tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675807832604868087.post1728268151357749001..comments2024-02-24T08:39:18.687+00:00Comments on The songs of Georges Brassens (1) with English translation: La Tondue - His disgust at the reprisals after the Liberation of FranceDavid Yendleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171810352548143316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675807832604868087.post-14774171497616824552013-11-24T12:12:15.227+00:002013-11-24T12:12:15.227+00:00Nice explanation ! Pretty acurate.
Just 2 things...Nice explanation ! Pretty acurate. <br /><br />Just 2 things :<br /><br />- Couper les cheveux en quatre, means over complitated the things. You can translate it litteraly : cut the hair by four. Not easy isn't it ?<br /><br />- Accroche cœur is the nickname for a solitary curly hair, like some women in the 20's have on their front head. <br /><br />Thank´s to share George Brassens with the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675807832604868087.post-30240117010695737122012-12-25T21:15:59.507+00:002012-12-25T21:15:59.507+00:00I think there is a deeper meaninig in "les bo...I think there is a deeper meaninig in "les bonnets phrygiens". It is not only a synonym of the French "mob". As You noticed phrygian cup was w symbol of Roman freedmen ('liberti'). 'Libertus' was a man made free by someone else, without taking any active part in his own liberation. Brassens is "cruel". He points to the moral issue: the passive people who were freed by external force (Alliants) are not ashamed to pose as judges of these poor women which is disgusting. [Ps. Sorry for my Polish-English]Aleksander Wolickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675807832604868087.post-52839425080767644812010-08-28T10:45:25.437+01:002010-08-28T10:45:25.437+01:00Thanks Nick. Very relevant!Thanks Nick. Very relevant!David Yendleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171810352548143316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675807832604868087.post-55465611242592439612010-03-23T12:18:34.151+00:002010-03-23T12:18:34.151+00:00Dear David
Thank you for providing this wonderful...Dear David<br /><br />Thank you for providing this wonderful site and for your analysis of this song in particular...<br /><br />'Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.'<br />Charlie Chaplin<br /><br />Best wishes<br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com