During the course of her career she employed numerous unusual musical styles, melting rock and roll, folk, free jazz, spoken word poetry and world rhythms. She collaborated with such celebrated musicians as Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski, Jacques Higelin, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Noir Désir, Grace Jones, Gotan Project, Archie Shepp, Arno, Georges Moustaki and Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Hollywood
Brigitte Fontaine Lyrics
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The lyrics of "Hollywood" by Brigitte Fontaine & Christophe describe the search for the ultimate pleasure and fulfillment in the glittering world of Hollywood. The singer is lost in a labyrinth of green signs and endless parties, wearing the red dress of the sun deities and searching for the golden door that leads to eternal life. She sees the strange and bizarre creatures of this world, the macho girls and fake angels, the wealthy businessmen and the rehabbed Garbos, all living together in a pink bonbon-colored fire.
The singer is both disgusted and fascinated by this world, and she is torn between her desire for it and her rejection of it. She is tempted by the aphrodisiac underwear and the perfumed dishes, but when she tries to taste them, she finds only frozen stones and dead animals. She is seduced by the lovers who call her to the blue satin beds, but when she approaches, they turn into wild boars and pigs. She is dizzy with the spots and the neon jewels, but she still searches for the golden door.
Line by Line Meaning
Je cherche la porte doree,
I am searching for the golden door to eternity,
Dans les palais desorientes,
In the oriental palaces,
Je porte la robe vermeille,
I wear the scarlet robe,
Des divinites du soleil,
Of the sun deities,
Je tourne aveuglee dans des salles,
I blindly rotate in rooms,
D enseignes vertes en dedale,
With green signs in the maze,
J entends se declencher des fetes,
I hear parties triggering,
Et des chansons sans queue ni tete,
And senseless songs,
Comme apres un feu de diamants,
As after a diamond fire,
Tout est fini quand je descends,
Everything is over when I come down,
Je bondis vers des ruisseaux d or,
I leap towards streams of gold,
Qui coulent parmi des decors,
Flowing among sets,
Je tombe sur un lupanar,
I fall on a brothel,
De boîtes vides de caviar,
Empty caviar boxes,
Hollywood est un arc en ciel,
Hollywood is a rainbow,
Un immense arbre de Noel,
An enormous Christmas tree,
Sa splendeur couvre l horizon,
Its magnificence covers the horizon,
D un incendie rose bonbon,
Of a pink candy fire,
Des macho girls et des faux anges,
Macho girls and fake angels,
S unissent à des betes etranges,
Unite with strange beasts,
Sur des grands ecrans video,
On large video screens,
Qui tapissent les lavabos,
That cover the washbasins,
Des cracheurs de feu amateurs,
Amateur fire breathers,
Milliardaires à faire mal au coeur,
Heartbreaking billionaires,
Offrent des slips aphrodisiaques,
Offer aphrodisiac underwear,
A des impresarios cardiaques,
To cardiac impresarios,
Et des garbos rafistolees,
And patched up Garbos,
Prennent des airs de nouveau-nes,
Take on the airs of newborns,
Etc.,
Etc.,
Des eunuques noirs et fardes,
Black and made-up eunuchs,
Presentent des plats parfumes,
Present perfumed dishes,
Mais quand je vais pour les manger,
But when I go to eat them,
Il n y a que cailloux geles,
There are only frozen rocks,
Tous les jours un amant m appelle,
Every day a lover calls me,
Sur des lits de satin bleu ciel,
On beds of sky blue satin,
Si j approche il n y a qu un corps,
If I approach, there's only a body,
De sanglier mort ou de porc,
Of a dead boar or pig,
Et je chancelle et je chavire,
And I stagger and I falter,
Dans cette espece de delire,
In this kind of delirium,
De spots et de bijoux fluo,
Of neon spots and jewelry,
De vertigo et de light show,
Of vertigo and light show,
Moi qui veux la porte doree,
I who want the golden door,
Qui conduit à l eternite,
That leads to eternity,
Hollywood, etc.
Hollywood, etc.
Lyrics © Arpe Editions. Musicales
Written by: Belkacem ARESKI, Brigitte FONTAINE
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