Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Le claqueur de doigts(The snaps of fingers)



Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
J'suis claquer de doigts devant les Juke Box!
I'm snapping fingers in front of the Juke Box!

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
Je claqu' des doigts devant les Juke Box!
I snap fingers to the Juke Box!

Quand ils n's'baladent pas sur toi
When they don't flop around on you

Je n'sais qu'faire de mes dix doigts
I don't know what to do with my ten fingers*
Je n'sais qu'faire de mes dix doigts
I don't know what to do with my ten fingers*
Alors j'les claque claque claque claque devant les
So I snap snap snap snap them in front of the

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box

J'suis claquer de doigts devant les Juke Box!
I'm snapping fingers in front of the Juke Box!

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
Je claqu' des doigts devant les Juke Box!
I snap fingers to the Juke Box!

J'ai encore pour la machine
I have another for the machine
D'la mitraille dans mes blue jeans
In the shot in my blue jeans

D'la mitraille dans mes blue jeans
In the shot in my blue jeans
Faut que j'la claque claque claque claque dedans les
Should I snap inside the

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box

J'suis claquer de doigts devant les Juke Box!
I'm snapping fingers in front of the Juke Box!

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
Je claqu' des doigts devant les Juke Box!
I snap fingers to the Juke Box!

Oh Sylvie regarde-moi
Oh, Sylvie. Look at me
Qui est c'type qui t'fait du plat
Who's this guy makes you feel flat?*

Qui est c'type qui t'fait du plat
Who's this guy makes you feel flat?*
J'en ai ma claque claque claque claque de ce gars
I have to slap slap slap slap this guy

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
Si jamais il s'approche du Juke Box
If he ever approaches the Juke Box

Juke box, Juke box
Juke box, Juke box
J'lui claquerai la gueule devant le Juk'
I'd slam his mouth into the Juk'
Box
Box

*Thanks to TMGrassi for the extra help

2 comments:

  1. Hi there!
    Please allow me to make some correctons:

    "Je n'sais qu'faire de mes dix doigts"

    means "I don't know what to do with my ten fingers".

    And "Alors j'les claque claque claque claque devant les"

    means "So I clap clap clap clap them in front of the"

    Those two I'm sure of. Now, regarding "Qui est c'type qui t'fait du plat?", I'm completely sure that it doesn't mean "Who is the guy you made the meal?", but I'm not entirely sure about it's meaning.
    I think it means "Who's this guy makes you feel flat?" (also, it makes much more sense)

    Anyway, good work! Keep on!

    PS: I'm an Argentinean with a profound knowledge of English and a decent knowledge of French. Also, because it is a romance language, French is really similar to Spanish both in terms of morphology and syntactic structure (not to count we share the same roots for many words), to the extent that a Spanish speaker can understand pretty well texts in French without any particular knowledge. That gives me and advantage in the matter of interpreting the lyrics' meaning, enhanced by my four years of French studies.

    PSS: I trust that in the 3 years that've passed you've acquired a better understanding of French and therefore you should now be able to understand why the corrections I've marked have sense; if you don't just let me know and I'll explain it to you.

    Good luck!

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    1. Thanks, a lot for your suggestions, I've incorporated them. Sadly my French hasn't gotten much better, but I'm still trying...

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