Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes [01]

[huffthomas1]

C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble.

Toi, tu m'aimais et je t'aimais

Nous vivions tous,les deux ensemble,

Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais.

Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment,

Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit

Et la mer efface sur le sable

Les pas des amants désunis.

[marive75]

C"est à dire: Pourquois pas?

[marive75]

pourqouis pas?

[dummytree]

Can't stand Montand and Iggy does a great job here.His french pronounciation is good except for "sépare" he pronounces as "separey" (same for "sable"), love it though.

[MontseRocco]

Mais la vie separe ceux qui s'aiment

Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit

Et la mer efface sur le sable

Les pas des amants desunis

[Diabeticuss]

autumn leaves nigga

[lollirotkitty]

oh shit I heard this song in my french class back in high school, I had no idea he did a cover...it's awesome! ^.^

[Higbby]

Thank you, beautiful xxx

[nimmification]

very sophistiicated voice, humm love it, can't find the original first track with clarinet.

[chevaljoyeux]

montand revisité, il y gagne

[Blue6511]

Meghallgattam a YouTube-on fellelhető összes előadótól ezt a számot, de ez tetszik a legjobban. Nagyon jó az album összes dala. Köszönöm Hekuna! :)

[narozzz]

I believe this tune is "Autumn Leaves" in English. That's not coincidental, is it?

[narutoprower]

...je deteste ca...

[TurboKormor]

simple mais tellement vrai...

[OzamHectics]

Je suis pas fan de Montand.. Mais qu'est-ce qu'il est bon Iggy quand même !!!

[bamboosa]

Back in '75 Iggy knocked on my door (He lived in the basement apartment in the building) and I opened the door and he said, "Hi, my name is Jimmy. Can you spare some marijuana?" and I said "yes" and I rolled him a couple of joints of skunkweed. it was all I had to offer. Many of his fans don't like his crooning but I do.

[StoryeTime]

@bamboosa If I recall he asks Tom Waits to call him Jimmy in Coffee and cigarettes ,)))

[denvail]

@Unabomber2, there are treatments for psychotic behaviors...

[xlaim]

The only thing i don't like is the way he speaks at the begening( maybe because french is my mothertongue) nevertheless i prefer his singing than Yves Montand's one

[Samanthakins]

@unarbomber2 who gives a shite what you think.

[Unabomber2]

I hate French

[taunoyatta]

@Unabomber2 what an honest opinion:)

[airamhag]

i like it..

[SHINYamAHA21]

wow...I got it.

[ananoula]

il connait l'essentiel! :))

[TheRunner75]

Yves Montand is the best in this song and he's got the right pronunciation.

[McDjB1]

Yeah, but Iggy puts meaning and emotion into it better.

[smultron1000]

iggy´s version is sooo good and his voice and pronuniation gives it such a interesesting touch.... PERFECT!

[Cockoblock]

too bad i discovered iggy at such a late age

[habde]

not like its too late, he still tours

[dantgood]

The lyrics are part of the poem originally written by jacques prévert. It's sad the way Iggy butchers the pronunciation. You would think he would 1) pay for an interpreter/linguist to coach him on pronunciation, and 2) care enough about the language and the poet to learn the proper pronunciation. His voice sounds great though.

[Droyd21]

I have to agree on the pronounciation, but apparently many people still like it, that's all what matters.

[TheRunner75]

I am French and you are right. I don't like this version much.

[StoryeTime]

@TheRunner75 I'm French and I do but I can tell you 10 years ago I woulnd't have like it either. La vie est passée par là ;))

[dantgood]

The lyrics translate as:

It's a song that resembles us

You loved me and I loved you

We lived together

You who loved me, me who loved you

But life separates those who love one another

so softly/quietly

without a sound

and the ocean erases from the sand

the steps of lovers split apart

[gabdiddl]

Iggy Pop sait parlel francais? Sa pronontation est drole :D Mais la chanson est trés bonne :)

[dantgood]

Je ne pense pas qu'il sait comment parler français. Pas s'il prononce les mots comme ça. Mais, il essaye. Et il connait le sens des paroles.

[danielmariano234]

Maestro... sin palabras...

[hekuna]

A song like us, birds of a feather,

You loving me, me loving you,

And we lived happily together,

You loving me, me loving you.

But life tears apart gentle lovers

Who quietly obey their heart,

And the sea invades the sand and covers

The footsteps of those torn apart.

[hekuna]

The same thing. He basically repeats the same paragraph several times during the song, though changing the intonation for the chorus.

[stuntnuts22]

Thanks for the words,what a touching song !

Merci !

[cedd00]

It's a Jacque Prévert cover

[agussound]

@stuntnuts22 in fact, there is a version of this song in English.. its name is "Autumn Leaves"

[fouronefivah]

excellent