Heard this ong in my local supermarket,it made me feel so nostalgic couldn't get home quick enough to download it, takes me back to my youth when music was just that music not the cocophony of today.
Thats a poignant thought but an incorrect one. It was actually about a girl that he imagined in a bout of extreme poetic loneliness. He was truly baring his heart when he wrote and performed this song. For me, it touches on what is perhaps one of the saddest elements of love; true romantic perfection, more often than not, is simply observed or imagined (or both) rather than grasped and/or experienced.
i actualy love this song, i dont wanna sound like an old fart, but they dont make songs with such lovely lyrics today. shame he was never as big as he could (should) have been.
@ (prt 2) will ever touch myself inside. i know that live is matireal,but it's not my confession. i remember beeing a child and believe the only things that importand things: love and friendship. it doesn't matter if i found it in my live,i still believe. take care of your heart &soul and belive in the right things TAKE CARE cat
@wichywoo i'm so sorry for you have benn with such a woman. materials are neccesary for live,but not for living. i always dreamd about being loves,not more or less. peaople around me always wanted me to do sometihing or to be someone i not was. but i once was a child,not know his parents cause they not want it,always searching for love and acceptance and never found it. i donT know how it is to have friend,i have none. now i live wth a man i love,but he and (end prt one)
@schnurrecat it could also imply that a material life (possession etc) is absolutely nothing because what we all want is spiritual fulfillment of the heart? how many people deny their hearts in pursuit lifestyle ? they let their ego control their lives when in truth the heart and soul is the truth . only through genuine mutual love can we find fulfilment trinkets and money only bring little highs that last but a fraction of time . thats how i interpret it because i had a woman just like that :(
I love it when you whisper my name xx because thats when I'm in your head xx I think it's wonderful that I know you like no one else does xx it's special xx like you xx thats why this song reminds me of you xx col 2 lol xx
You know where i go to my lovely xx when i'm alone in my bed xx you know the thoughts that surround me xx cause you can look inside my head xxx you know me better than anyone my darling xxx i love you xxxx always xxx forever xx lol 2 col xx
I'd never heard of this song until seeing "Hotel Chevalier." Now it's one of my all-time favorites. Props to Wes Anderson for providing the most exquisitely beautiful illustration for a tune that any singer/songwriter could ever hope for.
I think it's about Sophia Loren. Peter was born in India by British parents who were civil servant, he had 2 brothers Richard and Robin if my memory serves me well, one of which performed under the name of Eden Kane. They are the only 3 brothers to have solo hit records in Britain.
@Tel4444 Richard got to number one as Eden Kane in 1961 with Well I Ask You, Peter reached the top in 1969 with this song and Robin came close in 1976, getting to no. 3 with My Resistance Is Low. Brian Matthew played a track yesterday on Sounds Of The 60s of the three singing together under the name Brothers Kane, the record was called Walking In The Sand - wonder what it'd be worth if you could find it?
same happened to me. i thought i made uo the line, "where do you go to my lovely, wne youre alone in your bed. I'd sing it att he top of my lungs. glad i found it
@TheRadioHeaded - check out my 'vid' of PETER SARSTEDT'S 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely' video by 'terrythekittie'..with pictures to accompany the lyrics.
My dad used to play this in the car. Like 8 years ago i think. I'm 17 now, and recently remembered this song having a line with St.Moritz in it. Found it now, brings back great memories with my dad, who recently deceased :(
I just noticed that you put "he sent you a racehorse for chistmas" shouldnt that be christmas? Well, we all make mistakes. Was i the first to spot that one?
I'm 22, part of the new "pop/rap/hiphop" culture. But i HATE it!! I respect (and prefer to listen to) the classics... Peter Sarstedt, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Elvis, Beatles, Wings.... Everything really. This new-age "sing about random bollocks and make lots of noise" crap that gets pumped out today is RUBBISH!!
