Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Les Champs-Elysées - Joe Dassin

Les Champs-Elysées - Joe Dassin
2:37
Joe Dassin, 1969
Written by Pierre Delanoë, Michael Wilshaw, Michael Deighan

Here's something I didn't know:  This song is a French-language cover of "Waterloo Road," a single released the previous year by the English rock band Jason Crest, which I have never heard of.   Another Wikitidbit: Dassin later recorded versions of the song in English, German, Italian and Japanese!  I assume he did this with varying degrees of fluency.  It's a feel-good ballad with a sing-along chorus, about meeting someone ("Je m'baladais sur l'avenue le cœur ouvert à l'inconnu / J'avais envie de dire bonjour à n'importe qui") who takes you on an adventure, and just enjoying the life on the street.  

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