1) a project created by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and a number of female singers
2) a Japanese pop-R&B band
3) a Berlin-based multimedia music project founded by actress Betty la Gachette and musician & video-editor Renault Schubert.
1) Nouvelle Vague (France) is a project created by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and a number of female singers, including Camille, Alexandra Pavlou of Spring and Suburbia, Mélanie Pain, Marina Céleste & Phoebe Killdeer of Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws. The group's albums consist in bossa nova fashioned covers of (primarily) New Wave songs (hence the name "Nouvelle Vague"). The covers include songs by Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., Depeche Mode and Bauhaus. Each singer only performed songs they were not previously familiar with, to ensure that each cover would have an individual interpretation.
With a name that means "new wave" in English and "nova onda" in Portuguese (which is the meaning for "bossa nova", a new music "fashion"), Nouvelle Vague's moniker neatly sums up the group's concept: remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist. Libaux played with various French pop bands during the '90s and began working with Collin in 1998. For Nouvelle Vague, Collin and Libaux recruited half a dozen French and Brazilian vocalists who were unfamiliar with the original versions of songs like Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel" to ensure that their renditions had their own identity. Nouvelle Vague was released in Europe in 2004 and received U.S. distribution in spring 2005, which coincided with tour dates in locales as far-flung as Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro. Nouvelle Vague's second album, Bande à Part, arrived in summer 2006. The following year, the team returned with Coming Home, a collection of songs from films given the Nouvelle Vague treatment. Nouvelle Vague presents New Wave, a collection of covers by new wave artists, also arrived in 2007.
One of the singers involved in the project has released solo work as Camille.
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2) Nouvelle Vague (Japan) is a Japanese band whose pop-R&B sound is beautifully arranged and fronted by the soulful vocals of diva Ricca. Other members of the band include Koyama (keyboards) and Try (bass).
2) Nouvelle Vague (Germany) was a Berlin-based multimedia music project founded by actress Betty la Gachette and musician & videoeditor Renault Schubert.
A final decision to change the name was reached in 2004, after french project Nouvelle Vague becomes successful. The new name is: FILM2
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A Forest
Nouvelle Vague Lyrics
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See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again
The lyrics of Nouvelle Vague's song A Forest describe a recurring dream or fantasy that the singer can't seem to escape from. The song begins with an invitation to take a closer look into the trees and to find the girl while she is still there. This is followed by an urge to follow the sound of the voice that is calling the singer's name, which seems to come from the depths of the darkness in the forest. The singer then starts to run towards the voice and into the trees, but suddenly stops and realizes that it's too late. He has lost himself in the forest and is all alone.
The song's lyrics seem to be a metaphor for a deeper psychological issue, such as the fear of being alone or becoming lost in one's own thoughts. The dream-like quality of the lyrics adds to the sense of detachment and unreality that the singer is experiencing. The recurring nature of the dream suggests that the singer may be stuck in a pattern of behavior or thought that he can't escape from.
Line by Line Meaning
Come closer and see
Approach the forest and its secrets
See into the trees
Examine the obscured forest
Find the girl
Discover the enigmatic woman
While you can
Take advantage of this opportunity
See into the dark
Contemplate the shadowy unknown
Just follow your eyes
Trust your instincts
I hear her voice
I perceive her call
Calling my name
Summoning me by name
The sound is deep
The voice resounds profoundly
In the dark
In the obscurity
And start to run
I commence to flee
Into the trees
I escape into the woods
Suddenly I stop
All of a sudden I halt
But I know it's too late
However, I am cognizant that it is futile
I'm lost in a forest
I am bewildered in the woods
All alone
Without any companionship
The girl was never there
The woman was never to be found
It's always the same
It transpires again and again and again
I'm running towards nothing
I am sprinting in the direction of nothingness
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Robert James Smith, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Matthieu Aiden Hartley, Simon Johnathon Gallup
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@daianna9726
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again...
@klaudiajulia6209
A Forest
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Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I…
@TheTOCM
Best cover of any song ever I've Heard.... WOW.. What good choices..
@mikep2584
Loved the Cure original, but this is sublime.
@daianna9726
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again...
@chubbylegend
Love this so much! Love what NV has done with it! Perfect summer evening listening.
@martinhauser578
Robert would cream his pants, total leg openings
@peterhansen2793
Perfect bossa nova version
@nilovenus
Such a good cover!
@mariamseydi9569
Beautiful song
@nickj12
Love this. She made it her own.
@ricnyc2759
Yes!