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Originally posted by Yves SAVARIAUD:
Hi, I am Yves SAVARIAUD, french, singer guitarist and songwriter. I m searching for a mean to contact Gordon Lightfoot or his agent to obtain an authorization for publishing a french adaptation of a song.
Thanks for your help !
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Cher Yves
Welcome to the group I see that you bothered to register:tres bien
You might perhaps like to now tell us more about yourself and your Lightfoot experience.
what type of songs do you write?
Have you recorded any and if so are there any samples or clips we could hear?
Presumably you have knowledge of Gordon's songwriting?
If so how did you manage to get to know it in France?
Indeed is it possible to buy Lightfoot material in France at all?
Are there in fact any cover versions by French singers?
In case you do not know it Gordon wrote and recorded one song in both English and French:-
Nous Vivons Ensemble
see some of the lyrics below from:-
http://www.lightfoot.ca/nousvivo.htm
I personally know having lived in Montreal the reason for this song:-
Which was the Quebec Separatist movement (of the 60's in particular)
and the resulting overzealous actions by the "Language Police" there
which includes all "Stop" signs in Quebec showing the French word "arret"
An ARRĘT sign in Gatineau Quebec
(In contrast I think I am correct in saying that in France itself you are happy that your Stop signs say only "STOP" in English)
from:-
www.france4families.com/DrivingInFrance/Roadsigns.htm
I have also visited Bulgaria where I was amazed to find that despite having not only a different language but also an almost completely different (Cyrillic) alphabet their Stop signs say "STOP" too
I could not today find a photo of one but I did a long time ago
As you would expect the Japanese and Chinese have a special versions
And naturally to spite the Brits the Irish have their own version too
Interesting reviews at:-
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Stop_sign
and
http://www.answers.com/topic/stop-sign
I did not bother to check but suspect that Australia as befits a nation of hooligans an ex-convicts probably only has "give way" signs in order to create more traffic chaos
John Fowles
Nous vivons ensemble
Nous nous connaisons maintenant
Voici comment nous pouvons decouvrir une autre humanite
Sur les plaines D'Abraham
Lors du dernier sacrifice
sorry to have got distracted Just one of my pet soapbox topics!!