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1. The 1950's: Who wrote this very influential song:
"Mes frères m'ont oublié, je suis tombé, je suis malade,
Si vous n' me cueillez point je vais mourir, quelle ballade!
Je me ferai petit, tendre et soumis, je vous le jure,
Monsieur, je vous en prie, délivrez-moi de ma torture!"
(My brothers have forgotten me, I have fallen, I am sick
if you do not reap me I will die, what a promenade
I will make myself small, tender and submissive, I promise
Sir, I beg you, free me from my torture)
2. The 1960's: During the "yé-yé" years of the 1960's, many artists gained fame by singing translated hits from the USA. One of these interpret sang a French version of the Tony Orlando and Dawn song "Knock Three Times". Who was that suave singer?
3. The 1970's: This band from the 1970's offered a style of music radically different from what other popular artists were playing: they were inspired by soul, blues and brittish rock. Their hit song "Câline de blues" is easily recognizable, as was the haircut (or lack of) of their lead singer.
4. The 1980's: Amid a sea of spandex and pop music, a young singer stood up with a politically inclined song. What is the title of the protest song from which the following lyrics are taken:
"Moi je suis né du bon bord du bord de l'Amérique
L'Amérique du Nord le royaume apathique
D'une ville tranquille où a chaque matin
Je bois ma tasse de café
Sans trop me salir les mains"
(I was born on the right side, the right side of America
North America, the apathetic kingdom
In a quiet town where each morning
I drink my cup of coffee
Without getting my hands too dirty)
5. The 1990's: Which very energetic band wrote and sang these words:
"Dans ma p'tite ville on était juste quatre mille
Pis la rue principale à s'appelait St-Cyrille
La coop, le gaz bar, la caisse-pop, le croque-mort
Et le magasin général
Quand j'y retourne ça m'fait assez mal
Y'é tombé une bombe su'a rue principale
Depuis qu'y ont construit le centre d'achat "
(In my small town we were only four thousands
and the main street was called Saint-Cyrille:
the coop, the gas-bar, the bank, the undertaker
and the general store.
When I go back it hurts so much
a bomb fell on main street
since they built the mall)
6. 2000 to 2006: Following the reality-tv world-wide craze, Québec now has its own version of American Idol, called "Star Académie". Complete the lyrics to this song, the first edition's theme song "C'est pas fini" (It's not over):
"Et c'est pas fini, c'est rien qu'un début
Le vrai soleil, on l'a pas encore vu
Et jusqu'aujourd'hui, on a rien vécu
La grande extase, on l'a pas encore bu
Non c'est pas fini, c'est rien qu'un début
Mais c'est le plus beau des: ..."
(And it's not over, it's only a start
the real sun, we have not yet seen it
and until today, we have not lived through anything
the great extasy, we have not yet drank
no it's not over, it's only a start
but it is the most beautiful of: ...)
7. What is the title of the song which includes the following text:
"Mais enfin au moment où ton café s'en venait
Tu la vois elle repart assise sur la mobylette
De ton pote ou enfin celui que tu t'en doutais
tu te dis c'est fini, elle est partie avec lui!"
(But then, at the moment your coffee is coming,
you see her leaving sitting on the scooter
of your friend, or well, the one you were suspecting
you tell yourself it's over, she has gone with him!)
8. This political singer first wanted to be an anthropologist, but instead chose to perform his music. His first album, "À qui appartient l'beau temps?" (to whom belongs good weather?), sold over 100 000 copies and his greatest success is the folk-inspired song "Y'a pas grand' chose dans l'ciel à soir" (there's not much in the sky tonight). He is also known for writing very poetic and melancholic slower songs such as "L'escalier" (the stairway), "Car je t'aime" (because I love you) and "Un chateau de sable" (a sand castle).
9. This pop duo from the 1980s and 1990s wrote the following lyrics:
"Oui je suis un propriétaire
Qui aime garder les pieds sur terre
C'est ce que m'a appris mon père
À grands coups d'pied dans le derrière
Avez-vous vu ma belle maison
Avec devant du beau gazon
À moi! À moi! À moi!"
(Yes I am a landlord
who likes to keep his feet on the ground
that's what my father taught me
with strong kicks to the backside
Have you seen my nice house?
with, in front, a nice lawn?
Mine! Mine! Mine!)
10. This woman, born in the Gaspesie region of Québec, could play many instruments, such as the accordeon, harmonica, piano and violin, as well as sing in the "turlute" style, similar to yodeling. She was better known as "La Bolduc". What was this 1930s Acadian singer's birthname?
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