Yelle - Pop Up
I get the idea that if this was in English, the lyrics would be the sort that utterly distract me from the pure joy of the music. She’d be all, “my man-a wanna me-a eat-a his banana” and “one two three four egg drop soup” (all rights reserved for my next album). Not that there’s anything wrong with that, except for possibly a small amount of damage to the psyche, about as much as a can of Coke Zero does to the body.
But it’s in French, so it just sounds groovy. I guess “Je Veux Te Voir” was her “I Kissed A Boy” - or whatever, the song that brought her to attention before her album was finished. It has a less bassy, more pop sound than the rest. I guess it was/is a “you are not by nature well endowed for procreation” type of song, but again, it’s in French, so my awareness is mediated.
4 months ago
