{"id":22873,"date":"2016-01-27T14:18:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T13:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22873"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:59:08","slug":"absolutely-formidable-french-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/absolutely-formidable-french-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolutely Formidable \u2013 French Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sromae makes some of the most popular <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-best-french-music-of-2015\/\">French music<\/a>. <strong>Le chanteur belge<\/strong> (the Belgian singer) has many <strong>tubes<\/strong> (hits) that have already been featured on this blog, including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/alors-on-danse\/\">Alors on danse<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/stromaes-papaoutai-read-where-are-you-dad\/\">Papaoutai<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/prends-garde-a-toi-carmen-by-stromae\/\">Carmen<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One of his biggest <strong>tubes<\/strong> of the last few years was <em>Formidable<\/em>. You could not walk around France in 2013 without hearing it!\u00a0<strong>La chanson est <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/reader-request-si-vs-tellement-vs-tant\/\">tellement<\/a> entrainante<\/strong> (the song is so catchy) it gets stuck in your head in no time. Even if you don&#8217;t want to, you&#8217;ll start singing, <strong><em>formidable, fooooormidable<\/em> <\/strong>(wonderful, woooonderful) after hearing it. <strong>Ne vous inqui\u00e9tez pas<\/strong> (don&#8217;t worry) all that singing is good practice, and luckily <strong>la chanson<\/strong> features useful things for French learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La chanson<\/strong> uses <strong>un jeu de mots<\/strong> (a play on words, pun) that Stromae often repeats.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tu \u00e9tais formidable, j\u2019\u00e9tais fort minable<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful, I was so pathetic<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The first time you hear <strong>la chanson<\/strong>, you may think he says <strong>formidable <\/strong>twice, but if you listen carefully you can hear the <strong>fort minable<\/strong> part of the second phrase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La chanson<\/strong> (the song) is not too complicated, but does feature a lot of simple usage of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/imparfait\/\">l\u2019imparfait<\/a><\/strong>. Stromae uses <strong>l&#8217;imparfait<\/strong> and contrasts it with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-verbs-the-present\/\"><strong>le pr\u00e9sent de l&#8217;indicatif<\/strong><\/a> all throughout <strong>la chanson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les paroles<\/strong> (the lyrics) are provided below and <strong>le clip<\/strong> (the music video) is in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/editors-note-understanding-acronyms-and-abbreviations\/\">VOST<\/a><\/strong>, making it easier to follow along and catch all these small details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voici le clip vid\u00e9o Formidable :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stromae - Formidable (ceci n&#039;est pas une le\u00e7on)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_xH7noaqTA?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><strong>Les paroles en fran\u00e7ais :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Formidable, formidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<br \/>\nFormidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<\/p>\n<p>Oh b\u00e9b\u00e9 &#8211; oups ! &#8211; mademoiselle<br \/>\nJ&#8217;vais pas vous draguer, promis jur\u00e9<br \/>\nJ&#8217;suis c\u00e9libataire, depuis hier putain !<br \/>\nJ&#8217;peux pas faire d&#8217;enfant et bon c&#8217;est pas &#8211; Eh reviens !<br \/>\nCinq minutes quoi ! J&#8217;t&#8217;ai pas insult\u00e9e<br \/>\nJ&#8217;suis poli, courtois, et un peu fort bourr\u00e9<br \/>\nEt pour les mecs comme moi, vous avez autre chose \u00e0 faire hein<br \/>\nVous m&#8217;auriez vu hier&#8230;<br \/>\nJ&#8217;\u00e9tais&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Formidable, formidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<br \/>\nFormidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<\/p>\n<p>Eh tu t&#8217;es regard\u00e9, tu t&#8217;crois beau<br \/>\nParce que tu t&#8217;es mari\u00e9, mais c&#8217;est qu&#8217;un anneau<br \/>\nMec, t&#8217;emballe pas, elle va t&#8217;larguer comme elles le font chaque fois<br \/>\nEt puis l&#8217;autre fille, tu lui en as parl\u00e9 ?<br \/>\nSi tu veux je lui dis, comme \u00e7a c&#8217;est r\u00e9gl\u00e9<br \/>\nEt au p&#8217;tit aussi, enfin si vous en avez<br \/>\nAttends trois ans, sept ans, et l\u00e0 vous verrez<br \/>\nSi c&#8217;est&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Formidable, formidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<br \/>\nFormidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<\/p>\n<p>Et petite &#8211; oh pardon ! &#8211; petit<br \/>\nTu sais dans la vie y&#8217;a ni m\u00e9chant ni gentil<br \/>\nSi Maman est chiante, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;elle a peur d&#8217;\u00eatre mamie<br \/>\nSi Papa trompe Maman, c&#8217;est parce que Maman vieillit, tiens<br \/>\nPourquoi t&#8217;es tout rouge ? Ben reviens gamin !<br \/>\nEt qu&#8217;est-ce que vous avez tous, \u00e0 me regarder comme un singe, vous ?<br \/>\nAh oui vous \u00eates saints, vous !<br \/>\nBande de macaques !<br \/>\nDonnez-moi un b\u00e9b\u00e9 singe, il sera&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Formidable, formidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<br \/>\nFormidable<br \/>\nTu \u00e9tais formidable, j&#8217;\u00e9tais fort minable<br \/>\nNous \u00e9tions formidables<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les paroles en anglais :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonderful, wonderful<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful, I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wonderful, wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hey baby, oops, Miss.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I won&#8217;t hit on you, I promise, I swear,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;ve been single since yesterday &#8212; fuck.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I can&#8217;t have children and well, it&#8217;s not.. hey, come back here!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Just 5 minutes! I didn&#8217;t insult you, I&#8217;m polite, courteous,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And really quite drunk and for the guys like me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You have better things to do, you should&#8217;ve seen me yesterday<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When I was&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonderful, wonderful<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful, I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wonderful, wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hey! Checking yourself out, you think you&#8217;re hot<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Because you&#8217;re married? It&#8217;s only a ring dude, don&#8217;t get carried away,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>She&#8217;ll dump like you they always do,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the other girl, have you told her about it?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I can tell her if you want, then it&#8217;s settled,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the kid too, well, if you have one<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Just wait 3 years, 7 years, and then you&#8217;ll see<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If it&#8217;s&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonderful, wonderful<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful, I was so pathetic.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wonderful, wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hey lil girl, oh sorry, lil boy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You know in life there are neither bad guys nor good guys<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If mom is being a pain, it&#8217;s because she&#8217;s afraid of becoming a grandma,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If dad cheats on mom, it&#8217;s because mom&#8217;s getting old; hey listen!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Why&#8217;re you all red? Hey come back kid,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And what&#8217;s with all of you?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yeah, you, looking at me like a circus monkey.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh that&#8217;s right, you&#8217;re all saints, you,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Bunch of monkeys!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Give me a baby monkey, he will be&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonderful, wonderful<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful, I was so pathetic.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wonderful, wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You were wonderful,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I was so pathetic,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We were wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Translation from <a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/formidable-wonderful.html-0#songtranslation#ixzz3yRmNkRz5\">Lyrics Translate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sromae makes some of the most popular French music. Le chanteur belge (the Belgian singer) has many tubes (hits) that have already been featured on this blog, including Alors on danse, Papaoutai and Carmen. One of his biggest tubes of the last few years was Formidable. 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