Biography
The young François Feldman spent his adolescence listening soul music, including songs by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and James Brown, among other artists. His father gave him his first guitar at fourteen years of age, and François won first prize several times in the radio contests he entered. He created his first group at the age of 14 and appeared in a few clubs. In 1980, Feldman recorded his first song, "You Want Every Night", then "Ma Petite Vidéo" in 1982, "Folle sur les bords" in 1983 summer, "Wally boule noire" and "Obsession" in 1984, and finally "Amour de corridor" in 1985, but all these singles remained unsuccessful.
In 1986, he became famous with his song "Rien que pour toi" which reached number 12 on the SNEP Singles Chart and sold 200,000 units. Thereafter, Feldman had many hits in France, becoming a well established star in France. He has sold very well over his 25-year career, selling about ten million albums in several countries, including Belgium, Italy, Canada and Japan.
Released in 1989, his second studio album entitled Une Présence was more successful and contains several hit singles, such as "Joue pas", recorded as a duet with Joniece Jamison, "Les Valses de Vienne", "Petit Frank" and "C'est toi qui m'as fait" which were all top-2 hits in France. The same year, he wrote the hit single "J'aurais voulu te dire" for Caroline Legrand. This album was followed by Magic Boul'vard, released in 1991, and provided to Feldman a third number one hit in France, "Joy", a song dedicated to the singer's daughter.
Since 1993, and his album Indigo, Feldman has been less successful and unable to repeat his previous feats on the charts. Despite releasing four albums, he has been almost absent from the media and his sales have become more restricted. He currently continues his artistic career giving popular concerts throughout France.
In 2007, "Rien que pour toi" was covered by Tatiana Laurens who took part in the French TV reality show Secret Story.
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Longue Nuit
François Feldman Lyrics
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Et les oiseaux qui trainent encore
C'est l'heure cruelle ou se melangent
Les ombres sur un ciel un ciel orange
Dans cet exil ou tu n'es pas
Tu es partout tout a la fois
Le vent fragile ou la chaleur
La fievre bleue sous l'equateur
J'T'ATTENDS TOUT AU BOUT DE LA PEUR QUI S'AVANCE
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
J'T'ATTENDS COMME ON GUETTE LA FIN DU SILENCE
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
Et je regarde la plage beante
Ou viennet les tortues geantes
La nuit ressemble a un complot
Ou tout se trame a demi-mots
Il y a les bruits de ton absence
Et les secrets de ta présence
Dans cette moiteur ou je frissonne
Il ne vient plus jamais personne
J'T'ATTENDS TOUT AU BOUT DE LA PEUR QUI S'AVANCE
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
J'T'ATTENDS COMME ON GUETTE LA FIN DU SILENCE
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
The song "Longue Nuit" by François Feldman paints a picture of a long, lonely night filled with anticipation and longing. The first stanza sets the scene of the sun setting and the birds lingering, a cruel and melancholy time when shadows blend and the sky turns orange. The singer expresses a feeling of being exiled and not present, yet everywhere at once. The wind is described as fragile and the heat causes a blue fever under the equator.
The chorus expresses the central theme of the song, the singer waiting for someone at the end of fear that approaches with the long night. This is repeated twice, emphasizing the importance of this person and their impending arrival. The singer compares their waiting to waiting for the end of silence, indicating a sense of longing and a need for communication or connection.
The second stanza describes the singer looking out at a wide open beach where giant turtles come in the night. The night is described as a conspiracy where everything happens in half-words and whispers. The singer hears the sounds of absence and feels the secrets of presence in the humidity that causes them to shiver. The stanza ends with a sense of finality and despair as the singer says that no one ever comes anymore.
Overall, this song is a commentary on the loneliness of waiting and the anticipation of a desired person's arrival. The singer is in a state of emotional limbo, longing for connection and communication but unable to find it. The language is filled with melancholy descriptions of a world that is not quite right, and the night takes on an almost sinister quality as everything seems to happen in shadows and secrets.
Line by Line Meaning
Avec le jour qui s'évapore
As the day disappears
Et les oiseaux qui trainent encore
And the birds that still linger
C'est l'heure cruelle ou se melangent
It's the cruel hour where
Les ombres sur un ciel un ciel orange
Shadows mix with an orange sky
Dans cet exil ou tu n'es pas
In this exile where you are not
Tu es partout tout a la fois
You are everywhere at once
Le vent fragile ou la chaleur
The fragile wind or the heat
La fievre bleue sous l'equateur
The blue fever under the equator
J'T'ATTENDS TOUT AU BOUT DE LA PEUR QUI S'AVANCE
I'm waiting for you at the end of the approaching fear
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
Of a long night that begins
J'T'ATTENDS COMME ON GUETTE LA FIN DU SILENCE
I'm waiting for you like one waits for the end of silence
D'UNE Longue Nuit QUI COMMENCE
Of a long night that begins
Et je regarde la plage beante
And I look at the open beach
Ou viennet les tortues geantes
Where the giant turtles come
La nuit ressemble a un complot
The night resembles a plot
Ou tout se trame a demi-mots
Where everything is whispered
Il y a les bruits de ton absence
There are the sounds of your absence
Et les secrets de ta présence
And the secrets of your presence
Dans cette moiteur ou je frissonne
In this humidity where I shiver
Il ne vient plus jamais personne
No one ever comes anymore
Contributed by Nolan S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.