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Genevieve Jones and the Chiefs

Entry from Cassettes in Nur Ein VII.

Villanelle

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Cassettes
by
*Genevieve Johnson and The Chiefs*

I wrote:
*Voila ma funky cassette
Voulez-vous dansez avec moi?
Nous sommes dans la deche
Mais le monde est une discoteque
L'Allemagne, casse-toi
Voila ma funky cassette
Les chansons ils sont bete
L'argent - au revoir
Nous sommes dans la deche
Danse comme 1977
Voulez-vous avoir un menage a trois?
Voila ma funky cassette
Je m'en fou, la crise de la dette
L'espagnol ils sont sans espoir
Nous sommes dans la deche
Va te faire voir chez les Grecs
L'Eurozone, baise toi
Voila ma funky cassette
Nous sommes dans la deche*

and this is what Google Translate says I wrote:
*This is my funky tape
Will you dance with me?
We're Down and Out
But the world is a discoteque
Germany, breaks up
This is my funky tape
The songs are stupid
The money - goodbye
We're Down and Out
Dance like 1977
Do you want a menage a trois?
This is my funky tape
I do not care, the debt crisis
The Spanish are hopeless
We're Down and Out
Get lost among the Greeks
The Eurozone, fuck you
This is my funky tape
We're Down and Out*

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Caravan Ray

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I like this. I think I did a good job on the lyrics (I hope anyway - I await Noah's judgement). Could have had more production - but that is all of us so...

Just want to say - the fact that one, or possibly two of the judges show symptoms of Francophilia did not in any way influence my decision to (attempt) to sing in French:

  1. The title is a French word
  2. The challenge is a French literary device
  3. It is Eurovision week, and
  4. The collapse of the Eurozone has been the pre-eminent news story of the last few months

And you all know that I am far too an honourable gentleman to try to find advantage in such cheap tricks. You should be ashamed of yourselves to even consider the thought.

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