{"id":30071,"date":"2018-04-24T05:27:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30071"},"modified":"2018-04-22T22:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T20:02:57","slug":"french-music-mylene-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-mylene-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"French Music &#8211; Myl\u00e8ne Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s song from Calogero, evoking as it did Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry&#8217;s history of airmail and his novels\u00a0<strong>Vol de nuit<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Le petit prince,<\/strong> led me to another song that captures a similar spirit&#8230; and is from one of my favorite French singers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30076\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08-350x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08-350x216.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Myl\u00e8ne Farmer was already famous in France when <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/musings-of-an-ex-expat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I first went there over 30 years ago<\/a>. A mix of Madonna and Lady Gaga, like both of them she was ahead of her time in artistry &#8211; producing music videos that were mini-movies, pushing cultural hot buttons and boundaries of fashion, music, and art. The song below is from her 5th studio album (1999&#8217;s Innamoramento) and like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-music-calogero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voler de nuit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is evocative both in tone and word of Saint-Exup\u00e9ry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"woo-sc-box  normal   \">Flash Info! You can catch Myl\u00e8ne in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/ghostland-review-1095839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new English-language thriller<\/a> <em>Ghostland<\/em>\u00a0(if you dare!) from French director Pascal Laugier. She also has a new album in the works<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/musique\/2018\/03\/12\/03006-20180312ARTFIG00211-mylene-farmer-annonce-la-sortie-de-son-album-avec-dj-feder-pour-l-automne.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> for the fall<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dessine-moi un mouton   Mylene Farmer.avi\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzy5S7uKhNc?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<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Quelle solitude\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>What loneliness<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>De mourir\u00a0sans certitude\u00a0d&#8217;\u00eatre au moins\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>To die without the certainty that you\u2019re at least<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Une particule\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>A particle<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>De vie\u00a0un point minuscule\u00a0utile \u00e0 quelqu&#8217;un\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Of life even, a tiny dot useful to someone<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Quelle solitude\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Such solitude<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>D&#8217;ignorer\u00a0ce que les yeux\u00a0ne peuvent pas voir\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>To ignore what can\u2019t be seen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Le monde adulte\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>The world of adults<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Isol\u00e9\u00a0un monde abrupt\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Isolated an abrupt world<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et l\u00e0, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/love-and-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">je broie du noir<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And there I go, now I\u2019m blue (everything looks black)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Dessine-moi un mouton\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Draw me a sheep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Le ciel est vide sans imagination\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>The sky is empty with no imagination<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>C&#8217;est \u00e7a\u00a0dessine-moi un mouton\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>That\u2019s it, draw me a sheep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Redevenir l&#8217;enfant que <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-past-imperfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nous \u00e9tions\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Let\u2019s return to the child that we were<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-french-imperative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dessine-moi<\/a> un mouton\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Draw me a sheep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Le monde est triste sans imagination\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>The world is a sad place without imagination<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>C&#8217;est \u00e7a\u00a0dessine-moi un mouton\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>That\u2019s it, draw me a sheep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Apprivoiser l&#8217;absurdit\u00e9 du Monde\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Tame the absurdities of the world<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Quelle solitude\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>How lonely<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>De se dire\u00a0que la morsure\u00a0du temps n&#8217;est rien\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>To say that the passage (lit. the bite) of time is meaningless<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Le r\u00eave est bulle\u00a0de vie\u00a0un bien majuscule\u00a0utile au chagrin\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Dreams are bubbles of life, of major import, and useful for sorrow<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>D\u00e9confiture\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Collapse<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Des p\u00e9pins\u00a0mais je veux croire\u00a0en l&#8217;au-del\u00e0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Stones but I want to believe in the beyond<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Et vivre est dur\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>And living is hard<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Toujours un choix\u00a0mais je jure\u00a0que le monde est \u00e0 moi\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>There is always a choice but I swear the world is mine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Refrain<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Chorus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Il est \u00e0 moi&#8230;\u00a0x3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>It is mine\u2026 x3<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Il est \u00e0 moi&#8230;Le Monde\u00a0x3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>It is mine\u2026 The world x3<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><strong>Refrain<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>Chorus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Photo of Myl\u00e8le Farmer\u00a0<em>en\u00a0<\/em><i>sc\u00e8ne<\/i>\u00a0by Clicsouris (Self-photographed) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08-350x216.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08-350x216.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Myl\u00e8ne_Farmer_-_Timeless_2013_-_17.09.2013_-_08.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Last week&#8217;s song from Calogero, evoking as it did Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry&#8217;s history of airmail and his novels\u00a0Vol de nuit and\u00a0Le petit prince, led me to another song that captures a similar spirit&#8230; and is from one of my favorite French singers. 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