Regular guest-selector Edmond Viperenoire has another great song to share, this time by 'Queen of the Night' Régine:One year after the release of Les Sucettes by France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg, still roguish, wrote a new composition for Régine, Ouvre la bouche, ferme les yeux with lyrics that were as ambiguous as those to Les Sucettes.
Régine'd had some succes with Les p'tits papiers (also penned by Serge), and she had high hopes for a similar success. Were the salacious allusions too visible this time? In 1967, French radios distrusted this song which made the men smile at first listening. Guess what 'la purée' is. No, probably not mashed potatoes. This kind of innuendo would not shock any more today.
Pour avaler les mouches bleu marine,
Ou la quinine, ou la purée
Il n'y a qu'un seul moyen efficace
Pour que ça passe, et en douceur
Ouvre la bouche, ferme les yeux
Tu verras, ça glissera mieux...
Lovely! :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreat track! hehe, good ol' Serge. It's quite brilliant, the arrangement sounds like a sarcastic take on those rousing, marching-beat motivational-sounding songs from that era, and her bored-sounding vocals really bring out the humour of the song.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDoes she look like Austin Powers or is it just me? :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNatasha, you are right but Austin is more sexy...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenFunny song indeed.