An old French tune (by Georges Brassens) | Pomplamoose ft. John Schroeder 

Alzo dro We all do!

n'importe quoi

Natalie lived in France for a few years with her parents ;-)

@@marylisesimonin Oh okay nice

Oui j'approuve sa prononciation 😂👌😁

Underrated

Humble as very few french drummers can be :-)))

Yes but he got some accent...

As a French I find this offensive and racist.

@@Xale007 OK karen

I love slipknot, ghost and disturbed, but it'll be a sin to not enjoy this band. Love "stuck in the middle with you" and this french song ❤

Dude same

Not a musician, but I can tell all these musicians are superskilled.. And look up girl sings " freak on a leash

That's actually delightful. Makes sense as metal has roots in blues and swing so you guys know how to pick out a bop when you hear one

How does it sound to you? I'm curious because there are so many French dialects and I know none of them haha 😅 would you know she wasn't speaking it as a first language or does she have an accent?

how ?

@@Methar39 Natalie has always had a delicate quality to her voice and the French language is similarly delicate - lots of subtlety in the pronunciation. As an example, it's considered one of the trickiest languages to spell or do text to speech for because it has just a ton of silent letters all over the place. Also, while I do say it's delicate, it's not fragile.

@@bobdole4916 french as a lot of vowel associations, but very very very few silent one. As a matter of fact, french is way easier than english to spell according to a said word because there is very few interprétation possible. The other way around it Also true, While Reading a french word, you will pronounce it correctly easily While in english most of the Time you need context to pronounce it (to read vs i read Yesterday, or an increase and to increase where you are supposed to move the stress) Once the rules of letter associations mastered, which Indeed implyes lot of sounds (ou, in, ain, ein, oei, eu, en, an etc...) It is easy to read french and to write it :-)

@@vitofee " there is very few interprétation possible." L'accent qui donne l'accent, les joies du correcteur xD

@@vitofee It's definitely very consistent with it's spelling rules, but when you have to interpret how something that's said is spelled, that gets trickier. Especially among non-natives. English tends to be tricky in the tenses for non-natives, but spelling isn't as big a deal because the inconsistency makes it so people don't rely as much on spelling via the sounds, and memorization becomes the main way you learn. Languages all have their own funny quirks - like how with French there's a department in the government that actively works against slang or foreign terms working their way into the language. That's a big reason why the spelling tends to be consistent, but also why there are some odd terms for more modern things when their names are translated literally. Everything has to be represented by an older vocabulary.

Quand on va à l'école pendant plusieurs années, heureusement !

She's actually a native speaker of both English and French, c'est tout.

@@KlowIsHere Non she's not a native speaker, elle n'est pas francophone de naissance, Nataly Dawn said because of her father she spent years in Belgium and wentto to high school in Brussel.

Elle est allée à l'école en France et en Belgique et a étudia la littérature française ^^

@@lumosnox133 pas forcément en France ... Il existe des 'french schools' de très haute qualité un peu partout hors de France . Je crois qu'on y apprend un peu plus que la langue ... (Voir Jodie Foster, Audrey Hepburn, ou Barbara Shulz) USA , Allemagne Acculturation des amoureux 💑 de la France !!

Merci!

Translaptation by Ed Aymil (tradaptation de) « Je me suis fait tout petit » de Georges Brassens « I'm a child again » I ‘d never taken off my hat in front Of anyone But now I crawl and I beg to confront Her one on one I was a mean dog but now I break bread Inside her hand I had wolf teeth but now I’ve exchanged them For baby fangs I'm a child again in front of a doll Who shuts her eyes when put to bed I'm a child again in front of a doll Who says mommy when touched her head I was a badass but she converted me By cunning tricks And I felt ablaze with warmth and fiery Facing her lips She reveals her baby teeth while smiling When she ‘s singing She bares her wolf-like teeth when she's boiling When she is mean I'm a child again in front of a doll Who shuts her eyes when put to bed I'm a child again in front of a doll Who says mommy when touched her head I submit to her law I am affable To a control And although she is jealous beyond all Even dreadful A beautiful figure stood by my side Prettier than her A beautiful figure who one day died I remember I'm a child again in front of a doll Who shuts her eyes when put to bed I'm a child again in front of a doll Who says mommy when touched her head All the sleepwalkers all the mages have Warned me decent In the cradle of her crossed arms I'll have My last torment Varies between difficult and easier I take a stand Whether I hang myself here or elsewhere If I must hang I'm a child again in front of a doll Who shuts her eyes when put to bed I'm a child again in front of a doll Who says mommy when touched her head www.bonjourpoesie.fr/vospoemes/Poemes/ed_aymil

