Episode 1 - DALS shows with English subtitles

[Scruffydog777]

This is DALS show 1 with English subtitles that were added. I tried uploading this on Youtube and it was blocked. I uploaded it to Daily Motion and I think it will get blocked here to.

There will be more on the why and the where for, once I find a way to get this and other DALS videos with English subtitles posted.

Here's the more and the why for.

Daily Motion was blocked too. I uploaded it for the time being to Google drive. I will probably use a different site for the following shows.

I paid a young lady named Marguerite to translate these shows. She spent most of her life in Paris and is now living in the states. I found her through a site advertising French tutors who do other translation projects on the side.


I had originally thought to just get just that last show translated, because it was such an incredibly important show in the Alizée story. Then I thought to get the other shows translated and then adding the translations to videos and sharing them. It's not cheap and I never would have done the rest of the videos just for myself, but I thought members here and elsewhere would really enjoy it, so I went for it. It also gave me a project I enjoy working on, at a time when things are kind of slow.

With the 50mn video. We've all seen in print what she had said about the start of her career, but it means so much more and adds so much more enjoyment to watch a video of her and understand what she is saying at the time and to see some of those great facial expression and know exactly what they are about.

So I still have to send off one more disc to get 2 shows translated by Marguerite but these are later shows and I hope to be able to post one show a week in chronological order.

Google drive link;

Show 1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzK...ew?usp=sharing

Show 1 in stills on Youtube for those who'd rather do it this way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0a2cAj-d2k

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I think it will get blocked here to.



yep, gone. That was quick. :(

[Scruffydog777]

Still up at this point.

[Shepherd]

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This video has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Use.

[Scruffydog777]

We'll work on plan C.
Going fishing today.
A solution will have to wait till tomorrow.

[Antares]

You won't be able to stream from https://mega.co.nz/, but the videos also won't be removed.

[Scruffydog777]

Try this on Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKkKGF2lV3xclNzdVYzejNKX2c/view?usp=sharing

[Antares]

Works and looks great, Scruffy. :thumb:

[Scruffydog777]

You won't be able to stream from https://mega.co.nz/, but the videos also won't be removed.

Thanks for the suggestion and after visiting their site and other sites that had reviews of that site, this sounds like a great option, especially because they encrypt the uploaded files.

My only concern is they say they add an extension to your browser. A while back I had probably an adware program or something similar add an extension to my browser which resulted in ads popping up all the time and I had a dickens of a time getting rid of it.

I don't feel this is the case with mega, but I'd like to find out for sure first. Do you have this program on your computer?

[Antares]

From what I can tell, you don't have to install extensions if you don't want to. I just created an account and uploaded a test video without having to download anything or use anything except for the site itself.

Example of a short vid: https://mega.co.nz/#!ktkBSZJY!8vMobh4dIWaiTFhExGyFVD8k7eSUaMa6gak6u3A hcaU

[Scruffydog777]

This looks like a great option Antares and thanks for the suggestion. At this point, I think I will use this site unless I learn of something better. With this first video, I had left out the dance routine in the hope that it would reduce the chances of it getting bagged for CR violations, but you see how far that got me. But for the rest of the videos, where the upload will be encrypted, I think I can go ahead and include the dance routine.

I was thinking about leaving it out anyways to keep the video shorter because this was mainly to see what was said by and about Alizée, but I will listen to see what members here say before deciding to include or not include it in episodes to follow. The good part about this video is it was the top performance of the night, so they reviewed it, which I did include.

I will also add this comment to the initial post.

I paid a young lady named Marguerite to translate these shows. She spent most of her life in Paris and is now living in the states. I found her through a site advertising French tutors who do other translation projects on the side.

I had originally thought to just get just that last show translated, because it was such an incredibly important show in the Alizée story. Then I thought to get the other shows translated and then adding the translations to videos and sharing them. It's not cheap and I never would have done the rest of the videos just for myself, but I thought members here and elsewhere would really enjoy it, so I went for it. It also gave me a project I enjoy working on, at a time when things are kind of slow.

With the 50mn video. We've all seen in print what she had said about the start of her career, but it means so much more and adds so much more enjoyment to watch a video of her and understand what she is saying at the time and to see some of those great facial expression and know exactly what they are about.

So I still have to send off one more disc to get 2 shows translated by Marguerite but these are later shows and I hope to be able to post one show a week in chronological order.

