Olivia Chaney -Aupres de ma Blonde

[sapherno11]

I've never learned to speak french, and didn't look up a description before i wrote this, and the song definatly gives off a powerful impression.

There's longing, but not bittersweet, its a sincire and honest longing for someone important to them. If not love then something close in terms of power. Also towards the end, it radiates contentment, for lack of a better description.

[bluefandango]

what a pity that you haven't recorded this track yet. Please do it.

[TheHeatheRose]

I have to sing this song for my voice class and your interpretation of the peice is so lovely that i shared it with the class :)

[michael74FR]

Votre version est superbe. Merci beaucoup!!!

[coerdelion13]

it's like listening to one of those elves from Lord of the Rings ♥

[RidiculousThoughts1]

je n`ai pas aime cette chanson car notre professeur de francais nous a oblige la chanter chaque semaine.Mais j`aime beaucoup comme elle chante,elle a une voix merveilleuse vraitement,et maintement j`aime la chanson aussi!

[wwwactivetronicscom]

Wow she rocks ! Never hear this traditional French song with a so amazing cover,

Barely not accent, just nice touch congratulation.

Elle assure un max, jamais entendu une telle version. C’est épatant surtout pour une anglaise, presque pas d’accent juste une jolie touche. J'adore.

[hamedtubeyou]

C'est Formidable!

[angel75020]

Very nice, even if it is not really the way to sing old French people...

It would be rather with a drawling and murmuring voice and stressed intonations...

But this is new with english or north american flourishments...lol

Thanks Olivia!!

[toscaire]

@angel75020 She sings with the addition of many "grace-notes" (q.v.) - quite usual in traditional Irish folk-song both in English and in Gaelic; but perhaps not in French. She's using elements of traditional English folk-song too, and I note some not-unpleasant American additions at the end. The whole sounds very good indeed to me (I'm Irish, of course!). Clearly the grammar of modern folksong has now a strong Irish accent!! Ah, bien sûr, bonne écoute de toute façon - et, en profiter!

[XxGraveReaperXx]

nice



[Draksen]

"We are gauls, franks, latins, saracins, africans, norses, celts...we are a part of all of them...we are frenchs..." Voilà! Parfaitement dit. Et fiers de l'être :D

Vive la France, Vive l'Empereur Napoléon!

[TemplarX2]

@Draksen We surely aren't saracens and Africans. These are not ethnic French and Gauls are actually Celts.

[Draksen]

@TemplarX2 You managed to put "ethnicity" and "French" in the same sentence. Congratulations, but you havent understood what France really is.

[TemplarX2]

@Draksen There's a clear difference between ethnic French and having French nationality. A nigger and an Arab can never be French ethnically speaking.

[Draksen]

@TemplarX2 As "ethnic french" doesnt exist anymore and/or has never really existed, your sentence is worth nothing. Being french is a culture and has nothing to do with blood.

[ZEtruckipu]

@Draksen I totaly agree with you. I'm consider myself as french, i'm proud to be french and howerver my family comes from spain.

[Ricardo1939]

Stunning! I'm a 70 year old Englishman living in Spain. My father taught me to sing this song when he was on Leave during WW2. Unfortunately, I don't know the translation.

[McGrenzer]

Impossible not to fall in love with this performance. The people in the audience were so lucky to see it live and the rest of us should be grateful for this video. Thank you, oliverina!

[TomiF100]

Ma fille m'attendait depuis quatorze mois l'ors'que j'etais en Iraq, et alors sept mois en Afghanistane. Elle et a la Maine du nord en Winterville; avec moi. Ce chanson-ci parle a nous. Pas plus de guerre.....fait de l'amour.....Olivia,,,,,,merci, tu-ange.

[Ignoonoo4]

Vive la France! Vive ses Chansons!

[sapogaga]

Très belle interprétation, félicitations!

[guasapa]

Wow! Superbe!

[sapogaga]

félicitations

[dangervich]

wonderful labial simulation

[Guinnie]

Eh Bien

[willprovost85]

The Gauls were Celts, yes, but the French are not and they are not descendents of Gauls either. Only the Brittons are celtic, the Normans are Norse, and the rest come from the germanic Franks. This song has nothing to do with the Irish.

[Manunanim]

@willprovost85

We are gauls, franks, latins, saracins, africans, norses, celts...we are a part of all of them...we are frenchs...

