During his… Read Full Bio ↴1) Christophe is a genre defying singer/composer from France.
During his career he has collaborated with diverse artistically celebrated artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Alan Vega, Murcof, Eumir Deodato, Isabelle Adjani, Erik Truffaz and Elisa Point.
His first recording, Reviens Sophie, came out in 1963, but it wasn't until two years later that he found success with the legendary Aline, a song that soon became the definite summer song of 1965, not only in France, but also in much of the rest of Europe.
An album of the same name soon followed, which also contained two other hits, Les marionnettes and Excusez-moi monsieur le professeur.
During the next few years Christophe produced even more classics-to-be, like J'ai entendu la mer and Maman.
Leaving Vogue, his record company, proved to be a cause for major changes in Christophe's style.
He signed to a new company, Motors, and by the same time he'd decided to leave the cleancut image that had made him so popular until then, grew his hair and adopted a "dandy" look which he preserves up to now.
His contribution to the soundtrack to the obscure french film "La route de Salina" in 1970 included one of his most loved songs, "The girl from Salina", which also gave a name to an album which was released in a limited number of territories.
In 1973 he was introduced to Jean-Michel Jarre, who was primarily a lyricist at the time.
Their collaboration yielded two albums, Les paradis perdus in 1973 and Les mots bleus in 1974, both of which were hugely successful in France.
In 1976 the album Samourai was released (where Christophe experimented with strings in a way he had never before);
Christophe made a comeback in 1996 with the adventurous Bevilacqua album.
His latest comeback occurred in 2001 with the release of a new album, called Comm'si la terre penchait, which was a followed by a hugely successful mini-tour and a live album.
2) Christophe is a Bristol based house producer and dj, with releases on Futureboogie and Redux.
Boule de flipper
Christophe Lyrics
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Qu'on a larguée
Et puis qui tombe au beau milieu
D'un slow d'enfer sans partenaire
Moi j'suis pas faite pour les dollars
Les défaites
J'ai un chagrin de Baby Doll
Sans idylle, sans idole
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Avec les oreillers du cœur
En boule
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Voilier si t'as pas de skipper
Tu coules
J'lis des romans fleuve
Il faut qu'j'oublie pour être toute neuve
Les souvenirs c'est du poison
Au goût d'citron
J'rêve à des endroits
Que j'me dessine du bout des doigts
Sur les miroirs de mon studio
Pas d'histoire, pas d'photo
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Tous mes beaux châteaux d'Équateur
S'écroulent
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Capitaine d'un bateau chanteur
Tu coules
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Avec les oreilles et le cœur
En boule
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Capitaine d'un bateau skippeur
Tu coules
Boule de flipper
Qui revient
Une boule de flipper
The lyrics of the song Boule de flipper by Christophe describe a woman who feels like a bomb that has been dropped and is falling in the midst of a slow dance without a partner. She is not made for materialistic things or for losing. She feels a Baby Doll sorrow, without an idyll or an idol. She lives like a pinball rolling with her heart in a ball of pillows. She reads long novels to forget and be brand new. Memories are poison with a lemony taste. She dreams of places that she draws with her fingers on the mirrors of her studio, with no stories or photos. All her beautiful chateaux in Ecuador crumble, and she lives like a pinball rolling, with her heart and ears in a ball. She is like a skipper, captain of a singer's boat, sinking.
The lyrics in "Boule de flipper" depict a sense of loneliness, isolation, and confusion, that is felt by the woman. The comparison of her life to a pinball game metaphorically represents her aimless and uncontrolled existence. She wants to live life on her own terms and not be constrained by societal expectations. The reference to a Baby Doll indicates her loss of innocence and naïveté.
Line by Line Meaning
Moi j'suis comme une bombe
Qu'on a larguée
Et puis qui tombe au beau milieu
D'un slow d'enfer sans partenaire
I feel like a bomb that's been dropped and falls alone in the middle of a slow dance.
Moi j'suis pas faite pour les dollars
Les défaites
J'ai un chagrin de Baby Doll
Sans idylle, sans idole
Money and defeat are not for me, I only have a broken heart and no love or idol to guide me.
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Avec les oreillers du cœur
En boule
I live like a pinball rolling with the ups and downs of my emotions.
Et j'vis comme une boule de flipper
Qui roule
Voilier si t'as pas de skipper
Tu coules
I keep rolling like a pinball, but without someone to guide me, I might end up crashing.
J'lis des romans fleuve
Il faut qu'j'oublie pour être toute neuve
Les souvenirs c'est du poison
Au goût d'citron
I read long novels to forget my past and start anew, memories are like poison with a sour taste.
J'rêve à des endroits
Que j'me dessine du bout des doigts
Sur les miroirs de mon studio
Pas d'histoire, pas d'photo
I dream of places I draw with my fingers on the mirrors of my studio, a world without a history or photos.
Tous mes beaux châteaux d'Équateur
S'écroulent
All my beautiful castles in the air come crashing down.
Capitaine d'un bateau chanteur
Tu coules
If you're the captain of a singing boat, you might just sink.
Une boule de flipper
Qui revient
Like a pinball that always comes back.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, FRANCIS DREYFUS MUSIC, ARPRAS STE
Written by: Daniel Bevilacqua, Jean-michel Berriat
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