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I'll kick off with this 1972 Zippo-wielding belter from Vicky Leandros - Après Toi.
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
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Mina Mazzini - Se Telefonando
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Translation, please Ted...
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Joe le Taxi
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Plastic Bertrand's - Ca plane pour moi.
Don't know what any of it means, but a superb bit of 70's Punky Pop.
Of course being so old as to remember it, I haven't got a clue how to post an actual clip of it on here, but it must be out there on youtube.
Don't know what any of it means, but a superb bit of 70's Punky Pop.
Of course being so old as to remember it, I haven't got a clue how to post an actual clip of it on here, but it must be out there on youtube.
clapham_gull
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Nothing by the Proclaimers ?
Lord Bracknell
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Nice little groovy pop ditty from Mina - Ta Ra Ta Ta (Fumo Blu)
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Someone's had a go...
Yam! Bam! mon chat Splash
Git sur mon lit a bouffe
sa langue en buvant tout mon whisky
quant a moi peu dormi, vide, brime
J'ai du dormir dans la gouttiere
Ou j'ai eu un flash *
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
En quatre couleurs *"
Allez hop! un matin
Une louloute est venue chez-moi
Poupee de cellophane, cheveux chinois
un sparadrap, une gueule de bois
a bu ma biere dans un grand verre en caoutchouc
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Comme un indien dans son igloo
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! la nana quel panard!
Quelle vibration!
de s'envoyer sur le paillasson
Limee, ruinee, videe, comblee
You are the King of the divan!
Qu'elle me dit en passant
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I am the King of the divan
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! t'occupe t'inquiete
touche pas ma planete
It's not today
Quel le ciel me tombera sur la tete
et que la colle me manquera ****
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! ma nana s'est tiree
S'est barree enfin c'est marre a tout casse
L'evier, le bar me laissant seul
Comme un grand connard
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Le pied dans le plat
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
... which comes out at something like...
Wham! Bam! my cat Splash
lies on my bed with his tongue puffed out
by drinking all my whisky.
As for me, not enough sleep, drained, persecuted,
I had to sleep in the gutter
where I had a flash
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
in four colours
Allez-oop! One morning
a darling came to my home,
a cellophane puppet with Chinese hair,
a plaster, a hangover,
drank my beer in a large rubber glass
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
like an Indian in his igloo
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This work for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
Allez-oop! The chick***, what a gas!
what a vibration!
to be sent on the door mat
filed, ruined, drained, filled
You are the King of the divan!
she says to me in passing
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I am the King of the divan
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This workss for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
Allez-oop! Don't mind, don't worry
Don't affect me
It’s not today
that the sky will fall on my head
and I'll be without glue
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This life’s for me
Allez-oop! my chick has gone away,
flew away, finally had enough, to break
the sink, the bar, leaving me alone
like a complete jerk
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I've put my foot in it
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This workss for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
This workss for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
* "J'ai eu un flash" could also be translated as "I had a trip". Which seems to make sense.
** Most sources agree on "en quatre couleurs", but "En GAF couleur" has been suggested, referring to the photographic film manufacturer. A video of Plastic singing (miming) has him holding up four fingers at this point, which seems to settle it.
*** Chick = babe/girl, as in "are you looking at my bird?" Hmm ... not convinced about that last verse about the chick going away ... I assume it's full of a lot of slang! And I take it that to be "sent" on the doormat is in the sense of something rather more carnal ... Let's just say that the above was a loose, literal translation, if there can be such a thing. But you get the jist.
**** "Ou que l'alcool me manquera" or "et que la colle me manquera"? Is he running out of alcohol or coming unstuck? You decide. Stop press: a late entry for "et que la gueule me manquera" = "and my big mouth will fail me". Could be ...
So there.
Yam! Bam! mon chat Splash
Git sur mon lit a bouffe
sa langue en buvant tout mon whisky
quant a moi peu dormi, vide, brime
J'ai du dormir dans la gouttiere
Ou j'ai eu un flash *
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
En quatre couleurs *"
Allez hop! un matin
Une louloute est venue chez-moi
Poupee de cellophane, cheveux chinois
un sparadrap, une gueule de bois
a bu ma biere dans un grand verre en caoutchouc
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Comme un indien dans son igloo
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! la nana quel panard!