@Diablo666Daemon666 I totally subscribe to your view and I feel just like you about today's "music" / the music of "our" generation. I do prefer listening to the music of the 60s and 70s, too, and wish I was as old as I am today (25) back in those days ( "glory days" at least in regard to music!).
i love every bit of this song. its so beautiful. i wish i could be like marie-claire somday too. but don't need diamonds or pearls or an even sun tan really. lovely song. love the video too!!:)
yes it is, indeed, a humble Napolitan girl who became world famous. Actually she never forgot her roots. She acted in many Italian movies about an Italian woman of humble origins.
Very nice work with the video, loved the "type of letter", the velocity at which they went, the pictures that were very well coordinated and put together. All in all, great quality. Congrats!
Nice sounding song, but the lyrics are really snobbish and aspirational. Overall I think it's a pathetic song; the characters have a slavish love for high culture and the aristocracy. It's the trajedy of educated, 'liberal' people.
@seymourg12 I don't think you got the song. the enchantment of "high culture" , luxury, all that, is only seen in her part. The way he talks about her, the way his words go and his feelings, we can tell he is still very much in contact with his roots, the place whence he came. And deep down, so is she, even though she is surrounded by all that...He looks at her, and sees her as if she were above him somehow...well, he likes her...
@FLKMG You say he is still very much in contact with his roots, but he hardly mentions them. All he says is that he grew up in Naples and that he and Marie Claire had a "burning ambition" to rise up. Instead of describing anything of his humble existence, he spends most of the song talking about the symbols of high culture and high society. He recounts such things lovingly, in lyrical language:
"When the snow falls, you're found in St Moritz with the others of the jet set"
@seymourg12 To all that you've quoted (his origins and ambition) I would add this verses
"So look into my face Marie-Claire,And remember just who you are,Then go and forget me forever,But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do"
That "look into my face, remember who yu are" takes it back to the past days, and so does the scar that she still bears even though buried. The way he speaks of her and narrates throughout the song, traces the idea that they are quite far in terms of
@seymourg12 ...in terms of richness, high society etc...which makes them at first view, to be very far from each other. Still, they both have the same origins and he kind of calls to her, so that she reminds herself of that - "remember who you are"....The entire song is about her, like an elegy to her, he puts her almost in an untouchable position, flattering her all the way through...I don't know if I'm expressing myself correctly (if the idea is getting through) , if not I'm sorry...
Can someone post :The Last of the Breed ?? Would love to hear that too.
From WIKI: "In 1997 Sarstedt recorded a sequel, "The Last of the Breed (Lovely 2)" on his CD England's Lane.[1] This picks up the story of Marie Claire twenty years on, living now in London..."
this song is truly an original but I can't help noticing that it's not very spiritual and has bitter lyrics and sarcasm and jeolousy quite unique version of a song that paints a superb picture for the listener thanx for your great video cheers...
I also just remembered the name of this song recently myself though it's been niggling at me. Thanks so much for putting it up here. I'll be back to listen to it again.
It sings of the International Jet Set in the 60's but it's misleading, Most of them died from cocaine O>D's after marrying 3, 4, 5, 6 times whatever. They never really "Lived happily ever after" because they never even believed in the Here after or whatever else you would like to call it. You can only wear one outfit at a time, live in one house at a time.,Travel in one plane at a time..eat one steak at a time, drink one pint of Guinness at a time and so it goes........
i remembered a song I heard so long ago I wan't sure when. the only part I remembered was ..."where you keep your Rolling stones records" ...and it was driving me crazy. I even wondered if it was all my imagination. Finally today, i googled "how do i find a song with partial lyrics" and I found it. What a relief. After 40 years.
