{"id":6818,"date":"2011-06-07T21:12:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T01:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=6818"},"modified":"2011-06-07T21:42:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T01:42:11","slug":"edith-piaf-a-love-hostage-to-the-vagaries-of-la-foule-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/edith-piaf-a-love-hostage-to-the-vagaries-of-la-foule-the-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9dith Piaf: A Love Hostage to the Vagaries of &#8220;La Foule&#8221; (&#8220;The Crowd&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51wx0gL9ONL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Who said that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>la culture <em>fran\u00e7aise <\/em><\/em><\/span>rarely opened itself to cross-border influence and inspiration, and that the French always lived secluded within the stone walls of their\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-chanson-dasterix-the-song-of-asterix\/\">village gaulois<\/a> ? <\/em>\ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5EyZxEmkMcekYh6jiRKaAGJCBYAeR9mBAKgtgC2KPaC3Y9AGv\" alt=\"\" width=\"35\" height=\"65\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>With her outstanding song &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>La Foule<\/em><\/span>&#8221; (&#8220;the Crowd&#8221;),\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00c9dith Piaf<\/span> dispels such a misconception about her country, by interpreting a Peruvian Waltz titled &#8220;<em>Que nadie sepa mi sufrir<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Let no one know my suffering&#8221;), originally conceived by two Argentinian-born song writers&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Et quelle <em>interpr\u00e9tation <\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong>(And what an interpretation) by\u00a0\u00c9dith Piaf!<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800\">* * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edith Piaf - La foule\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fgn8gZHJZzA?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 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>First, the original Piaf &#8211; &#8220;<em>La Foule<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;The Crowd&#8221;)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5EyZxEmkMcekYh6jiRKaAGJCBYAeR9mBAKgtgC2KPaC3Y9AGv\" alt=\"\" width=\"21\" height=\"39\" \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZjLD_jpgHg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZjLD_jpgHg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8230; then a recent\u00a0<em>reprise <\/em>(a cover) by the\u00a0<em>Nanc\u00e9ien<\/em> groupe (from the French city of Nancy, that is)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mypollux\/\">Mypollux<\/a><\/span>, which you may wish to discover!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiGp5E8BjZitcnL2YrBY7fjCCXLodAHqt2aPOP7nl1SETDtuyQVg\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"35\" \/> <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiGp5E8BjZitcnL2YrBY7fjCCXLodAHqt2aPOP7nl1SETDtuyQVg\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"35\" \/> <strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiGp5E8BjZitcnL2YrBY7fjCCXLodAHqt2aPOP7nl1SETDtuyQVg\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"35\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"alignright\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"left\">\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>* La Foule<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">* The Crowd<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\ufeff<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Je revois la ville en f\u00eate et en d\u00e9lire<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et j&#8217;entends dans la musique les cris, les rires<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Qui \u00e9clatent et rebondissent autour de moi<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\u00c9tourdie, d\u00e9sempar\u00e9e, je reste l\u00e0<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Quand soudain je me retourne, il se recule<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Emport\u00e9s par la foule qui nous tra\u00eene<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nous entra\u00eene<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\u00c9cras\u00e9s l&#8217;un contre l&#8217;autre<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nous ne formons qu&#8217;un seul corps<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et le flot sans effort<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nous pousse, encha\u00een\u00e9s l&#8217;un et l&#8217;autre<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et nous laisse tous deux<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\u00c9panouis, enivr\u00e9s, et heureux<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Entra\u00een\u00e9s par la foule qui s&#8217;\u00e9lance<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et qui danse<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Une folle farandole<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nos deux mains restent soud\u00e9es<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et parfois soulev\u00e9s<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nos deux corps enlac\u00e9s s&#8217;envolent<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et retombent tous deux<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\u00c9panouis, enivr\u00e9s et heureux<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et la joie \u00e9clabouss\u00e9e par son sourire<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Quand la foule vient l&#8217;arracher d&#8217;entre mes bras<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Emport\u00e9s par la foule qui nous tra\u00eene<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nous entra\u00eene<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Nous \u00e9loigne l&#8217;un de l&#8217;autre.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Je lutte et je me d\u00e9bats<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Mais le son de sa voix<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>S&#8217;\u00e9touffe dans les rires des autres<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et je crie de douleur, de fureur et de rage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et je pleure<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Entra\u00een\u00e9e par la foule qui s&#8217;\u00e9lance<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Et qui danse<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Une folle farandole<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Je suis emport\u00e9e au loin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Et je crispe mes poings<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Maudissant la foule qui me vole<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">L&#8217;homme qu&#8217;elle m&#8217;avait donn\u00e9<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Et que je n&#8217;ai jamais retrouv\u00e9<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\ufeffI still can see again the town, festive and in a frenzy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Joyfully suffocating beneath the sun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And I hear amid the music the shouts, the laughters<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">That burst and resound around me<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And lost amongst these people that push me around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Dazed and confused, I stay there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">When all of a sudden I turn around, he moves back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And the crowd threw me into his arms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carried by the crowd that drags us along<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carries us away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Crushed against each other<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">We are but one body<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And the stream easily<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Pushes us, chained to each other<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And leaves us bith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Beaming, exhilarated, and happy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carried away by the crowd that goes on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And that dances<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">A crazy farandole<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Our two hands are firmly joined<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And sometimes lifted up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Our two intertwined bodies fly off<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And both fall back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Beaming, exhilarated and happy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And the joy splashed by his smile<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Pierces me and gushes within me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">But suddenly I scream in the midst of the laughters<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">When the crowd came to pull him off my arms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carried by the crowd that drags us along<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carries us away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Move us away from each other<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">I wrestle and struggle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">But the sound of his voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Is muffled by the laughters of the others<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And I scream out of pain, fury and rage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And I cry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Carried away by the crowd that goes on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And that dances<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">A crazy farandole<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">I am carried far away<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And I clench my fists<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Cursing the crowd that robs me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Of the man that it gave me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">And that I never found again<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" 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