James Dean en chansons

Annotation :

1961

Cliff Richard, Presley, Gene Vincent et James Dean
Vivre un souvenir bercé par les Platters
Et danser le rock en faisant la cuisine
Me casser la figure aux sports d'hiver

Annotation :

1963

Now a young man's gone
But his legend lingers on
For so much had he to give

But his life is through
For the story told is true
For he died just as he lived

For this daring young star
Met his death while in his car
No one knows the reason why

Screaming tire, flashing fire
And gone was this young star
Oh how could they let him die

Still a young man is gone
Yet his legend lingers on
For he died without a cause

And they say that he'll
Be known for evermore
As the 'Rebel Without A Cause'



Dean n'est jamais nommé mais l'hommage est sincère.

Annotation :

1968

Je veux vous parler de ma voisine
Qui vient chez moi par la cuisine
Elle me sert de réveil-matin
Et m'appelle son petit James Dean
Faut-il condamner ma cuisine?

Annotation :

1971

When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Annotation :

1972

Jackie is just speeding away,
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash, Valium would have helped that bash - she said:

Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
And the coloured girls go, doo dodoo

Annotation :

1972

Amy I may not be James Dean
Amy I may not be nineteen
And I may still be in romper boots and jeans
But ooo ooo, Amy you're the girl that wrecks my dreams

Annotation :

1973

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen
Prettiest girl I ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
(James Dean)

Annotation :

1973

Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando
Standing with their heads bowed on the side
Crying like a baby thinking about the time
James Dean took that fatal ride, took that ride

Annotation :

1974

James Dean, James Dean, I know just what you mean
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen
You were the low down rebel if there ever was
Even if you had no cause
James dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen
We'll talk about a low-down bad refrigerator
You were just too cool for school
Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop
The only thing that got you off was breakin' all the rules
James Dean, James Dean, so hungry and so lean
James Dean, you said it all so clean
And I know my life would look alright
If I could see it on the silver screen
Little James Dean up on the screen
Wonderin' who he might be.
Along came a spyder, picked up a rider
Took him down the road to eternity
James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen
James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye
Bye bye too fast to live too young to die
Bye bye too fast to live too young to die
Bye bye too fast to live too young to die
Bye bye too fast to live too young to die
Too fast to live too young to die
Oo-oo-oo-oo too fast to live too young to die
Bye bye too fast to live too young to die
Oh, James Dean too fast to live too young to die

Annotation :

1974

Marilyn aurait cinquante ans
James Dean n'est plus un géant
Rien n'est plus, rien n'est plus vraiment comme avant
Wow wow wow


Allusion à son rôle dans Géant

Annotation :

1975

You feel like Steve McQueen
When you're driving in your car
And you think you look like James Bond
When you're smoking your cigar
It's so bizarre you think you are
The new kind of James Dean
But the only thing I've ever seen of you
Was a commercial spot on the screen

Movie Star, Movie Star, ahahar
You think you are a Movie? Movie Star, Movie Star, ahahar
You think you are a Movie? Star, ahahar

Annotation :

1976

Elle croyait qu'j'étais James Dean
Américain d'origine
Le fils de Buffalo Bill
Alors admiration
Faut dire qu'j'avais la chemise à carreaux
La guitare derrière dans l'dos
Pour faire le cow-boy très beau
Mais composition
Elle me parlait anglais tout'l'temps
J'lui répondais deux trois mots bidon
Des trucs entendus dans des chansons
Consternation

Annotation :

1976

Sass makes the move, she straightens her seams
Joe checks in the mirror, he thinks he's James Dean
He pulls on over, says he's got a flat
Sass is no fool, she knows where he's at

Annotation :

1976

Elle était jolie la Marilyn de mon lycée
Je l'emmenais sur mon scooter
Pour voir James Dean et puis danser
Elle était moins belle la fille du bar
Mais pas besoin d'être une star
Pour vous apprendre à embrasser

Annotation :

1977

T'as le même blue jean que James Dean
T'arrêtes ta frime
Je parie que c'est un vrai Lévis Strauss
Il est carrément pas craignos
Viens faire un tour derrière l'église
Histoire que je te dévalise
A grands coups de ceinturon

Annotation :

1977

Et René Coty préparait son départ
Abandonnant à tout jamais le pouvoir
Le vieux James Dean était déjà mort
Mais Elvis Presley avait son disque d´or
Et la voix d´Elvis chantait "Good Rockin´ Tonight"

Annotation :

1979

Spending all my energy
In keeping my virginity
And living in a fantasy
In love with Jimmy Dean
If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy,
I will be your queen
And often have I wondered
How the years and I survived

Annotation :

1979

Sometimes I think about James Dean,
Sammy Cooke and my teenage queen.
Doo ron, de ron, de ron,
Marilyn Monroe and hot rod fun.
I still think about these things
And the memory that it brings.

