Guesch Patti is a French singer, dancer, choreographer and actress. To date… Read Full Bio ↴Guesch Patti is a French singer, dancer, choreographer and actress. To date she has recorded five albums. Guesch Patti started her musical career in 1987 with the release of the notorious hit single 'Etienne'.

Guesch Patti was born on 19 March 1946 as Patricia Porasse, she was nicknamed Guesch (a Basque name) as a child, Patti is a pet name for Patricia. Her father, Jean Porasse, worked as an artistic director for the record company HMV-Pathé-Marconi, taking care of Gilbert Bécaud and later as an impresario for people like Eric Charden, Jean-Jacques Debout and Nino Ferrer. Aged 9 she danced the role of the Little Rat at the Paris Opera. When she was 19 she had a brief flirtation with singing as one half of the duo Yves et Patricia, a venture she was talked into by her father. They released 2 singles on the Philips label.

In the seventies she frequently worked for television as a dancer, for example in shows with Nana Mouskouri and Silvie Vartan. Later she moved into contemporary dance and became first dancer in Carolyn Carson's group, Prima Ballerina at the Scala in Milan and guest performer with Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart. She worked on the choreography for performances set to the music of Silvano Bussoti, Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen. She also worked with the German choreographer Pina Bausch, practised Jazz dance with Michael Peter and worked on Robert Hossein's staging of Les Misérables.

In 1984 she teamed up with Lydie Callier and another girl to form the trio DaCapo. Virgin Records released one single, but declined to take it further. 1987 saw her emerge as a solo artist with the release of the single Étienne. It charted in 9 European countries, accompanied by a video that caused some controversy due to its erotic nature. It ended up winning Best Video awards in several countries. The success was remarkable because at that time modern French pop\rock music was rarely successful in non-French speaking territories. The international success of Étienne landed her an album recording contract with EMI, the band Encore was formed around her and together they produced her first album Labyrinthe, released in 1988. A second album Nomades followed in 1990. After an (amicable) split with Encore, a third album Gobe saw the light in 1992. Sales of Gobe were disappointing, Gobe was to be her last album for EMI.

After a period of reflection she met Étienne Daho, this contributed to a renewed interest in creating music. She teamed up with independent French label XIIIBis Records (now defunct) which resulted in the 1995 release of Blonde. Songs from this album were also used for the Peter Greenaway film The Pillow Book. Her most recent album is Dernieres Nouvelles, released in November 2000.

In recent years she has also appeared in film and television productions, most notably a co-starring role in the 1997 movie Elles where she appeared alongside Marthe Keller and Miou - Miou. 2001 saw her re-emerge as a dancer on stage in the production She smiles through tears. , Her latest work is the Dernieres Nouvelles DVD, released in February 2002 it features a video illustration of the music of the CD with the same title.

C'est Pas Assez
Guesch Patti Lyrics

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Toutes ces nuits
A refaire le monde
Tous mes amours
Des bougies qui fondent
Tous ces déserts
Qu'il faut traverser
Toujours l'envie
De recommencer

C'est pas assez

Trop, c'est un mot
Qui ne sert à rien
Tout ce qui est trop
Me fait du bien
Tout à faire
Et rien à regretter
Tant pis si j'ai
Tout a y gagner

Pas assez - c'est pas assez

Dévorer tous les fruits
De la terre
Moi, qui prenais
Jamais de dessert
Tu m'as donné
Le goût de sucré
Ce soir, c'est moi
Qui vais, te manger

Pas assez - c'est pas assez

Overall Meaning

The song "C'est Pas Assez" by Guesch Patti talks about the never-ending desire to improve oneself and to start over again. The song begins by talking about the nights spent "remaking the world" and the fleeting love affairs that don't last long. The lyrics paint a picture of a world that is constantly changing, full of empty deserts to cross and candles that burn out too quickly. Despite this, there is always the urge to start again, to always look for something more, hence the phrase "c'est pas assez" which means "it's not enough" in French.

The chorus drives the message home even further, with the repetition of the phrase "c'est pas assez" and the idea that too much of anything is not necessarily bad. The singer mentions that having everything to gain and nothing to regret is worth any risk. The bridge then talks about the pleasure of indulgence and how one person has given the singer a sweet tooth, leading her to "devour all the fruits of the earth" and to become the one doing the seducing.

Overall, the song is about living life to the fullest, taking risks, and having an insatiable hunger for life. It's a reminder of the impermanence of things and the importance of not getting complacent.

Line by Line Meaning

Toutes ces nuits
All these nights

A refaire le monde
rebuilding the world again

Tous mes amours
All my loves

Des bougies qui fondent
candles that melt

Tous ces déserts
All these deserts

Qu'il faut traverser
that must be crossed

Toujours l'envie
Always the desire

De recommencer
to start over

C'est pas assez
It's not enough

Trop, c'est un mot
Too much is a word

Qui ne sert à rien
that serves no purpose