La Valse des monstres
Yann Tiersen Lyrics
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Dans Les Airs
La Piastre Des Etats
When we speak of marriage, yes that funny
Yes that funny hobby, I wouldn’t say
For if my tender maid would go, I would suffer martyrdom
One day I ask my wife what I will do to-day
What you will do to-Day, you will get the flour out
You will fin a bag at the nearer neighbour lady
I wasn’t already arrived, my wife came and fetch me
My wife came and fetch me with and blow whit a screener
Ah! hurry hurry home, you shall find what to do
Sorry, sorry, sorry my wife, sorry sorry for this time
Sorry sorry for this time, il was my friend dear-Pierre
Who got me to the cabaret, I who didn’t wanted to drink
Ah! it’s to drink, to drink to drink, ah! it’s to drink that we need
Ah! it’s to drink that we need, always the old use
Ah! if somebody could pay the drink, my cold would disappear
The lyrics to Yann Tiersen's song "La valse des monstres" are actually in French, but the excerpt provided is not the correct translation of the original lyrics. In fact, it seems to be a different set of lyrics entirely. Without knowing the context or source of these lyrics, it would be difficult to provide a meaningful interpretation.
Instead, here is a brief overview of the original song's meaning and themes. "La valse des monstres" translates to "The Monsters' Waltz", and is an instrumental piece that features Tiersen's signature accordion sound. The song has a dreamlike, surreal quality to it, with haunting melodies and unexpected chord changes. The overall mood is one of melancholy and introspection.
Tiersen is a French composer and multi-instrumentalist who is known for his work on film soundtracks, including "Amelie" and "Goodbye Lenin!". His music often features elements of traditional Breton folk music, as well as minimalist and experimental styles.
Line by Line Meaning
Le Vent Du Nord
The north wind
Dans Les Airs
In the air
La Piastre Des Etats
The currency of the states
When we speak of marriage, yes that funny
When we talk about getting married, it may seem amusing
Yes that funny hobby, I wouldn't say
Although some may find it amusing, I personally wouldn't describe it that way
For if my tender maid would go, I would suffer martyrdom
If my beloved were to leave me, it would be extremely painful
One day I ask my wife what I will do to-day
One day, I asked my wife what my plans for the day were
What you will do to-Day, you will get the flour out
You will start by getting the flour out
You will fin a bag at the nearer neighbour lady
You will find a bag of flour at our neighbor's house
I wasn't already arrived, my wife came and fetch me
Before I even arrived, my wife came to get me
My wife came and fetch me with and blow whit a screener
She signaled me with a sharp whistle when she arrived
Ah! hurry hurry home, you shall find what to do
Hurry home, there's work to be done
Sorry, sorry, sorry my wife, sorry sorry for this time
I apologize to my wife, I'm sorry for this mistake
Sorry sorry for this time, il was my friend dear-Pierre
I apologize, it was my friend Pierre's fault
Who got me to the cabaret, I who didn't wanted to drink
It was Pierre's idea to go to the bar, even though I didn't want to drink
Ah! it's to drink, to drink to drink, ah! it's to drink that we need
Drinking, drinking, drinking, that's what we need
Ah! it's to drink that we need, always the old use
We always turn to drinking, it's a familiar habit
Ah! if somebody could pay the drink, my cold would disappear
If someone could buy me a drink, my sickness would fade away
Writer(s): Yann Tiersen Copyright: Sony Music Publishing France
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Tiersen has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. Read Full BioYann Tiersen (born in Brest, Brittany, France on 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks. His music involves a large variety of instruments; primarily the guitar, piano, synthesizer or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, accordion and typewriter.
Tiersen has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. He started learning piano at the age of four, taking up violin at the age of six and receiving classical training at musical academies in Rennes, Nantes and Boulogne. Then, at the age of 13, he chose to alter his destiny, breaking his violin into pieces, buying a guitar and forming a rock band.
Yann Tiersen has collaborated with vocal artists like Claire Pichet ("Le phare" and "Rue des cascades"), Elizabeth Fraser ("Les retrouvailles") and Shannon Wright ("Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright"). Other musicians he has worked with include The Divine Comedy, Noir Désir, Dominique A., Francoiz Breut, Les Têtes Raides, The Married Monk and Sage Francis
Tiersen got a musical education from the city of Rennes' annual Transmusicales festival, seeing acts like Nirvana, Einstürzende Neubaten, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Television and Suicide. When his band broke up a few years later, instead of hunting for some new musicians, he bought a cheap mixing desk, an eight-track reel, and started recording music solo with a synth, sampler and drum machine, poring over the grooves of old records on the hunt for loops and orchestral strings to plunder.
As it turned out, though, the key to his new approach lay in his own past. "One day I thought, instead of spending days on research and listening to tons of records to find the nearest sound of what I have in mind, why don't I fix this fucking violin and use it?" Through the summer of 1993, Tiersen stayed in his apartment, recording music alone with guitar, violin and accordion, guided not by the classical canon, but by intuition and his vision of "a musical anarchy".
