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Alain Bashung — Osez Josephine
Album: Osez Josephine
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Released: 1991
Length: 2:51
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Sonnerie à l'arrière des berlines
on devine
des monarques et leurs figurines
juste une paire de demi-dieux
livrés à eux
ils font des petits
ils font des envieux

à l'arrière des dauphines
je suis le roi des scélérats
à qui sourit la vie

marcher sur l'eau
éviter les péages
jamais souffrir
juste faire hennir
les chevaux du plaisir

osez, osez Joséphine
osez, osez Joséphine
plus rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
rien ne justifie

usez vos souliers
usez l'usurier
soyez ma muse
et que ne durent que les moments doux
durent que les moments doux
et que ne durent que les moments doux

osez, osez Joséphine
osez, osez Joséphine
plus rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
rien ne justifie
Comments (102)add comment
Baschung - fabulous!  I would love to hear more of his stuff here.  Such an artist!
Posted 5 days ago by BigDaddy_PA    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 months ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
I was in Paris few weeks ago.  And music was in the air.  
Posted 2 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Alain Bashung war einer der ganz Grossen!
Posted 4 months ago by Majoran    [ Reply ]
 johnfiva wrote:


Frenchie?!?  How fucking old are you?


Okay okay, "cheese eating surrender monkey" - Bart Simpson - . Happy now?  I like this tune.
Posted 8 months ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

Who is this Frenchie, Bob Dylan wannabe? 



Frenchie?!?  How fucking old are you?
Posted 9 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
The best !! The beast !! Rate him with a 11
Posted 10 months ago by frankxjr83    [ Reply ]
As French listener, I have just to acclaim this choice, much much better than Zaz.
Alain Bashung is one of the most interesting artist since 40 years in France !!!
Go on RP, go on !!!
Posted 1 year ago by ThierryP    [ Reply ]
Bashung in the main mix ? wooow nice. Go on like this RP
Posted 1 year ago by Vivelimperium    [ Reply ]
Loved this song and thanks as usual to RP and Bill for playing it. One question; is there an extended version of this song that RP played? For some reason it sounded like there was an extended guitar solo part that's not included on the LP version.
Posted 1 year ago by Dana_Thompson    [ Reply ]
Merci de nous écouter !
Posted 1 year ago by klhoste    [ Reply ]
Great to hear Alain Bashung on RP! 
Try as well 'La Nuit Je Mens'!
Posted 1 year ago by Beinte    [ Reply ]
Who is this Frenchie, Bob Dylan wannabe? 
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
exceptionnel auteur compositeur et interprète. Je vous conseille d'écouter Bashung un des plus grands rocker français. Nous le regrettons chaque jour. 
Posted 1 year ago by Caqueron    [ Reply ]
Got turned on to this song a few years when it's video popped up on YouTube (great vid btw!) and it was promptly added to my heavy rotation. Lovely to hear it on RP. 
Posted 1 year ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
More Alain, please.
Posted 1 year ago by bodyschool    [ Reply ]
c'était un grand Monsieur 
Posted 1 year ago by sebovox    [ Reply ]
I wasn't sure it that was French or Creole. You sure can pick the good ones from the bad, Bill!
Posted 1 year ago by SteveGardner    [ Reply ]
 noe.architecte169 wrote:

Bashung plays with words and rhymes, like in a poem. It's beautiful, subtle and difficult to transcribe into English. There isn't really a story or a message in his songs.
Posted 2 years ago by guilhem34    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...



😉😉😉😉 Merci RP !!!!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by mathieu.alexandre83    [ Reply ]
This song rocks in any language.
Posted 2 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
One of the most important French artists of last decades, thanks you RP.
Posted 2 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Looks like Data's younger brother
Posted 3 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Merci RP ! So long, Alain...
Posted 3 years ago by cyboulette    [ Reply ]
dauphine from Renault constructor
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
Bashung ! What a writer ! Thanks RP !
Posted 3 years ago by DustWings5    [ Reply ]
This is beautiful
Posted 3 years ago by sowieso    [ Reply ]
Sounds almost like dylan
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Merci RP !!!


et que ne durent que les moments doux
Posted 4 years ago by Froggy_Matt    [ Reply ]
Thank You RP !!!! Alain <3
Posted 4 years ago by K-roll    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...
 
