Je t'aime. . . Moi non plus
Serge Gainsbourg feat. Jane Birkin Lyrics
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Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Et je
Me re-
Tiens
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
Tu vas tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je
Te re-joins
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Et je
Me re-
Tiens
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je
Te re-joins
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
L'amour physique est sans issue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je me retiens
Non! main- Tenant
Viens!
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Et je
Me re-Tiens
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
Tu vas tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je
Te re-
joins
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Et je
Me re-
Tiens
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je
Te re-joins
Je t'aime je t'aime
Oh oui je t'aime!
Moi non plus.
Oh mon amour...
L'amour physique est sans issue
Je vais je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je me retiens
Non! main-tenant
Viens!
The song "Je t'aime... Moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin is a seductive dialogue between two lovers filled with sexual tension and desire. The lyrics are explicit in their descriptions of the physicality of their passion, using metaphors of waves and islands to describe their bodies coming together. The repetition of the phrase "Je t'aime" (I love you) is significant, as it is followed by "Moi non plus" (Neither do I) which implies an uncertainty in their emotions and commitment to each other. The lyrics also suggest that their physical love is all-consuming and possibly dangerous, as they describe it as an "issue" with no solution.
This song has been controversial since its release in 1969, with some critics finding it offensive and degrading towards women, while others see it as a celebration of sexual liberation and desire. The use of heavy breathing and moaning in the song's instrumental backing was highly suggestive at the time and further added to its controversial nature. The lyrics have also been translated and covered in various languages, indicating the song's universal appeal despite the language barrier.
Line by Line Meaning
Je t'aime je t'aime
I love you, I love you deeply and passionately.
Oh oui je t'aime!
Oh yes, I love you so much!
Moi non plus.
But I don't love you back.
Oh mon amour...
Oh my love...
Comme la vague irrésolue
Like the indecisive wave
Je vais je vais et je viens
I come and go
Entre tes reins
Between your hips
Et je
And I
Me re-Tiens
Hold back.
Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
You are the wave, I am the naked island.
Tu vas tu vas et tu viens
You come and go
Entre mes reins
Between my hips
Te re-joins
I join you
L'amour physique est sans issue
Physical love is a dead end.
Je me retiens
I hold back
Non! main- Tenant
No! Now
Viens!
Come!
Writer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
Contributed by Aiden L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@steffanhoffmann
@@Lad-Saurin The song is purely and simply, about bringing a woman to orgasm.
However you communists wouldn't know about that. Sex was taboo in ussr 😂
Even though Jane is shouting her pleasure throughout this recording, comments here are about romantic love.
No no no.
It's 1969. The end of the decade of the sexual revolution. That's what it's about.
Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.
His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality, make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established, and he is often regarded, as one of the world's most influential popular musicians
Lucien Ginsburg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928. He was the son of Jewish emigrants of Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian origin, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg, who fled to Paris via Istanbul after the 1917 Russian Revolution and the MURDERING COMMUNISTS.
Joseph Ginsburg was a classically trained musician whose profession was playing the piano in cabarets and casinos; he taught his children—Gainsbourg and his twin sister Liliane—to play the piano.
Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II.
The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration.
The world detested this
Communism
Fascism
Both evil ideologies were destroyed.
There's a new thing to destroy nowadays; Putinism.
The little moth will be destroyed; just like Hitler.
@dorpets
In 1971 at a party, I asked a girl to dance with me to this song and she said yes. Now... she's my wife!
@Nirsterkur
Congratulations!
@theboredchannel3062
I love this song.
@noraisabel6557
@Samuel How is Paris these days, apart from the quarantine?
@LOveERDos
Samuel same here ROME AND LA DOLCE VITA ROME and the shit life
@christiandesayes4718
lucky man! thanks serge!
@georgeclancy1755
The Frenchest thing that ever Frenched.
@feuquegougueul1592
One of the best things!
@jadecostello3325
And pommed.
@marguskiis7711
Johann Bach