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Friday, April 19, 2013

Love Is Blue

L'amour est bleu


The song originated in France, composed by André Popp, lyrics by Pierre Cour and first performed by Vicky Leandros in French in '67, the same year Mauriat performed it. Mauriat's version topped the American charts for 5 weeks in Feb - March '68. Brian Blackburn then translated the lyrics to English, and it has since been performed by several artists including Frank Sinatra

Love Is Blue  A Favorite song of Troutbirder from the 60’s.






 

 

 



Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world now I'm without you

 Gray, gray, my life is gray

 Cold is my heart since you went away

Red, red, my eyes are red

 Crying for you alone in my bed













 Green, green, my jealous heart

 I doubted you and now we're apart

When we met how the bright sun shone

 Then love died, now the rainbow is gone

 






Black, black, the nights I've known

 Longing for you so lost and alone

 Gone, gone, the love we knew

 Blue is my world now I'm without you.

Black, black, the nights I've known

 Longing for you so lost and alone

 Blue, blue, my world is blue

 Blue is my world now I'm without you

Looking out the window  this morning on the fresh snow,  I miss all my bird friends and hope this interminable winter ends soon......
 

20 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Now I've got to run and put the vinyl on the turntable. I do love that song.

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  2. I love that song, and now I'm humming it...
    Beautiful bird pics. We got snow, too, but fortunately it has already melted.

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  3. Very nicely done .I'm headed out fishing this weekend in NE. I am doing an amphibian program tomorrow and will be pack to go .

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  4. Well done! Guess you know what song is going to be stuck in my head all day! (good choice)

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  5. I love that song too and your bird photos. Here is to melting snow and sewer lines. I bet Mrs. T is tired of going to town to wash cloths..are you going to dig your lines up and put them in insulated pipe now..or go for a thermal blanket..or use a heater? Knock on wood we have never had a problem..hope yours resolves soon:)

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  6. I loved that song but somehow it got lost in my many moves. Thanks for the reminder and the appropriate pictures.

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  7. I remember the song, but never learned lyrics too far into the songs. You bird photos are wonderful.

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  9. A-ha! I recognize the words from my "green" post now!
    Great photos - really love that sharp red cardinal. We don't get those up here. (or very rarely)
    Today our world is WHITE.

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  10. I know the Paul Mauriat version--great tune! And nice pics, too.

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  11. How I love this! And, that bright cardinal!

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  12. Seems like I remember that song from my childhood. At the time, I thought it was more suited for the elevator or doctors' waiting room (the kind of music my parents liked), but I'm beginning to appreciate that kind of music. I guess I'm mellowing out with age.

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  13. Love this post! Very nice photos to go with the birds!!

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  14. You did a great job of illustrating one of my favorite songs. Thanks for a neat post.

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  15. Love your gorgeous photos! I haven't heard that song in ages. Thanks for the memories. :-)

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  16. I haven't thought of that song for years but can almost hear Frank's rendition as I read your post.
    You are a romatic at heart, lucky wife !!

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  17. Fresh snow?? Yikees! Lovely song to go along with all the pretties. I need to go listen to this song now as I don't think I've heard it before.

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  18. Thank you for the kind comments! I love the way you have matched the birds to that classic song!!!

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  19. Very cleaver and meaningful words about your bird friends. You have had a lot of snow but it has to be beautiful? -- barbara

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  20. Well I'm sure glad someone has lots of color in their life. We are still working on the white stuff! :(
    xo Catherine

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