Taking Sides: Georges Brassens vs Mike Skinner

It's not a cover, but it is especially dark and troubled

That "but after all ones heart's ones own" line sounds translated from French, and the tune is one his most Brassens-esque.

I've got the album, it's deffo a Jake song

Oh no I'm sure, I was just explaining why I was mistaken.

Right. What a great song.

And do you not think it's quite a French locution there, like his brain was thinking the lines thru in French first?

(It's frequently my favourite Jake song btw so I've been thinking about this for a bit)

I'd have thought "It Was Only A Gypsy" could have been - something strange about the story and meter.

Anyhoo, sorry, this thread has re-prompted me to listen to as much Brassens as poss.

xpost - actually looking at the lyrics, to "...gypsy" it couldn't be a translation. I don't get the final line "the house is full of clothes pegs"...?

My fave Georges Brassens, other than La Mauvaise Reputation, is Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit, which has the best of meandering melody lines.

Gypsies sell clothes pegs... errrrrrrr, you must know that surely?

Traditionally sold by gypsies.

oops xpost

these days they normally try and sell me stolen tumble-dryers, but anyway... kick a ball in the street etc...

Well no need for clothes pegs if you've got a tumble dryer is there?

Dude we've got a tumble dryer but still peg out if it's possible, dryers cost a fortune to run.

How many trees cut down to make one clothes peg etc etc

Don't know, What tree does plastic come from?

je n'ai pas un jardin

:'-(

[le pleure]