{"id":746,"date":"2010-05-27T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=746"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:24:46","slug":"sexandthecityinparis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/sexandthecityinparis\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Bradshaw \u00e0 Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u2019abord, je pense que je suis aussi fan d\u2019Hichem que vous! <\/em>\u00a0I think I\u2019m as much a fan of Hichem as you are! \u201cTh\u00e9 \u00e0 la menthe\u201d <\/em>\u00a0is one of my favorite chansons <\/em>(songs), et j\u2019adore Vincent Cassel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sa femme n\u2019est pas mal non plus <\/em>(his wife isn\u2019t bad either)\u2014vous connaissez <\/em>Monica Bellucci\u00a0?<\/p>\n

Motiv\u00e9e par \u00ab\u00a0Th\u00e9 \u00e0 la menthe\u00a0\u00bb, on parle aujourd\u2019hui <\/em>(we\u2019re talking today) about another example of a French song in a mainstream American movie. In this case, it\u2019s actually une s\u00e9rie <\/em>(a TV series) that was spun into two movies\u2026<\/p>\n

Vous connaissez <\/em>Sex and the City?<\/p>\n

Le deuxi\u00e8me film sort aujourd\u2019hui <\/em>(the second film comes out today), but I still love the show best. Surtout la fin de la derni\u00e8re saison <\/em>(especially the end of the last season), when Carrie goes to Paris!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eOm8oGGJRfc&NR=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s a cartoon Paris, of ridiculous costumes, glittering lights, pastel bonbons and intimidating women. (The lights and the women are fair, actually.) Carrie\u2019s Paris is as inauthentic as her New York (sorry, SATC bus tours). But it was still fun to watch as Carrie fled New York for le r\u00eave de Paris<\/em>, which didn\u2019t end as well as she had hoped.<\/p>\n

The pivotal scene of Carrie\u2019s disillusionment with Paris is played at Place de la Concorde<\/em>, a plaza au pied <\/em>(at the foot) of the Champs Elys\u00e9es, face \u00e0 <\/em>(facing) l\u2019H\u00f4tel Crillon, a famous h\u00f4tel de luxe <\/em>(luxury hotel). Carrie runs through traffic in a billowing tutu, while la Tour Eiffel \u00e9tincelle <\/em>(sparkles) over the Seine.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0La Belle et le bad boy<\/em>,\u00a0\u00bb une chanson de MC Solaar, accompagne sa fuite<\/em> (\u00ab\u00a0The Belle and the bad boy,\u00a0\u00bb a song by MC Solaar, accompanies her flight). I love the arrangement of the song, and it\u2019s\u00a0poignant and catchy against Carrie\u2019s Paris misadventure. C\u2019est dommage <\/em>(it\u2019s too bad) that a non-Francophone picked the song, because the lyrics n\u2019ont rien \u00e0 voir<\/em> (have nothing to do with) la sc\u00e8ne. <\/em><\/p>\n

Tout de m\u00eame<\/em>, it\u2019s an iconic scene, and je parie <\/em>(I bet) a lot of you will remember the song. Voici les paroles, ainsi qu\u2019une traduction en anglais<\/em> (here are the word, as well as a translation in English). If you\u2019re gearing up for the movie today, I hope this brings back memories. Either way, I\u2019m sure MC Solaar will teach you some new words! Bonne journ\u00e9e!<\/em><\/p>\n

