In September 2001, Pierre Lapointe participated in the Festival international de la chanson de Granby, where he won three prizes. Lapointe created and presented his own show "Petites chansons laides" in Montreal and Quebec City, and in France -- which were his first songs start to play on radio stations. Critics have been very positive about him and his career.
In 2002, he received financing from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec to help him record a first commercial disc, and in the summer of 2003, he signed with Audiogram, which allowed him to produce his first disc, "Pierre Lapointe" (2004). It was an instant success. Pierre Lapointe's second album "La forêt des mal-aimés" (2006) was the #1 album in Canada for the first week after its release (28 000 CDs sold), and lifted Lapointe's eponymous first album to #7 in the charts.
Barbara
Pierre Lapointe Lyrics
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Sans qu'elle me voie
Elle, attachée par une laisse
Au piano droit
J'ai voulu prouver ma foi
En une force suprême
J'ai laissé glisser mes doigts
Les notes du piano droit
Suivaient sa voix
Comme un corps sous la secousse
Des jours trop froids
Je lui ai laissé goûter la sainte crème
Saupoudrée de jaunes joies
De sucres ternes
Son sourire s'en est allé
Au loin de moi
Pour me laisser solitaire
Triste, apeuré
Devant la tiédeur des femmes du mois de mai
Jamais plus je n'toucherai aux jolies fées
Barbara reste immobile
Barbara reste immobile
Barbara reste immobile
The song "Barbara" by Pierre Lapointe tells a story of a man who walks in on a woman who is tied to a piano by a leash. The man decides to prove his faith in a higher power by playing the piano, and in doing so, shouts "je t'aime" (I love you) to the woman. The piano notes follow her singing voice like a body trembling in the cold, and the man lets her taste the "holy cream" that is sprinkled with dull sugars and yellow joys. However, her smile disappears, leaving the man alone, sad, and fearful. He realizes that he will never again touch the beautiful fairies he once desired, as Barbara remains motionless.
Line by Line Meaning
Je suis entré dans la pièce
Sans qu'elle me voie
Elle, attachée par une laisse
Au piano droit
I walked into the room without her noticing me. She was fastened by a leash to the upright piano.
J'ai voulu prouver ma foi
En une force suprême
J'ai laissé glisser mes doigts
Et lui ai crié « je t'aime »
I wanted to demonstrate my faith in a higher power. I let my fingers slide and cried out, 'I love you'.
Les notes du piano droit
Suivaient sa voix
Comme un corps sous la secousse
Des jours trop froids
The notes of the upright piano followed her voice like a body convulsing from the coldness of days.
Je lui ai laissé goûter la sainte crème
Saupoudrée de jaunes joies
de sucres ternes
I let her taste the holy cream sprinkled with yellow joys and dull sugars.
Son sourire s'en est allé
Au loin de moi
Pour me laisser solitaire
Triste, apeuré
Her smile disappeared, leaving me lonely, sad, and afraid.
Devant la tiédeur des femmes du mois de mai
Jamais plus je n' toucherai aux jolies fées
Given the tepidity of the women in May, I will never touch pretty fairies again.
Barbara reste immobile
Barbara reste immobile
Barbara reste immobile
Barbara remains motionless.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: LAPOINTE PIERRE
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