She has had one of the more interesting dual careers, as a cartoon animator (including a stint as a principal animator for the Ren & Stimpy show) and as an indie pop singer/songwriter, more popular in France than in Brooklyn, where she was raised, or in her current home of California.
As a child, Elinor became fascinated with France, and jumped at the opportunity to participate in an exchange program in France in junior high. Today, her albums tend to contain songs in both English and French, which draw heavily on themes and styles from French 1960s pop music.
Beginning in the early 1980s, she worked as an animator for Archie Comics and Pee Wee's Playhouse; in 1986 we see her working on the Madonna feature Who's That Girl, animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video. Her first band, The Pussywillows, was formed in 1987, although their existence was interrupted for a year while April March attended the one-year Disney Character Animation program in California. In 1991, the Pussywillows broke up, and Blake formed the Shitbirds, which lasted until 1995. Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist, and has appeared on some motion picture soundtracks, as well as the Cartoon Network series I Am Weasel theme song. Most notable is her remake of Laisse tomber les filles into Chick Habit that was featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy 'But I'm a Cheerleader' and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Her appeal in the United States has grown with her recent and ongoing collaborations with Jonathan Richman, Los Cincos and the Dust Brothers, and in France with her collaborations with Bertrand Burgalat.
In 2022, she released the album "In Cinerama," considered by some reviewers to be her best ever.
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La Chanson de Prevert
April March Lyrics
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Cette chanson était la tienne
C'était ta préférée, je crois
Qu'elle est de Prévert et Kosma
Et chaque fois les feuilles mortes
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Jour après jour les amours mortes
Avec d'autres bien sûr je m'abandonne
Mais leur chanson est monotone
Et peu à peu je m'indiffère
A cela il n'est rien à faire
Car chaque fois les feuilles mortes
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Jour après jour les amours mortes
N'en finissent pas de mourir
Peut-on jamais savoir par où commence
Et quand finit l'indifférence
Passe l'automne vienne l'hiver
Et que la chanson de Prévert
Cette chanson, Les Feuilles Mortes
S'efface de mon souvenir
Et ce jour là, mes amours mortes
En auront fini de mourir
In the song "La Chanson de Prevert," April March sings about a past love whose favorite song was "Les Feuilles Mortes" or "Autumn Leaves." The song, written by Jacques Prévert with music by Joseph Kosma, serves as a reminder of the love that once was and the memories they shared. The leaves falling off the trees and the changing of the seasons represent the inevitable passage of time and the impermanence of life. The singer sings about trying to move on with other partners but finding their love to be dull and unfulfilling in comparison to the passion and connection they once shared with their former lover.
As the song progresses, the singer ponders if it's possible to ever truly let go of a past love and if time can heal all wounds. They wonder if forgetting the song "Les Feuilles Mortes" would mean an end to the pain and the longing. Ultimately, the song serves as a powerful symbol of love and loss, and the deep emotions that remain long after a relationship has ended.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes
I wish so much that you remember
Cette chanson était la tienne
This song was yours
C'était ta préférée, je crois
I think it was your favorite
Qu'elle est de Prévert et Kosma
That it is by Prévert and Kosma
Et chaque fois les feuilles mortes
And each time the dead leaves
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Remind me of you
Jour après jour les amours mortes
Day after day, the dead loves
N'en finissent pas de mourir
Never stop dying
Avec d'autres bien sûr je m'abandonne
Of course, I indulge with others
Mais leur chanson est monotone
But their song is monotonous
Et peu à peu je m'indiffère
And little by little, I become indifferent
A cela il n'est rien à faire
There is nothing to be done about it
Car chaque fois les feuilles mortes
Because every time the dead leaves
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Remind me of you
Jour après jour les amours mortes
Day after day, the dead loves
N'en finissent pas de mourir
Never stop dying
Peut-on jamais savoir par où commence
Can we ever know where it starts
Et quand finit l'indifférence
And when indifference ends
Passe l'automne vienne l'hiver
Autumn goes, winter comes
Et que la chanson de Prévert
And when Prévert's song
Cette chanson, Les Feuilles Mortes
That song, The Dead Leaves
S'efface de mon souvenir
Fades from my memory
Et ce jour là, mes amours mortes
And on that day, my dead loves
En auront fini de mourir
Will have finished dying
Contributed by Caden I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@alien_666
They removed this from Spotify. Completely unnecessary!
@FlameWaffle
why!!??!
@alien_666
FlameWaffle I'm not sure why they did it, they removed all of this album. Really sad
@X4ngel_
Sigh .. Apple Music too :’( hope it’s available again
@You_Are_A_Tube
Not on Prime either
@nostradoomus
I was just about to say that! Its so disappointing to see it gone :(
@jorohern7215
"Oh je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes"
Cette chanson était la tienne
C'était ta préférée je crois
Qu'elle est de Prévert et Kosma
Et chaque fois "Les feuilles mortes"
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Jour après jour les amours mortes
N'en finissent pas de mourir
Avec d'autres bien sûr je m'abandonne
Mais leur chanson est monotone
Et peu à peu je m'indiffère
A cela il n'est rien à faire
Car chaque fois "Les feuilles mortes"
Te rappellent à mon souvenir
Jour après jour les amours mortes
N'en finissent pas de mourir
Peut-on jamais savoir par où commence
Et quand finit l'indifférence
Passe l'automne vienne l'hiver
Et que la chanson de Prévert
Cette chanson "Les feuilles mortes"
S'efface de mon souvenir
Et ce jour là mes amours mortes
En auront fini de mourir
Et ce jour là mes amours mortes
En auront fini de mourir
@SK-le1gm
Oh thank you.
@user-fz6qq6pr5w
Bon