french lyrics by non-french singers

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alors?

― minna, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kahmi Karie, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Kevin Ayers, ...

― A Nairn, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ce que j'ai fait ce soir la...

― Daniel, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer" - oui
The Beatles - "Michelle" - non

― o. nate, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

OMFG! I ran into someone last evening who asked me to make him a CD of French songs done by English-speaking artists. Well, I don't have many yet (except for Pop Romantique compilation) but here's what I have (besides those already listed):
La Folie - Stranglers
Honi Soit - John Cale
La Mer - Jazz Butcher
(+ Others that were written in French & covered by English-speaking bands
Bonnie & Clyde/Luna
Ca Plane Por Moi/Sonic Youth.)

― Dave225, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bill Wyman! Non non, vous n'en êtes pas, Bill!

― Jeff W, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Blondie in Sunday Girl - oui oui

The Wedding Present on Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable? - poo poo.

― N., Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dostoyevsky - all of his books have that whole French thing going on in some way or another. Nah, he didn't sing, but here's to guessing there was some spoken-word musicality as he dictated to his wife.

― T. DiGravina, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

stereo total.

― anthony, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Anthony isn't that german lyrics sung by French people? Oh it's all so confusing. Especially when they start singing Japanese.

― Tracer hand, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'm pretty sure The Wedding Present did a song in french, and i'm pretty sure david gedge isn't a francophone...

― rob, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Daevid Allen has sung some French lyrics in Gong, I think. I have to say OUI.

― nickn, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sting - "Hungry for you" with the Police and "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets" from Mercury Falling...he should regret that one, indeed.

― brian, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Jonathan Richman, many songs. mais oui.

― Arch Ibog, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The obvious one has been overlooked: "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?"

― nathalie, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"I Love Paris", Screamin Jay Hawkins. Though there's just as much fake Chinese as French in that one.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kylie - "Je Ne Sais Pous Porquoi" (I can't spell French, but oui!) Pulp - Manon (non. very non.)

― EdwardO, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Roxy Music – A Song For Europe

― Sean, Friday, 22 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

nina simone, 'ne me quitte pas' mon d'yeux c'est beaux!

― tree, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Le freak,c'est Chic.Also Kraftwerk's Tour De France.I'll come back when I can think of some duds.

― Damian, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

back before rock was born as the global lingua franca of youth revolution haha ahem, the beatles and the stones — others too possibly — recorded french-language versions of their singles

― mark s, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I heard a french beta band song while in Paris. Anybody know its name?

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Si si je suis un rock star. Oui!

― N., Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Search - Liza Minelli butchering french and english in Liza with a Z.

― Queen G, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Search - the French and English butchering Liza Minnelli.

― N., Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Would-Be-Goods: Rose du Barry (ouais); Je Lèche les Vitrines (s'pa).

― OleM, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Placebo "burger queen français" - nononononon

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

david bowie - héros

― willem, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There was a truly dire French cover version of "Blue Monday" called "Lundi Bleu" released about 10 years ago by an obscure smartarse Manchester band who i can't remember the name of.

― tacit, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

that would be The Times (who, consisting of Edward Ball, are generally pretty awful)

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

The Plan - Mon Amour!

― , Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

haha... this thread has come full circle - i think 'mon amour' was the song that inspired it :). actually as i type i realise this is a lie, it was in fact inspired by 'lauren caught my eye' by the crash
but 'mon amour' is a great song... better than 'lauren caught my eye'.

― minna, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Non: Blondie in Denis, Rapture too me thinks (wonderful songs though). Oui: Rheostatics "Chanson Les Ruelles"

― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

five months pass...

placebo - mars landing party

perverted, yet humourous :)

― ginny, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 01:32 (twenty-three years ago)

april march - garage goddess of the pussywillows... lots of francophilia courtesy of bertrand b.

― gygax!, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 03:19 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

The Style Council - The Paris Match
The Style Council - Down in the seine

― Malice, Sunday, 12 September 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

where do stereolab fit in here?

― technocaffeine (grumpy_bastard), Sunday, 12 September 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Isobel Campbell singing "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son" during the Black Sessions. I'm still unsure as to whether I approve or not, but her pathetic giggling apology afterwards is swaying me to the side of not.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 12 September 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Would-Be-Goods: Rose du Barry (ouais); Je Lèche les Vitrines (s'pa).

-- OleM (omhalc...) (webmail), March 22nd, 2002 7:00 PM. (link)

the whole él records thing was very continental, or sort of nostalgic mock-continental, so their appropriation of french had a point to it beyond ooh how cute we're singing in french. ok, well it was kind of ooh how cute we're singing in french but with it actually did something with that concept.

how about non-french lyrics by french singers? phoenix/air/daft punk classic obv. and france galls "merci, herr marquis" is uber-classic (france gall in german is pretty great overall). serge gainsbourg's franglais is pretty amusing as well.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 12 September 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

ABBA - "Voulez-Vous?" - mais bien sûr!

― Seb (Seb), Sunday, 12 September 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts "French Song"
J’aime faire i’amour sur tout a trois

― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Sunday, 12 September 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm pretty sure The Wedding Present did a song in french, and i'm pretty sure david gedge isn't a francophone...

...actually weren't they even called Le cadeau de wedding" at some point?

― daavid (daavid), Sunday, 12 September 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post: wait, Stereo Total are half-French, aren't they? French girl, German guy.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 13 September 2004 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

"Avril en Mai" by Apples in Stereo (and many others on the Pop Romantique comp) get my OUI!

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 13 September 2004 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

'The Paris Match' and 'Down in the seine' are beautiful songs, but Weller's voice is reminiscent of a twelve-year-old boy in French class trying too hard and consequently sounding more cockney-home-counties than ever. Not the most pleasing aspect of those songs, lovely as they are.

― darren (darren), Monday, 13 September 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i like that fairport convention dylan cover in french!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 13 September 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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french lyrics by non-french singers - oui ou non?