FAWM: "Je M'en Fous"

Je M'en Fous

2 weeks ago by @carleybaer

Je M'en Fous

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#garage-rock #french #harmonica

I had scribbled "je m'en foutisme" in a notebook because I'd heard Julia Child say it in regards to how you have to care less when you're learning to cook because it's just failure after failure. It reminded me a lot of my philosophy on songwriting, so I decided to take it and try and write a French punk rock song. It also kinda fits in with my current mood these days, alors voilà

Lyrics

Il n’y a plus de café, j’suis en retard à l'école
Chaque jour, le monde essaie de m'en avoir ras-le-bol
Il n'y a pas assez d'argent pour acheter des œufs
Mais tant pis, je vais toujours faire la teuf

Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous
Peut-être que je pourrais m’en soucier un peu plus
Mais après toute la folie que j'ai vu
Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous

Tous mes amis sont hautes mais j'suis en bas
J’essaie de parler, personne ne comprend pas
Ma bagnole est vieille, il y a des trous sur la route
Mais ça n'a rien à voir avec la choucroute

Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous
Être insouciant c'est comme un beau bijou
Tous mes problèmes ne sont que choupinou
Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous

On veut des baguettes quand il y a seulement des batards
Mais ça casse pas trois pattes à un canard

Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous
Voici mon cul, tu peux le donner un bisou
Tout s'effondre mais je suis toujours debout
Je m’en fous
Je m’en fous

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There's no more coffee, I'm late for school
Every day, the world tries to make me annoyed
There's not enough money to buy eggs
But too bad, I'm still going to party

I don't care
I don't care
Maybe I could care a little more
But after all the madness I've seen
I don't care
I don't care

All my friends are high but I'm low
I try to talk, no one understands
My car is old, there are potholes in the road
But that has nothing to do with anything

I don't care
I don't care
Being carefree is like a beautiful jewel
All my problems are just cute
I don't care
I don't care

You want baguettes when there are only batards
But it's not worth writing home about

I don't care
I don't care
Here's my ass, you can kiss it
Everything's falling apart but I'm still standing
I don't care
I don't care

Comments

@dhiatt 6d

You really nailed a vibe I had no idea existed until now. Your vocal delivery is so entertaining and really delivers the style. So fun!

@kosch 6d

Harmonica! Sweet. Nice signal chain for it - break up, and gritty is a nice counterpoint to the sweet vocals, and jaunty rhythm.
I was reading along in English - but it sounds so good in French!

@ambroise 1w

Je viens de le lire et j'adore !
Je suis impressionné par ton niveau de français ! Autant pour le expressions (" trois pattes à un canard", "rien à voir avec la choucroute ") que le vocabulaire familier ou casual (le double sens de "batards ", "choupinou" etc.).
J'ai seulement lu. En lisant je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de chanter tes mots sur l'air de cette chanson :

Je reviendrai écouter et éditer mon message. "Garage-rock" + harmonica ? J'ai hâte d'entendre ça !
__edit after listening__
J'adore comment sonne l'harmonica ! Tu as rajouté un effet dessus ?
J'adore l'énergie, le rythme bondissant, la chaleur du son et la nonchalance. Superbe !
I wrote lyrics in english I'm planning to record soon, I hope it'll sound half as good as this one !

@geercom 1w

Nice venture into another language.

@ericalbert 1w

Is there anything you can't do?! Clever, bouncy, insouciant (mais bien sûr) and, as always, catchy. What blows me away is that my French is pretty damn good -- good enough to be impressed by your tossing off all those colloquialisms. Decent accent, too. Bravo!

@willlll 1w

Formidable!

@kc_ 1w

This is killer! Love the whole Thing! Writing, Production and performance totally kick it! Sweet !! Write On!

@boz 2w

Great tune!! Your vocals are impressive. The instrumentation perfect for the tune! Worth repeated listens!!!

@max 2w

Nice one @carelessbaer! 😀 Really enjoyed the listen.

@jimdgreen 2w

love this, the production is adding just enough dirt to compliment it

really enjoyed this one, thanks

@the3queens 2w

Oh the vibe and the French lyrics are perfection but the translation is essential.Even better in English for me since I know so little french. What a great song in any language! Love it!
Je m'en fous is a great earworm.