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.
Black & Blue
BB Brunes Lyrics
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Je lui sors un vieux mouchoir entre deux limbes m'explique le coup
Jack pour black, bleu pour blue
Tard, il est bien trop tard pour jouer aux voyous
Car l'artiste dans le coin est réputé voyez vous
Allons donc venez allons nous noyer
Allons donc venez il faut vous soigner
Vous faire imbiber au rhum.
11 heures sur le comptoir, les filles se font tatouer black and blue
Les dealeurs sont en retard mais moi je suis déjà sur le coup
Lui injecte un heureux rendez vous
Elle part, oublie Jack dans la nuit
Black et tous ses blues
Le dard la pénètre par son favori voyou
Ah non je ne saurais, décrire l'effet,
Ah non je ne savais que dire
Béant devant la beauté de ses traits
Qui pleuraient de plaisir
On titube sur le trottoir de Camden Street
Love You
Bras dessus , bras dessous
Mais BB nous serons bien car nous serons tout Deux Black & Blue
Car nous serons deux à prendre les coups
Car nous serons deux un point c'est tout
The lyrics of BB Brunes's song "Black & Blue" tell a story of a woman named Betty who is found "affalée black and blue" on the sidewalk at 10 o'clock at night. The singer offers her a tissue and listens as she explains that she was beaten up by a man named Jack. From there, the song takes us on a journey through Camden Street, where they visit a pub and a tattoo parlor, and witness drug deals and other illicit activities. Along the way, the singer injects Betty with something and she forgets her troubles for a while, but the song ends with a sense of camaraderie as the singer and someone named "BB" walk down the street arm in arm, ready to face the world together.
Overall, the song seems to be a commentary on the seedy underbelly of nightlife and the toll it takes on its inhabitants. Betty's physical injuries symbolize the emotional and psychological damage that can come with this lifestyle, and the singer serves as a kind of guardian angel, looking out for her and trying to ease her pain. The repeated refrain of "black and blue" suggests that this pain is a shared experience, something that everyone who lives in this world must endure.
Line by Line Meaning
10 heures sur le trottoir, Betty est affalée black and blue
Betty is lying on the ground beaten and bruised at 10pm on the sidewalk
Je lui sors un vieux mouchoir entre deux limbes m'explique le coup
I offer her an old handkerchief and she tells me about what happened between moments of consciousness
Jack pour black, bleu pour blue
Jack is the cause of the black and blue marks on her body
Tard, il est bien trop tard pour jouer aux voyous
It's too late to act like a tough guy
Car l'artiste dans le coin est réputé voyez vous
The artist hanging around is well-known, you see
Allons donc venez allons nous noyer
Let's drown ourselves in alcohol
Verser quelques limbes au pub
Let's pour some drinks at the pub
Allons donc venez il faut vous soigner
Come on, you need to heal yourself
Vous faire imbiber au rhum
Let's get drunk on rum
11 heures sur le comptoir, les filles se font tatouer black and blue
At 11pm, girls are getting black and blue tattoos on the counter
Les dealeurs sont en retard mais moi je suis déjà sur le coup
The drug dealers are late, but I'm already involved in something else
Lui injecte un heureux rendez vous
I inject her with a happy rendezvous
Elle part, oublie Jack dans la nuit
She leaves, forgetting about Jack in the night
Black et tous ses blues
All the sadness and darkness that comes with the color black
Le dard la pénètre par son favori voyou
Her favorite thug penetrates her with his sting
Ah non je ne saurais, décrire l'effet
Oh no, I can't describe the effect it had
Ah non je ne savais que dire
Oh no, I didn't know what to say
Béant devant la beauté de ses traits
Mesmerized by the beauty of her features
Qui pleuraient de plaisir
That were crying tears of pleasure
On titube sur le trottoir de Camden Street
We stumble on the sidewalk of Camden Street
Love You
Love you
Bras dessus , bras dessous
Arm in arm
Mais BB nous serons bien car nous serons tout Deux Black & Blue
But we will be okay because together we will be black and blue
Car nous serons deux à prendre les coups
Because we will both take the hits
Car nous serons deux un point c'est tout
Because we will both be together, that's all
Contributed by Amelia G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.