"Jeux Interdits" for Showtune Fest

[alfstone]

From the 1952 "Jeux Interdits" French movie.

This one is dedicated to all our French friends, JP, danieldesete, steelguitar & others if any  

Technical stuff, exactly as in Asa Branca:

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=27013.0

the guitar is my old (1974) Yamaha G-180 classical guitar.

left channel: the little (GREAT) iRig Acoustic Stage
right channel: a very old, little, inexpensive, BarcusBerry contact microphone going into the Fishman Aura Spectrum DI

Both sources going at the same time to a couple of mono tracks of the DP-24SD

No overdubs, everything direct.

Enjoy!  

Alfredo

P.S...I'm very curious about one thing. When I began playing guitar (it was the end of '60s-beginning of the '70s), in the little Southern Italy town where I lived, this tune *separated* those who played the guitar *well* and *the others*.  "Let me listen to Jeux Interdits. Can you play it?" So, if you COULD play it in decent way  , you PLAYED the guitar. On the contrary, you DID NOT play the guitar.  Point.
So, you may now understand my love/hate relationship with this tune. My question is: was it the same for you, guitar guys & girls from all the other parts of the world?  

[Blooby]

That is a beautiful melody and played bloody well. There is something magical about a nylon-string.

Blooby

[Groundy]

Romance de amor, has been a favourite of mine for many years,
A tune I have played badly for many years...
You have done a really good version Alfredo,
Great playing and a beautiful tone on your guitar...

Well done.....

Alex

[Jean Pierre]

Dear Alfredo

Thank you for the dedicace 

0/ scuse me for the translate with google 

1 / very nice sound of your guitar and recording

2 / well played too ... ahhh the second part in E majeur always poses more problem and there is some hard turn to take 

3 / my dear Alfredo, I feel we have a bit the same culture (musical and guitar) It is exactly the same felt for me !!

In the 60's, on the beach, at the campfire, it was absolutely ESSENTIAL  to master 2 pieces; "Games forbidden" to the guitar ... and " Michael is back" to the harmoica to pick up a  girl  teenager with some success!

Most of us were content to play the melody of the first part on the chanterelle 

For my part, I have piqued myself to put to the classic repertoire late (after 50 years and 30 years of bad habits of play self-taught )

I bought a very nice luthier guitar (Alan Garcia Torre, model Leyenda ) and I hung for 4 or 5 years ... and tackled coins much too difficult for me (Augustin Barrio, Rland Dyens, Joaquin Rodrigo, Leo Brower, Vila lobos etc..

But nothing to do!  the  piece that was asked to me all the time to play was Jeux interdits

Note that I have forgotten the amount of pieces I studied at that time (Elzeimer?) .... except Jeux Interdits,  that is the only piece I know by heart without partition 

[Hook]

Wonderful.
Rock on!

[Hilary]

Oh lovely Afredo!

In my experience, most guitar players used to play this in the late 70s (not nearly as well as you though!|)

[Mach]

Alfredo that is some nice finger work and the tone fits perfect. Like Bruce said, there's something magical about a nylon. I could never pull off a piece like this. You did it very well Sir.

Back in the early 70's we had Mel Bay guitar books in the U.S. that taught you simple standard folk songs while strumming up and down. It must of been a wonderful opportunity to grow up in a Southern Italian environment to hear such great songs and excellent playing like this. My Grandfather came to the U.S. around 1900 from Palermo, Sicily.

I want a nylon now. Great work Alfredo.

Mach

[Jean Pierre]

I want a nylon now

yes!... we can build a  subgroup in SC " guitar nylon oficionados  

[alfstone]

My Grandfather came to the U.S. around 1900 from Palermo, Sicily.

I want a nylon now. Great work Alfredo.

Mach

Many, many thanks everybody! 

...and Mach, well, yes, your face seems someway familiar to me, I mean, your Mediterranean heritage is rather obvious!

I imagine you have still some relatives here...cousins, nephews...

Ciao, compà!
Alfredo

[Johnny Robbo]

I never knew this was music from a film! Brilliantly played, Alfredo! I wonder how many other people (like me) learned to play this long ago from the Russ Shipton "Complete Guitar Player" book? I think it was called "Romanza" in that, but my memory might be unreliable.