@jozek46 Lol ive got scenes from films & lyrics stuck in my head that ive forgot where they belong, or ive watched something when i was young and have no idea of the title. anoying aint it
@jozek46 i kinda find myself in that ..only in my case it was "and the painting you stole from picasso" and "with your carefully designed topless swimsuit" :)) and also...it's been only 3 years or so...but still the amazing " OMFG finally i found it" sensation...i really can't imagine how was it when you found it :))
Additional. This was a number 1 in the UK charts early in 1969. He is one of three brothers to have UK hit singles. His (I assume) older brother Eden Kane had a no 1 with Well I Ask You in 1961, and (assumed) younger brother Robin Sarstedt reached no 3 in 1976 with My Resistance Is Low.
Where's the long version? It has these verses: (JUST BEFORE THE FIRST CHORUS) You go to the embassy parties Where you talk in Russian and Greek And the young men who move in your circles They hang on every word you speak Yes they do (JUST AFTER SECOND CHORUS) You're in between 20 and 30 A very desirable age Your body is firm and inviting But you live on a glittering stage Yes you do, yes you do Your name, it is heard....
It's "lowly born tags" not "lowly brown tags"
npe1 1 week ago
It's Juan-les-Pins, not Pines. Just Sayin...
PrincessPignatelli 3 weeks ago
What is ht ename of the font used for the lyrics please ?
kryptoshah 3 weeks ago
A mysterious tune of spell.....hmmmmmmm Ed w w w eddy nu
onlinelondon 4 weeks ago
this is a weird song. he has the point-of-view of some weird scientist....
UngKristen 1 month ago
Beautiful song. My parents showed me this song when i was only a little boy, loved it ever since.
Lerck87 1 month ago 3
Heard this ong in my local supermarket,it made me feel so nostalgic couldn't get home quick enough to download it, takes me back to my youth when music was just that music not the cocophony of today.
alchiby 1 month ago
FENOMENALNA STVAR
12345678929479 1 month ago
Beautiful song, the vid is great:)
kimmetje1976 2 months ago
i love this very much
carecanadiano 2 months ago
la amo!
Nadlibre 2 months ago
he wrote this song about a girl he liked who died.
needlescrape123 2 months ago
@needlescrape123
Thats a poignant thought but an incorrect one. It was actually about a girl that he imagined in a bout of extreme poetic loneliness. He was truly baring his heart when he wrote and performed this song. For me, it touches on what is perhaps one of the saddest elements of love; true romantic perfection, more often than not, is simply observed or imagined (or both) rather than grasped and/or experienced.
SpineInABap 1 month ago 2
i turned this song on yesterday and i made me fall asleep, no joke. so beautiful :)
661Sunshine 3 months ago
6 sick idiots know nothing about music.
LionTipu 3 months ago
shit yes
takenbytrees22 3 months ago
i always picture this song being about Sophia Loren
mikedpalmer 3 months ago
this song is soo beautiful :) <3
jerrym13andjessj13 3 months ago
I like this song. It has my name in it :D
2MCDo 3 months ago
Nintendo Wii.........so awesome
ilovepanslabyrinth 3 months ago
i actualy love this song, i dont wanna sound like an old fart, but they dont make songs with such lovely lyrics today. shame he was never as big as he could (should) have been.
TheRockinpneumonia 3 months ago 2
Fantastic work with the video....just awesome!!!
callingallangel 3 months ago
Hmmm odd skrillex would put this song in one of his vids........but i like it!
Hockeyguyman 4 months ago
Oh, how great song! Talk from my heart!
JoGrepfruit 4 months ago
@JoGrepfruit It sounds a little bit like if it is about Edith Piaf
NatashaPetrovna 4 months ago
@NatashaPetrovna Can be! It's about someone who's strange but beautiful...
