Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai
I first heard Francis Cabrel during a French Podclass( 72 & 73 ) I was listening to. I thought it was good and the songs I heard reminded me ever so slightly of Jim Croce( or maybe I could just hear his 'stache ) and a little Neil Diamond. I hadn't heard him in a while until I came across a post that had the song Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai. I've been trying to listen to some french music lately to help me with learning the language so I looked for some videos and found one for the song. Since, loosely translated, it means I loved you, I love you and I will always love you I thought it would be a beautiful piece to listen to and watch for Valentine's day. ...
Original Lyrics:
Mon enfant, nue sur les galets,
Le vent dans tes cheveux défaits,
Comme un printemps sur mon trajet,
Un diamant tombé d'un coffret.
Seule la lumière pourrait
Défaire nos repères secrets
Où mes doigts pris sur tes poignets,
Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai...
Quoi que tu fasses, l'amour est partout ou tu regardes
Dans les moindres recoins de l'espace,
Dans le moindre rêve ou tu t'attardes
L'amour, comme s'il en pleuvait,
Nu sur les galets...
Le ciel prétend qu'il te connait
Il est si beau c'est sûrement vrai.
Lui qui s'approche jamais
Je l'ai vu pris dans tes filets.
Le monde a tellement de regrets
Tellement de choses qu'on promet.
Une seule pour laquelle je suis fait
Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai...
Quoi que tu fasses, l'amour est partout ou tu regardes,
Dans les moindres recoins de l'espace,
Dans le moindre rêve ou tu t'attardes.
L'amour, comme s'il en pleuvait,
Nu sur les galets...
On s'envolera du même quai
Les yeux dans les mêmes reflets,
Pour cette vie et celle d'après
Tu seras mon unique projet.
Je m'en irai poser tes portraits
A tous les plafonds de tous les palais,
Sur tous les murs que je trouverai
Et juste en-dessous j'écrirai
Que seule la lumière pourrait...
Et mes doigts pris sur tes poignets,
Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai
Translated lyrics:
I loved you, I love you, and I will (always) love you
My child naked on the sea-washed pebbles
The wind in your ruffled hair
Like a new year in my life
A diamond fallen from its box
Only light could
uncover our secret caresses
where my fingers nestled on your wrists
I loved you, I love you, and I will (always) love you
And no matter what you do
Love is everywhere you look
In the most hidden recesses of space
In the smallest dream in which you linger
Love falling as gentle rain
naked on the sea-washed pebbles
The Sky pretends to know you
He is truly beautiful, that's for sure
He who never draws near
I saw Him trapped in your net
The world has so much remorse
So many promised things
But only one for which I was made:
I loved you, I love you, and I will (always) love you
And no matter what you do
Love is everywhere you look
In the most hidden recesses of space
In the smallest dream in which you linger
Love falling as gentle rain
naked on the sea-washed pebbles
We'll fly away from the same pier
The eyes within the same reflections
For in this life and the one after
you will be my sole purpose
I'll leave soon to hang your portraits
on all the ceilings of all the palaces,
on all the walls that I can find
And just below them, I will write
that only light could....
And my fingers nestled on your wrists
I loved you, I love you, and I will (always) love you
And as an extra Valentine's day bonus here is a live version of his song "Je l'aime à mourir". There is some good banter at the beginning.
Friday Humor at McDonald's
Continuing the countdown to Y2J with this little unique find of Jericho working a McDonald's
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Since he mentioned Celebrity Duets, I thought I'd post some videos of that performance as well. With LeAnne Womack
With Peter Frampton
After being voted off
A little friday humor with Flight of the Conchords
I have posted in the past about how I am drawn to things that are french. I've also made several posts about language. That is why I find this Flight of the Conchords bit to be hilarious. It makes fun of trying to learn french, or at least the way in which many people are taught it.
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For those of you who would like a little more, there is plenty to find if you do a google video search. However, here is one I found today that just makes me laugh again and again the more I watch it.