Good good good !...c est trop good ..😊....

et la version de maxime leforestier est cool aussi

Barbatruc She said lived in France and Belgium from ages 10 to 18. That would explain; the perfect accent.

@@taoist32 I guess you're right because this is too perfect to be called an accent x)

Et Georges Moustaki !

I thought she was french 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sa menöt et des quenöttes

Yeah. John NAILED it.

More precisely "Manouche"... A Gypsie trend of Jazz... Django Reinarht (technically, it's more belgium and netherland than French, although "le quintete du Hot Club de France" (Django/Grapelli) made this famous).

@@garryiglesias4074 Exactement

@@garryiglesias4074 He was Swiss

@800pieds - Yes but all the Stochello family and Samois crowd don't come from Switzerland. And he was born in Belgium... The country he decided to hide for the war or do not pay tax or both is "irrelevant" when we talk about the "quintessentially" culture.

Agree 👍

Nathalie Dawn she spent her childhood in Europe and attended schools in France and Belgium before she returned to the United States. It's normal that she has no accent. Im pretty sure that she speaks fluently french like you.

Loved everything too! She's quite a girl, right? Pomplamoose musicians always seem on point, as is the production - addictive!

Bien dit @geoben. 😳 😶 (ou en 2 mots : Me*de ... sans voix )

She lived in Paris (I believe) for many years with her parents when she was young.

Have you heard her speaking?

@@dowagiac52 oui en France et en Belgique, c'est d'une perfection rare quand elle chante en français

Tu m'a tuer 😂

Fille de missionnaires, Nataly Dawn a passé une grande partie de son enfance en Europe, où elle a fréquenté des écoles en France et en Belgique avant de revenir aux États-Unis pour étudier l'art et la littérature française à l'Université de Stanford[1],[2]. Nataly Dawn est totalement francophone et a interprété à plusieurs reprises des chansons en français, de Georges Brassens et Édith Piaf, notamment[3],[4].

je crois qu'elle est française aussi non?

@@BALTHAMUSIC She's American 😊

En vrai je ne pense pas que ce soit possible d'avoir une telle prononciation sans être bilingue :)

The very best version.

Elle à fait sa scolarité (en partie du moins) en France et en Belgique... D'ou le "non-accent"...

Where, when and how did you learn French?

Interesting thoughts, and a beautiful song. I always thought it was strange that English doesn't have a word for the plural 'you'. Like, that was never a need?

@@RigzDigz We have y'all 😁

Your accent is on point ! Thanks for that Brassens' tribute, a true poet and one of my favourite songwriter of all time ! On vous embrasse !

And I use it! Even though I'm a yankee from the north.

Testa Joanny je pense qu’elle est française vu sa prononciation

@@marjolainemartin1915 ah...ça c'est une "very good question"... a priori je ne pense pas, je pense qu'elle a un talent monstrueux sur ce point aussi... mais ta question reste quand même une "very good question" à lui poser pour "lever le voile" ;-)

Ooh la la...quel compliment!

@@marjolainemartin1915 fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataly_Dawn

@@marjolainemartin1915 Elle est américaine : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataly_Dawn

Oui! A part les « menettes » et les « quenettes » ;D

@@Nemo-xq7fi Je ne comprends pas. J'ai réécouté : elle dit bien "menottes" (les mains), puis elle dit bien "quenottes" (petites dents propres à l'enfance). Elle le dit parfaitement bien.

