Eddi Reader tracks

La vie en rose + Candyfloss   [live, 2001-03-14]


the songs
title : La vie en rose
written by : Edith Piaf (words) and Louis Louiguy (music)
song copyright : © 1946 publisher?
source recording : covered many times, this is best known in the original recording by Edith Piaf
segue into:
title : Candyfloss
written by : Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine
song copyright : © 1996 Warner Music UK Ltd
source recording : Eddi’s studio version of ‘Candyfloss’ appears on her Candyfloss and medicine album and Boo’s on his Baptist hospital (1996)

the performance
musicians
Eddi Reader vocals, acoustic guitar
with :
Roy Dodds drums
Tim Harries bass
Graham Henderson keyboards, accordion?
Boo Hewerdine acoustic guitar
Johnny Scott electric guitar
music
key : G major
time-signature : 4/4
tempo : free / MM 112
form : V C – V V C V Cx
lyrics

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

La vie en rose

quand il me prend dans ses bras
il me parle tout bas
je vois la vie en rose,
il me dit des mots d’amour
les mots de tous les jours
et ça me fait quelque chose, {nasal:} haw-hee-haw
il est entré dans mon cœur
une part de bonheur
dont je connais la cause,
c’est lui pour moi
moi pour lui dans la vie
il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie
et dès que je l’aperçois
alors je sens en moi
mon cœur qui bat

Life in (the) pink

when he takes me in his arms
he talks to me very low
I see life in (the) pink,
he speaks to me of words of love
the words of all the days
and thus has an effect on me,
he has entered into my heart
a share of happiness
of which I know the cause,
it’s him for me
me for him in the life
he has spoken it, has sworn it for life,
and from when I perceive it
then I feel in me
my heart which beats


Candyfloss

candyfloss between my ears
I’ve been getting this way for years
now I’m so dumb, if I walk and chew gum
it’s a miracle, ah-yeah, it’s a miracle

candyfloss behind my eyes
I see no clouds, I see blue skies
now I’m so tame, if you ask my name
and I don’t think twice, it’s a miracle

get me out of here {get me out of here}
’cause I know that if I stay
that I will melt away
get me out of here
because if you make me stay
I know I’ll melt away
like candyfloss
like candyfloss

– accordion

this hollow heart inside of me
you can hold it up
, ah, you can hear the sea
and if violins can do me in
is that a miracle?
– ah, no no, that’s not a miracle

get me out of here {get me out of here}
’cause I know that if I stay
then I will melt away
get me out of here {get me out of here}
because if you make me stay
I know I’ll melt away
like candyfloss
mmm-ah

– accordion
ah-ee-ooh
like candyfloss
ah-ooh-ee-ooh

explanations
a good source of French song lyrics is www.paroles.net

the recording
personnel
produced by : Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine and Roy Dodds
recorded by : Giles Woodhead in Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, 2001-03-14
mixed by : ? in ?
mastered by : Duncan Cowell at Sound Mastering
technical
signal path : DDD
track timing : 4:54
song timings : 1:06 (La vie en rose) + 3:48 (Candyfloss)
released on
album : Driftwood (Japan) track 13

commentary
La vie en rose - impromptu? light accompaniment from accordion and el? guitar

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