Mon Taxi Driver

[heyamigo]

brings a new light to taxi drivers. i never could've imagined the words sexy and taxy driver used together, but i guess it's different in france!

[Killian]

Originally Posted by fsquared

OK, time for the double entendre analysis time:

"Feu vert mon lover
Goutte la saveur
Sous mon pull-over"

Green light my lover
Taste the flavor
Under my pull-over

Now, I don't know what it sounds like in French. It sounds downright filthy in the English translation. What does "pull-over" mean in French? In English, it has the two meanings of "park a car at a curb" and "sweater". And "green light my lover" in English sounds like an invitation for intimate relations, so following that with "taste the flavor under my sweater" is just, well, direct.

Thoughts?

From what I have learned pull-over means sweater, so yeah the implications are, well, intriguing.

To be honest the whole song seems pretty direct. Unless, something is getting lost in translation, I would think the song does have very direct sexual implications, with little left to the imagination.

[lefty12357]

Yes it is rather direct. If it is about Alizée, her taxi driver may represent Jérémy and the roles he's played in her life.

[cocoroa]

holy crap

[Deepwaters]

"Pull-over" appears in the lyrics in English, so clearly it's a loan word. The question is, does it have the same double meaning as in English, i.e. a sweater or top, and also to drive to the side of the road and park? The main meaning would be the sweater, but the other meaning also has a sexual connotation in the context of dating and sex in a car. This is a culture that Alizée has probably never experienced, having had such an unusual adolescence, but Jean Fauque, who wrote these lyrics, probably did.

"Lover" is also a loan-word, although my mind strains to accept that French actually took a word in English for that, of all things! Maybe Fauque did it himself here to have something that rhymes with "pull-over" which "amant" or "amoureux" does not.

Yeah, this is a wonderfully erotic song. Fauque is a good replacement for Farmer, it would seem.

Lefty: I think it's a reliable rule of thumb that Alizée never sings songs about her current lover/boyfriend/husband, although she may occasionally sing some (e.g. Lui ou Toi) about previous ones. So no, this song surely has nothing to do with Jérémy. I would guess that it's probably not about Alizée herself, either.

[Martin]

So Jeremy, is the writer, composer, keyboardist, producer, husband, father, lover and... the taxi driver as well. Quite a heavy burden on the shoulders of such a young fella

[Ben]

There's an error in the original French here. "La fille élastique" should be "La vie élastique". Only noticed because I really like that line. It would probably be worthwhile to check through all these early transcriptions, as they seem to be done more by ear than by looking at the official text. I'll do that as time permits.

[Killian]

Originally Posted by Snatcher42

There's an error in the original French here. "La fille élastique" should be "La vie élastique". Only noticed because I really like that line. It would probably be worthwhile to check through all these early transcriptions, as they seem to be done more by ear than by looking at the official text. I'll do that as time permits.

Well, that kind of takes away from one of the major sexual ennuendos in the song. Maybe, it isn't as direct as I thought?

[Toc De Mac]

La rumor de tant de fureur...

[Killian]

Originally Posted by Toc De Mac

La rumor de tant de fureur...

Je ne comprends pas "rumor". Rumor est le mot anglais, et rumuer est le mot français, non?