{"id":1811,"date":"2017-11-04T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.frenchlanguagesalon.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T18:01:33","slug":"learn-french-the-best-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/education-en\/learn-french-the-best-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn French: The best Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Learn French<\/strong><\/span> or just practice on the way to work or in the waiting room at the DMV (we all know it can last for hours), it is possible and easy.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, all you will need are 2 things: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>a smartphone and headphones<\/strong><\/span>. Then, you just need to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>save this page<\/strong><\/span> and listen to the following list of songs.<\/p>\n<p>These french songs have been carefully chosen for their <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">simple and useful vocabulary<\/span><\/strong>, being easily understandable and also, as an important <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">part of popular culture<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can easily find them online <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">with subtitles<\/span><\/strong> in the language of your choice. French is obviously the best choice! Depending on your level, you can even search for a website which provides the original lyrics and the translation on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>To be the most efficient, you have the option to <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">pause to read<\/span><\/strong> the words, look up the ones you don&#8217;t know, <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">repeat and listen again<\/span><\/strong> to the hardest parts, and (if you can and want to) <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">sing<\/span><\/strong> of course! It is actually a <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">good pronunciation training<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Now that you are ready, here is the list of songs:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PART 1 &#8211; The Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Je l\u2019aime \u00e0 mourir \u2013 Francis Cabrel<\/li>\n<li>Puisque tu pars \u2013 Jean-Jacques Goldman<\/li>\n<li>Amoureux de Paname \u2013 Renaud<\/li>\n<li>Ne me quitte pas \u2013 Jacques Brel<\/li>\n<li>Et si tu n\u2019existais pas \u2013 Joe Dassin<\/li>\n<li>Dis-moi que l\u2019amour \u2013 Marc Lavoine<\/li>\n<li>La vie en rose \u2013 Edith Piaf<\/li>\n<li>Y\u2019a de la joie \u2013 Charles Trenet<\/li>\n<li>Le temps ne fait rien \u00e0 l\u2019affaire \u2013 Georges Brassens (bonus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PART 2 &#8211; Contemporary Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entre nous \u2013 Chim\u00e8ne Badi<\/li>\n<li>Quelqu\u2019un qui m\u2019a dit \u2013 Carla Bruni<\/li>\n<li>Tu trouveras \u2013 Natasha St Pier<\/li>\n<li>Lucie \u2013 Pascal Obispo<\/li>\n<li>4 mots sur un piano \u2013 Patrick Fiori<\/li>\n<li>Maman \u2013 Louane<\/li>\n<li>Partons vite \u2013 Kaolin<\/li>\n<li>La Seine \u2013 Vanessa Paradis &amp; M<\/li>\n<li>Stromae \u2013 Papaout\u00e9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have decided to divide the list in 2 parts for those who want to listen to songs that are a bit more current with a contemporary style. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Stromae<\/strong><\/span> for example is famous right now in France and in Europe and he even had a <em>tour<\/em> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to share <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">your favorite french song<\/span><\/strong>, feel free to do it in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn French or just practice on the way to work or in the waiting room at the DMV (we all know it can last for hours), it is possible and easy. To do so, all you will need are 2 things: a smartphone and headphones. Then, you just need to save this page and listen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[28,36,89,107],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/110417-frenchsongs.jpg?fit=2000%2C1038&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kt18-td","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2442,"url":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/art\/michel-sardou-the-final-show-of-an-iconic-french-singer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811,"position":0},"title":"Michel Sardou : The final show of an iconic French singer","date":"May 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Following his last concert at La Cigale in Paris on April 12th, we proudly introduce you to Michel Sardou. 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