Charles Trenet - Boum

du film "La route enchantée" 1938
lyrics: http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs/030112.html
(with guitar chords and a link to a literal translation)

But actually - this is one of the few songs that Trenet himself sang in an English version, too! I couldn't find that lyrics on the web yet. So I will have to write it down myself and put it here later-on.

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[MegaDarkness69]

what does Boum mean???

[brassens66]

@MegaDarkness69 It means "boom" describing the sound of the heartbeat of a person in love. You might want to check out the link to a literal translation in the box below the clip. Imho, the childlike echoisms are meant to emphasise the naive, pure aspects of love, as opposed to the you-can-lick-my-lollipop-lyric­s of our times...

[cacti111]

@brassens66 I wish I was born around the turn of the last century, and know I don't mean 2000 O_O. People were definitely different back then. But I do appreciate and am grateful for having an abundance of food and modern medicine nowadays. That is probably the only good thing about today.

[brassens66]

@cacti111 People always need a mix of cosiness and fighting challenge. So in tough times, people were longing for just being nice and warm hearted. But in times of abundance, we admire tough warriors and the cool ... It's in our genes, I guess. We are kind of stupid that way, aren't we? :-)

[DVA5212]

@brassens66

I thought 'Boum' means 'Party' in French ?

[brassens66]

@DVA5212 It is possible that 'boum' (sometimes spelled 'boom' in French, too - according to Petit Robert dictionary ) for (annual school) celebration came in use only later like in the 1950s. Anyway, here in the song, it's really just like the English interjection Boom! for the sound. No party but a very individual experience of one's heart beat.

[jeringuillapg]

yo vine aqui tras ver el anuncio de ING

[animaluver456]

i like the background :D we're learning this song in french class, but luckily its the slow version

we're all terrible at it anyway XD

[JEERBA13]

Grave pour ce reveiller

[leprechaun2012]

@MegaDarkness69 c'est l'onomatopé du coeur

[pinkriffic]

Hugh Dennis' buzzer on the French episode of QI brought me here... <3

[mex1oso]

La pendule fait tic-tac-tic-tic

Les oiseux du lac pic pak pic pic

Glou glou glou font tous les dindons

Et la jolie cloche ding dang dong

Mais boum

Quand notre couer fait boum

Tout avec lui dit boum

Et c'est l'amour qui s'éveille

[MrKrazykat661]

j'adore this song! <3

[superheterodi]

Tens una molt bona selecció de cançó francesa...gràcies per compartir aquests trossets filmics tant deliciosos.... ;-)

[samm321]

Totally Charming. Thanks~!!

[sweetnymphetamines]

I love Charles Trenet, I spent my childhood in the little town he used to live in :)

[DoitsuSanNoBAKA]

This gets stuck in my head everytime I listen~ <3 I love it so much~