In 2000, Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Raphaël Delorme, childhood friends, formed the band "Hangover" with songs exclusively in English.Some years later, Raphaël left the band at the moment when they were signing their first contract.The new lineup found a new guitarist, Félix Hemmen, who enjoyed their music. In 2007, the bassist Bérald Crambes joined the band.
The band took the name BB Brunes, inspired by the name of the song "Initials BB" by Serge Gainsbourg and by Paris's boulevard Brune, where the band then did their rehearsals.The band's musical influences are punk and rock groups from the 1960s and 1970s as well as current groups such as The Strokes, Amy Winehouse, The Clash, David Bowie, Ray Charles and singers like Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc,etc. Their lyrics are mostly in French.
In 2009, the group won a Victoires de la musique in the category 'Group or artist stage revelation of the year'.
They have sold over 2 milllion albums and singles in France alone, 3.8 million in Europe.
Dis-Moi
BB Brunes Lyrics
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Je ne suis plus à vendre, Houna, je n'suis plus comme ça
Des rumeurs adolescentes disent que je ne suis pas
À toi et je pense qu'une part de vrai se cache
Dis-moi si j'dois partir ou pas
Dis-moi, ouh-ouh
Dis-moi si tu aimes ça, Houna
Car je suis fou de toi, Houna
Quand tu n'm'appartiens pas
Une violente envie de descente lorsque t'embrasses ces gars
Je n'ferai point l'enfant, tout cela ne m'atteint pas
Des rumeurs adolescentes disent que je ne suis pas
Un homme à femmes et rien d'autre qu'un homme à toi
Dis-moi si j'dois partir ou pas
Dis-moi, ouh-ouh
Dis-moi si tu aimes ça, Houna
Car je suis fou de toi, Houna
Quand tu n'm'appartiens pas
Quand tu me mords où ça dérange et tu m'attaches les bras
Quand je fais sautiller sa frange, ses cris se tirent dans les graves
Quand les voyeurs en redemandent, moi, je ne veux que Houna
Les plus belles des plus belles jambes et de la place pour trois
Dis-moi si j'dois partir ou pas
Dis-moi, ouh-ouh
Dis-moi si tu aimes ça, Houna
Dis-moi, ouh-ouh
Dis-moi, non, je ne craquerai pas
Dis-moi, ouh-ouh
Dis-moi si tu aimes ça, Houna
Car je suis fou de toi, Houna
Quand tu n'm'appartiens pas
In BB Brunes's song Dis-Moi, the singer is expressing his intense and conflicting emotions towards Houna, a woman he is apparently deeply in love with. He admits to feeling a "slight urge for violence" when he sees Houna relacing her stockings, but at the same time, he declares that he is no longer for sale and that he is not the same person he used to be. He acknowledges that there may be some truth to the adolescent rumors that he is not fully devoted to Houna, but he wants her to tell him whether he should leave or not.
The singer then describes his strong desire to act out when he sees Houna kissing other men, but he insists that he will not behave like a child and that it does not affect him. He asserts that he is a man for women, but more importantly, he is a man for Houna. He declares his love for her, even when she does not belong to him.
In the final verse, the singer highlights the eroticism and voyeurism that exist in his relationship with Houna, and how it is something that only he wants. He seems to revel in the concept of "the most beautiful of the most beautiful legs and the place for three." Overall, Dis-Moi is a complex song that deals with themes of love, jealousy, power dynamics, and sexual desire.
Line by Line Meaning
Une légère envie de violence quand elle relace ses bas
I feel a slight urge to be violent when she laces up her stockings
Je ne suis plus à vendre, Houna, je n'suis plus comme ça
I'm not for sale anymore, Houna, I'm not like that anymore
Des rumeurs adolescentes disent que je ne suis pas
Teen rumors say that I am not
À toi et je pense qu'une part de vrai se cache
for you, and I think there's some truth to it
Quand tu n'm'appartiens pas
When you don't belong to me
Une violente envie de descente lorsque t'embrasses ces gars
I feel a strong desire to bring you down when you kiss those guys
Je n'ferai point l'enfant, tout cela ne m'atteint pas
I won't act like a child, none of it affects me
Un homme à femmes et rien d'autre qu'un homme à toi
A ladies' man and nothing else but a man for you
Quand tu me mords où ça dérange et tu m'attaches les bras
When you bite me where it hurts and tie my arms
Quand je fais sautiller sa frange, ses cris se tirent dans les graves
When I make her bangs bounce, her screams sink deep
Quand les voyeurs en redemandent, moi, je ne veux que Houna
When voyeurs want more, I only want Houna
Les plus belles des plus belles jambes et de la place pour trois
The most beautiful of beautiful legs and room for three
Dis-moi si j'dois partir ou pas
Tell me if I should leave or not
Dis-moi si tu aimes ça, Houna
Tell me if you like it, Houna
Car je suis fou de toi, Houna
Because I'm crazy about you, Houna
Dis-moi, non, je ne craquerai pas
Tell me, no, I won't give in
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Adrien Gallo
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