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.
La Man
Christophe Lyrics
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Elle veut des grands palais de marbre rose
Plein d'escaliers pour ses nuits blanches
Des jardins suspendus au-dessus du temps
Où se rejoindraient les amants
Elle veut l'amour pur et sans faille
Mordre au citron de l'idéal
Elle veut le début sans la fin
Je veux tant de choses
Renverser le ciel
Les paupières mi-closes
Je veux l'étincelle
Et que la nuit se lève encore
Dans son cœur (son cœur)
Je veux quelque chose de nouveau
Je veux tant de choses
Rêver sa vie
Dans ces vies de rêve (rêve)
Traverser le ciel
Prendre le large
Je veux quelque chose de nouveau
Elle veut des robes, changer de peau
Cœur griffé en satin rouge
Chaque fois, repartir à zéro
Elle veut la fête, que ça bouge
Elle veut tous les soleils (soleils) couchants (couchants)
L'or de la chair, l'ivresse, la gloire
La vérité nue, belle à voir (belle à voir)
Elle veut tout, elle veut le (chaos) chaos
Je veux tant de choses
Renverser le ciel
Les paupières mi-closes
Je veux l'étincelle
Que la nuit se lève encore
Technocolor
Je veux quelque chose de nouveau
Je veux tant de choses
Ouvrir en deux le ciel
Hisser haut le drapeau
Et vous mener tous en bateau
Tracer dans le bleu
Je veux
(Elle veut)
Quelque chose de nouveau
The lyrics to Christophe's song "La Man" talk about a woman who desires luxury and extravagance - specifically, grand palaces made of pink marble, gardens that seem to defy time, and an idealized kind of love that is pure and flawless. She wants it all, from the thrill of the party to the peace of a sunset, and everything in between. The singer, meanwhile, also desires a lot of things - to shake up the sky, to find something new and exciting, to dream an even more wonderful life, to be a leader of sorts.
There is a sense of restlessness and longing in both the woman's desires and the singer's wishes - they are chasing something that may be unreachable or illusory. Nevertheless, the words express a sort of yearning, a desire to break through the mundanity of everyday existence and experience something more. The refrain "Je veux tant de choses" ("I want so many things") underscores this yearning, which is both the song's main subject and its guiding emotion.
Line by Line Meaning
Elle veut des grands palais de marbre rose
She desires large marble palaces
Plein d'escaliers pour ses nuits blanches
Filled with stairs for her sleepless nights
Des jardins suspendus au-dessus du temps
Hanging gardens above time itself
Où se rejoindraient les amants
Where lovers would reunite
Elle veut l'amour pur et sans faille
She wants pure and flawless love
Dans le profond des horizons lointains
In the deep of far horizons
Mordre au citron de l'idéal
Bite into the lemon of idealism
Elle veut le début sans la fin
She wants the beginning without the end
Je veux tant de choses
I want so many things
Renverser le ciel
To flip the sky
Les paupières mi-closes
Half-closed eyelids
Je veux l'étincelle
I want the spark
Et que la nuit se lève encore dans son cœur, son cœur
And to see the night rise again in her heart, her heart
Je veux quelque chose de nouveau
I want something new
Rêver sa vie
To dream her life
Dans ces vies de rêve
In these dream lives
Traverser le ciel
To cross the sky
Prendre le large
To set sail and explore
Elle veut des robes, changer de peau
She wants dresses, to change her skin
Cœur griffé en satin rouge
Heart scratched in red satin
Chaque fois, repartir à zéro
Starting from scratch every time
Elle veut la fête, que ça bouge
She wants the party, to keep things moving
Elle veut tous les soleils couchants
She wants all the setting suns
L'or de la chair, l'ivresse, la gloire
The gold of the flesh, intoxication, glory
La vérité nue, belle à voir
The naked truth, beautiful to behold
Elle veut tout, elle veut le chaos
She wants everything, she wants chaos
Que la nuit se lève encore, Technocolor
May the night rise again, Technicolor
Ouvrir en deux le ciel, hisser haut le drapeau
To split the sky in two, to hoist the flag high
Et vous mener tous en bateau, tracer dans le bleu
And take you all on a wild ride, to draw in the blue
Je veux quelque chose de nouveau, elle veut quelque chose de nouveau
I want something new, she wants something new
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Daniel Georges Jacq Bevilacqua, Marie-Agnes Potel
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Dominique stella
merci infiniment pour cette superbe chanson que l'on entend jamais sauf si on a acheté le disque de Christophe. Elle mériterait de passer sur les ondes beaucoup plus souvent c'est hors du commun, magique.
BzurgLand
Totalement juste :
Le Patron SLG
Je viens de le voir aux Escaravatiers (Fréjus) c'était indescriptible, un son spatial presque palpable.. sublime
Fleurdelysmatthieu cardini
C'est un vrai bijou cette chanson.. De la poésie, un texte magnifique, bref tout ce que j'adore chez Christophe..... MAGNIFIQUE ARTISTE !!!!
Fleurdelysmatthieu cardini
@ bzurgland, je vous envoie toute mon Amitié....
BzurgLand
@Fleurdelysmatthieu cardini Je n'y suis pour rien
Bussy Jean claude
une interprétation sur le fil… du pur Christophe ! magnifique, habité...
titine Dupont
Quelle merveille , quelle magie ! ! !
Pierre Chaillet
Cette chanson est incroyable
Cedric Charlon Masso
Un portrait tellement bien décrit en mots et musique