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Thread #13885   Message #127341
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23-Oct-99 - 08:32 PM
Thread Name: Help: Any Francophone Trenet/Piaf fans?
Subject: RE: Help: Any Francophone Trenet/Piaf fans?
Wow. That was a big blue clicky thing. Thanks for that though, I shall check that out. Thanks to MTed too. I'm familiar with "Que Reste Til" and "I wish you love", but I haven't heard any English language versions of Milord--any idea who recorded them? There was actually a Piaf revue done in the 70's called "Je Vous Aime", which I believe had several Enblish language versions of her recorded hits. Can't find it anywhere though. My inspiration was not the Page musical, although I'm vaguely familiar with it. In some cases, literal interpretations of the tunes may serve better for me, as my singer can sing in French, but without knowing what the words mean. She'll want to be able to move her audience with something other than gibberish. Good "translated adaptations" would be nice too, for the parts of the show that will be done in English. The show won't be limited to Piaf, however. French popular song