Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose

Subject: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: JennieG
Date: 07 Jul 17 - 09:03 PM

Searching for a version of La Vie En Rose made up of random French words strung together.......when sung with much feeling and pathos it is very funny, even though linguistically it made no sense whatsoever. I don't even know if it exists on paper (on screen?) but I have heard it sung at a festival. Perhaps it was written by the bloke who sang it.

Any clues or ideas would be gratefully received!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The French Song by Greg Champion &
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 07 Jul 17 - 09:58 PM

some kind Mudcat elf posted a link above to the parody & Alison posted it in 2006. Gerry posted in 2012 that he had heard Judy Small & Ballpoint penguins &sing it.


Here's one by an Ozzie - Greg Champion & Divishti Rankine

tune is "La Vie en Rose"

The French Song
© piaf/louiguy (music sales/amcos)

these lyrics © Divishti Rankine & Greg Champion

Pate escargots soup de jour
cordon bleu chic coiffure
fait accompli maison
creme de menthe Marcel Marceau
meringue blancmange Bardot
gauche gay Paris garcon
gendarme agent provocateur
eau de toilette voyeur
au revoir deja vu
carte blanche bidet croissant bourgeois
c'est la vie abattoir
bon voyage coup d'etat
hors d'ouevres Peugeot faux pas
Gerard Depardieux

Lacoste penache papier mache
en suite rue morgue yoplait
Pepe La Pew soufflé
en tous cas le Guy Forget
Maurice Chevalier
le Rainbow Warrior
lingerie chocolat eclair
avant garde Frigidaire
fromage crouton Cointreau
cherchez la femme boudoir je t'aime
vol ou vent Jacques Cousteau
joie de vive Plastic Bertrand
le Coq Sportif penchant
Henri Leconte

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: JennieG
Date: 07 Jul 17 - 10:00 PM

Thank you, Sandra.....for some reason this didn't show up when I did all the searches! That's what I want.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 03:59 AM

There's a Judy Small recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UXMHslB6U It's on her 1996 album, Global Village. The Ballpoint Penguins call it La Vie En Pose, and it's on their CD, Flights of Fancy.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: JennieG
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 07:59 AM

Thank you, Gerry! I thought it would be good for Bastille Day......only six days to go.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: Jackaroodave
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 01:38 PM

That's really funny. I love Edith Piaf and I loved Judy Small's parody. The sometime (sub)title, "The French Song," is a little confusing because there was a 1965 hit by Lucille Starr with that title ("Quand le solei dit bonjour aux montagnes . . . Je suis seul, je ne veux pense qu'a toi," which is also lovely but (over) ripe for parody. I wish someone would take a crack at it.

Lucille Starr The French Song site:youtube.com

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: GUEST,Ebor Fiddler
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 06:25 PM

I have downloaded copies of this and other well-known 1950's French tunes and sadly they come with sets of words in English that bear absolutely no resemblance to the original ones. They are so bad as to be almost parodies in themselves.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: JennieG
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 07:36 PM

Guest Ebor Fiddler - is that where you live? If so, you're only a couple of hours from me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 09 Jul 17 - 03:34 AM

There was another spoof "French" song I remember Derek Brimstone doing, numerous times; handily entitled "Piss Off". Anyone remember it/have the words/knows who wrote it?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose
From: Snuffy
Date: 09 Jul 17 - 08:23 AM

A variation on this theme is Kenneth Williams and "Ma Crepe Suzette" approximately to the tune of Auld Lang Syne