Self edited rap. I especially like the "hydraulics" on the bikes.
I edited the top part of the post so that it would show the video. I used to use the official version from the HBO site, but it has expired. So here is the nice way they show it:)
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
On Saturday I got to do something very special. Along with my wife and brother in law, I went to see Rush in concert. It's been a while since I've been to a concert, and I believe the last one was Rush as well. But it was a pleasure for more than just a chance to see them play live. The nights playlist was different than what you would expect, and yet it was the same. ...
I love live albums and there are some perennial concert classics that always seem to get played. For instance, Spirit of the Radio, Tom Sawyer and some part of 2112. All great songs, but I've heard them live. In some cases I have 3 different live versions on CD plus the Rush in Rio DVD version. Because of this I went in with some songs that I would love to hear, but I wasn't expecting them to play.
Limelight is one of my favorite songs and it was likely to be played ( in fact it was first in the playlist ). Some others that I like were played as well. The song that has the line from the title of this posting, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose", Circumstances I didn't think would get played. The songs from Hemispheres that usually get played are The Trees and La Villa Strangiato, neither of which was on the playlist. Instead, they played Circumstances which was awesome. Another song that was unlikely but very cool is Natural Science. They played it! In fact the whole first part of the show was a mix of stuff from their new album Snakes and Arrows and older stuff that you don't usually hear.
During intermission we heard a part of 2112. Not as played by Rush, but the string quartet version of 2112. That was quite amusing and gave way to a conversation about how cool it would be to have a string quartet play Rush songs during intermission, then the band could play the songs they didn't.
The second part of the show started out with more of the same mix. A bunch of great Rush songs that you wouldn't expect mixed in with songs from their new album. As the saying goes though, the more that things change, the more they stay the same. Then the familiar opening to Spirit of the Radio started and we began a set, albeit short, of more expected songs. They did mix things up a little and had a great intro into Tom Sawyer by the boys of South Park acting as Lil Rush.
All in all, a great concert. My wife wrote down the playlist and might be putting it on her blog, but I think their was only 23 songs played that night. Given the number of albums they have and the fact that some albums got more coverage than others, not every album was represented. However, much of their career for the past 30+ years was represented including the theme song from Summerslam 2005, the cover of Summertime Blues.
If you haven't bought their new album yet, make sure to pick it up. While you are at it check to see when they are coming to your area and get yourself some tickets if you can. They once again put on a great show and played some great music.
The Wisdom of Song Lyrics
In my life I have argued for and against the importance of song lyrics. Should they be meaningful? Do vocals even need to contain words we understand, or real words at all? But this week I have had some songs and song lyrics running through my head. So while working out this morning I paid greater attention to the sound coming through my earphones to come up with some song lyrics I thought about or remind me about things I've thought about this week. ...
The format of this post will be lyrics followed by where they are from. After that I will talk about the lyrics in relationship to my thoughts.
Hello world take a look at me.
Well you didn't,
but you should've
so I'm sure you'll agree;
Not paying attention
has cost you greatly...
- High School Dance by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones from the album Pay Attention.
This song was written in 2000 after the Columbine shootings and you can look at it many different ways. It is written in first person and along with the feel of the music you can almost understand why somebody would do such a terrible thing. Almost. In our quest to understand tragedies we often ask the question "Why?". This song seems to try to answer that.
If you want to make the world a better place
take a look at yourself
and make a change
- Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson from the album Bad
This quote is really the basis of the thought process I had when writing my previous article, Who is responsible when tragedy strikes?.
Now we can fight one another
the way they they do on TV
or we can help one another
the way it's suppose to beIf we all give a little
it can really mean a lot
It's a small, small world
but it's the only one we've got
- Small World by Huey Lewis and the News from the album Small World
This quote works in life so often. It's really about choosing the world we want to live in. Do we want to live in a world where we are fighting each other? If we do then we choose to fight. If we want to live in a world where we help each other we choose to help each other. Perception is reality, and we each create our own reality every day. Which reality should we choose today?
