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Old 02-23-2011, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Deepwaters View Post
I do have another suggestion for her if she happens to read this. If she wants to sing any more songs in languages other than French, the lyrics should be written by a poet who is a native speaker of that language. All of the songs written for her in English to date, including Mylène's efforts as well as Limelight, have been a bit off -- not quite right. It's not enough to be fluent in a language for purposes of poetry.
BIG AGREE. It's the only way of competing with the fluent English-speaking artists. Mylène let Moby write English lyrics for her in her latest album and it turned out quite nicely (although for only one song) - would be great to hear Alizée try something similar

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