Je dis aime
2000 studio album by -M-
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Studio album by -M- | ||||
Released | 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Virgin France | |||
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Je dis aime (1999) is the second studio album by French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid, in his persona as -M-, described by reviewers as a "conceptual icon to rival Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane".[2] The album manages to take a remarkable variety of musical directions and pull them together into a consistent whole.[3] Another reviewer describes the album as sounding like a 'French Lenny Kravitz' and notes the 'vintage 70s sound and textures'.[4]
Wordplay
Je dis aime is a play on words in French as 'aime' (love) is pronounced exactly the same as '-M-'. Many of the tracks use similar word play as is common in French songs but particularly rich in -M-'s work.
Track listing
- Monde virtuel
- Je dis aime (written by Andrée Chedid, -M-'s famous grandmother)
- Onde sensuelle
- À celle qui dure
- Faut oublier
- Le Festival de connes (pokes fun at the pretentiousness of the Cannes film festival changing Cannes to connes – i.e. idiots)
- Le Mec hamac
- Close to Me (loosely a cover of the song by The Cure but using only one line in English from the original)
- Émilie 1000 Volts (salsa flavoured track)
- Qui est le plus fragile
- Le Complexe du corn flakes
- Au lieu du crime
- Bonoboo (written by Andrée Chedid, the song refers to a type of pygmy chimpanzee that shares over 98% of its DNA with humans)
- Le Commun des motels
- Mama Sam (Mama Sam as compared to Uncle Sam. Spot some of the punning like Nike for Nique)
References
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Je Dis Aime – -M-". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Je Dis Aime: M (French): Amazon.ca: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Je Dis Aime – -M- – Review – Je Dis Aime". Cd.ciao.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Je Dis Aime: M.: Music". Retrieved 25 February 2012.