Eddi Reader tracks

French interlude [live, 2005-08-12]

the song
title :	C’est merveilleux
written by :	words : Henri Contet; music : Marguerite Monnot
song copyright :	© 1946 ?
source recording :	Edith Paif, of course, sang this in Marcel Blistene’s file Etoile sans lumiere (1945), so it should be available on one of the many compilation albums

the performance
musicians
Eddi Reader	vocal

music
key :	B minor
time-signature :	3/4?
tempo :	free
form :	C

lyrics

provided for research and private study only (see above for copyright details):

C’est merveilleux

c’est merveilleux
quand on est tous les deux
les bonheurs nous surveille
c’est merveilleux
quand on est amoureux
les beaux jours nous surveille
c’est merveilleux
la vie est attends en bleu
a grands coups de soleil
puisque je t’aime et que tu m’aimes
c’est merveilleux

It’s marvellous

it’s marvellous
when one is both
the good luck we watch over
it’s marvellous
when one is in love
the beautiful days we watch over {instead of se réveillent = awaken}
it’s marvellous
life is waiting {instead of peinte = painted} in blue {also = bruises}
with big sunburn {literally = blows of sun}
seeing that I love you and you love me
it’s marvellous

explanations
Eddi sings only the chorus of this song, ad lib in response to a request from the audience to ‘sing in French’ (see the commentary below!). She has a few of the words differently to the version on the website name and I have tried to transcribe Eddi. The attempted translation is literal not a singing version. A good source of French song lyrics is www.paroles.net.

the recording
personnel
produced by :	Caroline Moore (Maverick Arts Management)?
recorded by :	Chief Entertainment at The Basement, Sydney, Australia on 2005-08-12, edited by Rodney Beuthin and Caroline Moore
mixed by :	live performance : Chris Mysinski; recording : Rodney Beuthin at Pink Noise Studios, Melbourne, Australia
mastered by :	Rodney Beuthin at Pink Noise Studios, Melbourne

technical
signal path :	DDD
track timing :	1:14
song timing :	0:35

recording copyright
2006 Eddi Reader / Belmore Records

released on
album :	St Clare’s night out	disc 2, track 4

commentary
Eddi said
in the lead up to this impromptu performance, members of the audience (one persistent!) are calling out: “Willie Stewart”, “Scarecrow”, “Exception”, ”Scarecrow”, “Hummingbird”, “Dear John”, “Scarecrow, Dear John”, “sing in French”, and Eddi responds: “Sing in French? Pourquoi tu vu ma chanté en francais?”. I can’t quite catch the next audience contributions, but Eddi answers: “I'm good at it” and then launches into C’est merveilleux

commentary

Eddi said

in the lead up to this impromptu performance, members of the audience (one persistent!) are calling out: “Willie Stewart”, “Scarecrow”, “Exception”, ”Scarecrow”, “Hummingbird”, “Dear John”, “Scarecrow, Dear John”, “sing in French”, and Eddi responds: “Sing in French? Pourquoi tu vu ma chanté en francais?”. I can’t quite catch the next audience contributions, but Eddi answers: “I'm good at it” and then launches into C’est merveilleux

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