It was composed by Alexandra, Angélique, Pookie, Marie-Laure and Ophélie.
The male band (Linkup)win this edition but Diadems was offered to record one album and one single.
Their first single, Encore was realised in the beginning of 2004 and received some good sucess, charted at n°4.
When the Diadems' album was realised a few weeks later, it was expected to receive the same success than the Linkup one.
But the girls' album totally floped despite the fact that this opus was quite promoted on french channels. It didn't even entered the french Top100...
A second single, Celle que je suis was sent to french medias and received good appreciations, better than Encore.
However, the french buyers prefered Linkup and this second single was not a major success, charted in the the french Top60.
As a result, Diadems disbanded.
Nowadays, Ophélie is known as Ophélie Cassy and recorded her first solo album after having realised a successful single with Paolo Meneguzzi
No one of the others members has a project at time of writting.
La Californie attend
Diadems Lyrics
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De n'importe quelle ville
Elle est toujours toute seule
Suspendue à son fil
Son père prend un dernier verre
Seul dans la cuisine;
Elle se découpe une vie meilleure
Pourtant
Elle veut vivre sa vie
Même si c'est une folie
C'est toujours un peu mieux qu'ici
Refrain:
Hey, elle veut partir ce soir
La Californie Attend
Pleine de promesses et de gloire
Hey, ça s'rai vraiment trop cool
Si elle pouvait sortir de la foule
Etre quelqu'un, quelque part, un jour...
Faire des économies
Pour mettre enfin les voiles
Aller jusqu'à Hollywood
Là où vivent les étoiles
Des Gentelmen en coupé sport
La ramèneront chez elle
Mais au coucher du soleil
Où qu'on soit, c'est pareil...
Refrain
Californie attends, je saurai être patiente jusque là
Refrain
The song "La Californie attend" by Diadems is about a girl who dreams of leaving her small town and going to California to live a better life. The lyrics talk about how she walks alone on the sidewalks of any town and dreams of a better life. Her father spends his time drinking alone in the kitchen while she cuts out pictures of her ideal life from magazines. She wants to live her life, even if it seems like a crazy idea, and believes that it is better than living in her current situation.
The chorus talks about how she wants to leave tonight and go to California, a place full of promise and glory. She wants to be someone, somewhere, someday. She dreams of saving up enough money to go to Hollywood and live where the stars are. She hopes that gentlemen in a sports car will take her home, but she knows that no matter where she is, the sunset is the same.
Overall, the song is a commentary on the desire for a better life and the struggle to leave behind one's current situation to pursue those dreams.
Line by Line Meaning
Elle marche sur le trottoir
She walks on the sidewalk
De n'importe quelle ville
Of any city
Elle est toujours toute seule
She is always alone
Suspendue à son fil
Hanging on her thread
Son père prend un dernier verre
Her father takes one last drink
Seul dans la cuisine;
Alone in the kitchen;
Elle se découpe une vie meilleure
She cuts out a better life
Dans un magasine...
In a magazine...
Pourtant
However
Elle veut vivre sa vie
She wants to live her life
Même si c'est une folie
Even if it's crazy
C'est toujours un peu mieux qu'ici
It's always a little better than here
Hey, elle veut partir ce soir
Hey, she wants to leave tonight
La Californie Attend
California is waiting
Pleine de promesses et de gloire
Full of promises and glory
Hey, ça s'rai vraiment trop cool
Hey, it would be really cool
Si elle pouvait sortir de la foule
If she could get out of the crowd
Etre quelqu'un, quelque part, un jour...
To be someone, somewhere, someday...
Faire des économies
Saving money
Pour mettre enfin les voiles
To finally set sail
Aller jusqu'à Hollywood
Go all the way to Hollywood
Là où vivent les étoiles
Where the stars live
Des Gentelmen en coupé sport
Gentlemen in a sports car
La ramèneront chez elle
Will bring her home
Mais au coucher du soleil
But at sunset
Où qu'on soit, c'est pareil...
Wherever we are, it's the same...
Californie attends, je saurai être patiente jusque là
California is waiting, I will be patient until then
Writer(s): Danielle Brisebois
Contributed by Aaron T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@francisjamesflores6785
The scenes were amalgam of the era (no specific bands) but you can see the prominence of a specific band on each scene.
(0:00) Elvis - (Rockabilly) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is)
(0:25) The Beatles (British Invasion) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs)
(0:35) Jimi Hendrix/Cream (Psychadelia) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjxH_a5U7wA) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbqQL0J_Vr0)
(0:55) Parliament-Funkadelic (Funk) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A)
(1:20) David Bowie/Slade ( Glam) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8sdsW93ThQ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rftnB33goIg)
(1:50) Sex Pistols (Punk) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrAPOZxgzU)
(2:02) Misfits (Horror Punk) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO9dqqj2_Vk&list=PLFA1DE1E0582C45B7&index=1)
(2:15) Mötley Crüe/Poison (Glam Metal) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahq4blDfU5s) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCChxBSRo1Y)
(2:47) Nirvana (Grunge) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LiPuVRyU8)
(3:01) RHCP (The real them and they are not Greenday FFS) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A)
The music video shows the evolution of rock music (the duration per part is I think was based on how long the genre popularity lasted).
@leandroalms1178
Lyrics:
Getting born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper, and her mama was a hippy
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you got to pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world does your company take me for?
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana
Robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner
Rebel, and a stunner
On her merry way saying baby, watcha gonna?
Looking down the barrel of a hot metal forty-five
Just another way to survive
California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess
I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She's a lover, baby, and a fighter
Should've seen it coming when I got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded, she was stealing another breath
I love my baby to death
California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess
I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew that others died to prove?
Too true to say goodbye to you
Too true to say, say, say
Pushed the fader, gifted animator
One for the now, and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man
Wasn't gunnin' for the quota
Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast
California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess
I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah, yeah
California, rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California, show your teeth
She's my priestess
I'm your priest
Yeah, yeah, yeah
@user-ns2he3iy7v
0:03 Rockabilly (Elvis Presley)
0:26 British invasion (The Beatles)
0:37 Psychedelic rock (The Jimi Hendrix experience)
0:58 Funk-rock (Parliament-Funkadelic)
1:22 Glam rock (David Bowie)
1:51 Punk-rock (Sex Pistols)
2:04 Gothic rock (Specimen)
2:16 Glam metal (Twisted sister and Poison)
2:48 Grunge (Nirvana)
3:03 Psychedelic glam gothic funk-grunge-punk-rock, motherfucker! (Red hot chili peppers)
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@NikoBellic04
The fact that the segments from different decades were actually filmed with cameras from those times makes this even better.
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@DizzleDog
I listened to this song for well over a decade without seeing the music video. I missed out
@victormota7251
truth