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Alain Bashung — Osez Josephine
Album: Osez Josephine
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Released: 1991
Length: 2:54
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Sonnerie à l'arrière des berlines
on devine
des monarques et leurs figurines
juste une paire de demi-dieux
livrés à eux
ils font des petits
ils font des envieux

à l'arrière des dauphines
je suis le roi des scélérats
à qui sourit la vie

marcher sur l'eau
éviter les péages
jamais souffrir
juste faire hennir
les chevaux du plaisir

osez, osez Joséphine
osez, osez Joséphine
plus rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
rien ne justifie

usez vos souliers
usez l'usurier
soyez ma muse
et que ne durent que les moments doux
durent que les moments doux
et que ne durent que les moments doux

osez, osez Joséphine
osez, osez Joséphine
plus rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
rien ne justifie
Comments (97)add comment
 idiot_wind wrote:

Who is this Frenchie, Bob Dylan wannabe? 



Frenchie?!?  How fucking old are you?
The best !! The beast !! Rate him with a 11
As French listener, I have just to acclaim this choice, much much better than Zaz.
Alain Bashung is one of the most interesting artist since 40 years in France !!!
Go on RP, go on !!!
Bashung in the main mix ? wooow nice. Go on like this RP
Loved this song and thanks as usual to RP and Bill for playing it. One question; is there an extended version of this song that RP played? For some reason it sounded like there was an extended guitar solo part that's not included on the LP version.
Merci de nous écouter !
Great to hear Alain Bashung on RP! 
Try as well 'La Nuit Je Mens'!
Who is this Frenchie, Bob Dylan wannabe? 
exceptionnel auteur compositeur et interprète. Je vous conseille d'écouter Bashung un des plus grands rocker français. Nous le regrettons chaque jour. 
Got turned on to this song a few years when it's video popped up on YouTube (great vid btw!) and it was promptly added to my heavy rotation. Lovely to hear it on RP. 
More Alain, please.
c'était un grand Monsieur 
I wasn't sure it that was French or Creole. You sure can pick the good ones from the bad, Bill!
 noe.architecte169 wrote:

Bashung plays with words and rhymes, like in a poem. It's beautiful, subtle and difficult to transcribe into English. There isn't really a story or a message in his songs.
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...



😉😉😉😉 Merci RP !!!!!!!
This song rocks in any language.
One of the most important French artists of last decades, thanks you RP.
Looks like Data's younger brother
Merci RP ! So long, Alain...
dauphine from Renault constructor
Bashung ! What a writer ! Thanks RP !
This is beautiful
Sounds almost like dylan
Merci RP !!!


et que ne durent que les moments doux

Thank You RP !!!! Alain <3
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...
 
Same. I know this song, 'cause ya know, I lived in France, but when I heard it tonight I was all "Alain Bashung!!!" and here I'd already rated it. Maybe I even commented on it, but I haven't scrolled that far back yet. {#Lol}
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:


A l'arrière des berlines
In the back of the berlines

On devine
One can divine

Des monarques et leurs figurines
Monarchs and their figurines

Juste une paire de demi-dieux
Just a pair of demigods

Livrés à eux
Left to their own devices

Ils font des p'tits
They're making babies

Ils font des envieux
They're making envious people

A l'arrière des dauphines
In the back of the dauphines

Je suis le roi des scélérats
I am the king of villains

A qui sourit la vie
At whom life is smiling

Marcher sur l'eau
To walk on water

Eviter les péages
To avoid the toll booths

Jamais souffrir
Never to suffer

Juste faire hennir
Just to whinny

Les chevaux du plaisir
Like horses of pleasure

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it

Usez vos souliers
Wear out your shoes

Usez l'usurier
Use the usurer

Soyez ma muse
Be my muse

Et que ne durent que les moments doux
And may only sweet moments endure

Durent que les moments doux
Only sweet moments endure

Et que ne doux
And only sweet

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it

Osez osez
Dare, dare

Osez osez
Dare, dare

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it
A translation would be awesome, love to know what he’s singing about.
 

A translation would be awesome, love to know what he’s singing about.
I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...
more please!
 jjak wrote:
surprising but quite good!!
thx bill!!
Hope american folks will get the words (no offense)

 
I resemble that remark...

A person who knows more than two languages is multilingual. A person that knows two languages is bilingual. A person that only knows one language is an American.
What a surprise to listen A.BASHUNG so fare from FRANCE, a very good song as all in the album 
Greatest French artist of last decades. Love it.
Bashung is a god !!! 😎 Thank you Bill !!!
aaaaargh! {#Grumpy}
surprising but quite good!!
thx bill!!
Hope american folks will get the words (no offense)

