Jacques Brel Le Gaz (English Subtitles)

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From "T":
"The first irony is that there's a whore, or courtesan, who lives on Madonna Street. Next is that the John who comes to see her must say he's the utilities serviceman, come "for the gas." After that, we find that the respectable men in town from bourgeoisie and the working class, are also there "for the gas." It's like prohibibition era speakeasy where everyone had to give a password to get in. "Jacques Brel" of the Dialogus.org website says the essence of this song is "text and pretext", hypocrisy, people pretending to be what they're not. The assemblage of men in this small funky house reminded Brel of the Marx Brothers famous cabin scene. Ema, of Rennes France tells me "my sisters hand" reminds her of an expression, "My sister's hand in the pants of a Zouave." Brel's hand gesture seems to confirm that.Thank's to Ema for her help with the translation of this funny song, full of alliterations and poetic devices best listened to in French. There's a Mort Shuman terrible adaptation of this is called Taxicab in the JB is Alive and Well movie."

Note: "T" = lightning494. All credit should go to HER. I only re-posted the videos.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 20, 2008 at 8:25 am
Author: SaoirseYafa

Length: 00:02:48
Rating: 4.86
Views: 8244

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Video Comments:
blizzardz245 (October 16, 2008 at 8:56 am)
u wooow im naked right now! w
bertrand98 (October 12, 2008 at 2:01 am)
want to see me remove my tanktop? just send me a message
giover187 (July 28, 2008 at 1:20 am)
Great song.. he was a genius
pyke6 (March 12, 2008 at 1:51 am)
This song never fails to make me smile. It's delightfully sleazy.
clairedelune49 (March 9, 2008 at 12:03 am)
Constructive criticism is always welcome. What do you suggest?
philipchek (March 9, 2008 at 8:51 pm)
I suggest you continue to do translation, like you have done this one.
nicement (May 19, 2008 at 5:32 pm)
send me some stuff if you want translations
je le ferai avec plaisir
philipchek (May 20, 2008 at 1:25 am)
@nicement
Oh !? You need someone to send you some stuff? So you do not know Brel, Brassens, Piaf, Gainsbourh, Trenet, and you need to ask what to do. Well, I'm sorry , but we love american people and we love to share culture each others. But we do not really need you. Bye.
nicement (September 17, 2008 at 2:55 am)
pardon?
j'disais juste que si quelqu'un voulait qu'on lui traduise quelque chose et bien qu'il me le laisse savoir... et que je me ferai un plaisir de lui traduire les textes de la ...

sinon les americains, j'en hais un sur deux.., comme je hais 2 francais sur 10...
et si t'es trop benet pour comprendre quand quelqu'un veut rendre service, carre toi ce qu'il te passe sous la main dans l'fion
davidlocatelli (March 3, 2008 at 7:55 pm)
my favorite song!!! jacques brel for ever!!
lyrics wonderful....