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"Voir la vie en rose" means "to see life through rose–tinted glasses", while "rose bonbon" refers to the lurid pink colouring used in children's sweets. So the entire phrase as found in the lyrics – "Je vois la vie en rose bonbon" — can be translated as something like, "I see life through pink candy–coloured glasses". [16]
La Vie en rose" was the song that made Piaf internationally famous, its lyrics expressing the joy of finding true love and appealing to those who had endured the hardships of World War II. [ 8] "La Vie en rose" was released on a 10-inch single in 1947 by Columbia Records, a division of EMI, with "Un refrain courait dans la rue" making the B-side.
Hymne à l'amour ( French pronunciation: [imn a lamuʁ] ), or Hymn to Love, is a 1949 French song with words by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. It was first sung by Piaf that year and recorded by her in the 1950s for Columbia records. Piaf sang it in the 1951 French musical comedy film Paris chante toujours ( Paris still sings ).
Piaf's English version is used in Luc Besson's Dogman. The song features prominently in the biographic movie La Vie en Rose, which tells the story of Édith Piaf (portrayed by French actress Marion Cotillard) A Spanish version of the song performed by Javiera Mena, plays during the end credits of the 2012 Chilean film Young and Wild.
Piaf wrote and performed her signature song, "La Vie en rose" in 1945. [1] This song was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. [33] In 1947, she wrote the lyrics to the song "What Can I Do?" for her lover Montand. Within a year, Montand became one of the most famous singers in France.
A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n /) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
La vie en rose: Schau mich bitte nicht so an (1985) -La vie en rose (1991) 1976-Le long de la Seine: Ein Lied aus Paris (Moulin Rouge) -- 1985-Le premier rendez-vous: Ein bisschen Glück ist genug -- 1985-Les feuilles mortes: Blätter im Herbst -- 1985-Les trois cloches: Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen -Tres campanas (1991) 1985-Milord
La Mer (song) "Seul... Depuis Toujours". " La Mer " ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945. When Trenet's version was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit and has remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever ...