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I was listening to one of my favourite French rock tunes earlier (not very often one can say that), and it still tickles me that I have no idea what they are on about. Not sure I even want to know.
Who's got any other's to add?
Anything by The Pogues.
i'll see your Pogues, and raise you Kings of Leon
I would strongly assert that while French can be beautiful, it is hardly ever cool.
They might have, Ponch (from chips) a stoned chevy chase, cheech (from cheech and chong) and Frank Zappa. I haven't got a clue what they are saying but they wrote some great music.
Nass el ghiwan
slimjim:
You work all your life to pay your tombstone
You mask your face while reading your journal,
You walk like a robot in the corridors of the metro,
People do not touch you, you must take the first step,
You want to talk without the buck,
Impossible to advance without your bulletproof vest.
You want to give the eyes a justice
Imposssible to rape this woman full of vices.
Antisocial, you people your blood cold.
Think back to all those years of service.
Antisocial, soon the years of abuse,
Finally the time lost that one catches more.
Crush the people has become your hobby.
By splashing, you become annoying.
In your despair, there is still some hope
Than to see people unvarnished and less bastards.
But stop to take stock, shakes his fists rather,
Move your retirement, your behavior is too perfect
Note the mouth, I am, you're not alone
Those who envy you, today you would find.
Antisocial, you people your blood cold.
Think back to all those years of service.
Antisocial, soon the years of abuse,
Finally the time lost that one catches more, that it catches more.
You work all your life to pay your tombstone
You mask your face while reading your journal,
You walk like a robot in the corridors of the metro,
People do not touch you, you must take the first step,
You want to talk without the buck,
Impossible to advance without your bulletproof vest.
You want to give the eyes a justice
Imposssible to rape this woman full of vices.
Antisocial, you people your blood cold.
Think back to all those years of service.
Antisocial, soon the years of abuse,
Finally the time lost that one catches more, we do more catching up, that one catches more, that one catches more.
Antisocial (12x)
however thats a literal translation - scanning it its probably not far off
He definitely said the word "gateaux" in the middle there.
Great, can you do mine now alexxx?
Ok I'll translate a bit, just enough to give you an idea:
Tu bosses toute ta vie pour payer ta pierre tombale
You work all your life to pay for you tomb stone
Tu masques ton visage en lisant ton journal
You hide your face when reading the paper
Tu marches tel un robot dans les couloirs du metro
You walk like a robot in the underground walkways
Les gens ne te touchent pas pour faire le premier pas
people don't touch you to make the first move
Tu voudrais dialoguer sans renvoyer la balle
You'd like to talk without replying
Impossible d'avancer sans ton gilet pare-balle
Imposible to go forward without you bullet-proof vest
Tu voudrais donner des yeux a la justice
You'd like to be able to make the justice system see
Impossible de violer cette femme pleine de vices
Impossible to rape this lady of the night
Antisocial, tu perds ton sang froid
Antisocial you lose your rag.
Edit: O.K. so someone found one on the Net quicker - mines right though.
I would if I hadn't just watched the last one and destroyed my soul 😛
The last ones talking about being gay in a happy way of course.
The last one is a musical where they combined E.T with Rain Man and Close Encounters. They don't get much better than that!
hahaha! that is a fusion of a film indeed!
As for "never cool", if cool means pretentious and unlistenable then French music is rarely cool. If cool means laid back and inoffensive then it often is:
Can't be a bit of Spanish rap.
I really like this chap... Saez
Love that vid iDave.
The title is a reference to the letter Zola sent to the French president in the Dréfus affare BTW.