JoGrepfruit 4 months ago
For some reason this song can't be played on my ipod and that makes me feel mad, really mad
Dawar91 4 months ago
Thanks for uploading! ~PG~
PaganGlade 5 months ago
this song reminds me of holly golightly :)
iluvbuenosaires93 5 months ago
skrillex got me here. kinda weird :O
werwertuu 5 months ago 20
@werwertuu same here >.<
k3v1n303 3 months ago
Love Paris
ThePiouuuuu 5 months ago 2
alongside "Seasons in the sun" my all time most hated record
overner2001 5 months ago
A great song - and a great vid, too !! Thanks, gauravs82 !!
softie461 5 months ago
Wasn't there an extra verse to this, not on the U.K. single.? I believe I heard him sing it on German TV once.
lindner1001 6 months ago
Great song. Masterful lyrics. Enjoyed the vid, Cheers
vladav123 6 months ago
Preseft...what kind of program this may be uploaded ??
Diploman7 6 months ago
Probably the best song of all time, I thank you!
neilb229 6 months ago
so beautiful - just caught myself crying.
badalnow 6 months ago
Who watched this because of Natalie Portman's ass?
thornburg058 6 months ago 34
@thornburg058 ,you certainly have something missing in your life,the music & video is
very beautiful,if you need some ass go to a bordello
alchiby 1 month ago
Right Said Fred covered this... wth?
Metalgazer 6 months ago
If we fuck i'm going to feel like shit in the morning.
theorangebox999 6 months ago
This song still amazes me after all these years. I'm 51 now and it's as beautiful as ever. Thankyou for the words, beautiful.
lady50barbara 6 months ago
I am 50 years old & still Hum this to myself sometimes without even knowing it, must have made an Impression.
wind4watts 6 months ago
i'm living in a dorm off blvd st michelle in paris :')
AppleXenos 7 months ago 2
what the hell does Party in the USA have to do with this song
mikezzknight 7 months ago 6
de harmonica die doet het
dinkeldal 8 months ago
@ (prt 2) will ever touch myself inside. i know that live is matireal,but it's not my confession. i remember beeing a child and believe the only things that importand things: love and friendship. it doesn't matter if i found it in my live,i still believe. take care of your heart &soul and belive in the right things TAKE CARE cat
schnurrecat 8 months ago
@wichywoo i'm so sorry for you have benn with such a woman. materials are neccesary for live,but not for living. i always dreamd about being loves,not more or less. peaople around me always wanted me to do sometihing or to be someone i not was. but i once was a child,not know his parents cause they not want it,always searching for love and acceptance and never found it. i donT know how it is to have friend,i have none. now i live wth a man i love,but he and (end prt one)
schnurrecat 8 months ago
I can't get this great song from out of my head. It gets even better from 3:18 as the strings kick in :)
SlapAndTickle616 8 months ago 2
deep iside everyone is alone,alone with his memories and times that gone
schnurrecat 9 months ago 3
@schnurrecat it could also imply that a material life (possession etc) is absolutely nothing because what we all want is spiritual fulfillment of the heart? how many people deny their hearts in pursuit lifestyle ? they let their ego control their lives when in truth the heart and soul is the truth . only through genuine mutual love can we find fulfilment trinkets and money only bring little highs that last but a fraction of time . thats how i interpret it because i had a woman just like that :(
wichywoo 8 months ago
ein traum dieses lied kann mich nicht satt hören !
ohrofax 9 months ago
I love this song......
RamonaFromPomona 9 months ago 2
Briliant.
CharlieSweden 9 months ago
I love it when you whisper my name xx because thats when I'm in your head xx I think it's wonderful that I know you like no one else does xx it's special xx like you xx thats why this song reminds me of you xx col 2 lol xx
53831352 9 months ago
Ahh, a beautiful rendation of one of the best love songs of the sixties,It is for me one of the most romantically written song ever composed.,
macivor73 9 months ago 3
You know where i go to my lovely xx when i'm alone in my bed xx you know the thoughts that surround me xx cause you can look inside my head xxx you know me better than anyone my darling xxx i love you xxxx always xxx forever xx lol 2 col xx
0904198328 9 months ago
this song is #1 if there's a top list (9Million) greatest Hits...ohh yess this TRUE!!!
