{"id":453,"date":"2010-04-28T04:26:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T04:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=453"},"modified":"2017-12-26T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T14:46:13","slug":"ces-petits-riens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/ces-petits-riens\/","title":{"rendered":"Ces petits riens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Il pleut<\/em> (it\u2019s raining) in New York, and all I want is to curl up with <em>un verre de vin<\/em> and \u2026Serge. Serge Gainsbourg is <em>un auteur-compositeur-interpr\u00e8te et cin\u00e9aste fran\u00e7ais<\/em>: a French songwriter-composer-singer and filmmaker. I\u2019ve mentioned him before, in a post about eating breakfast in the mornings in Paris and listening to the radio, which played one particular song almost every morning. <em>(Oui, j\u2019ai v\u00e9cu comme un coq en p\u00e2te<\/em>\u2014remember Hichem\u2019s <em>Zoo des locutions?) <\/em>Eventually I understood enough of they lyrics to look it up, and thus <em>j\u2019ai fait la connaissance de Serge <\/em>(I met Serge).<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ousC0hGwHSM&#038;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ousC0hGwHSM&amp;feature=related<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As I understand it, Serge Gainsbourg is practically a religion in France. \u00a0<em>\u00c7a je ne peux pas expliquer<\/em>\u2014this I can\u2019t explain, since I\u2019m not French enough to \u201cget it.\u201d <em>Mais j\u2019adore, mais j\u2019adoooooooore cette chanson! <\/em>(But I love- but I looooove- this song!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Ce soir<\/em> (tonight), in the interests of journalism, <em>j\u2019ai fait un peu de recherche<\/em> (I did a little research). Serge Gainsbourg recorded some of <em>ses propres chansons<\/em> (his own songs), but also arranged his music for other <em>chanteurs <\/em>(singers). I spent some time on Youtube and found some <em>tubes<\/em> (hits- another Hichem-ism!). J\u2019ai bien aim\u00e9 \u201c<em>La Javanaise\u201d et \u201cComment te dire adieu.\u201d Si \u201cCes petits riens\u201d vous plait <\/em>(if you like \u201c<em>Ces petits riens<\/em>\u201d), <em>faites un peu de recherche vous-m\u00eames<\/em> (do some research yourself) and tell me what you like!<\/p>\n<p><em>Voici les paroles <\/em>(here are the words) to <em>\u201cCes petits riens<\/em>,\u201d courtesy of Lyricsmania:<\/p>\n<p><em>Mieux vaut n&#8217;penser \u00e0 rien<br \/>\nQue n&#8217;pas penser du tout<br \/>\nRien c&#8217;est d\u00e9j\u00e0<br \/>\nRien c&#8217;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 beaucoup<br \/>\nOn se souvient de rien<br \/>\nEt puis on oublie tout<br \/>\nRien c&#8217;est bien mieux<br \/>\nRien c&#8217;est bien mieux que tout<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mieux vaut n&#8217;penser \u00e0 rien<\/em> <em><br \/>\nQue de penser \u00e0 vous<br \/>\nCa n&#8217;me vaut rien<br \/>\nCa n&#8217;me vaut rien du tout<br \/>\nMais comme si de rien<br \/>\nN&#8217;\u00e9tait je pense \u00e0 tous<br \/>\nCes petits riens<br \/>\nQui me venaient de vous<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Si c&#8217;\u00e9tait trois fois rien<\/em> <em><br \/>\nTrois fois rien entre nous<br \/>\nEvidemment<br \/>\nCa ne fait pas beaucoup<br \/>\nCe sont ces petits riens<br \/>\nQue j&#8217;ai mis bout \u00e0 bout<br \/>\nCes petits riens<br \/>\nQui me venaient de vous<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mieux vaut pleurer de rien<\/em> <em><br \/>\nQue de rire de tout<br \/>\nPleure pour un rien<br \/>\nC&#8217;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 beaucoup<br \/>\nMais vous vous n&#8217;avez rien<br \/>\nDans le coeur et j&#8217;avoue<br \/>\nJe vous envie<br \/>\nJe vous en veux beaucoup<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ce sont ces petits riens<\/em> <em><br \/>\nQui me venaient de vous<br \/>\nLes voulez-vous?<br \/>\nTenez! Que voulez-vous<br \/>\nMoi je ne veux pour rien<br \/>\nAu monde plus rien de vous<br \/>\nPour \u00eatre \u00e0 vous<br \/>\nFaut \u00eatre \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 fou<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaaand here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allthelyrics.com\/lyrics\/carla_bruni\/those_little_things_ces_petits_riens-lyrics-1268163.html\">English translation<\/a>, which will probably be better than me trying to explain the whole thing.\u00a0 <em>Il y a plusieurs video-clips<\/em> <em>disponibles en ligne<\/em> (there are several clips available online), with <em>plusieurs interpr\u00e8tes<\/em>. Here&#8217;s one of <em>mes pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9s<\/em>; the clip <em>au-dessus<\/em> (above) is with Serge himself. I hope you like this song, and <em>que vous passiez une soir\u00e9e agr\u00e9able avec Serge!<\/em><\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ces petits riens Serge Gainsbourg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4ZaYev5BZ4?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><\/em><\/p>\n<p>PS Serge died a mess, with liver complications from alcohol and nicotine abuse. Disregard the photo and <em>fumez pas<\/em>&#8211; don&#8217;t smoke!<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/04\/JEG-blog-serge-gainsbourg-jpg_6171-350x263.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\/2010\/04\/JEG-blog-serge-gainsbourg-jpg_6171-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/04\/JEG-blog-serge-gainsbourg-jpg_6171.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Il pleut (it\u2019s raining) in New York, and all I want is to curl up with un verre de vin and \u2026Serge. Serge Gainsbourg is un auteur-compositeur-interpr\u00e8te et cin\u00e9aste fran\u00e7ais: a French songwriter-composer-singer and filmmaker. 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