How about some French?..

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:43 am

A little French weekend puzzle for you, here's the link for a short clip of an instrumental composition recorded in 1969.
The original was written & recorded by famous (or should we say infamous?) French actor/director/songwriter/performer in 1969. Can you identify the author/performer & the title of the original composition / the performer & the title of the cover? Can you say why i think the cover was renamed a bit oddly?
Cheers,
SC.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:56 am

Haven't listened to it, but is it our old friend Serge Gainsbourg?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:19 am

Spot on, Paul - so, i suggest identifying the title of the original wouldn't be too hard...

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:04 pm

The song will be Je T'aime Moi No Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg there is debate over lyrics meaning but I believe it is I Love You(I love You No Less)

I thought this was the original but he did record it with Brigitte Bardot too

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:32 am

Yes, right, but i'd rather translate it as "I love you - Me neither", imho it's closer to what was meant, taking the whole lyric into account, and bearing in mind "plus" means "more", while "non plus", IIRC, is used in constructions of the following kind: "Je ne le comprends pas (I don't understand it) - Moi non plus (Me neither)"...
But the other question remains: who did the cover and what was the title? And why does it seem a bit odd?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:53 am

It's been covered by a number of people so I am not sure of answer Sheena, more clues perhaps?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:48 am

Hmmm... i'd put it the following way: this was a band whose name kind of described the quality of their sound...

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:10 am

The Grateful Dead?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:31 am

Sex Pistols

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:03 am

Cool versions, but nope... i don't think it sounds like Grateful Dead, and as far as the Pistols are concerned... not to mention it doesn't sound like them, the band was founded in 1975 IIRC, and therefore, they couldn't have cut the record in 1969... methinks... and to be true, i do not remember them cutting a cover of this one...
That's a kind of a direct reference to the quality of the sound

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:35 am

One of my female French students burned me an entire CD of Serge's solo stuff and I found myself chucking it out the car window. Gosh, what boring, self-involved junque...

It was a pleasure to replace him with a real singer like Charles Trenet.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:03 am

Gosh, what boring, self-involved junque...

Could be, could be, albeit i disagree... pleasure is in the ears of the listener, imho...
Another hint for a band in question: the name consists of two words, first one is the verb, second one is adverb/adjective...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:04 am

Anybody?..
The first word in the band name is "Sounds"...

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:15 am

Nice - Love at First Sight

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:45 am