Chanson d'Higelin et d'Adjani : "Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime"

Jacques Higelin JE NE PEUX PLUS DIRE JE T'AIME Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime Ne me demande pas pourquoi Je ne ressens ni joie ni peine Quand tes yeux se posent sur moi Si la solitude te pèse Quand tu viens à passer par là Et qu'un ami t'a oubliée Tu peux toujours compter sur moi Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime Sans donner ma langue à couper Trop de serpents sous les caresses Trop d'amour à couteaux tirés Si dure que soit la solitude Elle te ramène à ton destin La loi du grand amour est rude Pour qui s'est trompé de chemin Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime Ne me demande pas pourquoi Toi et moi ne sont plus les mêmes Pourquoi l'amour vient et s'en va Si la solitude te pèse Quand le destin te mène ici Et qu'un ami t'a oubliée Tu peux toujours compter sur moi Et qu'un ami vienne à manquer Tu peux toujours compter sur moi

Jacques Higelin I CAN NOT SAY I LOVE YOU ANYMORE I can not say I love you anymore Do not ask me why I do not feel neither joy nor pain When your eyes fall on me If you feel too lonely When you come to pass that way And a friend forgot about you You can always count on me I can not say I love you anymore Without giving to cut my tongue Too many snakes in the caresses Too much love at loggerheads So hard that loneliness is It brings you back to your destiny The law of love is tough For whom took the wrong path I can not say I love you anymore Do not ask me why You and I are not the one anymore Love comes and goes, why? And if you feel too lonely, When fate leads you here And a friend forgot about you You can always count on me And if you are in need of a friend You can always count on me

Jacques Higelin NO PUEDO MÁS DECIR TE QUIERO No puedo decir Te quiero No me preguntes por qué No me siento ni alegría ni dolor Cuando tus ojos caen sobre mí Si te sientes demasiado sola Cuando usted venga a pasar cerca Y un amigo olvido sobre ti Usted siempre puede contar conmigo No puedo decir Te quiero Sin llegar a cortarme la lengua Serpientes demasiados en las caricias Demasiado amor en pelea Tan fuerte que la soledad es Me trae de vuelta a mi destino La ley del amor es difícil Para quien se equivoco de camino No puedo decir Te quiero No me preguntes por qué Usted y yo no somos mas unidos El amor viene y va, porque? Si te sientes demasiado sola Cuando usted venga a pasar cerca Y un amigo olvido sobre ti Usted siempre puede contar conmigo Y un amigo olvido sobre ti Usted siempre puede contar conmigo

Selection of original covers of "Somebody that I used to know"

Through wimp.com, I discovered the Canadian band Walk Off The Earth and their admirable take on the song Somebody that I used to know, by Gotye. (Don't miss either the adorable pastiche by The Keys of Awesome)

The original recording and clip by Gotye and Kimbra is awesome as well, with the two voices perfectly expressing the conflict between two souls in a game of "question and answer" between two complementary melodies: sublime!

So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
(..)
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough

No you didn't have to stoop so low
(...)
(www.metrolyrics.com)

Wikipedia quotes Gotye as "It wasn't a nasty break-up, but it was messy in the sense that we hurt each other more than we needed to because it wasn’t a clean break... "

There are many covers and remixes of the songs, of which I liked only a few for their originality, such as the one from Ingrid Michaelson's Army of Three;

the "A capella" cover by Pentatonix,

the slow version from Jayme Dee,

the Jazzy version of Rita Ora,

the rappy version of Postman,

and the incredible instrumental version from Romeo Cabrera!

Songs about bad break-ups ineluctably bring bitter memories... "when annoying things that you thought you've long forgotten hunts you down in your dreams...and you wake up with a bitter after taste!"

ADDED ON 2012-07-21:

Nice pastiche from Dodo, Dani & Isi


Nice acoustic cover with violin by I Fratelli McFly:

Fever and Wordy Wood Spoons

Four days after coming back from my trip to Africa, I started showing some fever (40) and dizziness. We were worried about Malaria, it turned out "just" to be the flu, and I followed with 8 days of intense fever, constipation, tiredness and inability to think much. Hence I found some activities which did not require much thinking, such as doing some wood spoons for my mum, special command.

When I left France, my mum inherited a big bunch of wood spoons with my name written on it, because a room-mate kept stealing them from me and I kept buying new ones and etching them with my names. Several years ago (don't want to count), it seems that her reserve is reaching its end, and she asked for more.

Rather than just writing my name, I found more interesting to burn short quotes on it: this way you are served a random quote every time you cook. I had trouble finding sentences in French (my list of quotes collected over the year is mostly in English), so I decided on half English and half French, with one French quote coming from "Le Petit Prince".

The other French quote is a joke that cracks mi mum: "I know I have hypochondria, but I am getting treated for that too!", which sounded adequate in my feverish state, even if now I do not find it that funny!