I sing every week wit my beautiful Guitar...ohh this video is perfect, and
God Bless Peter Sarstedt & Ray Singer
Diploman7 10 months ago 4
Wow..... special thanks who made the video with pictures and lyrics... you have done a great job.... cheers....
6148ai 10 months ago 3
Book now for a holiday in Juan les Pines, you will not be disappointed.
boxey24 10 months ago
I'd never heard of this song until seeing "Hotel Chevalier." Now it's one of my all-time favorites. Props to Wes Anderson for providing the most exquisitely beautiful illustration for a tune that any singer/songwriter could ever hope for.
Bravo!
borowhore 10 months ago 3
thumbs up for Hotel Chevalier lol
funnycgeese 10 months ago 5
@funnycgeese Thumbs up for Natalie Portman :)
MrDamion66 9 months ago 5
MAGIC
mahaltony 10 months ago
45collector Thanks for that very interesting I never knew they performed together.
stormwulf346 I know the lyrics say her name is Marie-Claire but it adds to the mystique, I still think it's about Sophia Loren
Tel4444 10 months ago
theres a difference between a really amazing song. like american pie. just something epic.
but then theres a perfect song where you couldn't change a word or a beat.
this is a perfect song.
i normally hate it when photos are put in lyrics videos like this. but these photos made the video.
simply perfect.
TunaEars 10 months ago
I think it's about Sophia Loren. Peter was born in India by British parents who were civil servant, he had 2 brothers Richard and Robin if my memory serves me well, one of which performed under the name of Eden Kane. They are the only 3 brothers to have solo hit records in Britain.
Tel4444 11 months ago
@Tel4444 the brother's Gibb came close to 3 solo hit's as well...
opendtuning 10 months ago
@Tel4444 Robin and Andy Gibb had solo hit's in Britain but Barry only hit 95 with his effort of "Shine Shine" ...
opendtuning 10 months ago
@Tel4444 Richard got to number one as Eden Kane in 1961 with Well I Ask You, Peter reached the top in 1969 with this song and Robin came close in 1976, getting to no. 3 with My Resistance Is Low. Brian Matthew played a track yesterday on Sounds Of The 60s of the three singing together under the name Brothers Kane, the record was called Walking In The Sand - wonder what it'd be worth if you could find it?
45collector 10 months ago
your graphics are perfect, the compliment to the lyrics, bravo
kaja66 11 months ago
a girl, talking like Marlene Dietrich, with pearls and diamonds in the hair
kailangelohe 11 months ago
appaulds
TheSchizopodcaster 11 months ago
The song is about a fictional girl named Marie-Claire
stormwulf346 11 months ago
ok ok ok . i was in high school when it came out ,love the the song but i want to state the bleeding obvious,who is he singing about ?
jojo1645 11 months ago
same happened to me. i thought i made uo the line, "where do you go to my lovely, wne youre alone in your bed. I'd sing it att he top of my lungs. glad i found it
inaudiblejenn 11 months ago
The best song on earth!
Olektra 1 year ago 3
nice music
kacper2703 1 year ago
i neeed to old youtube back
TheCoolgirl877 1 year ago
@TheCoolgirl877 i mean i need to get the old youtube back
TheCoolgirl877 1 year ago
my dad loves this song
TheCoolgirl877 1 year ago 2
Beautifully sung,fantastic lyrics,who can ask for more.
macivor73 1 year ago
My pop always sings this song, a girl he loved way back when. Never understood why until a girl broke my heart. Beautiful song.
SirLeeOldman 1 year ago
Well thought out video. Thanks for sharing it.
ByondDscription 1 year ago
Darjeeling Limited :)
VinnieG690 1 year ago 2
Awww, no picture at carefully designed topless swinsuit?