Same. I know this song, 'cause ya know, I lived in France, but when I heard it tonight I was all "Alain Bashung!!!" and here I'd already rated it. Maybe I even commented on it, but I haven't scrolled that far back yet. {#Lol}
Posted 4 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
 Dahlia_Gumbo wrote:


A l'arrière des berlines
In the back of the berlines

On devine
One can divine

Des monarques et leurs figurines
Monarchs and their figurines

Juste une paire de demi-dieux
Just a pair of demigods

Livrés à eux
Left to their own devices

Ils font des p'tits
They're making babies

Ils font des envieux
They're making envious people

A l'arrière des dauphines
In the back of the dauphines

Je suis le roi des scélérats
I am the king of villains

A qui sourit la vie
At whom life is smiling

Marcher sur l'eau
To walk on water

Eviter les péages
To avoid the toll booths

Jamais souffrir
Never to suffer

Juste faire hennir
Just to whinny

Les chevaux du plaisir
Like horses of pleasure

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it

Usez vos souliers
Wear out your shoes

Usez l'usurier
Use the usurer

Soyez ma muse
Be my muse

Et que ne durent que les moments doux
And may only sweet moments endure

Durent que les moments doux
Only sweet moments endure

Et que ne doux
And only sweet

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it

Osez osez
Dare, dare

Osez osez
Dare, dare

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Osez osez Joséphine
Dare, dare, Josephine

Plus rien n's'oppose à la nuit
Nothing more is opposed to the night

Rien ne justifie
Nothing justifies it
A translation would be awesome, love to know what he’s singing about.
 

Posted 4 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
A translation would be awesome, love to know what he’s singing about.
Posted 4 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
I love it when RP plays a song I've never heard and then I see that I rated it at some point...
Posted 4 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
more please!
Posted 4 years ago by barbarabush450    [ Reply ]
 jjak wrote:
surprising but quite good!!
thx bill!!
Hope american folks will get the words (no offense)

 
I resemble that remark...

A person who knows more than two languages is multilingual. A person that knows two languages is bilingual. A person that only knows one language is an American.
Posted 5 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
What a surprise to listen A.BASHUNG so fare from FRANCE, a very good song as all in the album 
Posted 5 years ago by Magnéto    [ Reply ]
Greatest French artist of last decades. Love it.
Posted 5 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Bashung is a god !!! 😎 Thank you Bill !!!
Posted 9 years ago by bendame    [ Reply ]
aaaaargh! {#Grumpy}
Posted 16 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
surprising but quite good!!
thx bill!!
Hope american folks will get the words (no offense)

