English-language music they play (easy listening/pop) is what I grew up on in Iowa.  And it’s great because even though I’m not in France I can listen to it whenever I want as they stream it over the Internet at http://www.cheriefm.fr/.
If you go to the website, you can read interesting music-related news or entertainment gossip, download podcasts, play games, get information on concerts and theater events and even buy tickets, take part in contests, check out your horoscope, answer poll questions, get advice from Amelie and watch videos and interviews of various musicians and if you click on Ecouter in the top right corner, you can listen to the live stream.

French Music – Alizée

Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by in Music

French pop/electro-rock singer Alizée Jacotey was born on Corsica on August 21, 1984.  She started studying dance at the age of 4 and continued at a renowned dance school until she was 15.  A friend signed her up for a national television singing contest.  She performed the song ‘Ma Prière’ and won the talent show Graines de Star in 1999.  Famous French singing duo Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat saw her on the show and carefully arranged Alizeé’s launch as a singing sensation.  She has since released three studio albums, a live album and a for Mexico-only compilation album (Tout Alizée).  Her single Moi…Lolita is her most famous song and was a hit all over the world.  That song was featured on her debut album Gourmandises.  Because of this, Alizée was the highest selling female French singer in 2001.

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Despite the sexy image she gained from her songs, she actually has a squeaky-clean image and is said to be a very private and shy person.
Her other albums include Mes Courants Électriques (2003) and Psychédélices (2007), which was released after taking some time out of the public eye to take in her quick success at such a young age and get a better understanding of herself.  A live album (Alizée En Concert) was also released in 2004 following her French tour.  In all, she has sold over 5 million albums.  Recently she has begun gaining fans in the United States, having released two English-language versions of her French songs “I’m Fed Up” and “I’m Not Twenty”.
Alizée married French singer and former Star Academy contestant Jérémy Chatelain in Las Vegas and they have one daughter.
Her official website is http://alizee-officiel.com/.