1. Elsa is a s… Read Full Bio ↴There are four artists recording under the name Elsa:
1. Elsa is a shoegaze-y indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their membership includes Jonathan Rogers, Jesse Mirsky, Matthew Goldman, Angie Wong and Mike Aber. They recently released a new EP titled The Never Come Down on One Big Silence Records.
2. Elsa is a late-sixties era ye-ye girl. Strongly influenced by Bob Dylan, she gravitated toward the folk-rock genre, her song lyrics strongly reflecting typical beat generation themes and protest song structure.
3. Elsa Lunghini is a nineties-era chanteuse. She is the daughter of George Lunghini (actor, photographer and song writer) and of Christiane Jobert (painter and also sister of actress Marlène Jobert), she has Italian origins by her father and his grandfather Luigi (Luigi is also Elsa’s son first name). Elsa performed her first role in a movie at 7 years old, in the Claude Miller movie Garde à vue in 1979 (also starring Romy Schneider).
Elsa was the youngest artist to be in main program of the Olympia (Paris), at 17 years old, in October 1990 as well as the youngest artist to have a Number 1 Hit at the Top 50, in France. At 13 years old, in 1986, she remained # 1 for 9 weeks, with the song T'en va pas (soundtrack of the movie La femme de ma vie).
After several albums and several movies appearances, she released the great album De lave et de sève, in March 2004. From September 20 to 24, 2004, Elsa gave shows in Paris at the Européen. A live DVD and a live CD, recorded at these concerts, are available, since April 10th 2006.
Elsa is also involved in several caritative causes. She annually takes part to the Tour of the Resto du coeur as long as other causes, like Sol En Si.
She also starred in two TV movies,: La mort est rousse, in 2002 and Trois jours en juin in 2004 and is now also starring in TV ads for Danone yogourt.
She lives in Paris and, since 1999, she is the fiancée of the football (soccer) World Champion Bixente Lizarazu. They met to a Restos du Coeur concert, in which they were both taking part and together, they are also spokespersons of the association Bout de vie, which is assisting handicapped people.
4. Elsa is a Swedish underground rapper who released her debut EP "Satisfaction (PrettyUgly)" during 2007 on the Swedish label "Boiling Pandas". Elsa, who began as a pop singer, recorded her first track by the age of 13. But it wasn't until she turned 16 that she began to take her music seriously. Since then she has developed an interesting style and a crazy flow.
Pleure doucement
Elsa Lyrics
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In Elsa's song "Pleure doucement," she advises a person who is feeling heartbroken to cry softly and take their time to heal. She acknowledges that heartbreak is a painful experience that affects both the heart and the morale, but it is also a normal part of love that often ends in a negative way. Elsa tries to console this person by telling them that they are not alone in their heartbreak and that there are others who have experienced the same kind of pain. She warns the person not to think they will be the first or even the only one to feel this way, as heartbreak is a universal experience.
Elsa uses the metaphor of crying softly to the person, telling them that if they cry too loudly, they will overflow the sea and cause the world to drown in their tears. She urges the person to let go of their intense feelings and not to let them control or drown them. Elsa reminds the heartbroken person that their pain is just a banal, ordinary event and not unique, and that they will eventually heal and move on.
Overall, Elsa's song "Pleure doucement" is a comforting song for people who are going through heartbreak. Elsa acknowledges that heartbreak is a difficult experience, but it is also a normal part of love that many people have experienced.
Line by Line Meaning
Pleure doucement
Cry softly, take your time, don't make it hard for the people passing by. It's okay to feel emotional pain, but it's normal when things end badly.
tu va faire déborder la mer
You're going to overflow the sea with your tears.
mais au fond c'est normal que ça finisse mal
But in reality, it's normal for things to end poorly.
Est-ce que tu crois qu't'est la première inscrite au club des cœurs solitaires
Do you believe that you're the first one to join the club of lonely hearts?
si tu crois qu'tu vas figurer dans l'guiness book des cœurs brisés
If you believe that you'll appear in the Guinness Book of Broken Hearts.
tu sais faut pas rêver l'histoire qui t'es arrivée n'a rien d'original
You know you shouldn't dream, the story that happened to you is nothing unique.
Pleure plus bas j'entends qu'toi tu nous ennuies, tu nous noies
Cry quietly, I can hear you, you're bothering us, and you're drowning everyone.
pleure plus bas tu vas nous inonder la terre
Cry more discreetly, otherwise you will flood the earth.
mais ces passions brutales faut qu'ça finisse mal
But these brutal emotions must end poorly.
c'est une histoire d'amour banale oui banale tellement banale
It's a simple love story, yes, so ordinary.
Contributed by Jason R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Jean Doute
Suis-je le seul adolescent de 14 ans qui trouvent que beaucoup de chansons des années 80 avaient quelque chose de spécial, de magique ?
RICHARD KINAN
Non t'es pas le seul ,tout simplement il y avait de l'amour vrai , l'être humain est foutu aujourd'hui est devenu vertuel.
jess rollinger
La vie était plus insouciante donc plus facile et heureuse cette chanson quand elle est sortie j avais vingt trois ans maintenant j en ai 53 ans et je ne l avait plus écouté jusqu'à se matin et elle symbolise beaucoup pour moi
Ametys Carroll 🤎
Non t’inquiète pas je suis fan des années 80 et 90 j’écoute que ça c’est incroyable!
lili rose
Non moi aussi j adors les musiques des année 80 et j'ai 13 ans
lili rose
Nonj a 12 ans j adors les musiques des année 80
Lucia Garcia
ME ENCANTA SU MÚSICA Y SU VOZ TAN DULCE. ES UNA DE MIS FAVORITAS
Daniel Bouju
"Fantomas?"
yannick kervran
c'est une des plus belles chanteuses en France, en plus elle a un repertoire enorme sur beaucoup de chanteurs ou chanteuses,et une super actrice comme sa tante...elle va revenir a la chanson vous allez voir...
Juniee
Love this song!!