Quelle vibration!
de s'envoyer sur le paillasson
Limee, ruinee, videe, comblee
You are the King of the divan!
Qu'elle me dit en passant
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I am the King of the divan
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! t'occupe t'inquiete
touche pas ma planete
It's not today
Quel le ciel me tombera sur la tete
et que la colle me manquera ****
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Allez hop! ma nana s'est tiree
S'est barree enfin c'est marre a tout casse
L'evier, le bar me laissant seul
Comme un grand connard
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Le pied dans le plat
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
Ca plane pour moi
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
Ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi ca plane pour moi
Ca plane pour moi moi moi moi moi
... which comes out at something like...
Wham! Bam! my cat Splash
lies on my bed with his tongue puffed out
by drinking all my whisky.
As for me, not enough sleep, drained, persecuted,
I had to sleep in the gutter
where I had a flash
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
in four colours
Allez-oop! One morning
a darling came to my home,
a cellophane puppet with Chinese hair,
a plaster, a hangover,
drank my beer in a large rubber glass
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
like an Indian in his igloo
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This work for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
Allez-oop! The chick***, what a gas!
what a vibration!
to be sent on the door mat
filed, ruined, drained, filled
You are the King of the divan!
she says to me in passing
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I am the King of the divan
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This workss for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
Allez-oop! Don't mind, don't worry
Don't affect me
It’s not today
that the sky will fall on my head
and I'll be without glue
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This life’s for me
Allez-oop! my chick has gone away,
flew away, finally had enough, to break
the sink, the bar, leaving me alone
like a complete jerk
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I've put my foot in it
This works for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
This workss for me
Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
This works for me
This workss for me, this works for me
This works for me me me me me
* "J'ai eu un flash" could also be translated as "I had a trip". Which seems to make sense.
** Most sources agree on "en quatre couleurs", but "En GAF couleur" has been suggested, referring to the photographic film manufacturer. A video of Plastic singing (miming) has him holding up four fingers at this point, which seems to settle it.
*** Chick = babe/girl, as in "are you looking at my bird?" Hmm ... not convinced about that last verse about the chick going away ... I assume it's full of a lot of slang! And I take it that to be "sent" on the doormat is in the sense of something rather more carnal ... Let's just say that the above was a loose, literal translation, if there can be such a thing. But you get the jist.
**** "Ou que l'alcool me manquera" or "et que la colle me manquera"? Is he running out of alcohol or coming unstuck? You decide. Stop press: a late entry for "et que la gueule me manquera" = "and my big mouth will fail me". Could be ...
So there.
1066familyman
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Get BBC Radio 3 on NOW and you'll hear plenty of them 
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The astonishment of the night
opened wide on the sea
surprised us that we were
disowned me and you.
Then, in the dark your hands
suddenly on mine
Grew too much in a hurry
this love of ours…
If telephoning
I could say goodbye
I would call you…
If seeing you again
I was sure you don't suffer
I would see you again…
If watching you in the eyes
I could tell you it's over
I would watch you…
But I can't explain to you
that our hardly born love
is already over…
If telephoning
I could say goodbye
I would call you…
If seeing you again
I was sure you don't suffer
I would see you again…
If watching you in the eyes
I could tell you it's over
I would watch you…
But I can't explain to you
that our hardly born love
is already over…
1066familyman
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I'm a big 'World Music' fan, so lots of my favourite tunes are in a foreign language.
I think I'd have to kick off with this one as it's a partciular favourite of mine.
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I think I'd have to kick off with this one as it's a partciular favourite of mine.
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That was quick...
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Je Ne rien I think that it was made by Marille Mathieu (sp)
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Komm gib mir deine hand - the Beatles
Con le mie lacrime - Rolling Stones
(I wanna hold your hand and As tears go by sung in German and Italian respectively)
Con le mie lacrime - Rolling Stones
(I wanna hold your hand and As tears go by sung in German and Italian respectively)