Charles Trénet - La Mer (live Olympia)

thanks for the translation, i met this song in the film "divingbell and the butterfly".. if you like this song you will piss tears watching this movie. btw i would like to learn french language just for their music and poetry. their culture is so far away from any other, so unique.. just like their food:D regards to the1 who put this song and translation here...

it's a Charles Trenet's song. (1946)

man i feel so stupid listening to this and i cant understand a shit

@dabeatdurand check on the right, there's a translation. It's rough as no poetry can ever convey the same in all languages, but it will give you an idea of his soul at the time.
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@dabeatdurand so typical of american ..

E poucos da Juventude de hoje e ontem apreciam verdadeiras obras da musica francesa

@fabio11071 eu sou um moleque de 27 anos e aprecio pra caramba a música francesa. ;)

Trenet's commentary from the middle of the song:

"La mer" was, in fact, an American success. When I sang it in France, I was told "that's very nice but it's not swing enough." At the time, you had to sing swing. And they said it's not swing enough, it's not your genre. And "La mer" stayed for three years in a drawer.

@snydrism23 Thanks for translating his opinion, I was too lazy to do it :)

Thx for sharing buddy

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