Mini-critique N°333

Paroles :

Baby baby baby

What's it gonna be?

Oh, baby, baby, baby, yeah yeah

Is it him or is it me?

Oh, don't make me waste my time

Don't make me lose my mind baby, yeah

Baby, baby, baby

Can't you stay with me tonight?

Oh baby, baby, baby

Come, on, don't my kisses please you right?

You were so hard to find

The beautiful ones they hurt you

Every time

Paint a perfect picture

And bring to life a vision in one's mind

The beautiful ones

(The beautiful ones)

Always smash the picture

Always every time

If I told you, baby

That I was in love with you

Ohh baby, baby, baby

If we got married (got married)

Would that be cool?

You make me so confused

The beautiful ones

You always seem to lose, baby

Baby, baby (yes baby, yes, baby)

See the beautiful ones

(The beautiful ones)

See the beautiful ones

(The beautiful ones)

Do you all hear

Do you all mean

'Cause I want you

Yes I mean, I want you

Oh yeah, baby

I want you, oh yeah

I want you

Alright

You may not know where I'm going, baby

I may not know, said I may not know

Said you may not know

But I mean what I mean

But one thing, one thing is certain baby

I know what I want

And that's to please you baby, to please you baby

The one thing is I want you I want you

I need you oh so bad, so bad

I want you

Why oh why

Why oh why

Why oh why

Baby, why, oh baby baby baby

The beautiful ones

You wanna love me, love me

Or you wanna throw me away

I gotta know

I gotta know, baby

Gotta know, baby, baby, baby

Baby baby baby

I need you

Baby baby baby

I want you

Tell me why

The beautiful ones

They hurt you every

Time

Critique :

"The Beautiful Ones" a été écrite et enregistrée à l'origine par Prince, pour son album "Purple Rain" de 1984.

Mariah Carey l'a reprise en duo avec le groupe R&B Dru Hill sur son album "Butterfly" de 1997. "“The Beautiful Ones” est ma chanson préférée de Prince", confiait-elle à Blues & Soul en 1997. "Elle me replonge dans mes souvenirs d'adolescence, à l'époque où la bande originale de “Purple Rain” cartonnait. Je restais souvent chez moi à penser à Matt, un garçon dont j'étais amoureuse, et je pleurais en écoutant “The Beautiful Ones”. C'est d'ailleurs la seule reprise que j'ai faite qui date de cette période – mon adolescence. Ça fonctionne bien parce que Sisqo de Dru Hill, qui chante le premier couplet, a cette voix grave et masculine, et que j'ai un timbre plus aérien. Le contraste est réussi, et la production de Devante lui a apporté une dimension supplémentaire. "