Archive for 'Music'
“Vive le Vent”: the French “Jingle Bells” Posted by Hichem on Dec 24, 2010
So far, we have seen two French Carols throughout this week: – “Petit Papa Noël (A French Carol)“ – “Rodolphe le renne au nez rouge (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)“ Today, and since you’ve already asked for this one specifically, we’ll feature “Vive le Vent”, otherwise known to les anglophones as Jingle Bells! * VIVE LE VENT…
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in French Posted by Hichem on Dec 23, 2010
Connais-tu les prénoms de tous les rennes du Père Noël ? (Do you know the names of all of Santa’s reindeer?) At their first performance ever, borrowing their noms de scènes (stage names) from an early 19th century American poem, there were only eight rennes du Père Noël (Santa Claus’s reindeer.) Those original eight are…
Petit Papa Noël (A French Carol) Posted by Hichem on Dec 23, 2010
Joyeux Noël à tous! Eh oui, c’est déjà Noël ! * * * A cette occasion (On this occasion), we wish to present you a special French chanson de noël (Christmas Carol) interpreted by a famous Corsican named Tino Rossi (Hence the accent that sounds -can you tell?-more italien than French!) * * * * Petit Papa…
L’Agence Tous Risques: The French A-Team Posted by Hichem on Dec 17, 2010
If you grew up in les années 80 (the 80’s) or are old enough to remember them, there is no way you have not seen or heard of this American series. You probably watched it in your own language, either doublée (dubbed) or with des sous-titrages (subtitles). In France, it was known as “l’Agence tous risques“…
European National Mottos in French Posted by Hichem on Dec 14, 2010
Quelques devises nationales en Europe (Some national mottos in Europe) – L’Union européenne: “Unie dans la diversité“ – Albanie: “Les Albanais placent leur foi dans l’Albanie” (Which would sound like “In Albania We Trust”) – Allemagne: “Unité et Droit et Liberté” – Andorre: “L’union fait la force” (But also “Touche-moi si tu oses”, meaning “Touch…
La Chanson d’Astérix! (The Song of Asterix!) Posted by Hichem on Dec 4, 2010
It’s finally the weekend, par Toutatis !And today’s DMCV is presented to you by Astérix le Gaulois, who will teach you a very special leçon d’histoire (History lesson.) À vrai dire (to tell the truth), as “les férus de l’histoire” (“the history buffs”) amongst youknow only too well, this lesson is not always historiquement juste(historically accurate)! For example,as a Gaulois, Astérix…
“L’Âme Des Poètes” (“The Soul of Poets”) Posted by Hichem on Nov 20, 2010
Before there was something called le synthétiseur (synthesizer or keyboard), the French had invented an instrument they named l’ondioline. And one of the first musical works ever recorded with this instrument is Charles Trenet‘s hit song called “L’Âme Des Poètes” (The Soul of Poets.) The song has known interpretations by une pléthore d’artistes (a plethora…