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Barbara Pravi - Dis, quand reviendras-tu

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Barbara Pravi sings "Dis, quand reviendras-tu," a beautiful song about the pain of waiting for a lover to come back.

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Zaz - Demain c’est toi

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Zaz sings "Demain c'est toi" (Tomorrow It's You) from her new album Effet miroir (Mirror Effect). She gives us a hint of things to come in her personal life. Who might she bring into the world?

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Caption 2 [en]: That are only waiting for you
Caption 2 [fr]: Qui n'attendent que toi

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Christine and the Queens - La Marcheuse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Christine sings "La marcheuse" (The Walker), from her latest album Chris. Dressed as a bullfighter, she walks the deserted streets of a village to confront those who want to harm her. Or is it her own demons?

Matches in Transcript

Caption 31 [en]: Clear ideas that I'm waiting for
Caption 31 [fr]: Les idées claires que j'attends

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Angèle - Je veux tes yeux

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

Belgian singer Angèle invites us inside her head as she shares her deepest longings and imaginings in "Je veux tes yeux" (I Want Your Eyes). Starting from a photograph, she drifts into a daydream of love illustrated by a beautiful sequences of images.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 7 [en]: I'm waiting for your sign, I think there aren't any
Caption 7 [fr]: J'attends ton signe, je crois qu'y en a pas

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Mélanie Laurent - "Circus" & "Tango"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mélanie Laurent is a French actress and singer, among other things. In this live set, she sings two powerful songs, "Circus" and "Tango."

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Caption 2 [en]: Waiting for the morning to suddenly point its nose [show its face]
Caption 2 [fr]: Attendre que le matin pointe son nez tout à coup

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Indila - Love Story

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila sings "Love Story" from her debut album Mini World. In her song, Indila celebrates enduring love through the eyes of an old man reliving his past.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 9 [en]: Apart from her, he is not waiting for anything
Caption 9 [fr]: À part elle, il n'attend rien

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Zaz - Eblouie par la nuit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The thirty-four-year-old singer Zaz made her debut in 2010 (after singing on the streets of Paris for a while, like her famous predecessor, Edith Piaf). Her single "Eblouie par la nuit" (Blinded by the Night) was hugely successful and is sure to dazzle you too.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 3 [en]: I've been waiting for you for a hundred years in the black and white streets
Caption 3 [fr]: Je t'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc

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Oldelaf et Monsieur D - Le Café

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 57 [en]: Waiting for the subway
Caption 57 [fr]: Attendant le métro

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Alsace 20 - Rammstein à Strasbourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

German metal band Rammstein has no shortage of fans. Listen to devotees describe just what it is that makes the band compelling enough to sell out ten thousand tickets in just two days.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 3 [en]: fans are waiting to be warmed up by their idols' music.
Caption 3 [fr]: des fans attendent d'être réchauffés par la musique de leurs idoles.

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Vincent Venet - Les larmiers du bonheur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Get lost in the dreamy lyrics and musical styling of Vincent Venet with this song from his 2005 album “Humeur.” Venet, who describes himself as an author, composer, performer, and director, wrote and composed the album in just several weeks in the beautiful Ardennes of Belgium.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 4 [en]: Where we kill time waiting for the decent days to return to us
Caption 4 [fr]: Où l'on tue le temps en attendant que nous reviennent les jours séants

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Babylon Circus - J'aurais bien voulu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Babylon Circus, a ska band from Lyon, sings in this song about romantic regrets, missed cues, and lost opportunities. “J’aurais bien voulu” could well be translated as “Woulda, coulda, shoulda.”

Matches in Transcript

Caption 16 [en]: In the fall we'll be waiting for spring
Caption 16 [fr]: À l'automne on attendra le printemps

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Amadou et Mariam - Sénégal Fast Food - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Senegal

Amadou and Mariam share singing duties with co-producer Manu Chao on a song with themes of migration and dislocation.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 17 [en]: Number thirty-nine is waiting there, is waiting there
Caption 17 [fr]: Numéro trente-neuf y attend, y attend

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