[ SECRET POST #2683 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2683 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/Gej0a9t.png

[rubbertea]

what is it with english-speaking singers and ne me quitte pas? everyone and their mother seems to have done a cover of that song at some point. idgi.

[(Anonymous)]

And everyone forgets that Jacques Brel was Belgian, not French. Same with Stromae. Poor Belgium.

[rubbertea]

and the fries! belgium is the real world's canada. no one seems to know it exists.

WTF?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't get what this has to do with anything? Belgium is one of several countries which has French as one of its national languages (also, Switzerland, Canada etc. )

I have not made a complete, exhaustive study of the matter, ie how many countries are French speaking, but why are you saying that as if it invalidates the poor guy or as if it's weird that people speak French in countries that are not France? Have you heard of the French colonial empire, or French history in general?

Lots of people speak in English in Canada, and that's not England. And in New Zealand, though it's not the UK either. or the US for that matter and you don't mention the number of times singers from former British colonies cover originally British songs?

If the OP had made a secret about a Beatles song being very often covered by lots of non-English speaking singers, would you have posted a similar off the wall reply about how some famous American or Australian bands had also made covers of that song?

Or are you jumping on this thread to discuss an entirely unrelated topic, to wit: the fact that most Americans are shamefully unaware that Jacques Brel was Belgian, not French? If so, I think several hundred famous Canadians assumed to be Americans because they live in the US would love to commiserate with you (also, Dr McKay of Stargate Atlantis I guess: thank God for sleeve patches in SGA! Maybe we should implement them in real life, just like we do in the tennis ATP world tour lists of players?)

And to be fair, most Americans are really vague about Luxemburg too...

PS: oh and it just so happens that out of three official languages in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, one is French as well. The horror! :D

Quiz (for people who think I am being too harsh on the American educational system: what are the other two official languages of Luxemburg?

Re: WTF?

[(Anonymous)]

The problem with that quiz is that this is the internet, and everyone has a search engine at their fingertips.

Re: WTF?

[(Anonymous)]

I believe I said "people" and not "Americans". Have I heard of the French colonial empire and history? Why, yes I have. I AM FRENCH.

French and commiserating with Belgian people who get left out of internet discussions about French-speaking music in English-speaking forums (notice I said: English-speaking, and not American - and I happened to see Stromae confused for a French person just a week before. I'm not mocking, I am mentioning it.).

Additionally, I was also answering a comment made by rubbertea. I was not trying to be witty, not trying to show-off and not trying to insult anyone for not knowing (the horror) the finer points of the smaller countries of Europe. It was a comment, one line, and not an entire speech on the horror of the American education system, complete with European contempt and snide laughter (evil cat petting included).


Now, I don't know why I spent such a long time writing an answer as it is arguably late to the party and I don't even know if you're even amenable to hearing me out, trolling, or just wanted to get something out of your chest that had barely anything to do with me in the first place.

/out

[(Anonymous)]

She's Russian.

[ibbity]

Who is she? I like her hat.

[fingalsanteater]

Regina Spektor

[diet_poison]

ooh. I like a few of her songs but I actually had no idea what she looked like XD

[elaminator]

Me neither. Regina Spektor is really good! (What I've heard of her, anyway. Not sure how new the songs I like of hers are.)

[(Anonymous)]

I thought she was black?

[elaminator]

Apparently not! lol, I didn't know either way but that's def her in the picture.

[diet_poison]

idk who that is but she looks like a less-over-the-top Flo the Progressive Girl

ETA: well I know now but I didn't when I looked at the secret :P

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'm not really a fan of her last album. It's definitely not bad for what it is, but compared to her older work, her newer albums are very polished and seem to have lost something that was on, say, Songs or Soviet Kitsch. Her talent and my tastes evolved in different directions is all.

She seems to have found more widespread success with her newer albums, however, and I do wish her all the success.

[fingalsanteater]

I agree with your sentiments. I like her old albums a lot more than her newer ones, though there are still a few songs here and there I like. I think Songs and Begin to Hope are my favorite of her albums. I didn't know someone was hipster scum if they had any opinion of music, though.

[we_are_borg]

I definitely know what you mean. I *loved* Soviet Kitsch, which I felt was a nice balance between the super-raw Songs and Begin to Hope, which I think was the first of her more "produced" albums. I still like her new stuff a lot, but it doesn't have the same feel to it.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I think you just nailed why Soviet Kitsch is my favorite of her albums. It does have a good balance between the two styles.