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07 Jul 17 - 09:03 PM (#3864961) Subject: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: JennieG 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! |
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07 Jul 17 - 09:58 PM (#3864970) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The French Song by Greg Champion & From: Sandra in Sydney 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 |
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07 Jul 17 - 10:00 PM (#3864971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: JennieG Thank you, Sandra.....for some reason this didn't show up when I did all the searches! That's what I want. |
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08 Jul 17 - 03:59 AM (#3864987) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: GUEST,Gerry 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. |
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08 Jul 17 - 07:59 AM (#3865040) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: JennieG Thank you, Gerry! I thought it would be good for Bastille Day......only six days to go. |
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08 Jul 17 - 01:38 PM (#3865104) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: Jackaroodave 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 |
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08 Jul 17 - 06:25 PM (#3865148) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: GUEST,Ebor Fiddler 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. |
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08 Jul 17 - 07:36 PM (#3865153) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: JennieG Guest Ebor Fiddler - is that where you live? If so, you're only a couple of hours from me. |
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09 Jul 17 - 03:34 AM (#3865190) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: GUEST,Ray 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? |
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09 Jul 17 - 08:23 AM (#3865244) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Franglaise version - La Vie En Rose From: Snuffy A variation on this theme is Kenneth Williams and "Ma Crepe Suzette" approximately to the tune of Auld Lang Syne |