Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 46.
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
From: Charles Spira
Length: 00:29:21
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We find the best of French Language Popular Music and bring it to you with English commentary. Jacques Brel recreates the scary times of 20th Century World Wars when young men were taken to the front by steam trains, to become fodder for artillery and machine guns. A Breton woman living in Paris tells her lover that she'll never be the Parisian beauty he imagines her to be because her heart is where the land ends and the raging sea begins under the vast skies of her Breton coastal town. Experience what the French feel and how they think without having to know French. Here is the lineup:
Cyril Mokaiesh, (France), Le Sens du Manege
La Boite a Ooti, (France), L'interpretation des Signes
Antoine, Bleck, (USA, France), Un Tunnel
Nolwenn Leroy, (France), Je ne Serai Jamais ta Parisienne
Jacques Brel, (Belgium), La Colombe)
Brigitte, (France), La Vengeance d'Une Louve.
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We find the best of French Language Popular Music and bring it to you with English commentary. Jacques Brel recreates the scary times of 20th Century World Wars when young men were taken to the front by steam trains, to become fodder for artillery and machine guns. A Breton woman living in Paris tells her lover that she'll never be the Parisian beauty he imagines her to be because her heart is where the land ends and the raging sea begins under the vast skies of her Breton coastal town. Experience what the French feel and how they think without having to know French. Here is the lineup:
Cyril Mokaiesh, (France), Le Sens du Manege
La Boite a Ooti, (France), L'interpretation des Signes
Antoine, Bleck, (USA, France), Un Tunnel
Nolwenn Leroy, (France), Je ne Serai Jamais ta Parisienne
Jacques Brel, (Belgium), La Colombe)
Brigitte, (France), La Vengeance d'Une Louve.
Transcript
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 46
Play Track 01 seconds 13 to 49 ? “Le Sens du Manege.”
Start text segment 1 ? Welcome to “Bonjour Chanson”. In this episode we bring you six French songs that run the gamut from an avenging she-wolf to youngsters who decipher the creepy mysteries of stone sarcophagi and old papyrus scrolls. We tell the stories in English and you’ll be able to enjoy the songs in French because you’ll know what they are about. My name is Charles Spira and I’ll be your host.
You heard an excerpt from a song by Cyril Mokaiesh. The title can be translated two ways “The Direction of the Carousel” or “The Meaning of the Carousel”. More about this song and the promising young composer/songwriter at the end of the show.
When the young female singer Ooti Skulf got together with the composer John Trap and the lyricist Arnaud Le Gouefflec, the Extended Play CD “La Boit...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sens du Manege | Cyril Mokaiesh | Du Rouge et des Passions. | AZ | 2011 | 03:39 |
| L'interpretation des Signes | La Boite a Ooti | L'interpretation des Signes. | YY Label | 2011 | 03:09 |
| Un Tunnel | Antoine Bleck | Mes Illusions. | CD Baby.Com | 2006 | 03:36 |
| Je ne Serai Jamais ta Parisienne | Nolwenn LeRoy | Bretonne. | Mercury Records | 2010 | 03:11 |
| La Colombe | Jacques Brel | Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons de Jacques Brel. | Barclay | 2007 | 03:00 |
| La Vengeance d'une Louve | Brigitte | Et Vous Tu M'aimes?. | Troisieme Bureau | 2011 | 03:21 |
Additional Credits
We thank the Management of Station WYPR for their hospitality.
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