Need help with French Lyrics.

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Now I know this isn't the greatest place to ask for homework, but I am in desperate need of help. I have a French project, in which I have to relate a song to adolescence. Now my French may not be up to the standards of this song, and I am having some troubles with the metaphors, figures of speech, and all the other small things that cannot be translated literally.

I will provide the lyrics if someone can help me, but I need to know if there is anyone who can provide me with a brief summary of the song.

If so, please post here, or message me on aim @ MusikNiK, or on MSN at NiK_0_0(at)hotmail.com

The song is Julie by Les Colocs.

Thanks,

NiK

[super-smashman]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Why didn't you just post the lyrics here?

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Je l'ai rencontrée au dépanneur
A s'achetait une grosse liqueur
J'ai dit pourquoi du Pepsi
A dit c'est parce que je m'appelle Julie
J'ai dit ah oui, ah bon!

A m'a demande si c'était
La première fois que je rencontrais
Une Julie aux cheveux noirs
J'avoue que c'est à première fois a soir
A dit: "Julie ça va mieux pour les blondes je trouve"
Pantoute!

REFRAIN:
Wo! Wo! Wo! Ma petite Julie
Si t'étais pas si jeune je t'aurais pris
Dis-toi que je t'un gars patient
Pis viens me revoir quand t'auras vingt ans

Bi li tibibop tilibibop po poup...

On est allé au cinéma
Pour voir un film de Coppola
A dit: "j'aime mieux les Fellini
Pis Marcello Mastroianni:
J'ai dit: "Ah ben! Ça va Mal!"

On est allé voir son papa
le PDG de Coca-Cola
Y'a dit:"Voyons ma petite Julie
T'es prends ben vieux tes petits amis!"
J'ai dit: "Ben toi mon vieux tabarnouche, hein!"

REFRAIN

Et pis un beau soir de printemps
Julie pleurait sur le divan
Ses larmes ont coule jusqu'à moi
Si bien que je me suis reveille
J'ai dit: "Voyons Julie la!"
"Que c'est qu'y'a?"

Elle a nage jusqu'à mon lit
J'ai cru qu'elle allait se noyer
A me dit: "Écoute-moi chéri
Tu sais je ne veux pas te quitter"
J'ai dit "Ben oui! Ben non!
Ben oui! Ben oui! Ben non!"

REFRAIN

Aujourd'hui Julie a vingt ans
Et est mariée depuis deux ans
Avec un gars de chicoutimi
Je vous dit qu'y'a un maudit bel accent
J'ai dit: "Teindu? Teindu quoi?"

Elle a fait teindre ses beaux cheveux
Tendus platine comme Marilyn
On s'est parle une coupe de fois
Au téléphone c'était ben le fun
Mais on se voit pu
On se voit pu pantoute

Wo! Wo! Wo! Ma petite Julie
Moi chu reste jeune
Mais toi t'as mal vieilli
Dis toi que je t'un gars patient
Pis viens me revoir quand t'auras cent ans
Viens me revoir quand t'auras cent ans


Please help me!

[super-smashman]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Bi li tibibop tilibibop po poup...

rofl

I would translate it but I'm writing an essay atm.

...yes and posting. I can do both...

PS: It uses a lot of faggity slang and words that just don't exist.

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

lol Yeah.

Thats EXACTLY the kind of stuff I cannot translate.

Bilitibiboptilibiboppopoup!

Take that Grade 10 French.



By the way, I don't want a line by line translation, just an idea of WHAT is going on, I can hopefully pick out the adolescent references myself.

[YungYung]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Generally, the song is about a guy who meets this girl named Julie and feels attracted to her, especially her long black hair. But unfortunately he's way older than her. Then they go out a few times to the movies, and he meets her dad later. Then one day he finds Julie crying on the porch and asks what happened. Julie's crying about how she doesn't want to leave him (my guess is that she has to move away)

A few years later she's 20 and they meet again. She's been married for 2 years now, and she's completely changed. The black hair he once admired has been dyed blond. Of course they chatted and stuff on the phone, but they never saw eachother again in person.

Then there's a metaphore about how the guy's still young but the girl got older (meaning the guy hasn't forgotten what they once had, but Julie has moved on).

That's a brief summary of what I got out of it. Hope it helps =)

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Thanks YungYung, thats exactly what I needed. Could you point me to the line where the metaphor of "the guy's still young but the girl got older"?

I could definately use that.

Thanks, NiK

[Afrobean]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Wow.

For once, someone posted a "do my homework for me" thread and someone actually did it for them.

Ha!

[xDdRmAnIaCx]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

Well I actually have to prepare a 8-10 minute speech on how the song relates to adolesence, and provide a biography and discography of the group.

But Yung Yung has done exactly what I needed!

So I'm not screwed.

Afrobean. :@

NiK

[YungYung]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

The metaphore is:

Wo! Wo! Wo! Ma petite Julie
Moi chu reste jeune
Mais toi t'as mal vieilli

[JLoAct]

Re: Need help with French Lyrics.

why don't you just use FreeTranslation.com?