View Full Version : I'm Not...23?
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:37 PM
When/if Alizée starts performing again, how will she sing "J'ai pas vingt ans"? She's not "not 20" anymore.
What's "I'm not 23 years old" in French?
Yeah yeah...I'm bored. :D
i have a feeling she wont sing that song again, she might but she will probably sing her new songs and maybe moi...lolita
i thought about that .. lol.
it will prolly be even harder for her to sing moi lolita in the future. just wont be the same coming from a 35 year old (assuming she is still singing then)
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:43 PM
Right. Which would make her...not 23. ;)
Spartan500
08-23-2006, 03:44 PM
yeah didn't read brads post he said assuming she is still singing then but yeah what if she won't be able to sing any of her old songs oh and greg she is 22
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:44 PM
i thought about that .. lol.
it will prolly be even harder for her to sing moi lolita in the future. just wont be the same coming from a 35 year old (assuming she is still singing then)
Yeah, by that point she won't be singing that song regularly anymore, and when she does, it'll just be for nostalgia.
I dunno...does Madonna sing "Material Girl" anymore?
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:45 PM
yeah didn't read brads post he said assuming she is still singing then but yeah what if she won't be able to sing any of her old songs
Why wouldn't she? You can sing anything you want in a concert.
vctralca
08-23-2006, 03:47 PM
Umm, lets hope she can sing again some of her older songs, it will be a shame if she wont sing them again :( . Do you guys know how it works this? i mean with the rupture with mylene? rights or smtg like that -.-?
Spartan500
08-23-2006, 03:49 PM
yeah thats what i was talking about because of the rumors about her old record label owninig the rights to songs and not her
RadioactiveMan
08-23-2006, 03:49 PM
I don't think that would stop her from singing her old songs. I couldn't see Polydor or whoever trying to stop her either since they would have nothing to lose if she did.
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:50 PM
Well, lots of artists have songs written by other people. And people cover other artists in concert all the time. Isn't there some sort of "public domain" laws that protect that?
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:51 PM
I don't think that would stop her from singing her old songs. I couldn't see Polydor or whoever trying to stop her either since they would have nothing to lose if she did.
True...they're making all the money from us buying Alizée's old albums anyway.
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 03:55 PM
You guys remember the band Nine Days? The had that "Story of a Girl" song a while back. They recorded a follow-up album and were ready to release it (even the single came out on radio), but then got dropped by their label. The label won't let them release the album because they own the rights to those songs.
BUT... I was at this fair in NJ a few years ago, and Nine Days happened to be playing. Despite all the crap with their label, they were playing lots of the songs from that album that won't ever get released.
So I think the rules are different for concerts. Maybe C-4 knows better?
yeah didn't read brads post he said assuming she is still singing then but yeah what if she won't be able to sing any of her old songs oh and greg she is 22
aawa i read it wrong i get it u r right
Pirate515
08-23-2006, 04:38 PM
You guys remember the band Nine Days? The had that "Story of a Girl" song a while back. They recorded a follow-up album and were ready to release it (even the single came out on radio), but then got dropped by their label. The label won't let them release the album because they own the rights to those songs.
BUT... I was at this fair in NJ a few years ago, and Nine Days happened to be playing. Despite all the crap with their label, they were playing lots of the songs from that album that won't ever get released.
So I think the rules are different for concerts. Maybe C-4 knows better?According to what I've heard, most of the recording contracts are written in a way that performers can sing their songs live all they want. Labels, however, hold exclusive distribution rights to their artists' work, so they are the ones who decide when, where, how and for how much it is sold. So unless Alizee had some special provisions in her contract with Polydor/Universal, she should have no problem singing her older songs.
Going to concerts is actually the best way to financially support your favorite artists. Record sales actually benefit record labels and mainly their executives the most (artists usually get 5% of the profits or less). On the other hand, during the tours and live performances, most of the profits go back directly to the artists.
Going to concerts is actually the best way to financially support your favorite artists. Record sales actually benefit record labels and mainly their executives the most (artists usually get 5% of the profits or less). On the other hand, during the tours and live performances, most of the profits go back directly to the artists.
actually, giving a donation would be the best way:p , but im sorry if i cant go to concerts of alizée...they are too expensive =)
Pirate515
08-23-2006, 04:54 PM
actually, giving a donation would be the best way:p , but im sorry if i cant go to concerts of alizée...they are too expensive =)I agree, this is also a great way.
BTW, it's probably not the cost of a ticket for Alizee's concert that you can't afford, it's probably the cost of plane tickets to France and back as well as other expenses that come as a part of the trip. Am I right or am I right?
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 05:15 PM
yeah didn't read brads post he said assuming she is still singing then but yeah what if she won't be able to sing any of her old songs oh and greg she is 22
Right. That's why it's "I'm Not Twenty"...because she was 18 and 19 when she sang it. Now she's 22, so that's why I said "I'm not 23"...because she's not 23...she's 22.
Spartan500
08-23-2006, 05:55 PM
oh now i get it greg sorry
aditya8617
08-23-2006, 06:24 PM
No one has yet translated greg's request, and its been 2 pages of posts already, lol! Someone can atleast translate for him.
DJ_Greg
08-23-2006, 06:26 PM
Haha...I didn't think I could say anything about that, since I was one of the people defending getting off topic. :)
Matrix
08-24-2006, 02:10 AM
J'ai pas vingt trois, lol
DJ_Greg
08-24-2006, 02:18 AM
Seriously?
Matrix
08-24-2006, 02:19 AM
Oui, thats how you say im not 23
DJ_Greg
08-24-2006, 02:21 AM
Awesome. She should sing that. :)
Btw, Matrix...come in the chat. A bunch of us are there.
Matrix
08-24-2006, 02:23 AM
can't gettin ready to do the Alpha testing for Turbine and their massive online game Middle Earth Online
J'ai pas vingt trois...sounds nice :P
aFrenchie
08-24-2006, 07:47 AM
Means nothing in French without "ans" (years) right after the number ;)
"J'ai pas vingt-trois ans"
DJ_Greg
08-24-2006, 11:51 AM
Well now that's too many syllables...
riva2model64
08-24-2006, 12:07 PM
and imagine in the English version of the song,
in stead of she singing "I'm not twenty",
it would be "I'm not twenty-three"
that wouldn't fit either
DJ_Greg
08-24-2006, 12:12 PM
Hm...ok. "I'm Not 30"?
riva2model64
08-24-2006, 12:25 PM
ha, that's what i was thinking
according to some online translator thirty is trente
"J'ai pas Trente ans"?
DJ_Greg
08-24-2006, 12:28 PM
Oh well, "vingt" it is. JPVA is one of my favorite Alizée songs...she can't stop performing it!
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