Chanson Du Jour 10/28/2016: “Dans Ma Rue” performed by Zaz

This is not only a great home-studio performance by Zaz, but comes with a Serbian lyric translation (a bonus for the many Serbs who visit my blog.)
In English, the songs begins:

I live in the corner of old Montmartre

My father comes home sozzled every night

And to feed the four of us

My poor mother works in the wash-house

When I’m sick, I lean out the window

I watch outsiders pass by

When the sun comes out

Things appear that scare me a little

So – life isn’t easy for the young girl in this song. I wish her father would take a break from getting sozzled and instead take his daughter out to visit the Zoo, buy her an ice cream cone (deux boule!) at Berthillion’s  Glacier on Ile St Louis, and then pick out a pretty new dress at La Marelle.

However, my guess is that Dad will just get sozzled again.

In this video, Zaz displays some impressive chanson chops, and I really like her piano accompaniment (the young man’s name is not listed, so let’s call him “Yaz”). Yaz not only tickles the ivories with a nice feel for Les Blues, but at the end of the song, he tends to the video recording streaming to the MacBook sitting atop the piano. Merde! These hotshot multi-taskers are costing us jobs in the video production business. Hey Zaz and Yaz, walk a mile dans ma rue!

“Dans Ma Rue” was made famous by the great Edith Piaf in 1946. The song was composed by Michel Emer (June 19, 1906 – November 23, 1984)