@@Paris-Brestc’est un détail mais je persiste … 0:41

@@Nemo-xq7fi Je viens de faire une chose à laquelle je n'avais pas pensée : j'ai mis les sous-titres qui ne ne laissent la place à aucun doute. Bizarrement ils correspondent tout à fait au propos. Essayez sauf si vous avez aussi des problèmes de vision. Dans ce cas laissez tomber...

I haven't learned any French in 20 years and I'm happy to report I can read almost all of that

Ha j'étais en train d'écrire le même type de commentaire !

I agree. What an incredible songwriter.

@@Pomplamoose Nino Ferrer is also a great songwriter... "Le sud" is one of his masterpiece but i think "chanson pour Nathalie" is totaly relevant! :D ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DilClUPAtjg.html

Ouiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !

@@FabriceDrevon Brassens est néanmoins traduit et chanté dans plusieurs dizaines de langues... ce qui n'est pas le cas de la majorité des auteurs-compositeurs français... ;)

Ha! God and country.

"The things we do for love" *pushes your language out of the window

me tooo❤

Oui, vraiment!

Les Québécois ne parlent pas Français.

@@earlgreystoke3324 Quoi???

@@earlgreystoke3324 non on ne parlent pas Français on parlent seulement Français

@@Bundocko Québécois n'est pas français. Même les Français ne le comprennent pas.

What ? She isn't French ? She's really good, brava :D

She lived for a long time in France.

love that to

Brassens would have loved it.

Brassens would have loved it.

John Schroeder on guitar was superb and contributed about as much as the singer.

So true!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is what I have been waiting for! Love it!

Именно так я всегда и представлял себе старую французскую эстраду..

Are you kidding? My blood pressure went UP!!

Texte de Georges Brassens, un poète !

@@philc1402 in a good way though right?

@@bodyofhope Indeed!

Just one sentence, litteral traduction : "I made myself very little, in front of a doll, who say "Mama" when we touch her" (Je me suis fait tout petit devant une poupée, qui fait "Maman" quand on la touche)

Texte de Georges Brassens, un poète !

Welcome in the french poétic world of GEORGES Brassens 👍👍👍 You can test some other songs of him.

I have never took off my hat , In front of someone Now I crawl and I sit pretty, When she call me I was a bad dog, She gets me to eat On her little hand I had wolves teeth, I changed them for milk teeth I felt so small In front of a doll Who close her eyes, When she's layed down I felt so small In front of a doll Who says mommy, When she's touched I was a tough guy, She converted me That little face And I felt hot and roasted, On her mouth That has milk teeth When she smiles, When she sings And wolves theet When she's furious, When she's bad I felt so small In front of a doll Who close her eyes , When she's layed down I felt so small In front of a doll Who says mommy , When she's touched All the sleepwalkers and the magician Told me In her arms I will suffer my Last torment There is no worst or better but all has to be taken Hanging here or hanging elsewhere When you have to hang I felt so small In front of a doll Who close her eyes , When she's layed down I felt so small In front of a doll Who says mommy , When she's touched

@@Meth24096 Nice translation !

It s a man who speaks about a girl very shy when she makes love. So Brasens use setences very provocante... but amazing and full of poesy...

I second that.

Yes...yes...yes...thats is how to say it....

Renaud en a fait des pas mal quand même

Absolutely and what I find just as infectious as her voice is how much FUN you can see them all having... That's what music is all about for me.

@@jevoulaispasdecompte Je Suis un Voyou reprise par Renaud est pas mal. Mais le problème, c'est qu'aucune reprise de Brassens ne peut arriver à la cheville de l'originale. En tous cas pour moi qui suis un puriste. Mais cette cover est pas mal du tout, avec un vrai respect de l'originale.

