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This Is (Not?) What The “Super SUPERficial” Paris Nightlife Looks Like In 2011!

Posted on 25. Jun, 2011 by Hichem in Music, People, Vocabulary

In Paris, 2011, the new nightlife “tendance” is towards: Unrestrained superficialité, egregious narcissisme, conspicuous décadence, flamboyant hédonisme, and extravagant déchéance (decline)…

An outraged criticism?

A thinly-veiled apology, perhaps?

Non, ni l’un ni l’autre (neither this nor that): A mere blatant constat (assessment)!

That being said, let’s just hope it’s not all you’ve got “dans la tête” (inside the head)!

 

SUPERficiel / French group/ “ENHANCER“

* Selected translation of the “not so lyrical” lyrics:

- Samedi dans la tête d’un mec qui va faire la fête, ça fait:

- Saturday inside the head of a dude who’s about to go party, it goes like:

Samedi , 15heure, réveil, café

Saturday, 3pm, wake up, coffee

Pizza, télé, console, petite somme

Pizza, TV, gaming, a little nap

Reveil, 20 heure, P.C., myspace,

Wake up, 8pm, computer, myspace

Portable, sms, petite douche

Cellphone, texting, small shower

- Saturday inside the head of a chick who’s about to go party, it goes like:

Samedi, midi, réveil,

Saturday, noon, wake up

petit dej, télé,

Breakfast, TV

abdos, longue douche,

Abs, long shower

Texto, 15heures, copine,

Texting, 3pm, girlfriend

shopping, Starbucks, en mode,

Shopping, Starbucks, in mode

potin, métro, retour,

Gossip, metro, go back

appart, My space, msn,

Crib, Mypace, MSN

ce soir, apéro, chez moi,

Tonight, drinks, at my place

All I’ve got is this boom boom

dans la tête, dis pardon, je rentre en short et basket,

Inside my head, say, sorry, I get in, in shorts and sneakers

Hello… car je suis la fête

Hello… Cause I am the party

met du champagne au frais,

Put on the champagne in the cold

fais rentrer les meufs,

Let the chicks in

je veux voir les mecs heurtés,

I wanna see guys hurt

ce soir c’est mort,

Tonight forget it

T’es pas sur ma liste,

You’re not on the list

ça va déborder, on va s’aborder,

It’s gonna get funky, we’ve got to talk

les yatchs, et les jets,

Yachts, jets

les sapes, les lunettes,

Clothes, glases

les goodies, les gadgets,

Goodies, gadgets

c’est la yout jusqu’à pas d’heure parce que les gogos hein !!

It’s partying non stop thanks to gullible suckers, hey!

Lèvent la main !!!

Put hands in the air

l’étage est le mien, fini en nage , et hein !

The floor is mine, end up swimming, and hey!

Tags: decheance, enhanced, hedonisme, narcissisme, paris nightlife, SMS, superficiel