[Shepherd]

Try this on Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKkKGF2lV3xclNzdVYzejNKX2c/view?usp=sharing


Thanks. I really enjoyed the video.

[Ray4AJ]

Thanks Scruffy!

[Rev]

Scruffy, the translation really brings the beginning to life. For one thing, I didn't know that she thought she would be a short-timer on the show.
Thanks very much. :)

[ALS]

Thanks Scruffydog,

With the translation you get a whole new meaning to her body language during the interview.

[Scruffydog777]

Where we can't post a "video" that we can watch in the forum, I decided to try and post a video of stills for those who don't feel it's safe to download videos. Hopefully where it's made of stills, it wont get bagged for CR violations as the video did. I feel having something, even if it's stills, give us a better opportunity to discuss it in the forum.

The hardest part for this was finding audio for it. I wanted to have a song that lasted for the whole clip and I think remixes fit the bill best. Ray suggested they may have some instrumentals out there too which I will look into, but I want to try and keep roughly to a video a week schedule and I decided to go ahead and kind of rush this one, so I can finish up work on week 2.

I chose an ML remix, because I like the remixes from her MF albums the best and I figured if I was going to use an ML one, it would be best to use it for the first one.

I'm open for suggestions for what songs to use, but like I said, I'm partial to MCE and Gour.

Here's hoping this video doesn't get yanked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0a2cAj-d2k

[Shepherd]

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777 View Post
Try this on Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzK...ew?usp=sharing

I was watching the video again tonight. I love the part where Gregoire is trying to get Alizee to put some energy into the dance, make her moves sharp, and assert herself. Gregoire says, "You do it like this and hold it. Like I'm taking out, out all I have inside!"

And Alizee says, "Impossible...I cannot shout."

Gregoire: "You never shouted before?

Alizee: "No, never...It's impossible for me to shout."

For so public a figure, who has enjoyed so much success and done so many things apparently with unbridled confidence, Alizee really is a shy, introverted person. All these things underscore her courage.

[Scruffydog777]

She's definitely unique; one of a kind and hard to figure out, at least for me. She doesn't like to shout, which makes her seem meek, but you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those kicks.

[Shepherd]

She's definitely unique; one of a kind and hard to figure out, at least for me. She doesn't like to shout, which makes her seem meek, but you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those kicks.



Because Alizee is so reserved, I suspect she's a difficult person to get close to. Once one accomplishes a degree of intimacy with her, that person is held to a much higher standard than most friends would demand. Alizee is likely to jettison a friend for life if they should ever betray her privacy.

It would be interesting to know the details of her break with MF. It could be something as mundane as a disagreement over money, but I suspect something more personal. You can be sure Alizee took a major financial hit to break with MF. Alizee was stressed by the need to play a role she felt emotionally unsuited for. MF is a libertine and that could have tested Alizee's sense of propriety and intruded on her privacy. It's also evident that Alizee does not like to take orders. As the girl's benefactor, MF probably assumed giving orders was within her purview. Alizee isn't comfortable surrendering control of her life to anyone, although she did acquiesce to Gregorie's intelligent and gentle guidance. In that one instance, I think she was happy to loosen her grip, to relax and let someone she trusted take charge.

In that Alizee has survived so long in the entertainment business, a business that devours people by the gross, she is by no measure a weakling. She does however appear to be exceptionally sensitive and insecure. We see her emotional vulnerability in the frequency she weeps over her daughter, and again upon receiving rewards--emotional displays most people find irresistibly charming.

In Scuffydog’s video, Alizee simply mentions her daughter and loses control to the point she has to stop talking. I—like Rev—was surprised that she doubted her ability to survive on DALS for long. Being so popular a pop star, I thought Alizee had a major advantage. I even wondered if the fix might be in to keep her on the show for as long as possible to draw a large audience. When she won and went crazy with delight, it was obvious she really had no idea she would win. When Gregorie told her she had to seduce and become a dominator, she commented that, it’s going to be very hard—this coming from a young woman who has seduced millions of people: men, women, and children. Whenever she reads her blogs, she is inundated by comments of how people adore her. That she would be insecure about her ability to seduce and dominate, strikes me as telling.