TheRadioHeaded 1 year ago 49
@TheRadioHeaded - check out my 'vid' of PETER SARSTEDT'S 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely' video by 'terrythekittie'..with pictures to accompany the lyrics.
terrythekittie 9 months ago
@TheRadioHeaded Rudi Gernreich baby!
EvilBarbieSpawn 9 months ago
@TheRadioHeaded yeh prude much?
veritycoxi 8 months ago
it should be: their lowly born tags - not lowly brown tags!
heisenbart 1 year ago
very beautiful song ..somehow it makes me so thoughtful
MsNyxa 1 year ago
so I really need to find somebody who clicks with me
sweetrania16 1 year ago 60
@sweetrania16 Every real man needs to find his Marie-Claire; to each his own Dulcinea.
LittleDragon2000 10 months ago
I love this song, you made a wonderful video with words and lovely pictures, thank you !!!
TheArtloving 1 year ago 2
I first heard this song from the movie One More Kiss, and instantly fell in love with it. such a lovely song...
rainaromes 1 year ago
nice.
fprostudios 1 year ago
My dad used to play this in the car. Like 8 years ago i think. I'm 17 now, and recently remembered this song having a line with St.Moritz in it. Found it now, brings back great memories with my dad, who recently deceased :(
miquellos12 1 year ago
What a beautiful and romantic song ,nobody or anyone,s ever heard of,bar myself.
macivor73 1 year ago
Lovely song. Artistic montage (nice to have views of descriptive places in the song).
Thanks for posting it.
followtheriver 1 year ago
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vonbienefeldt 1 year ago
One of the best songs ever. Not very impressed by this video effort. We do have imagination and we understand english.
vonbienefeldt 1 year ago
omg 3:20
you understand : the children beginning to rape
offenherz 1 year ago
Wonderful!!! Great video my friend! Thank you so much! Love this song!
Best wishes, Willemina
auntiewewe2 1 year ago
I just noticed that you put "he sent you a racehorse for chistmas" shouldnt that be christmas? Well, we all make mistakes. Was i the first to spot that one?
Diablo666Daemon666 1 year ago
@Diablo666Daemon666 bore off
MrChubb10 1 year ago
balls
Diablo666Daemon666 1 year ago
I'm 22, part of the new "pop/rap/hiphop" culture. But i HATE it!! I respect (and prefer to listen to) the classics... Peter Sarstedt, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Elvis, Beatles, Wings.... Everything really. This new-age "sing about random bollocks and make lots of noise" crap that gets pumped out today is RUBBISH!!
Diablo666Daemon666 1 year ago 3
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@Diablo666Daemon666 This new-age "sing about random bollocks and make lots of noise" crap that gets pumped out today is RUBBISH!!
you mean real music. it's the best and the only music i actually listen to any more. all the rest is a load of shite. so there ha.
Ezzybear242 1 year ago
@Diablo666Daemon666 I totally subscribe to your view and I feel just like you about today's "music" / the music of "our" generation. I do prefer listening to the music of the 60s and 70s, too, and wish I was as old as I am today (25) back in those days ( "glory days" at least in regard to music!).
1fortunatefool 1 year ago
i love every bit of this song. its so beautiful. i wish i could be like marie-claire somday too. but don't need diamonds or pearls or an even sun tan really. lovely song. love the video too!!:)
reeeeenei 1 year ago
Bravo ! Very very well done, thank you for your clip !!!
Ledzep008 1 year ago
Boulevard St Michel, not " of" St Michel. C'est le Boul'Mich.
profling 1 year ago
well its St Michel's Boulevard isnt it? Therefore the Boulevard of St Michel.
Like the Boulevard of Broken Dreams...
Diablo666Daemon666 1 year ago
Lowly born tags and map face
WashboardFit 1 year ago
great evergreen, thanx for this viedeo. with love from germany
MrKuzorra 1 year ago
great evergreen, thanx
MrKuzorra 1 year ago
super song, and wow such fine lyrics.
a real shame it's rarely heard anymore on the radio
brilliant!
