Marilyn Monroe en chansons

Annotation :

1968

Un numéro
De Superman
Un écrou de chez
Paco Rabanne
Une photo d'Marilyn
Un tube d'aspirine

Annotation :

1972

If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
Cause she's not very tough
She should have been made of iron or steel
But she was only made of flesh and blood

Annotation :

1972

There may be not much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
We check their coffins

Annotation :

1972

Marilyn, Marilyn
Quel est le film, le scénario
Qu’il te faut tourner de nouveau
Et dans quel néant s’illumine
Le néon de ton nom, Marilyn

Avais-tu donc le cœur si las
Que tu préfères l’au-delà
À l’eau si bleue de la piscine
Ô Marilyn, Marilyn

Le talent payé à prix d’or
La beauté en technicolor
Et le soleil californien
Non, tout cela ne sert à rien
Quand on voit l’envers du décor


Ça tourne mal, ça tourne court
Nos rêves, nos joies, nos amours
L’espoir comme un vieux magazine
A glissé de tes doigts, Marilyn

Nos vies ne sont qu’un bout d’essai
Pour qui, pourquoi, Dieu seul le sait
Toi qui connaît la fin du film
Dis Marilyn, est-ce un baiser

Dis Marilyn, est-ce un baiser ?

Annotation :

1973

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled

Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Annotation :

1974

Quand le phoque s’ennuie
Y regarde son poil qui brille
Comme les rues de New York après la pluie
Y rêve à Chicago, à Marilyn Monroe
Y voudrait voir sa blonde faire un show

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

Annotation :

1975

She was born in L.A
In a lonely room
Hardly knew her mama
And her daddy left too soon

She never seemed to fit in with the other kids around
Late at night
She took out her pen
And this is what she wrote down:

Norma Jean wants to be a movie star
She wants to shine
Hear people say
"We know who you are"

Norma Jean wants to see her name in lights
She wants to dance
She wants to live the good life

By the time she turned sixteen
She was twenty-one
Knew every name on the silver screen
And everything they'd done

But when it came time to lay herself down to dream
It wasn't them she saw up there
It was "Norma Jean"

[...]

Before too long
She had her fortune and fame
But it wasn't Norma Jean
Marilyn was her name

She died in L.A. in a lonely room
Nobody knew her
But they knew she died too soon

By the time it was too late
Lord, we began to care
If you can hear me now
This is my prayer

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 :

1976

It's fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources,
And I'm holding up the lamp-post if you want to know
I've seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all
Cause I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe,
Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane
Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats,
Burned hundred-dollar bills, I've eaten Mulligan stew
Got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song?

Annotation :

1976

C'est là qu'on a dit adieu à Marilyn au cœur d'or
Tandis que West Side battait tous les records

Annotation :

1976

I want to be a platinum blonde
Just like all the sexy stars
Marilyn and Jeanne, Jayne, Mae and Marlene
Yeah they, they really had fun

Annotation :

1978

And its raining its pouring
The old man is snoring
Now I lay me down to sleep
I hear the sirens in the street
All my dreams are made of chrome
I have no way to get back home
I'd rather die before I wake
Like Marilyn Monroe
And you could throw my dreams out in the street
And let the rain make 'em grow

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

Si t'es venu pour la frime
J'te prêterai ma limousine avec piscine
Cheminée, bar et mousseline
Avec un bas de soie noir d'Marilyn
Le dentier du président
Le Watergate du précédent, en sourdine
New York, New York, New York...

Annotation :

1983

I'm outta luck, outta love
Got a photograph, picture of
Passion killer, you're too much
You're the only one I wanna touch

I see your face every time I dream
On every page, every magazine
So wild and free,
So far from me
You're all I want, my fantasy

Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown
Look what you've done

Photograph
I don't want your photograph
I don't need your photograph
All I've got is a photograph
But it's not enough

I'd be your lover, if you were there
Put your hurt on me, if you dare
Such a woman, you got style
You make every man feel like a child

You got some kinda hold on me
You're all wrapped up in mystery
So wild and free
So far from me
You're all I want, my fantasy





Chanson hommage à Marilyn comme le mentionne le chanteur du groupe Joe Elliott avant de la jouer en concert.

