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Je t'aime, Moi non plus  


2/16/2009 9:53 pm
Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin

The song was originally written for and recorded in 1968 with Gainsbourg's then girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot. However, Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release their recording of the song: she was married at the time, to German businessman Gunter Sachs. Gainsbourg complied. Later that year, Gainsbourg met, and fell in love with, English actress Jane Birkin, on the set of their film Slogan. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" was re-recorded with Birkin replacing Bardot, and was released early in 1969. The explicit eroticism of the song was declared offensive at the time of its release. The lyrics are commonly thought to refer to the taboo theme of engaging in sex without love, and were delivered in a breathy, suggestive style. The song culminates in simulated orgasm sounds by Birkin: mostly because of this, it was banned from radio play in Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK, and denounced by the Vatican in a public statement.

I love you I love you
Oh yes I love you!
Me neither
Oh my love
Like the surge of a wave
I go I go and I come
In between your loins
I go and I come
In between your loins
And I hold back
I love you, I love you
Oh Yes I love you
Me neither
Oh my love
You are the wave I am the naked island
You go you go and you come
In between my loins
You go and you come
In between my loins
And I join you
I love you I love you
Oh yes I love you!
Me neither
Oh my love
Like the surge of a wave
I go I go and I come
In between your loins
I go and I come
In between your loins
And I hold back

You come and you go
In between my loins
And I join you

I love you I love you
Oh yes I love you
Me neither
Oh my love
Physical love is at a dead end

I go I go and I come
In between your loins
I go and I come
In between your loins
I hold back
No! Now come!
maidentouse
9 posts 

3/1/2009 9:50 pm

Would love to hear you sing it Billie MMMMmmmm i think you could put a lot of feeling into without knowing as much as you do !

jenny14
40640 posts

2/17/2009 11:25 am

Billie

Lovely lyrics - thank you for the history

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Jenny

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