Johnny Depp may refer to:

1) An instrumental indie rock band out of … Read Full Bio ↴Johnny Depp may refer to:

1) An instrumental indie rock band out of California, USA, having released one album in 2005 called Hovercraft.

2) An instrumental rock band out of Saint Petersburg, Russia with the only released album called Куда-то фотоаппараты

3) An actor: Born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963. Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street" (1987).

In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994). In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.

Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow. Now Depp is collaborating again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1985. Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999, and Jack, born in 2002. The couple lives in France, where Johnny has a share in a restaurant.

Depp has also been involved in multiple music endeavors, most notably Hollywood Vampires, P and the collaborative album 18 with guitarist Jeff Beck.

Ballade De Melody Nelson
Johnny Depp Lyrics

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Ça, c'est l'histoire
De Melody Nelson
Qu'à part moi-même personne
N'a jamais pris dans ses bras
Ca vous étonne
Mais c'est comme ça

Elle avait de l'amour

Pauvre Melody Nelson
Ouais, elle en avait des tonnes
Mais ses jours étaient comptés
Quatorze automnes
Et quinze étés

Un petit animal
Que cette Melody Nelson
Une adorable garçonne
Et si délicieuse enfant
Que je n'ai connue qu'un instant

Oh! Ma Melody
Ma Melody Nelson
Aimable petite conne
Tu étais la condition

Sine qua non
De ma raison

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Johnny Depp's "Ballade De Melody Nelson" tell the story of a girl named Melody Nelson, who the singer (presumably Johnny Depp) had an intense romantic connection with. The first verse establishes that no one else ever held Melody like the singer did, indicating a deep level of intimacy between the two. The second verse reveals that Melody had a lot of love inside her, but her life was cut short - she was only 14 years old at the time of her passing. The third verse describes Melody as an innocent and delightful child, with whom the singer only had a brief encounter. The chorus repeats the name "Melody Nelson" several times, emphasizing that she was the necessary condition for the singer's rationality, indicating that she was perhaps the only person who could make sense of his emotional turmoil.

Line by Line Meaning

Ça, c'est l'histoire
This is the story

De Melody Nelson
Of Melody Nelson

Qu'à part moi-même personne
That nobody, except me myself

N'a jamais pris dans ses bras
Has ever held her in their arms

Ca vous étonne
You might be surprised

Mais c'est comme ça
But that's just the way it is

Elle avait de l'amour
She had love

Pauvre Melody Nelson
Poor Melody Nelson

Ouais, elle en avait des tonnes
Yeah, she had tons of it

Mais ses jours étaient comptés
But her days were numbered

Quatorze automnes
Fourteen autumns

Et quinze étés
And fifteen summers

Un petit animal
A small creature

Que cette Melody Nelson
Was this Melody Nelson

Une adorable garçonne
An adorable girl

Et si délicieuse enfant
And such a delightful child

Que je n'ai connue qu'un instant
That I only knew for a moment

Oh! Ma Melody
Oh! My Melody

Ma Melody Nelson
My Melody Nelson

Aimable petite conne
Lovely little idiot

Tu étais la condition
You were the condition

Sine qua non
Without which, there can be no

De ma raison
Of my reason

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Jean-Claude Vannier, Serge Gainsbourg

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