French culture has always been attractive to citizens of our vast homeland. Literature, film industry, cuisine and, of course, music.
French songs have a unique charm and peculiar only to them special lyricism. Poems in French can turn any more or less worthy melody into the best hit that will be known and loved by several generations.
How many names of the great French artists gave us the twentieth century? Mireille Mathieu, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Joe Dassin - this list of famous singers can be continued for a long time. But each of them was a real star of not only French, but also world music. Their voices are still recognizable, they continue to sound.
We present you the 10 most famous and popular French love songs that conquered the world, they are performed by famous artists.
10. Mireille Mathieu - Mille colombes
A song Mireille Mathieu “Mille colombes” can be safely called the anthem to world peace. Here, the singer, who is herself the child of war, calls on people living on Earth to remember themselves in childhood and to leave enmity for the sake of a happy life for future generations.
The song contains an eternal symbol of the world - a dove. In the chorus Mireille Mathieu sings: “Give me a thousand pigeons ...“.
She, with her intrusive intonation inherent only to her, urges people to value the world and direct all their efforts to prevent massive bloodshed.
9. Leo Ferre - Vingt ans
Song Leo Ferre “Vingt ans” about frivolous youth, when it seems that the whole world is in the palm of your hand and he is waiting for you to conquer it.
When you are young, healthy, also beautiful, you rarely think about serious and eternal issues. At twenty years old, it seems to you that life is endless, and in old age you understand that youth is an instant, one puff long ...
8. Marie Laforet - Viens Viens
In a piercing song Marie Laforet “Viens Viens” daughter begs her father, who abandoned her mother for the sake of a young girl, to return home again. She does not blame him for anything, does not tell him about the morality and inviolability of moral vows. She just silently prays for him to return to his mother, who is losing her mind without her husband, with whom she has lived long and difficult years.
In these simple lines, the pain of an abandoned daughter is felt, however, she asks not for herself, but, first of all, for a desperate mother and little brother, who became very similar to his father.
She says that her mother has become even more beautiful, and that she is remodeling the house, as if fraught with hope that the beloved, who left her for another, will return anyway.
But the sad melody suggests that these bitter appeals to a near and dear person are likely to remain unanswered.
7. Nino Ferrer - La maison prés de la fontaine
Once this beautifulhouse at the fountain”Was entwined with wild grape. It was a provincial picturesque place where children could swim naked in the summer, and the windows smelled deliciously of jam.
Now, after many years, the air of the town is filled with factory exhaust, and in the place of the old house there is a supermarket.
Song Nino Ferrer “La maison prés de la fontaine” about longing for a happy childhood, when the sky was blue and the grass was greener; sadness for the warm relations of people who lived in the neighborhood; about the all-consuming progress that makes our life more comfortable, but kills many wonderful impressions; about beautiful childhood memories that will live with a person until his death.
6. Dalida & Alain Delon - Paroles, paroles
“You are my unattainable dream. You are my torment and my only hope. You are the music of starlight ...“, - the words that any woman wants to hear from her lover.
However in the song Dalida, Alain Delon “Paroles, paroles”, the author questions the sincerity of such emotional outpourings.
The bewitching voice of the sex symbol of the 60-70s of the last century - Alain Delon captivates the audience with its velvet timbre and sensual intonation.
And Dalida with a sneer asks him to stop throwing himself with such lofty words that in reality turn out to be nothing more than a beautiful wrapper of emptiness.
5. Patricia Kaas - Mademoiselle chante le blues
Song Patricia Kaas “Mademoiselle chante le blues” at first glance it may seem beautiful and completely meaningless (however, like the blues itself). However, there is some energy in it, characteristic of the French internal freedom and independence in judgment.
Do not envy, do not look at others, do not wait for approval, but just live your life and be yourself - this is the main message of the song.
The girl sings the blues, drinks red wine and does not think about how well she does it. So each of us can try to throw off the burden of eternal desire to hear approval or to feel the envy of others, and live a full life devoid of complexes and prejudices.
4. Johnny Hallyday - Quelque chose de Tennessee
Song Johnny Hallyday “Quelque chose de Tennessee” written by Michel Berger specifically for Johnny Holliday. It is dedicated to the memory of the famous American playwright Tennessee Williams, the author of the famous plays Tramway Zhelany, Cat on a Hot Roof, Glass Menagerie and so on.
The song at one time was very popular and became the hallmark of the singer.
This musical composition is permeated with lyricism and light sadness about the talent that has left, which left behind a loud fame and a number of great works.
3. Edith Piaf - Milord
This is perhaps one of the most famous songs of the immortal diva of the French chanson Edith Piaf. This composition contains the most important features of the creativity and character of the great singer. Under a cheerful energetic motive, she urges her interlocutor - an impressive lord with a silk neckerchief - not to be sad about her lost love.
Song Edith Piaf “Milord” imbued with the pain of loss and the joy of life, which overcomes all sorrow.
A simple port girl, whose life was probably also very unsweetened, fervently comforts a broken-hearted adult man.
In addition to the genuine fun in the song, there is a tear inherent in literally all the songs of the famous Piaf.
2. Charles Aznavour, Mireille Mathieu - Une Vie D'amour
Song Charles Aznavour, Mireille Mathieu “Une Vie D’amour”, known as the soundtrack to the movie “Tehran-43”, of course, belongs to the true masterpieces of the song genre, due, first of all, to the music of G. Garvarentz’a.
The original version was then performed by the masters of the French pop Charles Aznavour and Mireille Mathieu. Aznavour also performed the song on his own - both in French and in Russian.
This song is about eternal love in every sense. About the eternal devotion and loyalty of people who have walked the earthly path hand in hand, despite the trials and temptations. About the eternal memory of two loving hearts forever separated by fate. About the eternal search for his soulmate, hungry for love. About the inviolability of fervent promises made at the very beginning of the birth of a great feeling, and carried through all the earthly vanity towards eternity.
1. Joe Dassin - Et si tu n'existais pas
This is one of the most famous songs. Joe Dassin “Et si tu n’existais pas”. It was translated into Russian and became very popular among Soviet and subsequently Russian performers.
“If I did not have you…“It would seem that you can reflect on this topic forever. However, with these lines the author and performer of the song conveys so much lyricism and sensuality to the listener that even without knowing the French one can feel the depth of the message.
Joe Dassin performs this song in a manner that is peculiar only to him, forcing the hearts of millions of women to tremble with tenderness and insane delight.