{"id":23324,"date":"2016-05-10T05:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=23324"},"modified":"2018-02-28T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:07:27","slug":"a-singer-captures-mon-coeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-singer-captures-mon-coeur\/","title":{"rendered":"A singer captures mon c\u0153ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not every country is lucky enough to have a former model as their \u201cfirst lady\u201d, but France isn\u2019t just any country! Carla Bruni Sarkozy, the wife of France\u2019s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy (president from May 2007 \u2013 May 2012)* is not only a model, but also an accomplished singer.<\/p>\n<p>Italian by birth, Carla Bruni grew up in France, and had a successful international modeling career in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, but had already made the switch to singing when she married the French president in February of 2008. Her fourth album <em>Little French Songs<\/em> (2013) includes two songs I can always count on to put me in a French state of mind.<\/p>\n<p>The title song <em>Little French Song <\/em>mixes French and English in a tribute to some of France\u2019s greatest singer-songwriters, and to the power of song to evoke an emotion and take us outside of ourselves. You can watch and listen to the song here (annotated lyrics follow the embed below).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little French Song Carla Bruni\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNyhV3nOO-o?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><em>Et quand tout va mal<\/em>, when life goes wrong<br \/>\ntry for a little French song<br \/>\nFrench songs are maybe <em>d\u00e9mod\u00e9es mais si douces \u00e0 fredonner <\/em>[&#8220;outdated but so nice to hum&#8221;]<br \/>\nFrench songs are tender <em>\u00e0 l&#8217;envi, nostalgiques \u00e0 l&#8217;infini <\/em>[<em>&#8216;\u00e0 l&#8217;envi&#8217; <\/em>is an expression that means &#8220;as much as you like&#8221; or &#8220;to your heart&#8217;s desire&#8221;; &#8216;<em>nostalgique \u00e0 l&#8217;infini&#8217;\u00a0<\/em> means &#8220;very nostalgic&#8221;] <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Quand on n&#8217;sait<\/em> plus where to belong [&#8220;When you don&#8217;t know . . .&#8221; the &#8216;e&#8217; in the negative particle &#8216;ne&#8217; is omitted here as it often is in spoken or sung language]<br \/>\ntry for a little French song<br \/>\nFrench songs will take you to Paris, to Pigalle ou l&#8217;\u00cele Saint-Louis<br \/>\nFrench song are dancing <em>sous la pluie, de Bastille aux<\/em> Tuileries [in the rain, from Bastille to the Tuileries (park)]<\/p>\n<p>Because we have <em>de quoi frimer<\/em>: we have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Brassens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brassens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Brel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brel <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9o_Ferr%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferr\u00e9 <\/a>[&#8216;<em>frimer&#8217;<\/em> means to show off, or be proud of]<br \/>\nWe have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Vian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boris Vian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_%28singer%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serge_Gainsbourg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gainsbourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Trenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trenet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Pr%C3%A9vert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pr\u00e9vert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Kosma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kosma<\/a><br \/>\nBecause we have <em>de quoi choisir<\/em> we have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Aznavour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aznavour<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serge_Reggiani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reggiani<\/a>, [&#8216;<em>de quoi choisir&#8217;<\/em> &#8211; enough to choose from, choices]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilbert_B%C3%A9caud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B\u00e9caud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Nougaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nougaro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Moustaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moustaki<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89dith_Piaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edith Piaf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Fran%C3%A7ois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloclo <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Hallyday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Oui, oui, oui, oui<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bien sur c&#8217;n&#8217;est pas<\/em> Duke Ellington [&#8220;Or course it&#8217;s not . . . &#8220;]<br \/>\n<em>C&#8217;n&#8217;est pas<\/em> Elvis <em>ni<\/em> Jackson<br \/>\n<em>C&#8217;n&#8217;est pas<\/em> Fitzgerald ou Armstrong<br \/>\n<em>C&#8217;est<\/em> just a little French song<br \/>\n<em>Mais quand le chagrin reste<\/em> too long [&#8220;But when regrets stay . . . ]<br \/>\n<em>Moi je chante une<\/em> little French song [&#8220;Me, I sing a . . . &#8220;]<\/p>\n<p>Because we have <em>de quoi frimer<\/em>: we have Brassens, Brel and Ferr\u00e9<br \/>\nWe have Boris Vian, Barbara, Gainsbourg, Trenet, Pr\u00e9vert, Kosma<br \/>\nBecause we have <em>de quoi choisir<\/em> we have Aznavour, Reggiani,<br \/>\nB\u00e9caud, Nougaro, Moustaki, Edith Piaf, Cloclo and Johnny<br \/>\n<em>Oui, oui, oui, oui<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Et qu&#8217;on soit de Londres ou de Hong Kong, qu&#8217;on soit trois feuilles<br \/>\nou shu-bang <\/em>[&#8220;And if you happen to be from London or Hong Kong, <em>translation omitted<\/em>]<br \/>\n<em>Qu&#8217;on soit djellaba ou sarong,<\/em> try for a little French song [&#8216;<em>djellaba&#8217;<\/em> is a lose-fitting Moroccan outer garment]<br \/>\n<em>Quand les m\u00e9chants sonnent leur gong <\/em>[When the mean ones ring their gong]<em><br \/>\nMoi je chante une<\/em> little French song<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of the singers &#8220;name checked&#8221; by Carla in this song are wonderful. You can explore a bit more about each of them by clicking on their names in the first chorus above.<\/p>\n<p>And if you liked that one, here&#8217;s another song you might enjoy. This one is all in French, but Carla is singing about what sounds like an amazing &#8230; and yet wholly imagined &#8230; visit to the vacation home of Keith Richards (of the Rolling Stones) and his companion Anita Pallenberg in the south of France.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carla Bruni - Chez Keith Et Anita (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XfCCqiolNjk?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* Until 2002 \u2018<em>le Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise\u2019<\/em> (or \u2018<em>le Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique\u2019)<\/em> served 7 year terms and could serve as many terms as re-elected for. After 2002, &#8216;<em>le Pr\u00e9sident&#8217;<\/em> was limited to a five-year term and since 2008, French presidents are limited to two consecutive terms. Interesting fact: the president of France also holds the title of Co-Prince of Andorra, the land-locked principality of the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not every country is lucky enough to have a former model as their \u201cfirst lady\u201d, but France isn\u2019t just any country! Carla Bruni Sarkozy, the wife of France\u2019s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy (president from May 2007 \u2013 May 2012)* is not only a model, but also an accomplished singer. 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