Les métachansons
Quand une chanson parle d'elle-même, c'est une métachanson.
Broken Hearted Blues
2:02.
Morceau de T. Rex
Annotation :
This is a song that I wrote when I was young,
And I call it the broken hearted blues
Chain Letter (1971)
Chain Letter
5:06. Sortie : 1971 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Todd Rundgren
Annotation :
This is the ending of my song
It has made me blind and deaf and weak but most of all
It shows you that I'm wrong
For you see it's really twice this long
And if I should die tomorrow it will carry on
Childhood’s End
4:31.
Morceau de Pink Floyd
Annotation :
So all things time will mend
And so this song will end
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (edit)
3:45.
Morceau de Bobby McFerrin
Annotation :
Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
Leaves That Are Green
2:22.
Morceau de Simon & Garfunkel
Annotation :
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long
A New England (Live) (2009)
A New England
2:18. Sortie : 2009 (France).
Live de Billy Bragg
Annotation :
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long
(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long (1988)
(This Song's Just) Six Words Long
3:36. Sortie : 12 avril 1988 (France).
Morceau de Weird Al Yankovic
Annotation :
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
[...]
Time (1992)
Time
6:49. Sortie : 24 novembre 1992 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de Pink Floyd
Annotation :
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say
This Song (2004)
This Song
4:14. Sortie : 24 février 2004 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de George Harrison
Annotation :
This song has nothing tricky about it
This song ain't black or white and as far as I know
Don't infringe on anyone's copyright, so [...]
Your Song (1970)
Your Song
4:04. Sortie : 22 juillet 1970 (France). Pop rock, Blues, Classique
Morceau de Elton John
Annotation :
And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
Birthday Carol
9:14.
Morceau de Todd Rundgren
Annotation :
I am not very old and I won't live long
I was born this very morning singing this here song
Borrowed Tune (1975)
Borrowed Tune
3:26. Sortie : 20 juin 1975 (France).
Morceau de Neil Young
Annotation :
I'm singin' this borrowed tune
I took from the Rolling Stones,
Alone in this empty room
Too wasted to write my own.
When I'm With You (1998)
When I'm With You
4:06. Sortie : 22 septembre 1998 (France).
Morceau de Sparks
Annotation :
It's the break on the song
When I should say something special
But the pressure is on and I can't make up nothing special
Not when I'm with you
Bemused and Confused and Bedraggled (1990)
Bemused and Confused and Bedraggled
3:24. Sortie : décembre 1990 (France).
Morceau de The Orchids
Annotation :
This is my song
It ain't very hard and it ain't very long
Only a Northern Song (Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 13, 14 February and 20 April 1967) (1969)
Only a Northern Song
2:43. Sortie : 13 janvier 1969 (France). Pop rock
Morceau de The Beatles
Annotation :
If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not, we just wrote it like that
Tribute (2001)
Tribute
4:05. Sortie : 25 septembre 2001 (France). Pop rock, Hard/metal
Morceau de Tenacious D
Annotation :
This is not the greatest song in the world, no
This is just a tribute!
Couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, yeah, no!
This is a tribute, oh
To the greatest song in the world
Down at the Arcade (1984)
Down at the Arcade
3:40. Sortie : 1984 (France).
Morceau de Lou Reed
Annotation :
Oh, I'm the Great Defender, listen to my song
I really hope you like it, it isn't very long
It's rooted in the Fifties but its heart's in 1984
And if you really like it
Then I sing it for you once more
When I'm Gone (Live) (1966)
When I'm Gone
4:20. Sortie : 1966 (France).
Live de Phil Ochs
Annotation :
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here
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