ZitkalaNoni 1 year ago
I request it on LincsFM every week...
Diablo666Daemon666 1 year ago
thank you
buddho9 1 year ago
Vielen Dank für das tolle Video.
eastmaneater 1 year ago
He sent you a racehorse for Christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, a-ha-ha-ha
DandanMaverick 1 year ago
one of the best songs ever written
panMiroslav 1 year ago
has 2 b the best song ever
MyMark1966 1 year ago
thank you, I love this song and the video is made very well * * * * *
TheArtloving 1 year ago
a classic
MsSusanmary 1 year ago
Is this about Sophia Loren ?
psur47 1 year ago
@psur47
yes it is, indeed, a humble Napolitan girl who became world famous. Actually she never forgot her roots. She acted in many Italian movies about an Italian woman of humble origins.
lavallette1565 1 year ago
We play' it for 40 yers ago' ;-)
MrAroe9 1 year ago
I love this song <3
Thank you
Pedy1968 1 year ago
absolutes highlight der musikgeschichte....
Maas1970 1 year ago
anna!!!!!!!!
quicksteps41 1 year ago
LOVe it.....its so beautiful :))
Colombogal 1 year ago
i miss a photo of the "carefully designed topless swimsuit"
spezifischer 1 year ago
I love this song, makes me think of so much...
Very nice work with the video, loved the "type of letter", the velocity at which they went, the pictures that were very well coordinated and put together. All in all, great quality. Congrats!
FLKMG 1 year ago
Nice sounding song, but the lyrics are really snobbish and aspirational. Overall I think it's a pathetic song; the characters have a slavish love for high culture and the aristocracy. It's the trajedy of educated, 'liberal' people.
seymourg12 1 year ago
@seymourg12 I don't think you got the song. the enchantment of "high culture" , luxury, all that, is only seen in her part. The way he talks about her, the way his words go and his feelings, we can tell he is still very much in contact with his roots, the place whence he came. And deep down, so is she, even though she is surrounded by all that...He looks at her, and sees her as if she were above him somehow...well, he likes her...
FLKMG 1 year ago
@FLKMG You say he is still very much in contact with his roots, but he hardly mentions them. All he says is that he grew up in Naples and that he and Marie Claire had a "burning ambition" to rise up. Instead of describing anything of his humble existence, he spends most of the song talking about the symbols of high culture and high society. He recounts such things lovingly, in lyrical language:
"When the snow falls, you're found in St Moritz with the others of the jet set"
seymourg12 1 year ago
@seymourg12 To all that you've quoted (his origins and ambition) I would add this verses
"So look into my face Marie-Claire,And remember just who you are,Then go and forget me forever,But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do"
That "look into my face, remember who yu are" takes it back to the past days, and so does the scar that she still bears even though buried. The way he speaks of her and narrates throughout the song, traces the idea that they are quite far in terms of
FLKMG 1 year ago
@seymourg12 ...in terms of richness, high society etc...which makes them at first view, to be very far from each other. Still, they both have the same origins and he kind of calls to her, so that she reminds herself of that - "remember who you are"....The entire song is about her, like an elegy to her, he puts her almost in an untouchable position, flattering her all the way through...I don't know if I'm expressing myself correctly (if the idea is getting through) , if not I'm sorry...
FLKMG 1 year ago
Can someone post :The Last of the Breed ?? Would love to hear that too.
From WIKI: "In 1997 Sarstedt recorded a sequel, "The Last of the Breed (Lovely 2)" on his CD England's Lane.[1] This picks up the story of Marie Claire twenty years on, living now in London..."
picsman03 1 year ago 2
A really outstanding video! Thank you.
Marko33 1 year ago
I've been looking for this for a while now. Thanks for the upload!
Monochromify 1 year ago
Sacha Distel - at one time the UK's favourite Frenchman
berlinmitte10117 1 year ago
Only reason i know this song is because of The Darjeeling Limited...and I still love it.
jacobman7 1 year ago
I promise, I will never be your friend.