Remember, this is just a temporary trip
If you stay down too long you can sometimes lose your grip
- Temporary Trip by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones from the album Pay Attention
While many of the things that have occurred this week will change the world forever by depriving the rest of us of the existence of certain individuals, we need to remember that things can and will get better. Hold on to that hope to help get yourself through the grief without losing it. The last movie I watched was Reign Over Me and it speaks to how easy it is to lose yourself in grief after tragic events like this. I can only speak from the emotion I feel whenever I hear the stories of the people who are gone but this basic idea of hope helps me out a bit.
When I heard that he was gone
I felt a shadow cross my heart
But he's nobody's hero
Saves a drowning child
Cures a wasting disease
Hero...
lands the crippled airplane
Solves great mysteries
Hero...
not the handsome actor
Who plays a hero's role
Hero...
not the glamour girl
Who'd love to sell her soul
If anybody's buying
Nobody's hero
- Nobody's Hero by Rush from the album Counterparts
This is an amazing song written about the sadness of losing anybody. We may not be strongly connected to them but just hearing about it brings great sadness to us. I think many people around the world can relate. As time goes by many of us will start to see how we are related to the people who are no longer with us after this week and we will be saddened a little more that day.
Since this week brought us some shocking images of death and how our lives can be cut short so easily I was reminded of two songs that I would like played at my funeral.
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on
The show must go on
Ill face it with a grin
Im never giving in
On - with the show -
Ill top the bill, Ill overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show
- The Show Must Go On by Queen from the album Innuendo
What a way to take an annoying, trite phrase and turn it into a powerful statement. I always get a little choked up listening to this song, especially at the line I can fly - my friend. Heck, I'm getting a little choked up just writing about it. Knowing what we know about this song and hearing Freddie Mercury sing it makes it extra powerful. It is a song of courage. Courage is not about acting without fear, but rather taking action despite fear. The "show" we put on everyday takes a lot of courage to put on sometimes.
And how I loved how he lived, how he was loved and admired
A knack, a certain flare for life, and how he had it wired
He'd never give up, he'd never give in, he had a wonderful way of livingThere's not been a day, one hasn't gone by
When I don't think about the day he didn't dieOh, I really miss him, he would have loved this, I hope he can hear me
I really miss him, he would have loved this, I hope he can hear me
- The Day He Didn't Die by The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones from the album Pay Attention
I like the idea of celebrating someones life rather than mourning their death. It takes courage but it can give us positive energy to be thankful we we're lucky enough to have them in our lives. Hold on to the good times. And remember waht Earth, Wind and Fire ask in the song September
Do you remember every cloudy day?
Review: Firefly (Original Television Soundtrack)
Within the past year I was introduced to the television show "Firefly" and the movie that was made after it was cancelled called "Serenity". As this show is well beyond just "brilliant but cancelled" I became a big fan. When this soundtrack came up in my amazon gold box deals I had to check it out.
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Of course, for a fan the Firefly soundtrack is a must have. One of the many great things about the series was the music. It set such a great mood for this future, yet so present day, 'verse that Joss Whedon created. Today I have been playing the songs in random order at work and they are great background music to work to. It sets a wide assortment of moods, to go along with the ways visuals the music went with, but for the most part it is very soothing. I feel that the music on this album would be great for anybody to have in your library, especially if you are a fan of soundtracks.
For fans of the show it is missing "The Hero of Canton", but after listening to it I feel the song would almost be out of place with the rest of this music. Of course, if you own Firefly: the Complete Series you probably have access to the Easter Egg of Adam Baldwin ( Jayne ) singing the song, with a slight modification.
As I said before, this is good music even if you aren't a fan of Firefly and Serenity. However if you haven't seen them yet do so, you will become a fan as well. It is what television was meant to be.