Nancy

Bonjour Chanson Series 11, Episode 51

From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
Length: 24:16

We explore the ever changing landscape of French Language Popular Music and bring the best to our English speaking audience. No need to know French to enjoy the show. Read the full description.

Piece Audio

Playing: Bonjour Chanson Series 11, Episode 51
From: Charles Spira

Nancy_small We hope you'll enjoy the kaleidoscope of songs in this episode. We run the gamut from Charles Trenet whose career spanned more than fifty years to Christophe Mae who today sells more albums than any other male French singer. We tell you about the artists in English and you'll know what the songs are about when they are interpreted in the original French. Here is the lineup for this episode:
Christophe Mae, (France), La Rumeur
Vanina Michel, (France), Simple Comme Bonjour
Charles Trenet, (France), Johnny Tu Me Manques
Najoua Belyzel, (France), Fille d'Orient ou d'Occident
Daniel Darc, (France), C'est Moi le Printemps
Babet, (France), Je Pense a Nous

More from Charles Spira

Caption: The Port of Sète, South of France

Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 55 (27:08)
From: Charles Spira

Tenderness, sarcasm, heartache and longing. All these emotions are present in the French language songs we'll introduce in English in this episode. The songs are from ...

Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 54 (26:31)
From: Charles Spira

We introduce 6 Francophone artists in English and listen to one of their songs. You'll hear recent songs and older ones. They are equally addictive!

Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 53 (24:49)
From: Charles Spira

When Leo Ferré sings, one can cut the French atmosphere with a knife. When you listen to Jane Birkin sing in French with her English accent, it brings back the excitement of ...

Caption: Paris, along a quay of the Seine

Bonjour Chanson Series 11, Episode 52 (27:15)
From: Charles Spira

We find beautiful French language songs and introduce them as well as the artists to an English speaking audience. You will enjoy them although you may not speak or ...

Love the French Way 17 - Why Are You Looking at the Moon? (05:55)
From: Charles Spira

A woman worries because her lover is staring at the moon with sadness in his heart. Is he about to leave her? Will he accept her invitation to walk with her on a moonless night?

Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode 60 (29:01)
From: Charles Spira

We bring French Chanson to English speaking audiences. No need to understand French. This episode spans the range from Jacques Brel to the hot newly discovered artist Anouk Aiata.

Caption: French postage stamp with portrait of Jacques Prévert by Pablo Picasso, Credit: Olga Popova

Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode59 (28:11)
From: Charles Spira

Great new French language songs rub shoulders with well-established ones in this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" and they mutually enhance each other. You absolutely do not need ...

Love the French Way 16 - One Day You Will See (04:14)
From: Charles Spira

Marcel Mouloudji, theater and movie actor, painter and songwriter, daydreams about meeting the one he'll love in the song "One Day You Will See"

A Child Hidden in East-Flanders in 1942 (21:09)
From: Charles Spira

When the Germans started the deportation of Jews in Antwerp, Belgium in 1942, Charles Spira was 4 years old. This is the story how Charles, his mother and sister survived ...

Bonjour Chanson Episode 58 (28:07)
From: Charles Spira

Six Francophone artists born respectively in Senegal, Canada, the Réunion Island, France and Algeria interpret beautiful French language songs. We’ll tell you about them ...

Piece Description

We hope you'll enjoy the kaleidoscope of songs in this episode. We run the gamut from Charles Trenet whose career spanned more than fifty years to Christophe Mae who today sells more albums than any other male French singer. We tell you about the artists in English and you'll know what the songs are about when they are interpreted in the original French. Here is the lineup for this episode:
Christophe Mae, (France), La Rumeur
Vanina Michel, (France), Simple Comme Bonjour
Charles Trenet, (France), Johnny Tu Me Manques
Najoua Belyzel, (France), Fille d'Orient ou d'Occident
Daniel Darc, (France), C'est Moi le Printemps
Babet, (France), Je Pense a Nous

Transcript

Bonjour Chanson Series 11, Episode 51

Play Track 01 seconds 0:53 to 1:13 ? “La Rumeur”.

Start text segment 1 ? Welcome to “Bonjour Chanson”. What a pleasure to explore the ever changing landscape of French Language Popular Music and find songs that will resonate with English speaking listeners, songs from the past and songs that are heard all over France, Canada and Belgium today. You heard an excerpt from “The Rumor” by Christophe Mae. We’ll tell you more about this artist at the end of the show, when we’ll hear the entire song.

Vanina Michel’s first notable part on stage was in the musical “Hair” in 1969. Since then, she has taken on a great number of projects for the theatre and musical production. She loves the work of the 20th Century French poet Jacques Prevert and published an album in which she interprets some of his poems set to music. Let’s listen to “Simple like Hello...
Read the full transcript

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
La Rumeur	Christophe Mae	On Trace la Route.	Warner	2010	03:58
Simple Comme Bonjour	Vanina Michel	Poetes et Chansons.	EPM	2006	03:14
Johnny Tu Me Manques	Charles Trenet	Fais Ta Vie.	Rozon	1995	03:07
Fille d'Orient, Fille d'Occident	Najoua Belyzel	Au Feminin.	Scorpio Music	2009	02:05
C'est Moi Le Printemps	Daniel Darc	La Taille de Mon Ame.	Jive Epic Group	2011	03:01
Je Pense a Nous	Babet	Piano Monstre.	V2	2010	03:08