KT Tunstall Madame Trudeau

"Madame Trudeau" performed by KT Tunstall and presented by Sound Tracks.

Imagine if First Lady Michele Obama ran off with Jay-Z on the eve of her husband's re-election. Preposterous. Yet, back in the '70s, the young, attractive wife of Canada's suave prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, did disappear on his re-election night and turned up dancing at Studio 54 in New York. Rumors spread of escapades with the Rolling Stones.

It's the kind of story -- "an act of female rebellion" -- that caught KT Tunstall's imagination, and the result is this quirky, rocking ballad about the adventures of the free-spirited Margaret Trudeau.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• KT Tunstall
• Madame Trudeau
• Tiger Suit
• PBS
• Sound Tracks
• acoustic
• acoustic guitar
• songwriter

[SoundTracksQH]

Yes, I hear that Margaret Trudeau has written and spoken about having biploar disorder, but I'd say that there's also no doubt she was a young, vivacious women who was no doubt acting out against the strictures of her position. It was the wild '70s after all, and there was no shortage of recreational marijuana use.

"President's wife" I'd call poetic license. But yes, I'm sure KT Tunstall knows that Canada has a prime minister.

[RaniRiemelt]

Amo♥Madame Trudeaux...KT Arrasa No Vocal :D

[andyracksthecams]

What a song! Brilliant powerful guitar technique with an amazing unique tempo and progression to start with coupled with a lyric with integrity. Not only does this take guts and belief but so much skill. This is rare.

[girltaristhan]

@SoundTracksQH Having heard her explain it at her concert at Cambridge Junction I'm pretty sure it's just a bit of poetic licence

[neraK9141]

Que coisa mais perfeita!

É por isso que sou FÃ dessa mulher!

[mrbobo978]

I like this version much better than the one on the album, to be honest.

[33feathers]

"Poetic license" it is and this is another great example of KT's amazing songwriting magic!

[35TCK]

@andie848484

She says in the interview that it was the prime minister. I think that what the lyric suggests (as it says in the description bar and as Kt has said before) imagine if Michelle Obama (the U.s. president's wife) Left in similar fashion, I.e. ranaway with jay z or something.

[TheMaidenBlackRoses]

@andie848484 in the united states it was originally considered "president"

during the democracy

but "prime minister" would be the term for communist

.......unless you canadians are communist O_O

ha I'm right next to the communist lolz

......please take as a joke, i'm only fooling around :)

[andie848484]

I think in this song, Ms. Tunstall's belittling this fact, whether she's done it intentionally or not.

And P.S. - in the lyrics it says "while you were the President's wife".... in Canada, we have a Prime Minister, not a President.