Nobyembre 26, 2012

"Y est-ce deux dés?"

"A brilliant French song from the 1960s about life in one of France's former colonies."

Yes, really brilliant. If you're impatient, be patient... and know that the fun starts at 0:59.

(Via Metafilter.)

14 (na) komento:

Kate Danaher ayon kay ...

That was brilliantly unexpected - thank you!

Eric Jablow ayon kay ...

That's reminiscent of N'heures souris rames : the Coucy Castle manuscript, a 1980 book of “French nursery rhymes” by Ormond de Kay. For example,

Roc a bail, bey bis;
On detruit tape.
Ou N. de Windt blouse,
Decret de l'huile roque.

Marc in Eugene ayon kay ...

Now am going to have y est-ce deux dés stuck in my head for an hour... but very amusing on a dreary Monday morning after a four day weekend; thanks!

rehajm ayon kay ...

Linguistically, it takes enormous liberties with the French language, stretching it more or less to it's limits

C'est Oeil du Moineau! (Eye of the Sparrow)

John Burgess ayon kay ...

Very clever! Watch out for the drunk swans, though...

ricpic ayon kay ...

Cute. But does the French itself mean anything, or is it nonsense?

Lezer ayon kay ...


Brilliant. And in some ways the reverse of that more popular YouTube hit, Benny Lava.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdyC1BrQd6g

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Queneau did it better.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

van Rooten was the first.

Jenner ayon kay ...

I like it!

Patrick ayon kay ...

Glad I waited.

chickelit ayon kay ...

I used to sit around in German beer gardens translating and singing (a cappella) pop songs.
Gesterntag and Eisenmann were perennial favorites.

Sam L. ayon kay ...

Looks familiar. Who is he?

shenandoah ayon kay ...

Incroyable. Et, vachement, plutôt drôle.

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