crnkan wrote:
Sorry for being an idiot, but what does IYM mean?
In your mind, & ur not an idiot.
Gorky wrote:
Oh this is bad
Soooooooooo Goooooood. & from across the pond. Who would've known
sharkey wrote:
Grow up. IYM
Sorry for being an idiot, but what does IYM mean?
normand64 wrote:
Merci Bill pour du bon rock francais. Plus prÚs de chez toi il y a au Québec de l'excellente musique également. Daniel Bélanger, Harmonium, etc.. Normand Charlebois, Plume, Chicane, Bigras, Oscar P............
catrip wrote:
Ah, ça fait du bien de temps à autre... à quand les Colocs et Gainsbourg? Oserais-je proposer Beau Dommage?
Oui Bill, alons-y avec Beau Dommage
Glockman45 wrote:
WTF BILL?
Grow up. IYM
thank you very much for playng french artists.....
merci d avoir diffusé bashung.....
Wow, his voice sounds like Dylan.
Misterfixit wrote:
A French Lenny Cohen?
At first I thought it was Bob Dylan singing backwards. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Pas mal mais il y a aussi Gabie (oh Gabie, qu'est belle comme un pétard qu'attends plus qu'une allumette), et puis (Aujourd'hui c'est vendredi et j'aimerais bien qu'on m'aime, j' sends que je vais encore finir chez Vanda et ses sirÚnes et ses sirÚnes oh! Gabie, faut pas laisser tous seul la nuit OH GABIE)
A French Lenny Cohen? Pretty catchy actually ...
WTF BILL?
Pas mal bien que il y a des autres à lui...
Hey never thought I'd hear that on Radio Paradise. It's nice to hear a little Frenchy from time to time! Merci.
Wahooo Bashung ! Thanx Bill !
This makes me want to saddle up my horse! ..shit! I don't have one ...nevermind.
6h30 du mat ,j'arrive au boulot ,je lance RP et,divine surprise Bashung .
Ma préférée de Bashung...
Wouaoh! J'adoooore.... je vais me l'offrir aprÚs ces maudits examens finaux, je crois
vive la Diversité
Tiens! I'd embrace France just for the concept of 'separation of church & state'!
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
Sorry, Cpt., it's not just liberals, and not just the French lovers, or the French for that matter. The whole world is against President (Rainman) Warmonger. And now as brighthue suggested, back to the music. I propose "Flight of the Valkyries" as soon those jets will be swooping over the borders of Iran. Ah yes, the smell of napalm...
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
I'm waiting for this thread to get back to the music.
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
There are conservatives who bash Le "W" as well, don't cha know.
J'entends Mark Knopfler - Je Suis Desole. TrÚs agréable.
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
Ah, ça fait du bien de temps à autre... à quand les Colocs et Gainsbourg? Oserais-je proposer Beau Dommage?
In France they have a different word for everything!!! GWB...
I love it and I don't care if it sounds like Dylan, am loading this one. Fabulous. I don't know what I'd do without this station.
again after pj harvey Is something there I missed or do they really always play them after each other.
Thought this was some obscure Dylan tune where he was just mumbling thru it...let's just say I was mostly wrong :)
Oh this is bad
Gregorama wrote:
Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Always loved that old joke.
No, no-did he really say something that stupid? Gregorama wrote:
"Durka. Durka, Durka, Durka." (From Team America)... Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Merci Bill pour du bon rock francais. Plus prÚs de chez toi il y a au Québec de l'excellente musique également. Daniel Bélanger, Harmonium, etc.. Normand
Yuk-sounds like Bob Dylan. Great songwriter, lousy on vocals. Please remove the clothespin from the nose before singing.
Cookie wrote:
C'est franchement super. Merci à l'équipe de Radio Paradise d'avoir mis cette chanson à la radio! (C'était une brise d'été aprÚs une longue premiÚre journée de remplacement de prof de français!)
GoldenBoy wrote:
This song is alright, but how do you play this after PJ Harvey?
Did it really play again after PJ Harvey? They should play more French music. We have some great stuff here in Québec (Daniel Bélanger, Ariane Moffatt, Les Colocs, Daniel Boucher, Harmonium......) Bonsoir!
C'est franchement super. Merci à l'équipe de Radio Paradise d'avoir mis cette chanson à la radio! (C'était une brise d'été aprÚs une longue premiÚre journée de remplacement de prof de français!)
Yet another artist I would probably never have heard except on RP....GOD BLESS YOU, BILL!!! Very nice.
This song is alright, but how do you play this after PJ Harvey?
one of the finest french rocker ever! -- et que ne durent que les moments doux --
TampaPurple wrote:
Well, if Bob Dylan went Frenchie, this would be it, except for the wierd pop music in the background.
Couldn't define the song better.
he sounds like that guy that you meet at the bar that you know vaguely from high school or a previous job and now he's pretty drunk and wants to tell you all about the girl at the end of the bar that's been giving him the come hither look all evening and he's been playing it cool-like but, by God, he'll be taking her home tonight, you just watch...
Genial! A quand du Gainsbard? Come on guys! upload Gainsbourg?
Can't beleive my ears! Thank's for playing Bashung!!!! :-({|= :propeller.gif: Bonjour a tous les camarades! Je vois que je ne suis pas la seule a appreciee ce moment!
Dont_panic wrote:
Cette radio me surprendra toujours c'est cool de trouver un peu de français. C'est super !!!
:nodhead:
Bien Cool...
Well, if Bob Dylan went Frenchie, this would be it, except for the wierd pop music in the background.
More More More ! :)
Je delire ou quoi?? :D/ ">
"Durka. Durka, Durka, Durka." (From Team America)... Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Cette radio me surprendra toujours c'est cool de trouver un peu de français. C'est super !!!
Causez des dauphines sur Radio Paradise, c'est chic ;-)
Comme quoi ! Qui ne risque rien ...
MTL_Robbie wrote:
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
T'imagine?
MTL_Robbie wrote:
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
D'accord, je l'aime bien.
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
i like it! 8)