"" "Good evening Your vehicle does not seem to have a passenger Can you, will you receive me Without disturbing you too much My boots won't echo too much in your hallway No noise with my farewells Not for us the wasted moments Waiting for an uncertain goodbye Because I have the madness Yes i have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Once upon a time there was a student Who wanted strong, as in literature His girlfriend, she was so sweet That he could almost, eating her Reject all vices Repel all evil Destroy all beauties Who, moreover, had never been his accomplices Because he had madness He had madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness And if sometimes we make confessions Who to tell them to Even the good Lord let us down Another place, another life Yep, that's another story But to whom to tell everything In the shadows of the night In the early morning, in the little gray How many crimes have been committed Against lies and so called laws of the heart How many are there because of the madness Because they have madness They have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Madness" "" *why am I the only one to 'like' this ?*
I discovered that song that was at the end of the LP Album brought home by my older brother in the beginning of the 1980s when I was 10 surviving emotional misery living with my divorced mother in the suburb of Brussels Belgium… it was very depressing, my only escape were cartoons on TV until I got hooked by this kind of music that was going around im the house… it was instantaneous - I felt my body becoming lighter and my brain just getting strangely joyful… Dopamine rush to a kid who wouldn’t imagine until he became 50 that his brain type is ADHD and level 1 ASD… I listen to this magical song whenever I can I got it on my Apple Music library and of course in my RU-vid channel… and it always gives me the same trip Merci Messieurs ❤
JJ did recently record this in french , more western vibe but his french is charming ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZtQf5w7M58.html
Saw thease guys for the very first time in Portsmouth at the guildhall on la folie tour.....14 years old....emerced in a never ending sea of black leather and jj wannabes.....when the lights went down and the deafening noise erupted around me I new I had come home.......been here ever since.....RIP Dave
Mr Macaulay, take a bow sir as you led that track from start to finish! I reckon this live version holds up as strong as many of the great tracks that the Stranglers have performed.
. . really super impressive live sound, and Big J's vocal delivery really is 'par excellence!!'. as good as original??. . better??,. . not seen live since Glasgow Apollo days. . . 'Genial'!! ;D
katoness He's talking about a Japanese student who, one day, killed and ate another student in Paris. The student was reported as his girlfriend at the time. The Japanese said, as he was arrested, " if I had a fridge, I'd never be caught". C'est la folie...
(He does not eat! . . . . . "his girl is so sweet , he could ALMOST eat . . . " !) "" "Good evening Your vehicle does not seem to have a passenger Can you, will you receive me Without disturbing you too much My boots won't echo too much in your hallway No noise with my farewells Not for us the wasted moments Waiting for an uncertain goodbye Because I have the madness Yes i have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Once upon a time there was a student Who wanted strong, as in literature His girlfriend, she was so sweet That he could almost, eating her Reject all vices Repel all evil Destroy all beauties Who, moreover, had never been his accomplices Because he had madness He had madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness And if sometimes we make confessions Who to tell them to Even the good Lord let us down Another place, another life Yep, that's another story But to whom to tell everything In the shadows of the night In the early morning, in the little gray How many crimes have been committed Against lies and so called laws of the heart How many are there because of the madness Because they have madness They have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Madness" ""
La folie = madness was inspired by the story of cannibal Issei Sagawa. Really disturbing. And people play Golden Brown at weddings.. not realizing that its about Heroin. The Stranglers always go much much deeper than most people are aware of. Thats what makes them so great.
When I played this song for my first wife, right after we met, she started to cry. I was 20, she was 18. I remarried many years later, but still, when I hear this beautyful song - I think of her. My first love. 40 years after.
Might be a bit literal but this is pretty close: "Good Evening Your vehicle doesn’t seem to have any passengers Could you? Would you let me in ? Or would that be too much trouble ? My steps won’t echo too much in your passageway No noise accompanies my parting No wasted moments for us Waiting for an uncertain reunion Because I’m mad, yes it’s madness There once was a student Who had a great desire, as they say in books His girlfriend was so sweet that, by eating her, He was able to reject all vices, repulse all males, Destroy everything beautiful Which up until then, had never been known to him Because he was mad, yes it’s madness And if sometimes you can confess to it To whom can you reveal all - even god himself has deserted us Another life, another place And of course, another story But to whom can you open your heart ? At dawn, at dusk how may crimes have been committed Against falsehods and so-called laws of the heart ? How many are here because of madness ? Because they are mad"
NannyWhip you are legendary. thankyou so much for translating this. I have been listening and enjoying this song for so long. The translation just seals how special it is. This song could only be done in one language, thankyou again!
"" "Good evening Your vehicle does not seem to have a passenger Can you, will you receive me Without disturbing you too much My boots won't echo too much in your hallway No noise with my farewells Not for us the wasted moments Waiting for an uncertain goodbye Because I have the madness Yes i have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Once upon a time there was a student Who wanted strong, as in literature His girlfriend, she was so sweet That he could almost, eating her Reject all vices Repel all evil Destroy all beauties Who, moreover, had never been his accomplices Because he had madness He had madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness And if sometimes we make confessions Who to tell them to Even the good Lord let us down Another place, another life Yep, that's another story But to whom to tell everything In the shadows of the night In the early morning, in the little grey-dawn How many crimes have been committed Against lies and so called laws of the heart How many are there because of the madness Because they have madness They have madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Yes it's madness Madness" ""
