Passer ma route (passing on my way)

[Jean Pierre]

I was working on a cover of "I shall be released" and I realised that the harmonic suite : A Bm C#m D E (first 5 degrees of the major scale of A) can be found in this French song by Maxime le Forestier ("Passer ma route" ) so I decided to do both songs.

I start with "passer ma route", a song from the 1995 maxime Le Forestier, I put the French lyrics and an English translation in the scroll.

The introduction is played with the instruments of BIAB Violin, double bass, cello, electric piano
What's next is
lead guitar electric telecaster (Harley Benton)
rhythm guitar "reggae" telecaster
rhythm guitar  acoustic 12 strings
bongos
bqck voice and  singing JP
female voice with BIAB

Laissez-les dans les cartons les plans de la planète
Faites-les sans moi, n'oubliez pas les fleurs
Quand ces rétroviseurs là me passent par la tête
J'ai du feu sur le gaz et je m'attends ailleurs

Je fais que passer ma route
Pas vu celle tracée
Passer entre les gouttes
Évadé belle




Parole après parole, note après note
Elle voulait tout savoir sur ma vie
J'ai tourné sept fois ma clé dans ses menottes
Sept fois ma langue dans sa bouche et j'ai dit

Je fais que passer ma route
Pas vu celle tracée
Passer entre les gouttes
Évadé belle

Est-ce que c'est un marabout, un bout de ficelle
Un gri-gri que j'aurai eu sans le savoir
Chez les tambours des sorciers, sous les échelles
Dans les culs-de-sac infestés de chats noirs

Je fais que passer ma route
Pas vu celle tracée
Passer entre les gouttes
Évadé belle

translation
Leave them in the boxes with the blueprints of the planet...
Do them without me, don't forget the flowers...
When those rearwiev mirrors go through my head...
I've got a fire on the gas and I'm waiting somewhere else...

I'm just passing on my way
Didn't see the one drawn
Pass between the drops
Beautiful Escape



Word after word, note after note
She wanted to know everything about my life
I turned my key seven times in his handcuffs...
Seven times my tongue in his mouth and I said...

I'm just passing through
Didn't see the one drawn
Pass between the drops
Beautiful Escape

Is he a marabout, a piece of string...
A gri-gri that I would have gotten without knowing it.
In the witch drums, under the ladders...
In black cat-infested cul-de-sacs

I'm just passing through
Didn't see the one drawn
Passing between the drops
Beautiful Escape

[Ferryman_1957]

This is lovely JP, I love the laid back feel of this song and in particular the violin creates a lovely lilting mood that fits the vocals so well. And your gentle singing in French just adds to the lovely laid back feeling of this one.

This was a really enjoyable listen. Great work as always.

[Jean Pierre]

Merci Nigel c'est sympa , je vais bientot poster notre version de " I shall be released " de Bob Dylan qui presente quelques tenues similitude harmonique avec cette chanson....

[Greeny]

This is brilliant. I love your choice of songs and the way you deliver them. This one is especially good - those harmonies! Such a lovely feel, and the bouncy bass sounds great.

[Frank53]

Pretty song. Nice instrumentation and performance. Really enjoyed it.
Too bad I forgot the 2 years of French I took in high school. 

[Jean Pierre]

merci Greeny, Hook, commentaires sympa

Too bad I forgot the 2 years of French I took in high school. 

...no problem Frank,  I speak and understand english like a spanish horse ! music is universal !

[bruno]

Fabulous, happy music.
Great recording.
B