Musical Recommendation

I must recommend this collection of French pop music of the 1960s. It is full of life and laughter of another time.

One song especially will be peculiar to you, this one "My Name is Eduoard," by Jean-Michel Rivat. Rivat pretended to be Eduoard, an uncouth but energetic singer with looking of the cave man:



It is, of course, the unethical to impersonate someone else, especially in satire. Dr. X told me he believes this is the first punk song, and he is not alone of this opinion. There is a good explanation of this song here. Here are the lyrics, in French, and then in the Google translation, a new perhaps superior kind of English:

My name is Édouard
C'est là tout mon anglais
My name is Édouard
De moi, c'est tout ce qu'elle sait.

À Liverpool, j'ai connu une fille
On n'a pas pu se parler, mais on s'est compris.
Il faisait froid, elle était très gentille.
Et quand je l'ai suivie, elle ne m'a rien dit.

My name is Édouard
C'est là tout mon anglais
My name is Édouard
De moi, c'est tout ce qu'elle sait.

Chez elle, il n'y avait pas de chaises.
Alors, que faire ? On s'est étendus.
Je l'aimais bien mais elle était anglaise.
Je ne pouvais rien dire. Elle n'a rien su.

My name is Édouard
C'est là tout mon anglais
My name is Édouard
De moi, c'est tout ce qu'elle sait.

Le lendemain, je suis parti très vite.
J'avais peut-être trop envie de rester.
Il suffit parfois qu'une fille t'invite
Pour te faire oublier ta liberté.

My name is Édouard
C'est là tout mon anglais
My name is Édouard
De moi, c'est tout ce qu'elle sait.

My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Éd...

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My name is Édouard
It is there all my English
My name is Édouard
Of me, it is all that it knows.

In Liverpool, I knew a girl
One could not speak myself, but one included oneself/understood.
The weather was cold, it was very nice.
And when I followed it, she anything said me.

My name is Édouard
It is there all my English
My name is Édouard
Of me, it is all that it knows.

At it, there were no chairs.
Then, that to make? One extended.
I liked it but it was English.
I could nothing say. It did not know anything.

My name is Édouard
It is there all my English
My name is Édouard
Of me, it is all that it knows.

The following day, I left very quickly.
I wanted perhaps too to remain.
It is enough sometimes that a girl invites you
to make you forget your freedom.

My name is Édouard
It is there all my English
My name is Édouard
Of me, it is all that it knows.

My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Édouard
My name is Éd...


I think we all can learn something of this.