The way she hung teary-eyed onto Tal suggests more than affection. It appeared a display of insecurity, much like a child clinging to her mother. Alizee’s decision to stay close to home, constantly returning to Ajaccio rather than taking off on her own, also suggest a degree of insecurity. Although she travelled to Mexico and Asia, it's my impression she wasn't comfortable in either place. I wonder why she never attempted to break into the USA market, the most lucrative market in the world and one she could have done quite well in during her early years—even though she couldn’t speak English. It seemed an obvious career move. My sense is that she didn’t feel confident taking on the states. She felt more secure in her home country of France. Her choice of childish tattoos implies an emotional immaturity. Her motto "Forever Young" is reminiscent of Peter Pan's desire to stay a child. Because Alizee is an artist, I would have predicted her tattoos to be more artistic, more mature. To be honest, I never would have predicted tattoos at all.

I suspect that Gregorie's quitting DALS did have something to do with Alizee’s insecurities. I doubt that she demanded he leave the competition. I'm sure that was his doing alone, but I think Alizee probably did voice her jealousy. Nathalie Pechalat is definitely a woman to be jealous of. In response Gregorie chose a dramatic demonstration of his fidelity.

I see Alizee as the opposite of Madonna, who is a difficult personality because she is egomaniacal, whereas Alizee is difficult because she is emotionally vulnerable and defensive. I think the key to decoding Alizee's behavioral vicissitudes is her sense of insecurity, which is camouflaged by her delightful charm and her competence as an entertainer. Her vulnerability is one of the things about her that I find irresistible.

[Ray4AJ]

...

Shepherd, you've picked up on some of the same things I sense about her.

In my time following Alizée I've sometimes thought she acted in predictable ways but usually she manages to surprise or just plain baffle me.

Whatever it is about her, it's why I'm a fan.

[Scruffydog777]

Shepherd spoke of her emotional vulnerability, her insecurity, her sensitivity, but whenever these traits showed up, one of her strongest traits would also show up and that was her inner strength. Everytime she was brought to tears, she fought through them and did what she had to do and that was never more evident than in DALS episode 2 when they were dancing to the song "J'te le dis quand même". You could see the anguish in her face all through the dance, yet somehow she finished and gave a great performance in the process. Of course when she started talking to talk about her daughter, that was what brought out the most emotions. She toughed it out and struggled on.

A word on the split with MF. I think it did end on bad terms. Alizee liked Jeremy I think partly for what she looked upon as his rebeliousness, but I think most people looked at it more as sarcasm. I can't possibly imagine a meeting between just her, MF and LB in which thery were going to discuss their break up ending up on bad terms unless someone else was there. She was still only 19 or maybe 18 when they first discussed the break up, so she would have needed someone else there to discuss the terms. Who was it? Is it possible Alizee wasn't even there or was it a case of there never was a meeting, she just left!

A word on Greg's dropping out of DALS last year to add a "possible" theory. I was living in Georgia in the late 90s. After getting divorced, I was dating a woman who worked at the same airport I did. A peculiarity about this woman was, if we went somewhere let's say to Atlanta for a night of dancing or went to a ball game or a club, or a party, In certain situations, she'd get real nervous. She would never say a thing, but I could tell in the way she acted and the way she talked and the way she looked. In some cases it was obvious why she'd be nervous such as guys near us getting in a shouting match, but other times, I didn't have a clue as to what was bothering her. But in those situations, whenever I'd ask her if she wanted to go, the words would hardly be out of my mouth before she said yes and she wasn't like that. She loved a good party or staying out late or what ever.

So I kind of wonder if that's what might of happened with A&G. As the time was getting closer for him to join up with his new partner, she was getting nervous. Probably never said a thing, but he knew something was bothering her, yet if he asked her, I'm sure she'd deny it, but inside he knew. She meant more to him than DALS, so he called it off................Just another theory, but it's one I'm leaning towards now because I think if Alizée was asked if she asked Greg to drop out, she would admit it, if she had.

As far as when she was hugging Tal on stage, I agree it shows more than affection and insecurity as well. I also wondered about the song they used on the show too. Just about all the songs are abreviated versions of the original songs. I wonder if in most cases if they just go in and edit the original tracks or do they have to edit the music track and have the singer do another vocal track. I have no idea how they do it. But I suspected that Tal had to or maybe just chose to go back and record another vocal track and there seemed to be a lot of intenisty in this short edition and I suspected Tal put a lot into this and Alizee could tell from listening to it and that may have been part of the over affection. After all, I thought up to this week, Alizee was trailiing and I felt this song was the one that put her in a position to win.


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