Annotation :

1983

https://genius.com/Kinky-friedman-marilyn-and-joe-lyrics

Annotation :

1983

5:25 August fifth, 1962
Found her lying on her chest
Her face all turning blue
You think it was an overdose
But could it have been the pact
Could it have been the Kennedys
Was it LAPD
It ain't a mystery
Baby not to me
Funny, funny, funny mystery
Baby not to me

Rotted corpse, s** decay
b****** all full of slugs
No answer for the accident
Her c*** has all dried up, you see
5:25 August fifth, 1962
Make it seem a suicide
Make it seem a suicide
Make it seem a suicide
Make it seem a suicide
It ain't a mystery
Baby not to me
Funny, funny, funny mystery
Baby not to me

Annotation :

1984
(Merci à Aurea)

Pas de mention directe de Marilyn dans les paroles mais "le clip vidéo s'inspire de l'admiration de Madonna pour Marilyn Monroe et imite la performance de la chanson Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend du film Les hommes préfèrent les blondes. Apparaît l'acteur Keith Carradine, qui joue l'intérêt amoureux de Madonna."

Annotation :

1984

Les néons du drugstore flirtent avec les abîmes
de cette chambre enfumée où brûle ma Norma Jean
cholest'n'rock'n'roll pour 2 cinglés sublimes
dans le chaud maelström de l'érotico-stream

Annotation :

1984

Reconcile your parents to you by becoming both at once!
Even Marilyn Monroe was a man, but this tends to get overlooked by our
Mother-fixated, overweight, sexist media.

Annotation :

1984

Joséphine (Joséphine) Dracula (Dracula)
D'Artagnan (D'Artagnan) Cendrillon (Cendrillon)
Jules César (Jules César) Arlequin (Arlequin)
Superman (Superman) Colombine (Colombine)
Napoléon (Napoléon) Bécassine (Bécassine)
Casanova (Casanova) Marilyn (Marilyn)
Aujourd'hui, j'embrasse qui je veux, je veux
Devinez, devinez, devinez qui je suis
Derrière mon loup, j'embrasse qui je veux, je veux
Aujourd'hui, (aujourd'hui) tout est permis (tout est permis)
Aujourd'hui, (aujourd'hui) tout est permis (tout est permis)

Annotation :

1985

JFK, Marilyn Monroe
Street-walking gypsy, Margaret Trudeau
I said hey you what cha gonna do
When time runs out on you?

Annotation :

1985

In the class she's taking notes just how deep deep is my throat
Mother Mary don't you know
She's got eyes like Marilyn Monroe

Annotation :

1985

One night you'll play Elizabeth Taylor
The next night you're Marilyn Monroe
Forever kissing frogs that think they're princes
Oh, lady nina, where did all the romance go?

Annotation :

1987

Marilyn peint sa bouche
Elle pense à John
Rien qu'à John
Un sourire, puis un soupir
Elle fredonne une... chanson

Ni triste, ni gaie
Entre deux, trois... interviews
Et du swing qui mousse
Dans son bain, c'est fou
Marilyn chante son nom
Elle s'invente des chansons
Sur le mariage d'une étoile et d'un lion

Marilyn

Marilyn amoureuse
Elle appelle John : ... John
De secrétaires en ministères
Au téléphone elle attend

C'est un amour mystère
Un secret d'état
Marilyn change sa voix

Elle s'invente des prénoms
Et le mariage d'une étoile et d'un lion

Marilyn amoureuse
C'est l'histoire d'une étoile et d'un lion

Elle s'invente des chansons
Sur le mariage d'une étoile et d'un lion...

Annotation :

1987

Une île des Grenadines
Où il fait toujours beau,
La robe de Marilyn
Sur une bouche de métro,
Les routes sont magnifiques,
Direction San Diego.
Pour que ce soit magique,
On en fait toujours trop.

Annotation :

1988

Y'en a huit heures par jour qui tapent sur des machines
Y'en a qui font la cour masculine féminine
Y'en a qui lèchent les bottes comme on lèche des vitrines
Et y'en a même qui font du cinéma, qu'on appellent Marilyn
Mais Marilyn Dubois s'ra jamais Norma Jean
Faut pas croire que l'talent c'est tout c'qu'on s'imagine

Annotation :

1989

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Annotation :

1990

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine