{"id":19969,"date":"2014-01-02T16:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=19969"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:41:10","slug":"singing-la-marseillaise-probably-not-the-one-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/singing-la-marseillaise-probably-not-the-one-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing &#8220;La Marseillaise&#8221;&#8230; (Probably Not the One You Know!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no big secret, if anyone were mad enough to scream in the French capital, home of the <em><strong>Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong><\/em>, &#8220;<em><strong>Allez l&#8217;OM<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (OM = <em><strong>Olympique de Marseille<\/strong><\/em>), chances are, people will say that he or she is <em><strong>en train de chercher la petite b\u00eate<\/strong><\/em> (literally meaning &#8220;looking for the small beast&#8221;, and meaning &#8220;picking for a fight.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Look at it as if you went to <strong>Madrid<\/strong> and started chanting songs praising their <em><strong>b\u00eate<\/strong><strong> noire<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>FC<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Get the picture?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chant de l&#039;om au velodrome\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FsuvI_rhHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To get you a &#8220;vibe&#8221; of the of the especially fun &#8220;ambiance&#8221; prevailing in the stadiums in company of the die-hard Marseillais fans, you&#8217;re invited today to discover their team&#8217;s most cherished songs.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, their very own &#8220;<em><strong>Marseillaises<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* LES CHANTS DE L&#8217;OM au STADE VELODROME (The Songs of the OM team in the &#8220;Velodrome&#8221; Stadium):<\/p>\n<p>The first song is a Marseille classic called &#8220;<em><strong>Aux armes<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (from<strong> 0 s to 40s<\/strong> in the video above), which makes a clear echo to the French national anthem called &#8220;<em><strong>La Marseillaise<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; starting with its famous &#8220;<em><strong>Aux armes citoyens<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;To arms, citizens.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>It goes like this: <em><strong>Aux Armes!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(To arms!) <em><strong>Aux Armes!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(To arms!) <em><strong>Nous sommes les marseillais<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(We are the people of Marseille) <em><strong>Et nous allons gagner<\/strong><\/em> (And we&#8217;re going to win) <em><strong>Allez l&#8217;OM!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Go OM!)<\/p>\n<p>If you thought that was easy to remember, then check this one out: &#8220;<em><strong>Qui ne saute pas n&#8217;est pas marseillais<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (from 40s to 1min): <em><strong>Qui ne saute pas n&#8217;est pas marseillais&#8230;-ais<\/strong><\/em> (x8) (easy&#8230;) Who doesn&#8217;t jump is not from Marseille!<\/p>\n<p>The third song: <em><strong>Allez l&#8217;OM,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>allez<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Go OM, go), <em><strong>du virage Dep\u00e9 s&#8217;\u00e9levera la ferveur du peuple marseillais<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(from the Dep\u00e9 curve will rise the fervor of the people of Marseille), <em><strong>allez l&#8217;OM<\/strong><\/em>! (Go OM!)<\/p>\n<p>What is the &#8220;<em><strong>virage<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>Dep\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;?<\/p>\n<p>Well, wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth song (starting 1:38): <em><strong>Tout le Velodrome reprend comme un seul homme la chanson du virage qui raisonne<\/strong><\/em> (twice), meaning &#8220;all the Velodrome stadium sings like one man the song of the curve that resounds.&#8221; <em><strong>Quand le virage se met \u00e0 chanter<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;When the curve starts singing&#8221;), <em><strong>c&#8217;est tout le stade qui va s&#8217;enflammer!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;It&#8217;s the whole stadium that will be set on fire!&#8221;) <em><strong>Il faut chanter, il faut chanter<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to sing, you&#8217;ve got to sing), <em><strong>et notre \u00e9quipe va gagner<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;and our team will win&#8221;), <em><strong>allez, allez,<\/strong><\/em> Go, go, <em><strong>Allez, allez l&#8217;OM allez<\/strong> <\/em>&#8230; Go, go OM go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The last song (starting 2:30): <em><strong>Allez l&#8217;OM, allez<\/strong><\/em><strong> marseillais<\/strong>, as indicated above, means\u00a0<em><strong>Go OM, go people of<\/strong><\/em><strong> Marseille<\/strong>, followed by:\u00a0&#8220;<em><strong>Hissez haut, les<\/strong><strong> drapeaux<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;rise the flags high&#8221;), <em><strong>tous unis sous les m\u00eames couleurs<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(&#8220;all united under the same colors&#8221;), <em><strong>le virage reprendra en coeur<\/strong><\/em> (&#8220;the curve will sing all together&#8221;): <em><strong>Allez l&#8217;OM, allez marseillais<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;<\/em>Go OM, go people of Marseille&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ferveur Dep\u00e9\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=xe7ewr&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, if you want to understand what the fans are referring to when they mention the &#8220;curve&#8221;, you have to listen to the story of &#8220;<em>le virage Dep\u00e9<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\n_________________________________<br \/>\nPicture shared by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shivapat\/6141450808\/\">Shivapat<\/a> via Flickr<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/6141450808_382557ce53_o-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/6141450808_382557ce53_o-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/6141450808_382557ce53_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/01\/6141450808_382557ce53_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It&#8217;s no big secret, if anyone were mad enough to scream in the French capital, home of the Paris Saint-Germain, &#8220;Allez l&#8217;OM&#8221; (OM = Olympique de Marseille), chances are, people will say that he or she is en train de chercher la petite b\u00eate (literally meaning &#8220;looking for the small beast&#8221;, and meaning &#8220;picking for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/singing-la-marseillaise-probably-not-the-one-you-know\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[65730,209035,276097,275767,417,276100,11435,276099,250049,65732,276096,276098,65731],"class_list":["post-19969","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-depe","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-football-francais","tag-french-football","tag-french-sports","tag-lom","tag-la-marseillaise","tag-le-sport-en-france","tag-olympique-de-marseille","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-psg","tag-sport-francais","tag-virage-depe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19969"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19969\/revisions\/34039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}