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Cover Songs / Gare au Gorille! (Beware the G...

Last post by Jean Pierre - Yesterday at 11:19:59 PM

A song with two chords is only as good as its lyrics...and this 1952 song by Georges Brassens with two chords D and A is particularly "crisp"...it was banned from radio in France because Brassens was denouncing the death penalty, which had not yet been abolished in France in 1952...



Here is the translation

BEWARE THE GORILLA!!!

Through wide gates
That the females of the canton
Behold a mighty gorilla
Without a care in the world
With impudence, these gossips
Even leered at a precise spot
Which, strictly speaking, my mother
forbade me to name here
Watch out for the gorilla!

All of a sudden the prison
Where the beautiful animal lived
Opened, for some reason, I suppose
It must have been locked wrong
The monkey, getting out of his cage
Said "I'm losing him today!
He was talking about his virginity
I hope you guessed it!
Watch out for the gorilla!

The boss of the menagerie
Shouted, distraught, "Holy mackerel!
It's boring, because the gorilla
Has never known a monkey!"
As soon as the females
Knew that the ape was a virgin
Instead of taking advantage of the chance
She fired both guns!
Watch out  the gorilla!

The same women who once
Were watching him with a determined eye
Fled, proving that they had little
That they had little follow-through
All the more vain was their fear
That the gorilla is a luron
Superior to man in the embrace
Many a woman will tell you!
Watch out the gorilla!

Everybody rushes
Out of reach of the rutting monkey
Except a decrepit old woman
And a young wooden judge
Seeing that they all shrank back
The quadruman accelerated
His waddle towards the robes
Of the old woman and the magistrate!
Beware the gorilla!

"Bah! sighed the centenarian
That I should still be desired
That would be extraordinary
And, to say the least, unhoped for!"
The judge thought impassively
"That I should be taken for a monkey
It's completely impossible".
What followed proved him wrong!
Beware the gorilla!

Suppose that one of you could be
Like the ape, forced to
Violate a judge or an ancestress
Which would he choose?
That such a choice
One of these four days, befall me
It is, I am convinced, the old woman
Who will be the object of my choice!
Beware the gorilla!

But, by misfortune, if the gorilla
Is worth his price in the games of love
We know that on the other hand he shines
Neither in taste nor in wit
So instead of opting for the old lady
As anyone would have done
He grabbed the judge by the ear
And dragged him off into the bush!
Beware the gorilla!

The rest would be delectable
Unfortunately, I can't
I can't say, and that's a shame
It would have made us laugh a little
For the judge, at the supreme moment
Shouted "Mama!", cried a lot
Like the man whose neck
He had his neck cut off
Beware of the gorilla!

#2

Original Songs / Re: How to upload your song & ...

Last post by intouchweb - Yesterday at 09:37:41 PM

Hi, I am a newbie, just posted my first post with links to Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube, and I received an error message that I needed to include an .mp3 link, is that correct? Can't see it in the rules, but I added a link in the meantime

#3

Original Songs / New EP - A Collection of Home-...

Last post by intouchweb - Yesterday at 09:17:31 PM

I am a 60yo+ hobbyest songwriter, after a lot of OCD effort I have finally released an EP collection of six of my home-made original songs, recorded and produced over the last few years as a pre-retirement hobby, please have a listen and let me know what you think!

SPOTIFY LINK

APPLE MUSIC LINK

I have a few lyric videos on Youtube and more coming, so check out my Youtube Channel

Any feedback most appreciated!!

EDIT : Just to satisfy the mp3 rule, I will add this link to a fun but unfinished draft -

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#4

Original Songs / Re: "Azimuth Z"

Last post by SE - Yesterday at 04:41:21 PM

This is just cool, loving the stereo  paning.
That just excellent guitar, loving it!

#5

Original Songs / Re: 'In Every Cell of Me' - Gr...

Last post by SE - Yesterday at 04:37:48 PM

Just loving the the vocal, but the guitar with the tremolo is killer, loved the listen!

#6

Cover Songs / Re: "This is What you Are" by ...

Last post by alfstone - Yesterday at 04:13:20 PM

Myself some guitar, made the rest with BIAB.

Was the piano solo from BIAB? If so, I didn't know they had stuff like that. Really cool post, and James, your vocals were perfect for this.

Blooby

Yes, the piano is from BIAB. But...it's up to you, your taste, your musical experience to choose and put together each single track. It took some time to build the piano solo according to my taste, it's not something coming out at first try...

Alfredo

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Original Songs / Re: Things They Could Not Chan...

Last post by BerryPatch - Yesterday at 03:43:58 PM

Haunting atmosphere here, captures the bleak lyrics perfectly! The wordless hook with the harmonies are a real sweet addition to this, another great one from you!

#8

Original Songs / Re: Hamster Wheel

Last post by BerryPatch - Yesterday at 03:40:58 PM

Brilliant use of space in this song like JP said, the use of dry/reverby vocals is very effective. Sweet use of feedbacking guitars too!

#9

Original Songs / Re: Follow the Money (The Dev...

Last post by BerryPatch - Yesterday at 03:37:53 PM

Wicked track guys! I love the chunky guitar and the great slow burn of this song. Very cool vocals as well

#10

Original Songs / Re: The flea circus

Last post by funkyaxe - Yesterday at 02:07:57 PM

Hoping this mix is a better. It's a another of my odd ones which seem to write themselves. It's since moved on to another song but here's the original rather odd version.