Comments on: Wanted: Labour supporting French singer (no time-wasters)

By: Moors

Moors — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:42:28 +0000

La beur = l’arabe = the arab language/the Arab.

By: paulinlancs

paulinlancs — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:49:37 +0000

‘I forgot to mention that La-beur would sound like La beurre, which would mean butter.’

Thought it was le beurre.

Anyway, it’s pronounced Lay-beur in this chanson. The butters, which sounds like a 1970s psychadelic combo, and therefore just the post modern irony sense I’m creating masterfully with my mix of languages and seemingly jarring song style/political message.

By: Hadleigh Roberts

Hadleigh Roberts — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:44:36 +0000

I forgot to mention that La-beur would sound like La beurre, which would mean butter.

As for RA, I think he was Labour (like his pals Fry & Laurie) but as Raincoat says, that might not be the case now.

By: raincoatoptimism

raincoatoptimism — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:59:07 +0000

All I can tell from his wikipedia page is that he wants to safeguard jokes about the religious and he loves the gays, so if he is a Labour supporter then he isn’t of the Tom Harris ilk (but which self-respecting Labour supporter is of the Tom Harris ilk other than himself? And Frank Field, but that’s another comments thread).

By: paulinlancs

paulinlancs — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:54:58 +0000

“Labour Party translates as Parti Travailliste for a start”

Yes I know. It doesn’t scan as well as La-beur.

“It’s the closing theme to Mr Bean’s Holiday”

That I didn’t know. Maybe Rowan Atknson will record it. Is he a Labour supporter?

By: Hadleigh Roberts

Hadleigh Roberts — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:40 +0000

Without commenting on the new lyrics, (Labour Party translates as Parti Travailliste for a start) I am most familiar with this song because it’s the closing theme to Mr Bean’s Holiday!