Fifty-sixty
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Translation by RMJ with help of Needles Pretty sixteen Beautiful heroine Of the sixties You hip-swaying You are divine When you dance in the eyes of Andy Goodbye be-bop On the top It's pop-art That runs you down To the trap Pop-corn and hula hoop Dream of glory and fortune Chic in Chanel love is always glamour At exhibitions you pose and expose youself To 400ASA you dare All the poses Fifty-sixty Born in the fifties sexy sixties So excited On ecstasy Foolishly she believes all that Andy That Andy tells to her That she's the most beautiful Of all the models Like an icon Under the Nikon Tou turn the head On the velvet And Nico Want you far away from Lou Reed In East Village There's no age We are all young Take along me Yellow taxi From which the legend comes Dream of glory and fortune Chic in Chanel love will always be glamour I look you on polaroid You know the time has not Aged at all Fifty-sixty Born in the fifties sexy sixties So excited On ecstasy Foolishly she believes all that we say What we say about her That she's the most beautiful Of all the models The flower power Is dead on the dance floor The electro, the punk does not yet exist Catch the roll of the rockers Time was changed The rock rolls on rollers The pop is popping The flower power Is dead of it's natural death New-wave and techno does not yet exist Go play your last role There's no more the dandy But you still dance in the eyes of Warhol Fifty-sixty Born in the fifties sexy sixties So excited On ecstasy Foolishly she believes all that we say What we say about her That she's the most beautiful The most beautiful Fifty-sixty, Born in the fifties sexy sixties So excited On ecstasy Foolishly she believes all that we say What we say about her That she's the most beautiful Of all the models French transcription by Needles (with little help of RMJ & sb483) Pretty sixteen Belle héroïne Des sixties Tu te dandines T'es divine Quand tu danses dans les yeux d'Andy Adieu be-bop Plus au top C'est le pop-art Qui te sape À la trappe Pop-corn et hoola-hop Rêve de gloire et de fortune Chic en Chanel l'amour est toujours glamour Aux expos tu poses et t'exposes À 400 ASA tu oses Toutes les poses Fifty-sixty Née en cinquante sexy soixante Si excitante S’extasie Candide elle croit tout ce qu’Andy Qu'Andy dit d'elle Qu’elle est la plus belle De toutes les modèles Comme une icône Sous le Nikon Tu tournes la tête Au velvet Et Nico Te voudrait loin de Lou Reed À East Village Y a pas d'âge On est tous jeunes Emmène moi Taxi jaune La d'où vient la légende Rêve de gloire et de fortune Chic en Chanel l'amour sera toujours glamour Je te regarde en polaroid Tu sais le temps n'a pas Pris une ride Fifty-sixty Née en cinquante sexy soixante Si excitante S’extasie Candide elle croit tout ce qu'on dit Ce qu'on dit d'elle Qu’elle est la plus belle De tout les modèles Le flower power Est mort sur le dance-floor L'électro le punk n'existe pas encore Enlève le roll'n' aux rockers On a changé d'époque Le rock roule en roller La pop est en cloque Le flower power Est mort de sa belle mort New-wave et techno n'existent pas encore Vas-y joue le ton dernier rôle N'est plus là le dandy Mais tu danses encore dans les yeux de Warhol Fifty-sixty Née en cinquante sexy soixante Si excitante S’extasie Candide elle croit tout ce qu'on dit Ce qu'on dit d'elle Qu’elle est la plus belle La plus belle Fifty-sixty Née en cinquante sexy soixante Si excitante S’extasie Candide elle croit tout ce qu'on dit Ce qu'on dit d'elle Qu’elle est la plus belle de touses les modèles |
ohhh...I've been looking for this! Thanks RMJ! And thanks jung_adore_ALIZEE for pointing me in the right direction :D
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Awesome RMJ. Looking at the French lyrics makes me happy to see how far my French has come in only 2 semesters as I translated a fair amount of it correctly myself. :D
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THank you, Ive been wondering what this song is about. Quite interesting. Different from what I thought.
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Nico is mentioned, but the song isn't about her.
For example in the 5th stanza: Like an icon Under the Nikon You turn the head On the velvet And Nico Want you far away from Lou Reed Edie was the model and actress. Nico was brought in by Andy to front the Velvet Underground. Edie wanted to sing in the band, but wasn't allowed to. In the video you see Nico holding the guitar representing her status as band member, but stumbling. Lou Reed didn't want Nico singing in the band, and I think the stumble represents that because she didn't last past the first album and had very few songs on that album. Also, it was Edie that was into glamour. She would spend 3 hours doing her eye makeup, was a fashion setter and into perfume. All of that is in the video, and in the lyric except for the eye makeup. I believe Andy and Dylan probably others told Edie that she was the most beautiful model. Edie also made her last picture between the demise of flower power and the rise of new-wave, punk and techno which is also in the lyric. Edie was a drug addict and you see the terms "beautiful heroin(e)" and "on ecstacy" with reference to person who is the object of the song. I can't explain the yellow taxi, but I think it means something. Edie died of drug overdose at 27 years of age shortly after making her last picture. |
i think it isn't about just one particular individual, rather a song about the world of andy warhol and the pop art era.
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Well, maybe heyamigo is right and one should look at the big picture. Nico was also a model and was in films. She also had a relationship with Lou Reed and she was addicted to heroin for 20 years. It seems these women had some sad things in common.
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Pretty sixteen Beautiful heroine Of the sixties Edie Sedgwick was 16 when the 1960's decade began. The song continues describing aspects of an individual using the pronouns you, yourself, she, her and your, and then indicates that Nico wants that person kept far away from Lou Reed. |
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