French Fantôme: Pense à Moi

Current Music: Pense à Moi, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra

On the DVD of the 2004 Phantom of the Opera, if you select French audio, you actually get a great performance of the music in French via a wonderful translation of the lyrics. I'd like to know who the translator and singers were; they did a superb job!

Here is the french version of Think of Me. I especially liked: "Pense au temps où tout semblait facile // Dis-toi qu'après la pluie demain jubile!" Overall. the translation is a bit sadder, more focused on loss instead of remembering the happy times. Later I'll post Music of the Night, which also has a different spin.

Christine:
Pense à moi
pense à nous deux
après nos au revoirs.
Ne m'oublie pas
où que tu ailles
promets-le-moi ce soir.
Quand l'instant
te semblera venu
de regagner ta liberté,
Glisse-moi de temps à autre
là, dans tes pensées.

Oh non, jamais nous n'avons cru l'amour
irréprochable et infini.
Mais un jour si tu t'éloignes,
pense à moi aussi.

Pense au temps où tout semblait facile.
Dis-toi qu'après la pluie demain jubile!

Pense à moi
qui me réveille,
si seule et sans espoir,
qui rêve et prie
qu'enfin le temps
t'arrache à ma memoire.

Revis ces jours,
repense à ces instants.
Les petits riens semblaient si doux.
Il ne sera pas un jour
Sans que je pense à nous.

Raoul:
C'est inouï!
N'est-ce pas Christine?

Bravo!

Tu n'es plus
La gamine un peu gauche
Que j'ai connue un jour lointain...
Te souviendras-tu de tout?
Car moi, je n'oublie rien...

Christine:
Fleurs et fruits, tout n'a qu'un temps ici.
Les grands élans ne durent pas.
Mais veux-tu me le promettre?
Pense aussi...
À moi!

DMB concert + links

Current Music: "Halloween", Live at Luther College

I saw DMB on Sunday, June 12. It took forever to get to the venue in Noblesville, Indiana; I arrived at about 7:30. The traffic and crowd was crazy, plus there was a huge storm; lots of water everywhere, tornado watches and warnings, lightning, etc. etc. I had a lawn "seat" so I got to stand in the rain for about 90 minutes before the band started playing, but it was worth the wait. The light show made a big impression on me, especially in "Don't Drink the Water" (red lights, of course) and "Hunger for the Great Light" (bright white lights around the stage and pointed at the audience during the chorus.) They only played 3 of my top 10 songs, but I was glad to hear some of the Stand Up stuff live. The set list was:

Dream Girl
Don't Drink the Water
Rapunzel
Crash
Hello Again
Everyday
Intro ->>
Hunger For The Great Light
Loving Wings
Where Are You Going
Seek Up -->
Die Trying
What Would You Say
Louisiana Bayou
Steady As We Go
Stand Up
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Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
Tripping Billies


Unfortunately, I should have gone the next night: Monday was an incredible concert according to the newsgroups, with a much wilder show including crazy lightning during "Watchtower" and a better set list. Ah well, I'm downloading a bittorrent recording now. I didn't realize there was such a great online DMB community:

antsmarching.org
dreamingtree.org
nancies.org

Top 10 DMB Songs

Current Music: #41

It took a long time to sort through so many albums to find the top 10 Dave Matthews tunes... but after reading this EW article I decided I had to try.

1. Say Goodbye -- Crash
   
2. #41 -- Crash
   
3. Crush -- Before These Crowded Streets
   
4. Crash -- Crash
   
5. Pig -- Before These Crowded Streets
   
6. Ants Marching -- Under the Table and Dreaming
   
7. Halloween -- Before These Crowded Streets
   
8. The Stone -- Before These Crowded Streets
   
9. Seek Up -- Live at Red Rocks
   
10. Dreamgirl -- Stand Up