ncurran said on June 21, 2006 13:00:

go to www.maryjane.se Click on the ’Press’ menu, and there is a translation of all the song titles, Would write them on here, but it is a flash site so i cant copy and paste, and I cant be bothered typing them all out!

arnie said on June 21, 2006 17:16:

No One Escapes Politics or Complainte Pour Ste. Catherine

which one is the name of the song?
WHo is Chaterine? The politician?

Room_service said on June 22, 2006 03:03:

“Complainte Pour Ste. Catherine” is the original title of the song, it’s in French.

Some info about this track:

- The song was first released on the debut album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle in 1976.

- Ste. Catherine is the patron saint of single girls and also the name of Montreal’s main shopping street. It’s also the name of a Metro station.

- It would be a bit of a stretch to say Ste-Catherine is a song about Montréal politics. The bit about “la politique” is a joke, seeing as the only politics the narrator’s interested in is the battle against mosquitos (though admittedly this is a serious enough concern during the Canadian summer!). In my humble opinion, the song just says, I like to have a good time, don’t judge me.

This is a translation into English of the original French lyrics:

Me, I walk along Ste Catherine
Getting the warmth from the Métro
I don’t look through shop windows
When it’s thirty below zero
We’ve been in politics for a long time
Twenty years of war against mosquitos

I don’t feel intrepid
When it snows I don’t go skiing
I don’t have a motel in the Laurentians
Sunday night is hockey night*

We’ve been in politics for a long time
Twenty years of war against mosquitos

Don’t think that I’m an fool
Because I don’t drive a convertible
The glory is fairly useless
At the price of gas (petrol) it’s too distressing
We’ve been in politics for a long time
Twenty years of war against mosquitos

We’re all brothers ’cause we make
sure we always have a good time
Because we’re on the earth of men
And women and children

We’ve been in politics for a long time
Twenty years of war against mosquitos

Don’t believe that we’re not Christians
On Sundays we walk our dogs

Edit: Info taken from:
http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/
(British singer who also covered this song)

ncurran said on June 23, 2006 11:17:

’I give you my tomorrow’.....i think?

tomos85 said on June 23, 2006 12:03:

And you forgot ’bout b-side of ’Sommaräng’ single - ’Små lätta moln’ - Small, little clouds :)

I’ve even started translation those lyrics into Polish :D

ally77 said on June 23, 2006 17:14:

It’s a good album!

Maciek said on June 28, 2006 13:14:

yea thx - Tom ;-) it’s the only place I used this ’nickname”. I think is quite original ;-)

yellowtigger said on June 29, 2006 07:50:

You can find now all the lyrics in english translation on http://www.littlemarie.net

Enjoy the big work our swedish reporter Mikael does!!!!!!!! :D