Enjoy the simple beauty of this traditional French/French-Canadian ballad as sung by France's Grégoire Boissenot.
Dozens of versions exist but Grégoire's is my favourite.
“Il y’a longtemps que je t’aime,
Jamais je ne t’oublierai.”
(“Long have I loved you,
Never will I forget you.”)
Background about this song, which dates back centuries and was sung by the Voyageurs, can be found here. And for those who wish to sing along or see a translation, click here.
everything sounds better in French.
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JASON: Even the names of diseases sound sexier in French.
Deleteeven the french word for discharge?
DeleteNORMA: A lady such as yourself must tell the doctor you have “les pertes blanches” … “white losses.”
DeleteTell the doctor that your man friend has a case of “la chaude-pisse”… “hot piss” i.e. the clap.
Your doctor will prescribe antibiotics accordingly.
mj darling, i'll surely tell him of my
Delete"les pertes blanches" if they are in fact white.
mine, alas cannot be described using the color wheel.
This is so typical.
DeleteI post a beautiful song and you Bitches turn it into a discussion on sexually transmitted diseases.
By the way, I have some miracle ointment, Norma.
Kabuki does not do sad songs. Melancholy looks awful in a kimono.
ReplyDeletekabuki-san: And yet it's so much easier to accessorize with a black kimono.
DeleteI have to longingly wonder if he will be my Valentine... I'm all moist now ... Thank you MJ
ReplyDeleteHappy VD!
He seems to be quite flexible in a pixilated kind of a way...
PRINNY: Regarding that bit with the pixels…my face once melted in a similar fashion during an acid trip.
DeleteI, like Kabuki, do not listen to music that would make the very marrow of my soul weep. Fucking aye, Molly Hatchet forever.
ReplyDeleteCOOKIE: Well, then. I guess what they say is true…Big girls don’t cry.
DeleteCan I take him skiing at an overbooked lodge?
ReplyDeleteMARGARET: Does Grégoire REALLY have any say in the matter?
DeleteAnd what about Wally?
Sometimes when Wally and I touch, the honesty's too much.
DeleteI'd actually prefer Alan May, but he never stops by my gift shop.
MARGARET: Alan May of hockey fame?
DeleteYes, and no, you can't have him, or even look at him, or remember having him, or even think about trying to "take him to the crease."
DeleteMARGARET: First Wally, now Alan May.
DeleteFickle.
That's what you are.
Fickle is putting it mildly.
DeleteI have just applied lashings of mascara... I will leave the weeping until after I've taken it off.
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MISS SCARLET: Tammy Faye wouldn’t wait.
DeleteThat's amazing: this song portrays just how I feel about the Ikea Monkey.
ReplyDeletePEENEE: Hot monkey love?
DeleteI prefer The Singing Nun's version.
ReplyDeleteLX: Stop it.
DeleteStop it RIGHT NOW.
LX, surely you have listened to her 1982 career revival disco synthesizer version?
DeleteI wonder why they never paired her up with Sally Field!
DeleteI don't do Valentine's Day. I do, however, do horny Frenchmen! Preferably with “les pertes blanches” of the "pearl necklace" kind... Jx
ReplyDeleteThis is certainly one of the first songs every little French(/Canadian) kids learn in kindergarten. Never thought it could be so poignant! I think one more verse and Grégoire would have had a break down!
ReplyDeleteHugs
-Jon