Talk:Laisse tomber les filles

Grammar is not quite right here, and 'a classic example of the ye-ye sound' is both incorrect and non-NPOV, I'd argue. Spikedcandy 08:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April March's 'Chick Habit' is not a direct translation of the lyrics into English, but an interpretation.Spikedcandy 08:54, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Actually, her English lyrics have very little to do with the original French version. The original is something like "Drop the girls/drop the girls ... I did not cry/I did not cry ... ", as I recall. I've recently been doing some work on our Jacques Brel article and I'm starting to lose faith in English translations of French songs in general. Heather 15:09, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

French article[edit]

The French article has a lot more information. Are there any French speakers who could translate much of that to put here? It would be much appreciated. — Emiellaiendiay 05:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might give it a try, but the French article is incredibly NPOV. Les anglo-saxons envieront ce «french pop sound» qui fait que cette chanson continue d’être encore reprise de nos jours--LOL! Heather 15:18, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've translated some if it. My translation is bad, partially because my English is better suited to writing technical manuals than describing yé-yé pop songs, and partially because the French article reads like gushy liner notes. If someone wouldn't mind cleaning up what I've written a bit, I would sincerely appreciate it. Thanks in advance! Heather 15:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that material from the French entry is worth keeping. The gist of the comment is that the song is down rather than upbeat like the other French pop songs of the time - OK - but maybe this is a point that could just be made rather than quoted, with ref to the quote. The other point seems to be that this makes it an rather deep and complex song and somehow the perspective of a 35-year old jaded man rather than an adolescent girl, which I don't think is really borne out by the lyrics. It's not a happy song, but it's not exactly multi-dimensional, and if you don't think adolescent girls are vindictive, well... Au contraire! I did the lyric translation yesterday... thinking of canning the rest, or footnoting it Faff296 (talk) 01:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong name[edit]

This article should be moved to Laisse tomber les filles (note the correct use of capitals). (Swing, Solomon, Swing (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]