Je suis entièrement d'accord. Je suis un très grand fan de Brassens et c'est la première fois que j'écoute une interprétation de ce niveau tant sur le plan musical, parce que les musiciens ici sont vraiment bons, que sur le plan de la voix. J'ai jamais entendu une personne anglo-saxonne avec prononciation du français aussi irréprochable. Si on ne savait pas qu'elle est américaine on croirait entendre une française. Je pense qu'elle doit avoir l'oreille absolue.

Le chant développe peut-être une plasticité au niveau des aires et des connexions cérébrales ? Il faudrait demander à un linguiste ou un expert en neurosciences. Peut-être a-t'elle tout simplement séjourné dans un pays francophone ou née d'un couple mixte ? En fait, la réponse se trouve un peu plus bas dans ce fil de discussion : "I lived in France and Belgium from ages 10 to 18. Used to not have an accent, but I'm a bit rusty now that it's been over a decade since I lived there."

@@acrobatedelacanopee8161 elle n'a pas du tout l'accent belge. Je reste sur mon hypothèse de l'oreille absolue parce que les chinois qui utilisent une langue tonale ont de meilleures aptitudes musicales. Donc oui il y a une liaison entre le chant ou la musique en général et la capacité à adopter la phonologie d'une langue. Mais le travail ne suffit pas elle doit vraiment avoir l'oreille absolue parce que si tu regardes Jane Birkin par exemple, c'est une chanteuse, elle a vécu des décennies en France et elle a toujours gardé son accent anglais. Il ne suffit pas de vivre dans un pays pour acquérir la langue, il y a un effort à fournir.

@@Linguages2024 Effectivement, son immersion en pays francophone n'explique pas tout, il a a sûrement un don musical et beaucoup de travail ! Et le fait de chanter doit contribuer pour l'accent, si l'on compare la prononciation impeccable du français de Barbara Hendricks avec celle de Jane Birkin, effectivement, ou de Woody Allen.

@@Linguages2024 elle est à moitié française il me semble

i think ice is a very easy thing to melt

@@user-ut4fj4uv8w But not an ice heart.

The song is about that, a strong man melting in front of a young woman.

++++++ Thank you so much for writing out the lyrics - now I understand the bit about the doll which shuts her eyes when you lay her down!

*une fine mouche* is a person that is wise and cunning. *dents de lait* French use to call "dents de lait" the very first teeth every human gets, these first teeth will be replaced around 6/9 years old by the definitive ones. *"menotte* is a little hand, a baby's hand for example, or the hand of a child. There's a pleasant, affectionate meaning with this word. *quenotte* is a local idiom for "tooth", it's like "menotte", a pleasant and affectionate term for "young tooth" or "little tooth". *dit sans malice* means that these mages have "spoken without a lie"

oui les dents de lait ne sont pas faites pour durer: ) ce sont les souris qui viennent les chercher au réveil :))

Y él se transformó de lobo a oveja por causa de ella.....

I made myself all small (Translation) I had never took off my hat For anybody Now I am crawling and sit up and beg When she rings me I was naughty dog, she makes me eat In her palm hand I had wolf fangs, I changed them for baby teeth I made myself all small in front of a doll Who shuts eyes when one lays her I made myself all small in front of a doll Who says "Mommy!" when one touches her I was a badass, by her be converted The fly dexterous* And I fell all hot, all roasted Close to her mouth That has baby teeth when she is smiling When she sings And wolf fangs when she is fury That she is mean! I made myself all small in front of a doll Who shuts eyes when one lays her I made myself all small in front of a doll Who says "Mommy!" when one touches her I'm under her law, I'm doing the very sweet Prisoner of her ropes Although she is jealous beyond anything And even worse A pretty periwinkle who had appeared to me More beautiful than she A pretty periwinkle one day died struck with a sunshade I made myself all small in front of a doll Who shuts eyes when one lays her I made myself all small in front of a doll Who says "Mommy!" when one touches her All the sleepwalkers, all the magicians Told me without shenanigans That in her arms in cross on me, I'm going suffer my Last agony There are worse, there are better ones But all things considered Be hanged on here, be hanged elsewhere If finally one has to be hanged I made myself all small in front of a doll Who shuts eyes when one lays her I made myself all small in front of a dol l Who says "Mommy!" when one touches her ... * "fly" is in double ways here, "fine mouche" was used to name a good swordsman - the fly here refers to the little ball at the end of the sword to avoid serious injury to the opponent during tournaments -. But it also designate the fly which be used by aristocracy in XVIII century for face make-up - a small black point drawn on the cheek, close mouth.

