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J'adore cette chanson d'Alain Souchon. Elle parle de notre vie matérialiste. La société de consommation nous pousse à acheter,
posséder, mais au final les choses (=things) ne donnent pas le bonheur (=happiness).
"Foule sentimentale";
Oh la la la vie en rose
Le rose qu'on nous propose
D'avoir les quantités d'choses
Qui donnent envie d'autre chose
Aïe, on nous fait croire
Que le bonheur c'est d'avoir
De l'avoir plein nos armoires
Dérisions de nous dérisoires car
Foule sentimentale
On a soif d'idéal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Que des choses pas commerciales
Foule sentimentale
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
Comme on nous parle
Il se dégage
De ces cartons d'emballage
Des gens lavés, hors d'usage
Et tristes et sans aucun avantage
On nous inflige
Des désirs qui nous affligent
On nous prend faut pas déconner dès qu'on est né
Pour des cons alors qu'on est
Des
Foules sentimentales
Avec soif d'idéal
Attirées par les étoiles, les voiles
Que des choses pas commerciales
Foule sentimentale
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
Comme on nous parle
On nous Claudia Schieffer
On nous Paul-Loup Sulitzer
Oh le mal qu'on peut nous faire
Et qui ravagea la moukère
Du ciel dévale
Un désir qui nous emballe
Pour demain nos enfants pâles
Un mieux, un rêve, un cheval
Foule sentimentale
On a soif d'idéal
Attirée par les étoiles, les voiles
Que des choses pas commerciales
Foule sentimentale
Il faut voir comme on nous parle
Comme on nous parle
Alain Souchon est né en 1944 au Maroc mais six mois après, sa famille a déménagé (déménager=to move out) à Paris. Son père est professeur d’anglais et sa mère est romancière (=writer).
Il a une grande famille ; quatre frères, deux demi-frères (step brothers) et une demi-sœur.
En 1959, la famille a un accident de voiture. Le père d’Alain est tué (=killed). Alain sera profondément marqué par la mort de son père.
La famille devient pauvre, Alain fait de petits boulots (=jobs). Il rate (fails) son bac trois fois.
Alain
commence la chanson. Il rencontre Laurent Voulzy, un musicien connu, qui devient un bon ami. Il devient célèbre, les journalistes pensent qu’il représente la « nouvelle chanson
française ».
Alain a fait plus de 10 albums. Il a aussi fait quelques films.
"le bonheur à la machine";
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