By the end of the summer of 1993, Tiersen had recorded over 40 tracks, which would form the bulk of his first two albums. 1995's La Valse Des Monstres, inspired by Tod Browning's Freaks and Yukio Mishima's The Damask Drum was the second album to be released on Nancy-based label Ici, d'ailleurs. It would be followed six months later by Rue Des Cascades, a collection of short pieces recorded with toy piano, harpsichord, violin, accordion and mandolin. Six years later, the record would find a much larger audience when several tracks, along with a couple of Tiersen originals, would be used on the soundtrack to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amelie (2001).
Tiersen's commercial breakthrough would come earlier, though, and off his own back. 1998's Le Phare (The Light House) was recorded in self-imposed seclusion on the isle of Ouessant, where Tiersen spent two months living in a rented house. At night, he watched the Creach'h, the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, as it illuminated the surrounding scenery. "I was amazed how the rays of lights from the lighthouse revealed some hidden details of the land, how we can rediscover something we have everyday, just in front of us, by a light pointing on it," says Tiersen.
Le Phare went on to sell over 160,000 copies, confirming Tiersen's status as one of the most pioneering and original artists of his generation and commencing a run of successful albums like 2001's L'Absente (featuring orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon) and 2005's Les Retrouvailles (with guests Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin and Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins). In this period, Tiersen also took his music out around the world, playing shows with a full orchestra and an amplified string quartet – a set-up captured on 2002's electrifying live album C'etait ici. And following the box-office success of Amelie, Tiersen's skills as a soundtracker were much in demand, leading to scores for the likes of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Tabarly (2008), a documentary about the French sailor Éric Tabarly, who ate his final meal on Ouessant Island before he meeting a watery end in the Irish sea.
Discography:
La valse des monstres (1995)
Rue des cascades (1996)
Le phare (1998)
Tout est calme (1999)
Black session (1999, radio concert)
L'absente (2001)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Soundtrack)
C'était ici (2002, Live and Best Of)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003, Soundtrack)
Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright (2004)
Les Retrouvailles (2005)
On Tour (2006, Live)
Tabarly (2008)
Dust Lane (2010)
Marcelo Lima
Here you go:
1. Mouvement introductif - 0:00
2. La Valse des monstres - 2:05
3. Frida - 5:47
4. Quimper 94 - 7:20
5. Ballendaï - 10:13
6. Comptine d'été n° 17 - 12:29
7. Cléo au trapèze - 14:42
8. La Valse des monstres - 16:47
9. Le Banquet - 18:57
10. Comptine d'été n° 17 - 20:25
11. Mouvement introductif - 22:58
12. La Rue - 28:35
13. Iwakichi - 30:02
14. Hanako - 33:16
15. La Plaisanterie - 36:04
16. Le Compteur - 39:03
17. Mouvement introductif - 43:05
francis318VH
Mouvement introductif (start)
La valse des monstres - 2:04
Frida - 5:46
Quimper 94 - 7:19
Ballendai - 10:12
Comptine d'été nº 17 - 12:28
Cléo au trapèze - 14:41
La Valse des Monstres - 16:45
Le Banquet - 18:55
Comptine d'ètè nº 17 - 20:24
Mouvement introductif - 22:58
La Rue - 28:36
Iwakichi - 30:02
Hanako - 33:15
La Plaisanterie - 36:04
Le Compteur - 39:02
Mouvement introductif - 43:04
This is how a song list should be done. Anyways, thanks for uploading this :D
Marcelo Lima
Here you go:
1. Mouvement introductif - 0:00
2. La Valse des monstres - 2:05
3. Frida - 5:47
4. Quimper 94 - 7:20
5. Ballendaï - 10:13
6. Comptine d'été n° 17 - 12:29
7. Cléo au trapèze - 14:42
8. La Valse des monstres - 16:47
9. Le Banquet - 18:57
10. Comptine d'été n° 17 - 20:25
11. Mouvement introductif - 22:58
12. La Rue - 28:35
13. Iwakichi - 30:02
14. Hanako - 33:16
15. La Plaisanterie - 36:04
16. Le Compteur - 39:03
17. Mouvement introductif - 43:05
Blue Morpho
Thanks, o gracias XDD
elpájaronegro - the blackbird
Marcelo Lima Thank you. :)
Isrrael Gomez
merci
Adolff_twisted
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Giovanni Pistollato
Merci beaucoup
Công Anh Vương
So sweet!!!
I listened to Yann every day for 12 years!
Lolisjoplin
Es muy poco lo que conocía de Yann Tiersen y digamos que apenas los estoy descubriendo. Es simplemente Sublime
francis318VH
Mouvement introductif (start)
La valse des monstres - 2:04
Frida - 5:46
Quimper 94 - 7:19
Ballendai - 10:12
Comptine d'été nº 17 - 12:28
Cléo au trapèze - 14:41
La Valse des Monstres - 16:45
Le Banquet - 18:55
Comptine d'ètè nº 17 - 20:24
Mouvement introductif - 22:58
La Rue - 28:36
Iwakichi - 30:02
Hanako - 33:15
La Plaisanterie - 36:04
Le Compteur - 39:02
Mouvement introductif - 43:04
This is how a song list should be done. Anyways, thanks for uploading this :D
Carla Garcia
His music, something that can't be explain by words, i love it!