Mais il l'entend !

@Simon A C'est prononcé à la perfection , et quel charme avec ce joli minois ...

Elle n'est pas française ?

@@micmic7725 Nop, californienne. Mais elle a vécu en France apparemment.

@@Random-oc8bx en France et en Belgique et elle a fait des études en littérature française à Stanford

Having spent much of her childhood over there helps a bunch. In fact, I detect a sweet accent when she sings in English.

Tout à fait.

@@ml2714 C'est vrai .

天籟之聲

團隊很棒

you found them !

for "menottes", insist on the m (m like in many, more) for "quenottes" (little teeth) insist on the "k" like in Kate, carry, and for "ailleurs" it's the same prononciation as "liar" but without the "l" - Well I do what I can.

She's nailed it, French vocal technique. Not for the amateur.

KosM05-7 Uuhhhh, yeah. What You said. 🤔

KosM05-7 Nope. French is beautiful, even though I can’t understand it. I was in Chalons en Champagne for the weekend back in 2006, I think. Pretty town.

No, "C" is the most beautiful language...its just that there are not a lot of people out there who can understand it.

Mais saboté par les français eux-même hélas!

@@herrk722 Very true. They have a gift.

En effet ! Étonnant.

Camellia thanks I will copy this

Merci beaucoup !

Merci merci c'est super

Tres bien

Je viens de vous découvrir je vous adore déjà super bravo

Too bad that the world is so US globalized that french musicians prefers to sing in english now. I mean, globish.

@@niceanddestroyed I disagree the French production is crazy and very rich, okay it is not mainstream, you need to dig a bit but the French touch is real and more alive than ever.

As is Duits, Spaans, Italianse,etc etc, apart from English, English/ Americans and Of course English/,South Africans.

yeahhhhh

moi je ne pense pas, car il n'est pas mentionné dans les "crédits" ni dans les "licences", donc ils croquent sur le dos de ses héritiers.

@@jeanmartin963 Brassens n’avait pas d’enfants. Ses héritiers, car il doit bien en avoir, ont-ils quelque mérite à recevoir ce qui leur tombe dans le bec?

@@jean-louisbaril6487 je ne connais pas le détail de ses héritiers, mais il y a toutes les chances qu'ils lui soient plus proches qu'un groupe californien.

@@jeanmartin963 Eh bien, je ne suis pas d’accord, dirai-je pour clore, en ce qui me concerne, cette aimable discussion. Je préfère la parenté musicale, celle qui aime Brassens, à une vague et lointaine parenté tirée par les cheveux, de gens pour qui le regretté Sétois n’est qu’un billet de loterie.

As he should.

Your interpretation is too literal, you're not considering context and colloquialisms. Qu'on se pende ici ou qu'on se pende ailleurs, s'il faut se pendre is used here in the sense of getting married. In French, a colloquial way of saying a man is getting married is to say that he put a rope (or better yet, a noose) around his neck ("il s'est mis la corde au cou"). The drummer's reaction is perfectly apropos.

CaptHollister obviously Brassens song isn’t that dark and considering the global meaning of the song the reaction is appropriate. But thank you for explaining the joke of taking it literally and by doing so ruining the funny aspect of it :’)

Don't feel so bad. My high school French only gets me half way to the real meaning too.

And boy, would I marry this attractive drummer

I am from Angry Bird era. (´ ∀ ` *)

heu non, elle n'est pas francophone, mais d'après certains commentaires elle a vécu en France