Winter in Canada. Mireille Matthieu

Sung in German by a French singer against a backdrop of Russian paintings by Nikolai Sverchkov. A veritable slumgullion! Just as in the classical Mulligan stew, this juxtaposition works!

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• Europop
• German
• Art
• Russian
• Vocal
• Matthieu
• World

[ironpirites]

very nice. I like the version by Elissa Gabbai too.

The paintings are wonderful. There is a Canadian painter by the name of Cornelius Krieghoff who has a similar style and subject matter. If you wanted a more authentic Canadian ambience, Krieghoff would do, but the Russian painter is fine. The winter scenes are much the same in both countries.

[Vostorgina01]

Thanks for the tip, dear!

Ciao,

r. b. Vostorgina

[Vostorgina01]

Indeed! And why not? It adds to the fun, nicht wahr? BTW, are you an English Quebecker or a full-blooded Canuck Quebecois? If the latter, you could add, "as noticed by a smiling and sly Quebecois".

Cheers! Do pass the jug, it is on your right!

r. b. Vostorgina

[1952410]

Thanks. Mireille Mathieu bears an unique and attractive French accent. The song is very nice....but, first class are the background with Russian inspiration.

[Vostorgina01]

I have placed the original version by Elissa Gabbai as a video response above. It is matched with photographs of the Russian countryside in winter.

raba bozhiya Vostorgina01

[MMfanAZ]

MM has loyal fans all over the world. Her voice is unforgettable - even in the United States, where we rarely hear anything about MM on our silly TV networks, those of us that have traveled abroad, and have heard MM, are forever her fans. Thank God for the Internet that keeps us in the loop. Thanks for posting this.

[Vostorgina01]

I DO agree! MM just did a special concert in St Petersburg to honour the victims of the siege in the 2nd Great Patriotic War. Her fans in Russia are legion!

[Spamhunter]

Ein Klassiker zur Weihnachtszeit.

[PrinzHektor008]

Es war Winter in Kanada... :-) nettes Lied

[The7Magier]

very nice *****

[Brendony007]

Does anyone know on which Mireille album this originally appeared??

[johhnyjoni]

Hat lange gedauert aber jetzt am 10. Dezember sieht man endlich schnee auch bei uns

[puschel865]

Erinnert mich an meine Schwester die vor 50 Jahren nach Canada ging

[fliederrix]

Bin alles andere als ein Schlagerfan, aber das Lied hat absolut was.

[kisanis]

@ironpirites

Some of the group of 7 would have been fitting too, they did some great winter scenes... but then again it would be overly stereotypical.

[spikehund1]

einfach schön!

[puschel865]

@entdeckeKanada da ich eine schwester in canada habe liebe ich das lied

[2211167]

Hört euch das Lied bei 35 Grad Celsius an.

[iloveyoumimi46]

Ist doch ein schönes Lied und Mimi ist sowieso die Beste.