Veni, Vedi, Vici, what does this song mean????????

[Youpidou1]

This song Veni, Vedi, Vici, what does it mean. She sings it so beautifully I love it, it almost makes me cry thats how beautiful it is. Please someone tell me what it means. This is my all time favorite song .

[espire]

http://www.mf-international.com/viewtopic.php?t=817

The best Alizée translations have all found their homes at MF-International. Among those, I consider the best to be those made by The_Honorable, who unfortunately isn't seen poking around the forums any longer.

[rcs]

In short, doesn't it mean "We came, We saw, We Conquered." Or something like that?

[espire]

Originally Posted by rcs

In short, doesn't it mean "We came, We saw, We Conquered." Or something like that?

Veni, Vidi, Vici. It indeed does mean "I came, I saw, I conquered."

It was originally coined by Julius Caesar after a major victory, and quoted by Napoleon Bonaparte after one of his victories. This song likely had something to do with both Alizée and Napoleon being Corsicans.

[marik]

Originally Posted by espire

Veni, Vidi, Vici. It indeed does mean "I came, I saw, I conquered."

i was just gonna say that and also that history of Julius Caesar but you did it 1st

[aditya8617]

Originally Posted by marik

i was just gonna say that and also that history of Julius Caesar but you did it 1st

Alizee can definitely say Veni Vidi Venci, after all she did conquer Gaul just like Caesar.

[Youpidou1]

Originally Posted by espire

Veni, Vidi, Vici. It indeed does mean "I came, I saw, I conquered."

It was originally coined by Julius Caesar after a major victory, and quoted by Napoleon Bonaparte after one of his victories. This song likely had something to do with both Alizée and Napoleon being Corsicans.

So Alizée basically wrote it because Napoleon was from Corsica? I must say writing about history is really cool, I don't recall the last artist I herd who wrote about past times and about a leader and who sung it so beautifully.

[Deepwaters]

Originally Posted by Youpidou1

So Alizée basically wrote it because Napoleon was from Corsica?

Alizée didn't write it, she just sang it. Mylène Farmer wrote it. I've been reading over the lyrics, which on the surface look a bit banal. But with Mylène, there's never just one meaning.

Mylène wrote another historical song for Alizée, Tempeste, which is definitely about Napoléon. Industrial has an interesting idea about VVV being about Caesar and Cleopatra, but it's not obvious from the lyrics that that's true.

[INDUSTRIAL]

Originally Posted by espire

Veni, Vidi, Vici. It indeed does mean "I came, I saw, I conquered."

It was originally coined by Julius Caesar after a major victory, and quoted by Napoleon Bonaparte after one of his victories. This song likely had something to do with both Alizée and Napoleon being Corsicans.

You sure?
I never heard Napoleon said it.

[espire]

Originally Posted by Youpidou1

So Alizée basically wrote it because Napoleon was from Corsica? I must say writing about history is really cool, I don't recall the last artist I herd who wrote about past times and about a leader and who sung it so beautifully.

I definitely don't know for sure. Alizée didn't write the songs, Mylène Farmer did, but Alizée had some amount of input on the content expressed in the songs. I can suspect that there is some relation between the song being about an expression partly made famous by Napoleon and the shared birthplace. I doubt that the song is all about Napoleon, though.

Originally Posted by INDUSTRIAL

You sure?
I never heard Napoleon said it.

He did.