Favorite Bowie song.

(Source: hazycosmiclove, via i-swear-ur-heartless)

I just traveled way back in time to 2007 and yanked a Frankenmix prompt from the archives. This one is to create the Ideal Romantic Comedy Soundtrack.

I didn’t go all out with plotting, but it’s pretty clearly about a young French girl and an American dude, probably in New York, who enjoy music that is twee as fuck. (I LOVE ALL OF THIS MUSIC. WELL, MAYBE NOT THE FRANCE GALL SONG. BUT I LIKE HER IN GENERAL. IT’S STILL TWEE.)

I’ll include translations of the French lyrics snippets at the bottom.

1. Opening Credits: Le temps de l’amour — April March

C’est le temps de l’amour, le temps des copains et de l’aventure.

Quand le temps va et vient, on ne pense à rien malgré ses blessures.

Car le temps de l’amour c’est long et c’est court, ca dure toujours, on s’en souvient.

2. Introduction of the Kickass, Yet Lonely Heroine: Je veux — Zaz

Je veux d’l’amour, d’la joie, de la bonne humeur

Ce n’est pas votre argent qui f’ra mon bonheur

Moi, j’veux crever la main sur le coeur

3. Introduction of the Sensitive, Yet Manly Hero: Little Garçon — Born Ruffians

Well I get told to never get old

But the way it unfolds I’m a little garçon in my head

With a little fille that’s stuck in bed

(Heavier on the sensitive than on the manly, obviously.)

4. Our Heroes Meet: Qu’est-ce que ça te fait? — Zaza Fournier

Qu’est ce que tu bois ? Je veux la même chose que toi

A quoi tu pense, a qui tu parles et pourquoi ?

Est-ce que tu sais parler le grec ou le chinois ?

Est-ce que tu sais danser le twist et la tchatcha ?

(This song just perfectly captures the moment of just getting to know someone and wanting to know everything about them.)

5. Our Heroes Go On a Wacky First Date: A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off — The Magnetic Fields

Well, my heart’s running round

Like a chicken with its head cut off

All around the barnyard falling in and out of love

Poor thing’s blind as a bat

Getting up, falling down, getting up

Who’d fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off?

6. Our Heroes Deconstruct Each Other With Their Respective Best Friends: Ne dis pas aux copains — France Gall

Ne dis pas aux copains

Que je t’aime plus que tout

Ne dis pas aux copains

Ce qu’il y a entre nous

On s’est tant moqué d’eux

Au sujet de l’amour

Qu’ils seraient trop heureux

De bien rire à leur tour

7. Our Heroes Have a Significantly Better Second Date: Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas) — Regina Spektor

Down in Bronxy-Bronx the kids go sledding down snow-covered slopes

And frozen noses, frozen toes and frozen city starts to glow

And yes, they know that it’ll melt

And yes, the know New York will thaw

But if you are a friend of any sort then play along and catch a cold!

(It’s just fun, and it sounds like walking around the city with someone and just being so glad to be there, and to be with the other person.)

8. The Significant Moment in Which Our Heroes Fall in Love (montage): Hush Little Baby — Yo Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin

(The lyrics aren’t really important — you all know them. This isn’t really a love song, but it just has fantastic happy movie montage atmosphere. I picture the couple moving into a big sunlit loft that they couldn’t realistically afford and, like, falling on the sofa and kissing and cooking breakfast and things.)

9. Our Heroes Make Love for the First Time: Regarde-moi — Zaza Fournier

Ma bouche, mes reins et mon cou.

Le dessin derrière mes genoux, et puis le creux dans la cheville.

Mes épaules qui se déshabillent.

Aggrippes toi, à l’espoir de m’avoir, à ton envie de moi.

Oui aggrippe toi, au mouvement de mes hanches, au souffle de ma voix.

10. The Tragic Misunderstanding and Breakup: Hey Ya! — OutKast

You think you’ve got it

Oh, you think you’ve got it

But got it just don’t get it when there’s nothin’ at all

We get together

Oh, we get together

But separate’s always better when there’s feelings involved

Know what they say -its: Nothing lasts forever!

Then what makes it, then what makes it

Then what makes it, then what makes it

Then what makes love the exception?

(Of course I shake it like a Polaroid picture when I listen to this song, but it’s actually insanely depressing.)

11. The Montage of Attempting to Move On and Failing Horribly: Going On — Gnarls Barkley

And you can stand right there if you want

But I’m going on

And I’m prepared to go it alone I’m going on

12. The Montage of Missing Each Other: Cet air-là — April March

Quand ils sont longs les jours de pluie

Quand je suis seule quand je m’ennuie

Que dans un rythme monotone

Au fond de moi ton nom résonne

Il me reste cet air-là

Qui vient me parler de toi

Car en chantant cet air-là

Je ne peux penser qu’à toi

13. The Chance Meeting: Quelqu’un m’a dit — Carla Bruni

Mais qui est-ce qui m’a dit que toujours tu m’aimais?

Je ne me souviens plus c’était tard dans la nuit,

J’entends encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits

“Il vous aime, c’est secret, lui dites pas que j’vous l’ai dit”

14. The Reconciliation: New Soul — Yael Naïm

This is a happy end

Come and give me your hand

I’ll take you far away

I’m a new soul

I came to this strange world

Hoping to learn a bit ‘bout how to give and take

But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear

Finding myself making every possible mistake

15. Closing Credits: Absolute Beginners — Carla Bruni

I’ve nothing much to offer

There’s nothing much to take

I’m an absolute beginner

And I’m absolutely sane

As long as we’re together

The rest can go to Hell

I absolutely love you

But we’re absolute beginners

With eyes completely open

But nervous all the same

Oh, we’re absolute beginners

With nothing much at stake

As long as we’re together

The rest can go to Hell

I absolutely love you

We’re absolute beginners

Super rough translations of the French under the cut (keep in mind it’s like 4AM):

(Source: Spotify)

I’ve looked at way too many album covers today, so now I just need to take a minute to express my ridiculous love for Chuck Berry and his punnish early albums.

If your last name were Berry, can you really honestly say you would be able to resist?