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Les Monophonies de Polyphrène
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Versions françaises inédites (traductions personnelles "chantables" car respectant la rime et la métrique du texte anglais original) de chansons anglaises folk et country, avec explications et commentaires.
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American Pie
A long long time agoI can still remember how that music used to make me smileAnd I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd maybe they'd b... Lire la suite
Publié le 12 janvier 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
What It Is
The drinking dens are spilling outThere's staggering in the squareThere's lads and lasses falling aboutAnd a crackling in the airDown around the dungeon doorsTh... Lire la suite
Publié le 11 janvier 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
This Is Us
down at the Mardi GrasThis is us in your Daddy's CarYou and the missing linkYeah, I'd had a little too much to drink, nowToo long in the sunHaving too much... Lire la suite
Publié le 06 janvier 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
If This Is Goodbye
My famous last wordsAre laying around in tattersSounding absurdWhatever I tryBut I love youAnd that's all that really mattersIf this is goodbyeIf this is... Lire la suite
Publié le 25 décembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Days of Pearly Spencer
A tenement, a dirty streetWalked and worn by shoeless feetInside it's long and so completeWatched by a shivering sunOld eyes in a small child's faceWatching as... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 décembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Can The Circle Be Unbroken
I was standing by the windowOn one cold and cloudy dayAnd I saw the hearse come rollingFor to carry my mother awayCan the circle be unbrokenBye and bye, Lord,... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 décembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Wind of Change
I follow the MoskvaDown to Gorky ParkListening to the wind of changeAn August summer nightSoldiers passing byListening to the wind of changeThe world is... Lire la suite
Publié le 16 décembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
California Blue
Working all dayAnd the sun don't shineTrying to get byAnd I'm just killin' timeI feel the rainFall the whole night throughFar away from youCalifornia... Lire la suite
Publié le 15 décembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Democracy
It's coming through a hole in the air,From those nights in Tiananmen Square.It's coming from the feelThat this ain't exactly real,Or it's real, but it ain't... Lire la suite
Publié le 18 novembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Silhouettes
Took a walk and passed your house late last nightAll the shades were pulled and drawn way down tightFrom within, the dim light cast two silhouettes on the... Lire la suite
Publié le 02 novembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Bus Stop
, wet day, she's there, I sayPlease share my umbrellaBus stop, bus goes,she stays, love growsUnder my umbrellaAll that summer we enjoyed itWind and rain and... Lire la suite
Publié le 02 novembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Mockingbird Hill
When the sun in the morning peeps over the hillAnd kisses the roses 'round my windowsillThen my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trillOf the birds in... Lire la suite
Publié le 28 octobre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Devil Baby
The freaks'll stay togetherThey're a tight old crewYou look at themAnd they look at youI love the ballyhoo girlBut she don't careIt's hard to find love... Lire la suite
Publié le 30 septembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Quality Shoe
You got your toecaps reinforced with steelHard-wearing sole and heelMake those tired feet feel like newTake your pick, black or BrownGreat for the country or th... Lire la suite
Publié le 29 septembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Streets Of Laredo
As I walkedout on the streets of LaredoAs I walkedout on Laredo one dayI spied ayoung cowboy wrapped in white linenAll wrappedin white linen as cold as the... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 septembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
I Was Born Under A Wandrin' Star
I was born under a wandrin' starWheels are made for rolling, mules are made to packI've never seen a sight that didn't look better looking backI was born under... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 septembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
On That Day
Some people sayIt’s what we deserveFor sins against g-dFor crimes in the worldI wouldn’t knowI’m just holding the fortSince that dayThey wounded New YorkSome... Lire la suite
Publié le 16 septembre 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
You Have Loved Enough
I said I'd be your loverYou laughed at what I saidI lost my job foreverI was counted with the deadI swept the marble chambers,But you sent me down below. Lire la suite
Publié le 16 août 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Traitor
Now the Swan it floated on the English riverAh the Rose of High Romance it opened wideA sun-tanned woman yearned me through the summerAnd the judges watched us... Lire la suite
Publié le 24 juin 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Philarmonics
Guess who died,Last nightIn grey stockings, In all mightIt was no lossThe only God of mineHe fell down, Just to drownIn a sea Of delightTo tameChampagneAnd... Lire la suite
Publié le 20 mai 2012 CULTURE, MUSIQUE