Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine July 3, 1942, Paris) is a French singer an… Read Full Bio ↴Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine July 3, 1942, Paris) is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville). The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Le Golf Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.

Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. Guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Bob Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London.

Les Grands Moments
Eddy Mitchell Lyrics

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Tu m'as loupé
Tu m'as raté
Goodbye
Mais j'suis prévenu
Que désormais
Où que j'aille
Y aura plus
De première fois

J'suis naïf
Et pourtant
Je n'aurai plus
Non jamais plus
De grands moments

Et j'ai plus d'mal
J'sais plus plonger
Comme avant
J'ai déjà vu l'film
Le scénario a mille ans
Y aura plus de première fois
D'happy end
Sur mon écran
Je n'aurai plus
Non jamais plus
De grands moments

Tu m'as loupé
Tu m'as raté
Goodbye
Mais j'suis prévenu
Que désormais
Où que j'aille
Y aura plus
De première fois
J'suis naïf
Et pourtant
Je n'aurai plus
Non jamais plus
De grands moments
Y aura plus
De première fois
D'happy end
Sur mon écran
Je n'aurai plus

Non non jamais plus
De grands moments

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Eddy Mitchell's "Les Grands Moments" convey a sense of regret and nostalgia for past experiences that can never be replicated. The singer acknowledges that they have been let down or "missed" by someone, and as a result, they can no longer experience the excitement and novelty of new moments. The repetition of "Y aura plus de première fois" ("There will be no more first times") emphasizes this loss and suggests a sense of resignation.

The second half of the song adds to this sentiment, as the singer explains that they now have trouble enjoying things as much as they used to. They have become jaded by past experiences, and even the movies they watch no longer inspire the same level of emotion or excitement. The final lines of the song repeat the refrain about the absence of "grands moments," or big moments of excitement and joy.

Overall, the song paints a picture of someone who feels like they have lost something important and cannot recapture it. It is a poignant reflection on the inevitability of change and the way that the passage of time can rob us of the things we once cherished.

Line by Line Meaning

Tu m'as loupé
You missed me

Tu m'as raté
You failed me

Goodbye
Farewell

Mais j'suis prévenu
But I am warned

Que désormais
That from now on

Où que j'aille
Wherever I go

Y aura plus
There will no longer be

De première fois
Any first times

J'suis naïf
I am naive

Et pourtant
And yet

Je n'aurai plus
I will no longer have