2012/02/23

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

2012/02/03

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!