{"id":31354,"date":"2019-05-23T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31354"},"modified":"2019-05-23T21:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:34:07","slug":"claude-francois-singing-about-a-new-car-famous-french-singers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/claude-francois-singing-about-a-new-car-famous-french-singers\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Fran\u00e7ois Singing About A New Car – Famous French Singers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Une chanson rigolote<\/strong> (a funny song) can be a nice way to relax after a long day au bureau<\/a><\/strong> (at work) or \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole<\/strong><\/a> (at school). When la chanson<\/strong> comes with an even sillier video, all the stress of the day just disappears for at least a few minutes.<\/p>\n

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Claude Fran\u00e7ois<\/em> is one of the biggest names in la musique fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/a> (French Music) from les ann\u00e9es 60s<\/strong> (the 60s). A decade that saw the explosion of rock and roll and a pretty huge shift in culture.<\/p>\n

Cloclo<\/em>, as he was nicknamed, was not actually born in France though. The famous French singer<\/a> began his life en \u00c9gypte<\/strong> (in Egypt)! Son p\u00e8re<\/strong><\/a> (his father) worked at le canal de Suez<\/strong> (the Suez Canal) when it was still controlled by the French and English when Claude<\/em> was born.<\/p>\n

Sa famille<\/a><\/strong> (his family) was forced to move back to France in the mid 50s after le canal de Suez<\/strong> was nationalized and after a few years of instability, he broke out into super stardom in the 60s.<\/p>\n

Sa carri\u00e8re<\/strong> (his career) was incredibly expansive and he produced some big hits like Cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, Le Lundi au soleil, Le t\u00e9l\u00e9phone pleure<\/strong> (That Year There, Mondays in the Sun, The Telephone Cries),<\/em> and he’s even behind the original version of one of Frank Sinatra’s most famous songs, My Way<\/em>, or rather Comme d’habitude<\/em> en version originale<\/a><\/strong> (As Usual <\/em>in its original version).<\/p>\n

After Tim’s lesson on le vocabulaire de voiture<\/strong><\/a> (car vocabulary) earlier this week, I didn’t want to share one of the more well known songs and instead wanted to introduce everyone to a goofy little song he did in the early 60s about une voiture<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nMy New Car<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even if you’re from l’outre-Atlantique<\/strong> (North America<\/em>, litteraly: the other side of the Atlantic), the dated humor and wacky dance moves<\/a> are instantly recognizable as belonging to les ann\u00e9es 60s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As an added bonus for everyone learning le fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, la chanson<\/strong><\/a> (the song) really drives<\/em> home how to use the right pronoun with gendered nouns<\/a>. It also works really well pour les anglophones<\/strong> (for English speakers) in this song since cars<\/em> are one of the few nouns that can kind of work in the same way en anglais<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

She’s a beaut!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cela dit<\/strong> (that said), there are a lot of de jeux de mots<\/a><\/strong> (puns, plays on words) that get lost in translation, so take a moment to step back in time and enjoy a short song about la nouvelle voiture de Cloclo<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Voici la chanson avec les paroles et une traduction anglaise<\/strong> (here’s the song with the lyrics and an English translation):<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UPwV-o8JaXA<\/p>\n

Ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nMy New Car<\/em><\/p>\n

Ca marche bien (quoi ?)<\/strong>
\nCa marche mieux (quoi ?)<\/strong>
\nCa marche plus… (Quoi ?) Eh<\/strong><\/p>\n

It runs good (what?)<\/em>
\nIt runs better (what?)<\/em>
\nIt doesn’t run anymore… (What?) Well<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle est si bien bien bien tellement bien ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nElle marche bien bien bien tellement bien ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nJe l’ai re\u00e7u ce matin, je vais la roder de mon mieux, mieux, mieux<\/strong>
\nPour qu’elle marche encore mieux<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is so good good good so good my new car<\/em>
\nShe runs good good good so good my new car<\/em>
\nI got it this morning, I’m going to break it in as best, best, best as I can<\/em>
\nSo she’ll run better still<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle marchera mieux mieux mieux tellement mieux, ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nElle roulera mieux mieux mieux, encore mieux ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong><\/p>\n

She’ll run better better better so much better, my new car<\/em>
\nShe’ll drive better better better, even better my new car<\/em><\/p>\n

Je nettoierai les bougies, je visserai de trois boulons, rond, rond<\/strong>
\nPour que l’moteur tourne rond…<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ll clean up the spark plugs, I’ll screw in three nuts around, around<\/em>
\nSo that the motor runs smoothly…<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle marchera mieux, elle marchera mieux, oh oui, mieux.<\/strong>
\nElle marchera mieux, elle marchera mieux, elle roulera mieux.<\/strong>
\nElle roulera mieux, elle roulera mieux, oh tellement mieux<\/strong>
\nElle marchera mieux, elle marchera mieux, elle marchera mieux<\/strong><\/p>\n

She’ll run better, she’ll run better, oh yes, better.<\/em>
\nShe’ll run better, she’ll run better, she’ll drive better.<\/em>
\nShe’ll drive better, she’ll drive better, oh so much better<\/em>
\nShe’ll run better, she’ll run better, she’ll run better<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle marcherait mieux, mieux, mieux, tellement mieux, ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nElle roulerait mieux, mieux, mieux, tellement mieux, ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nSi j’savais revisser les pi\u00e8ces, oui mais voil\u00e0 je ne sais plus, plus, plus<\/strong><\/p>\n

She’ll run better, better, better, so much better, my new car<\/em>
\nShe’ll drive better, better, better, so much better, my new car<\/em>
\nIf I had known to tighten up the parts, yes but well I don’t know anymore, anymore, anymore<\/em><\/p>\n

Et maint’nant elle marche plus<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now she runs runs no more<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle marche plus, plus, plus tellement plus, ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nElle roule plus, plus plus, vraiment plus, ma nouvelle voiture<\/strong>
\nJe me demande ce qu’elle a, et puis \u00e0 la fin, j’en ai marre, marre, marre<\/strong>
\nMais qu’est-ce qu’elle a, elle d\u00e9marre ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

She runs no more, more more, no longer so much more, my new car<\/em>
\nShe drives no more, more more, really no more, my new car<\/em>
\nI wonder what’s wrong with her, and then in the end, I’ve had enough, enough, enough<\/em>
\nBut what’s up with her? She’s starting up?<\/em><\/p>\n

Elle marche toute seule<\/strong>
\nElle marche toute seule<\/strong>
\nElle marche toute seule, oh oui toute seule<\/strong>
\nElle marche toute seule<\/strong>
\nElle marche toute seule<\/strong>
\nElle marche toute seule<\/strong>
\nOh toute seule, toute seule, toute seule, toute seule<\/strong><\/p>\n

She runs on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own! Oh yes on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own!<\/em>
\nShe runs on her own!<\/em>
\nOh on her own, her own, her own, her own!<\/em><\/p>\n

Seule, seule, seule, seule!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Own, own, own, own!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Une chanson rigolote (a funny song) can be a nice way to relax after a long day au bureau (at work) or \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole (at school). When la chanson comes with an even sillier video, all the stress of the day just disappears for at least a few minutes. Claude Fran\u00e7ois is one of the…<\/p>\n

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