Annotation :

1980

James Dean in that mercury forty-nine
Junior Johnson runnin' through the woods of Carolina
Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac ranch

Annotation :

1981

They'd say, hey Nash the slash
Why did you leave your sticker on my
Forty-two dollar and fifty cent suite
In James Dean's head bed?

Annotation :

1982

Jack he sits back, collects his thoughts for a moment
Scratches his head, and does his best James Dean
Well, now then, there, Diane, we ought to run off to the city

Annotation :

1983

Tu sais que t'as un peu la gueule à James Dean
Celle qu'il aurait eu s'il avait pas été beau
T'es bâti comme une armoire de cuisine
Le cœur dans le tiroir, tout près du couteau
Lorsque je vois se pointer dans mon horizon
Ta carcasse immense de grand chien paumé
Je dis tiens voila Loulou, la fleur du baston
Voila la bête humaine, voila l'autre allumé
Je dis "Salut Georges", t'aime pas tellement ça
Tu veux qu'on appelle de ton surnom de voyou
Celui que t'as été quand t'étais moins gras
Un petit plus jeune, et moins con surtout

Annotation :

1984

Monsieur Bill Haley
Bien avant Presley (ouais, je les connais les deux, là!)
Déjà décoiffait
M'éclatant la tête avec ses "Comets"
Et Place des fêtes
Sur nos mobylettes
On singeait James Dean

Annotation :

1985

Ragtime, fast lane, another overdose
You know James Dean wasn't playing the role
I said hey, you, whatcha gonna do?
When the time runs out on you

Annotation :

1985

Vodka ou coca cola ?
Youri Gagarine ou James Dean ?
L'Agence Tass ou Baby Doll ?
Dallas ou les Ballets du Bolchoï ?

Annotation :

1986

Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

Where you goin' boy? I see your legs twitchin'
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
My daddy says you just need a good lickin'
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

You say you gonna be the King of Las Vegas
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
You're just a boy who comes from bad places
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

Why did you go and crash up your new car?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Is it because it didn't take you too far?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

Why do you always have such a sad face?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Is it because you want to get out of this place?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh, Jimmy, Jimmy

You're much too wild for this town
There's not much here that's gonna hold you down
You gotta lotta style, it should take you far
Take you further than my backyard




James Dean n'est jamais nommé autrement que par son surnom mais il s'agit bien d'un hommage de Madonna.

Annotation :

1987

Did you walk cool in the fifties, daddy?
And did you dress like James Dean?
Did you wear dungarees?
Did you dance to the rhumba?

Annotation :

1987

Well now he's a rebel without a cause
Hey c'mon let's make a deal
See your name in lights just like Jimmy Dean
Live and die behind the wheel
Well now Mr D whispered in his ear
Hey c'mon let's make a deal
Engines running hot singing Jimmy Dean
Any time there's time to kill

He drove like a demon
And he burned up the screen
But he never looked back no
She just wasted my time

Well now he's a rebel without a cause
Hey c'mon let's make a deal
See your name in lights just like Jimmy Dean
Live and die behind the wheel
Gonna let those horses loose again
Hey c'mon let's make a deal
See them running wild just like Jimmy Dean
Overdrive in chrome and steel
Hey c'mon
Hey c'mon let's make a deal
Well now he's a rebel without a cause
Live and die behind the wheel

Annotation :

1989

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Annotation :

1989

'cause I just want to be James Dean
I just want to be James Dean
I just want to be James Dean
For a day

I want to be oversexed and underworked and look at me I'm such a jerk
And I just want to be James Dean
For a day

Think about stories of the actors and the movies stars
Sittin' here watchin' the old men drinkin' at the bar
I think about Dean and all the things he should've tried
I think about Dean and all the ways he could've died
Yeah, died

And I wouldn't give a shit about anything 'cause I'd be such a big movie star
And that don't really do me much good just cryin' at the bar

But I just want to be James Dean
I just want to be James Dean
I just want to be James Dean
For a day

See but I'm overworked and undersexed and look at me I'm such a wreck
And I just want to be James Dean
For a day

Going crazy 'cause I'm always all alone
Going crazy no one calls me on the phone
I think about Dean and I know Dean he wouldn't care
If I was Dean I know there'd be somebody there
Yeah, there'd be somebody there
For me

Yeah I think about all the really cool things I could do and say
Then you go and tell me that you found out Dean was gay...

No, I don't want to be James Dean
I don't want to be James Dean
I don't want to be James Dean
Anymore