Beautifull version.

[papspyros]

@willprovost85 so asterix didn't leave any kids behind after all ... hahaha of course the french have partly gaulic descendance mate

[TemplarX2]

@willprovost85 This depends on the region. The Normans were mixed of gauls and Norse (not that much Norse contrary to belief). The Parisains and Northerner in generals were Frankish. The Burgundians were a mixed of Norse Germanic, Gauls and Romans. It changes from region to region but the two mains races would be Franks and Gauls with signicant Romans especially in the south. Northern France is traditionally Frankish while the South Roman all that cemented by Celtic blood.

[orphee10]

Bravo,magnifique et émouvante version.

[pedrop61]

après de ma blonde qu'il fait bon dormir

[MrThomaschapman]

Stunning voice, beautiful girl...I'm planning to go to Royal Festival Hall to see and hear more of her in April.

[jprovince]

Harmonium is the perfect compliment to her voice. Wonderful.

[Sowka1967]

So nice ;-)!A marvellous interpretation with a Celtic finale ;-) ! The Gauls are Celtic aren't they!?Thank You for the singing with heart and a green gown!May St.Patrick bless You Olivia!From Warsaw with cordial greetings ;-)!

[Baccalaureus79]

@Sowka1967 "The Gauls are Celtics..." -

Never read Caesar, did you?

"Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres,

quarum unam incolunt Belgae,

aliam Aquitani, tertiam, qui ipsorum lingua Celtae,

nostra Galli appellantur."

[Sowka1967]

@Baccalaureus79 Of course i read ;-)!My question is a rhetorical figure.Olivia is English.She sings an old french song,a military one.Anglo-French conflict is a history.The Celtic notes in her marvellous performance are very symbolic to me-showing the roots of the Brittons and the French-the Celtic ones.

[papspyros]

@Sowka1967 actually in this particular conflict the english and the french were allies...

[ekronicity]

Beautiful song, beautiful voice.

[RomildaV]

w-o-w! I love it so much....

[LaBohemienne8]

Oh oh oh

I love this.

[alixinthemiddle]

she sings beautifully

[bobplayer]

In the blighted ignorance of my personal cultural wasteland, I had never heard of Olivia Carey. Now I have heard a voice for the ages.

[ofirtshe]

how does Zero 7 get them? first Sia and Tina, and now this amazing singer... wow....

[lasarney]

What a beautiful bell-like clarity-filled voice. The simple ornamentation is perfect. Is tyhat the haarmonium that Ms. Chaney is playing>

[jlucdalmasso]

Sublime ! Je ne pourrai plus entendre cette chanson sans penser à Olivia. Cette femme est un ange.

[tsbm9]

Olivia Chaney chante avec emotion et ame.

[theroachksu]

What a sublimely profound rendition... It sounds as if it came from a chorus of angels.

[daniellecsu330]

I looked up the song because of Walter Mitty and am very gald to do so. pretty poem beautiful singing. love latin languages

[MalikaRad]

this is so beautiful, thank you.

[partridgehearne]

That is excellent indeed, your fathers cousin from Somerset is captivated!

[Instinktivt]

J'aime beaucoup cette chanson et cette version-ci est la plus belle que j'aie trouvé jusqu'ici. Merci!

[tergeist]

Thank you so much ! I'm thinking of my own "blonde" tonight.

You know this song was one of the favourites of the French soldiers of WWI. Poor guys !

[zadruga99]

Merci beaucoup.

Any chance of a rendition some day in the future by this same Olivia C. of "Le Madelon"?

[finaleofseem]

So beautiful! She puts so much of herself into it it has the look of a private lamentation. This girl is intense.

[Ilovezic69]

Nice !! very beautifull voice !! Thank you we hope for more songs.

[GuardianAngel274]

Fantastique! Its awesome

[Tertulien1982]

Merci :) Chantez-vous d'autres chansons populaires françaises du XVII?

[Oberstfeldmeister]

très très fort!

[leslawr]

Pięknie śpiewasz i jesteś piękna Oliwio .Brawo!

[theroachksu]

Great song. This woman has the one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.

[gandesas]

Viva Olivia !!!!

[madfortrad07]

Thank you.

[gandesas]

Wonderful !!!!!!

Vive la Grande Armèe !!!!!!!!

[Philly5834]

Great job, Olivia, from someone who truly loves this song and my memories of Paris back in the fifties!