So... What Exactly Did The Ducks Do?
December 8, 2011 8:51 AM Subscribe
Camille is awesome, but you might want a wee bit more introductory text 'n' links to help out the folks who don't know her (e.g. that she likes to use sounds made with her body as instruments to accompany her singing).
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 11:06 AM on December 8, 2011
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 11:06 AM on December 8, 2011
Oops, meant to link this article as a sort of overview.
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 11:08 AM on December 8, 2011
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 11:08 AM on December 8, 2011
She also is able to sing while lying down - probably appropriate for the song subject in this case.
posted by rongorongo at 1:35 PM on December 8, 2011
posted by rongorongo at 1:35 PM on December 8, 2011
...and she is able to make knitting look way more sexy than you mght imagine: Ta Douleur.
posted by rongorongo at 1:41 PM on December 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by rongorongo at 1:41 PM on December 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Camille was a member of Nouvelle Vague as I recall. I have a solo live Camille called "The Black Sessions," which came from a French radio broadcast. Part of the conceit for the recording was a droning tone throughout, similar to the note produced by running a finger on a crystal goblet partially filled with water. She sang much of the material from her album Le Fil--apparently this also had the drone "thread" through the recording.
I found the recording & her singing interesting, but to me "gimmicks" like the body percussion or the drone become distractions rather than complements.
Still, Camille has a voice well worth checking out.
posted by beelzbubba at 1:43 PM on December 8, 2011
I found the recording & her singing interesting, but to me "gimmicks" like the body percussion or the drone become distractions rather than complements.
Still, Camille has a voice well worth checking out.
posted by beelzbubba at 1:43 PM on December 8, 2011
Quesque fuck? Je ne comprends pas.
Well first of all "coin" is the noise that French ducks made.
The French lyrics are something like:
J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages
J'irai ã pieds joints dans les flaques et je ferai des claquettes aux nuages
J'irai bouder au bout du parc et j'apprendrai la samba aux salades
J'irai valser au bivouac je ferai feu de tout feu tout flamme
J'irai tanguer dans le ressac je narguerai le courant dans les vagues J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux
Which means something like:
I will go and dance at the lake shore and frighten the wild ducks
I will go and jump with both feet into puddles and tap dance on the clouds
I will go and sulk at the far end of the park and learn samba salads
I will go and waltz to the bivouac and get all fired up
I will go and pitch in the surf and taunt the current of the waves
I will go and dance at the lake shore and frighten the wild ducks
posted by rongorongo at 2:38 PM on December 8, 2011
Well first of all "coin" is the noise that French ducks made.
The French lyrics are something like:
J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages
J'irai ã pieds joints dans les flaques et je ferai des claquettes aux nuages
J'irai bouder au bout du parc et j'apprendrai la samba aux salades
J'irai valser au bivouac je ferai feu de tout feu tout flamme
J'irai tanguer dans le ressac je narguerai le courant dans les vagues J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux canard sauvages J'irai danser au bord d'un lac je ferai peur aux
Which means something like:
I will go and dance at the lake shore and frighten the wild ducks
I will go and jump with both feet into puddles and tap dance on the clouds
I will go and sulk at the far end of the park and learn samba salads
I will go and waltz to the bivouac and get all fired up
I will go and pitch in the surf and taunt the current of the waves
I will go and dance at the lake shore and frighten the wild ducks
posted by rongorongo at 2:38 PM on December 8, 2011
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