Merci à Ron for sending me an mp3 of the coverversion Celine Mastrorelli made for him of the Kinks' I Go to Sleep. Yes, it's a Kinks-song, although that was only released in it's demo-version. The Pretenders made the song famous, lots of coverversions followed - recently by Sia, for instance. Celine recorded it in one take, plus a few vocal overdubs. Although not in French, Celine's a new fille on the block that needs to be promoted as much as possible. Don't you agree?
UPDATE:
Anonymous commenters mentioned French versions of I Go to Sleep, by Virginie. I found a French version by Julie Pietri.
Celine Mastrorelli - I go to sleep
Kinks - I go to sleep
Julie Pietri - Et c'est comme si
Virginie - Tu Crois Toujours
Hello
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI stumbled upon your blog while making some research in Google. Do you know Emilie Simon ? She's a singer with a childlike voice, but quite gloomy lyrics. You might like her, if you never heard about her..
i have made several posts about emilie simon.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVirginie recorded the song in French in the 60s as "Vous N'Avez Rein Compris". It's on one of the "Pop a Paris" compilations Universal put out a few years ago. Cher also recorded a 60s version :-)
BeantwoordenVerwijderena couple of years ago a version by Suzanne Barbieri was used in a Eurostar TV ad. If I remember correctly it was in French
BeantwoordenVerwijderencan't find that virginie version, but i found julie pietri's.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenUnrivaled Kinks cover:
BeantwoordenVerwijderensia - I Go To Sleep