PS Joyeux anniversaire, maman! Happy birthday, Mom!<\/p>\n

La Belle et le bad boy, MC Solaar<\/span><\/p>\n

Ils s’etaient rencontres sur les bancs d’l’ecole
\n[They met back in school]
\nEntre une heure de colle de maths ou d’un cours d’espagnol
\n[Between a math class and a spanish class]
\nC’etait un fille fun fana de football
\n[She was a fun girl, a soccer fan]
\nLui ne craignait pas les balles, c’etait le goal
\n[But he didn’t fear balls, it was the goal]
\nC’qu’il lui promettait c’etait des ballades en Corvette
\n[Only thing he promised was rides in a Corvette]
\nPour l’instant en survet, il volait des mobylettes
\n[But for now, he was stealing scooters]
\nMais entre eux c’etait toujours complicite
\n[Between them there was always complicity]
\nEscale sur un piedestal un reve delimite
\n[Stop on a pedestal, a clear dream]
\nS’il devenait triangle, elle serait rectangle
\n[If he became triangle, she would be rectangle]
\nLa belle et le bad boy, le triangle rectangle
\n[The beauty and the bad boy, the triangular rectangle]
\nC’est comme passer de Joe Dassin a Jodeci
\n[It’s like going from Joe Dassin to Jodeci]
\nUn vrai truc de ouf style pur clip de R&B
\n[A real R&B videoclip\u00a0 drama]
\nElle vit le grand amour, qui commence dans la cour
\n[She’s living the great love, that begins in the court]
\nSe poursuit dans les tours et rime toujours avec toujours
\n[Continues during tours\u00a0 and always rhymes with ‘toujours’]
\nMais le contexte est plus fort que le concept
\n[But the context is sronger than the concept]
\nSon mec se jette dans les flammes et il se lave avec.
\n[Her man jumps into the flames and\u00a0bathes in them]<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nLes sous ensembles dans les grands ensembles s’assemblent
\n[Small ensembles in big ensembles assemble]
\nLa belle et le bad boy(x3)<\/p>\n

[The beauty and the bad boy]
\nLes sous ensembles dans les grands ensembles s’assemblent
\n[Small ensembles in big ensembles assemble]<\/p>\n

Les sous ensembles dans les grands ensembles s’assemblent
\n[Small ensembles in big ensembles assemble]
\nPour gagner des sous ensemble
\n[To win money together]
\nParlent sans faire semblant de faire des coups ensemble
\n[Talk without giving the impression of doing business together]
\nEt si c’est sanglant. Ils plaident devant Dieu ensemble. Vu
\n[And when it gets bloody, they plead God together. See.]
\nIls etait convaincant, elle etait convaicue
\n[They were convinving, She was convinced]
\nA croire qu’aujourd’hui s’arreter etait exclu
\n[To think today that stopping was out of the question]
\nIls trafiquent des faux billets avec des reseaux slaves.
\n[They traffic counterfeit money with Slavic networks]
\nBalancent la concurence. en France c’est un delit grave.
\n[Beat the competition. In France it’s a serious offense]
\nRisque pour les pommettes, les mecs sortent des baumettes.
\nlui n’a qu’un truc en tete, c’est la quete de sa Corvette.
\nAmbiance paranoiaque. L’equipe adverse traine
\n[Paranoiac environment, the adverse team lags behind]
\nDes projectiles partent quand une BM freine
\n[Projectiles go off when a BMW brakes]
\nQuand elle tombe, il a les larmes aux yeux
\n[When she falls, tears drops off his eyes]
\nDeux balles de 22. Vingt deux ans adieu
\n[Two .22 bullets. Twenty two(years old) Goodbye]
\nLe contexte est plus fort que le concept
\n[The Context is stronger than the concept]
\nSon mec s’est jette dans les flammes il faut qu’il se lave avec
\n[Her man jumps into the flames He has to\u00a0bathe in them]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

D\u2019abord, je pense que je suis aussi fan d\u2019Hichem que vous! \u00a0I think I\u2019m as much a fan of Hichem as you are! \u201cTh\u00e9 \u00e0 la menthe\u201d \u00a0is one of my favorite chansons (songs), et j\u2019adore Vincent Cassel. Sa femme n\u2019est pas mal non plus (his wife isn\u2019t bad either)\u2014vous connaissez Monica Bellucci\u00a0? Motiv\u00e9e par…<\/p>\n

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