One of MC Solaar's first claims to fame was the rap he did on a level one French language education tape: "Comment t'appelles-tu?".
MC Solaar's first single, Bouge de là, was a French hit in 1990 that went platinum, as was his first album, Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo. His second album, Prose Combat, may be his most acclaimed.
As a rapper MC Solaar is known for the complexity and poetry of his songs, which rely on wordplay, lyricism, and philosophical inquiry. The music is based on dance rhythms and sensual grooves. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London acid jazz label Talkin' Loud and invited to record with British group Urban Species and Guru, a member of the famous and highly-acclaimed New York group Gang Starr.
MC Solaar gained new fans in North America in early 2004, when his 2001 song La Belle Et Le Bad Boy was featured on the final episode of the popular television series Sex and the City. MC Solaar remains best-known outside of France for his work on Guru's Jazzmatazz project and as a guest rapper on the Missy Elliott track All N My Grill. Out of Guru and Solaar's collaboration, the single Le Bien, Le Mal (The Good, The Bad) was a popular Hip Hop/Dance crossover hit receiving playtime on MTV.
Au clair de la Lune
MC Solaar Lyrics
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Mon ami Pierrot
Prête-moi ta plume
Pour écrire un mot
Ma chandelle est morte
Je n'ai plus de feu
Ouvre-moi ta porte
Pour l'amour de Dieu
Au clair de la lune
Pierrot répondit
Je n'ai pas de plume
Je suis dans mon lit
Va chez la voisine
Je crois qu'elle y est
Car dans sa cuisine
On bat le briquet
Au clair de la lune
L'aimable Lubin
Frappe chez la brune
Qui répond soudain
Qui frappe de la sorte?
Il dit à son tour
Ouvrez votre porte
Au dieu de l'amour
Au clair de la lune
On n'y voit qu'un peu
On chercha la plume
On chercha du feu
En cherchant d'la sorte
Je n'sais c'qu'on trouva
Mais je sais qu'la porte
Sur eux se ferma
The song "Au clair de la Lune" tells a story of a narrator who visits his friend Pierrot late at night and requests a feather to write a message. However, the singer has no light since his candle recently died out. Pierrot refuses to give him a feather and directs him to their neighbor who may have one. When the singer finds the neighbor's house, he hears someone using a lighter in the kitchen. The final verse suggests that something unexpected happened, but it is left vague. As the group searches for a feather and a light, the door slams shut on them.
This classic French children's song has been sung for hundreds of years. The origins of the song are uncertain, and the melody and lyrics have evolved over time. Some say it was written for Louis XIV while others claim that it is an old French folk song. "Au clair de la Lune" is known for being one of the first songs recorded in the history of music. A sound engineer named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville recorded the song in 1860 using his newly patented phonoautograph, an early version of the phonograph.
Line by Line Meaning
Au clair de la lune
Under the light of the moon
Mon ami Pierrot
My friend Pierrot
Prête-moi ta plume
Lend me your pen
Pour écrire un mot
To write a word
Ma chandelle est morte
My candle has died
Je n'ai plus de feu
I don't have any more light
Ouvre-moi ta porte
Open your door for me
Pour l'amour de Dieu
For the love of God
Pierrot répondit
Pierrot replied
Je n'ai pas de plume
I don't have a pen
Je suis dans mon lit
I am in my bed
Va chez la voisine
Go to the neighbor's
Je crois qu'elle y est
I believe she's there
Car dans sa cuisine
Because in her kitchen
On bat le briquet
They are striking a match
L'aimable Lubin
The friendly Lubin
Frappe chez la brune
Knocks on the brunette's door
Qui répond soudain
Who answers immediately
Qui frappe de la sorte?
Who knocks like that?
Il dit à son tour
He says in his turn
Ouvrez votre porte
Open your door
Au dieu de l'amour
To the god of love
On n'y voit qu'un peu
It's only slightly visible
On chercha la plume
They searched for the pen
On chercha du feu
They searched for some light
En cherchant d'la sorte
While searching like that
Je n'sais c'qu'on trouva
I don't know what they found
Mais je sais qu'la porte
But I know the door
Sur eux se ferma
Closed on them
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wafwouf
MC Solaar est toujours aussi fort son parcours musical ryhme avec encore Il est une référence en terme de paroles Il devrait être pour beaucoup une idole.
Simon Le Thore
cette chanson est tout simplement un exemple pour tout les rappeurs mc solaar toujours au top, quel dieu: "faut pas te demander pourquoi Benoit a dit a Aïda qu' Adidas et Puma sa pété 2 fois plus qu'al qaida".
Shawn yy
Mc solaar... Un exemple pour tout ceux qui veulent écrire des textes
XinAnsard
Woow incroyable, vive MC SOLAAR
Fatimata Ba
sickkkkkkk <3
supercouillon 59
@virginie35310 mdr
Virginie Monvoisin
@eressis Soprano ? :P