Is there anything vulgar in Stereolab's "Brigitte?"

It's been twenty years since I knew much French.

With a half-hearted Babelfishing exercise:

Envy drinking and to smoke, Envie for drinking, desire for liking. Brigitte, Brigitte I want, you to copy Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte you epatez me, Indispensable Brigitte, you smell the things, done everything anger, done everything of control, Mysterieux and close friend knowledge, That the best remainder still to come Essential Brigitte, you feel the things, You can hurt, As you can give. Brigitte, Brigitte I want, you to copy Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte you epatez me, Brigitte, Brigitte I want, you to copy Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte you epatez me, We will be able to never fill that negligible Partie of the life of people We will be able to never fill that negligible One has beautiful statement, all is question of Folle reflection doubtless appear it to you At the sides of the decent people We will be able to never fill that negligible Partie of the life of people We will be able to never fill that negligible Partie of the life of people One has beautiful statement, all is question of Folle reflection doubtless appear it to you At the sides of the decent people

Epatez sounds sweet and dirty at the same time.

I almost threw an Anthraxesque "cunty cunty cunty cunt" in them middle there somewheres.

I wonder what people in France make of Butthole Surfers lyrics. That's another thing I'm also wondering.

Oh crap it's ten after 11. Gotta get up at 3:30 on Easter.

I don't think I'll be keeping the sunshine in my soul, to paraphrase the Spree, come 5am. Damn and damn.

I thought you weren't supposed to be drinking.

This man is smart and observant

i won't tell the wife if you don't.

What is the wine of choice tonight?

Well, see it's Bailey's tonight. Which I was supposed to have one drink of and save the rest for Easter dinner. Oops.

Whoa. Total Spoon brain-link. I was just talking to a friend about this song. I always thought it was written about Brigitte Bardot, but it's actually about Brigitte Fontaine, (who I've recently discovered).

Babelfish lacks quite a lot of subtlety, as per usual. Lemme give that a little fix. "En vie" sounds like "envy" but actually means "feel like"; similarly the words for "feel" and "smell" sound alot alike.

Here are some fixes:



...à peu près

I have no idea what "epatez" means.

Nothing too racy.

It's also possible that the "all done in anger, all done in control" might actual be her saying "tout à fait" which would change it to

"You feel things
fully in anger
fully in control."

I feel all woozy when Polly "translates my french."

Must drink a glass of water.

Speaking of the 'Lab... have you heard that Antena re-issue?
I'm listening to it right now. It's very Stereolab (Stereolab is very it). Me likey.

I should have translated it from French to Portugese to Greek back to French to English.