No matter what.
Ever.
cabbagepatchklingon 1 year ago
oo hoo..so lovely and sweet song..I just loved it... thanks soo much for posting this beauty
chattos123 1 year ago
Lowly BORN tags!
bellynda1 1 year ago
this song is truly an original but I can't help noticing that it's not very spiritual and has bitter lyrics and sarcasm and jeolousy quite unique version of a song that paints a superb picture for the listener thanx for your great video cheers...
opendtuning 1 year ago
Great work, gaurasv82! Thanks!
And jozek46 - I know just the feeling, although it was only for 7 years in my case!
lifeisaok 1 year ago
I also just remembered the name of this song recently myself though it's been niggling at me. Thanks so much for putting it up here. I'll be back to listen to it again.
bernadette203 1 year ago
So good to hear this again !!!
seedogreed 1 year ago
Similar for me, I I got info from a friend we used to get together in the 80s.
observa111 1 year ago
wow quedo genial! gracias , muy buen trabajo!
sanctispiritus08 1 year ago
Great! it has'nt lost anything with time.
liamthedream 1 year ago
It sings of the International Jet Set in the 60's but it's misleading, Most of them died from cocaine O>D's after marrying 3, 4, 5, 6 times whatever. They never really "Lived happily ever after" because they never even believed in the Here after or whatever else you would like to call it. You can only wear one outfit at a time, live in one house at a time.,Travel in one plane at a time..eat one steak at a time, drink one pint of Guinness at a time and so it goes........
liamthedream 1 year ago
I was told that it was written for Sophia Loren. It would reflect her much more than Marilyn.
liamthedream 1 year ago
beautiful
bijelasoba 1 year ago
i remembered a song I heard so long ago I wan't sure when. the only part I remembered was ..."where you keep your Rolling stones records" ...and it was driving me crazy. I even wondered if it was all my imagination. Finally today, i googled "how do i find a song with partial lyrics" and I found it. What a relief. After 40 years.
jozek46 1 year ago 75
@jozek46 the magic of keywords!
gauravs82 1 year ago 8
@jozek46 40 years, really?
hugoefoda 1 year ago
@hugoefoda I heard it when it was a hit played on the radio, i found out now it was a hit in '69. so really 41 years.
jozek46 1 year ago
@jozek46 Heh, that's awesome.
Normally, so long as you type in the majority of a single line of a single verse in a Google search, Google will find it for you.
SikoNoriko 1 year ago
@jozek46
I know what you mean. I can just imagine how you must've felt when you actually found the song after so long! Its worth the wait :)
littletweeze 1 year ago
@jozek46 Lol ive got scenes from films & lyrics stuck in my head that ive forgot where they belong, or ive watched something when i was young and have no idea of the title. anoying aint it
jackssuprise 1 year ago
@jozek46
40 years?! wow. well done for never giving up. obviously it was worth it, right? :-)
lavallette1565 1 year ago
@jozek46 google power
hitanshusethi 1 year ago
@jozek46 i kinda find myself in that ..only in my case it was "and the painting you stole from picasso" and "with your carefully designed topless swimsuit" :)) and also...it's been only 3 years or so...but still the amazing " OMFG finally i found it" sensation...i really can't imagine how was it when you found it :))
SCANDURA01 1 year ago
..no this one, all the verses...
67graham 1 year ago
Additional. This was a number 1 in the UK charts early in 1969. He is one of three brothers to have UK hit singles. His (I assume) older brother Eden Kane had a no 1 with Well I Ask You in 1961, and (assumed) younger brother Robin Sarstedt reached no 3 in 1976 with My Resistance Is Low.
cbak12sg 1 year ago
cbak12sg 1 year ago
Yep a gr8 song. I'm told this was written for marilyn monroe.
lahiridilli 2 years ago