Oh mon cher

A short song in French complete with banjo and an electric chord organ, which thankfully only has a few keys so can be played by a chump like me.

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posted by ORthey (9 comments total)

Gorgeous.
Great job.

I'd say something in French but that would be obvious.
posted by chococat at 9:07 PM on February 23, 2007

Fantastic, fantastic song.

When I first discovered (late) that they had "opened" MetaFilter Music around mid august, I went through everything that had been posted until then and I remember when I heard your N'entre pas and chococat's songs, I was particularly blown away. It's great to see you back, hope you keep that banjo and that guitarron busy, and post some more soon.
posted by micayetoca at 6:03 AM on February 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

Chump, eh? HA! This is great.
posted by snsranch at 6:03 PM on February 24, 2007

I think this is neat. I really like the ending.
posted by Ynoxas at 9:10 AM on February 25, 2007

Very cool, thanks!
posted by dhruva at 7:09 PM on February 26, 2007

Mighty fine a'pickin and a'singin! :) How do you make the banjo sound so indie-fabulous??!
posted by By The Grace of God at 2:05 AM on March 2, 2007

Why, by turning "indie-fabulous" knob up full throttle, of course!

(thanks!)
posted by ORthey at 7:06 PM on March 2, 2007

Very nice. Enjoyed that.
posted by sluglicker at 10:04 AM on March 16, 2007

In case anyone is still watching, I made a rough little translation. It was hard!

Oh my dear, you scare me -
The charity that I pity

And when the best shows itself
There's no accounting for it
And when the best shows itself
You realize...

Oh, no fees, no sentiments
I cry, perfect, no tears
Among them, these others
Get out of here
Among them, these others
Get out of here

At once, 100 things
Arrived to see me
At my door, all footless
All floating
Came in, and ruined -
Came in, and ruined the night for me
All footless, floating at the door
posted by ORthey at 2:12 PM on March 16, 2007 [1 favorite]