Posted 16 years ago by jjak    [ Reply ]
crnkan wrote:
Sorry for being an idiot, but what does IYM mean?
In your mind, & ur not an idiot.
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Gorky wrote:
Oh this is bad
Soooooooooo Goooooood. & from across the pond. Who would've known
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
sharkey wrote:
Grow up. IYM
Sorry for being an idiot, but what does IYM mean?
Posted 16 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
normand64 wrote:
Merci Bill pour du bon rock francais. Plus prÚs de chez toi il y a au Québec de l'excellente musique également. Daniel Bélanger, Harmonium, etc.. Normand Charlebois, Plume, Chicane, Bigras, Oscar P............
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
catrip wrote:
Ah, ça fait du bien de temps à autre... à quand les Colocs et Gainsbourg? Oserais-je proposer Beau Dommage?
Oui Bill, alons-y avec Beau Dommage
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Glockman45 wrote:
WTF BILL?
Grow up. IYM
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
thank you very much for playng french artists.....
Posted 16 years ago by titich    [ Reply ]
merci d avoir diffusé bashung.....
Posted 16 years ago by titich    [ Reply ]
Wow, his voice sounds like Dylan.
Posted 16 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Misterfixit wrote:
A French Lenny Cohen?
At first I thought it was Bob Dylan singing backwards. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted 16 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Pas mal mais il y a aussi Gabie (oh Gabie, qu'est belle comme un pétard qu'attends plus qu'une allumette), et puis (Aujourd'hui c'est vendredi et j'aimerais bien qu'on m'aime, j' sends que je vais encore finir chez Vanda et ses sirÚnes et ses sirÚnes oh! Gabie, faut pas laisser tous seul la nuit OH GABIE)
Posted 17 years ago by pierpod    [ Reply ]
A French Lenny Cohen? Pretty catchy actually ...
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
WTF BILL?
Posted 17 years ago by Glockman45    [ Reply ]
Pas mal bien que il y a des autres à lui...
Posted 17 years ago by saulpena    [ Reply ]
Hey never thought I'd hear that on Radio Paradise. It's nice to hear a little Frenchy from time to time! Merci.
Posted 17 years ago by inthefog    [ Reply ]
Wahooo Bashung ! Thanx Bill !
Posted 17 years ago by drfrank    [ Reply ]
This makes me want to saddle up my horse! ..shit! I don't have one ...nevermind.
Posted 17 years ago by go_ski_mully    [ Reply ]
6h30 du mat ,j'arrive au boulot ,je lance RP et,divine surprise Bashung .
Posted 17 years ago by mavi    [ Reply ]
Ma préférée de Bashung...
Posted 17 years ago by Gema    [ Reply ]
Wouaoh! J'adoooore.... je vais me l'offrir aprÚs ces maudits examens finaux, je crois
Posted 18 years ago by Cookie    [ Reply ]
vive la Diversité
Posted 18 years ago by MoZZ    [ Reply ]
Tiens! I'd embrace France just for the concept of 'separation of church & state'!
Posted 18 years ago by robadr    [ Reply ]
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
Sorry, Cpt., it's not just liberals, and not just the French lovers, or the French for that matter. The whole world is against President (Rainman) Warmonger. And now as brighthue suggested, back to the music. I propose "Flight of the Valkyries" as soon those jets will be swooping over the borders of Iran. Ah yes, the smell of napalm...
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
I'm waiting for this thread to get back to the music.
Posted 18 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
CaptTofu wrote:
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
There are conservatives who bash Le "W" as well, don't cha know.
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
J'entends Mark Knopfler - Je Suis Desole. TrÚs agréable.
Posted 18 years ago by ahoylola    [ Reply ]
Waiting for the libs who love France to embrace France's use of Nuclear power to alleviate our dependence on fossile fuel... nah, they're too busy bashing D'uhbaeu
Posted 18 years ago by CaptTofu    [ Reply ]
Ah, ça fait du bien de temps à autre... à quand les Colocs et Gainsbourg? Oserais-je proposer Beau Dommage?
Posted 18 years ago by catrip    [ Reply ]
In France they have a different word for everything!!! GWB...
Posted 18 years ago by jedzep    [ Reply ]
I love it and I don't care if it sounds like Dylan, am loading this one. Fabulous. I don't know what I'd do without this station.
Posted 18 years ago by artattack    [ Reply ]
again after pj harvey Is something there I missed or do they really always play them after each other.
Posted 18 years ago by swedishdest    [ Reply ]
Thought this was some obscure Dylan tune where he was just mumbling thru it...let's just say I was mostly wrong :)
Posted 18 years ago by punkbot    [ Reply ]
Oh this is bad
Posted 18 years ago by Gorky    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Always loved that old joke.
Posted 18 years ago by GreenJello    [ Reply ]
No, no-did he really say something that stupid? Gregorama wrote:
"Durka. Durka, Durka, Durka." (From Team America)... Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Posted 18 years ago by mistatebird    [ Reply ]
Merci Bill pour du bon rock francais. Plus prÚs de chez toi il y a au Québec de l'excellente musique également. Daniel Bélanger, Harmonium, etc.. Normand
Posted 18 years ago by normand64    [ Reply ]
Yuk-sounds like Bob Dylan. Great songwriter, lousy on vocals. Please remove the clothespin from the nose before singing.
Posted 18 years ago by mistatebird    [ Reply ]
Cookie wrote:
C'est franchement super. Merci à l'équipe de Radio Paradise d'avoir mis cette chanson à la radio! (C'était une brise d'été aprÚs une longue premiÚre journée de remplacement de prof de français!)
Posted 18 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
GoldenBoy wrote:
This song is alright, but how do you play this after PJ Harvey?
Did it really play again after PJ Harvey? They should play more French music. We have some great stuff here in Québec (Daniel Bélanger, Ariane Moffatt, Les Colocs, Daniel Boucher, Harmonium......) Bonsoir!
Posted 18 years ago by fifupoche    [ Reply ]
C'est franchement super. Merci à l'équipe de Radio Paradise d'avoir mis cette chanson à la radio! (C'était une brise d'été aprÚs une longue premiÚre journée de remplacement de prof de français!)
Posted 18 years ago by Cookie    [ Reply ]
Yet another artist I would probably never have heard except on RP....GOD BLESS YOU, BILL!!! Very nice.
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
This song is alright, but how do you play this after PJ Harvey?
Posted 19 years ago by GoldenBoy    [ Reply ]
one of the finest french rocker ever! -- et que ne durent que les moments doux --
Posted 19 years ago by kermur    [ Reply ]
TampaPurple wrote:
Well, if Bob Dylan went Frenchie, this would be it, except for the wierd pop music in the background.
Couldn't define the song better.
Posted 19 years ago by xavi    [ Reply ]
he sounds like that guy that you meet at the bar that you know vaguely from high school or a previous job and now he's pretty drunk and wants to tell you all about the girl at the end of the bar that's been giving him the come hither look all evening and he's been playing it cool-like but, by God, he'll be taking her home tonight, you just watch...
Posted 19 years ago by DisplacedNorthrnr    [ Reply ]
Genial! A quand du Gainsbard? Come on guys! upload Gainsbourg?
Posted 19 years ago by jean-louis    [ Reply ]
Can't beleive my ears! Thank's for playing Bashung!!!! :-({|= :propeller.gif: Bonjour a tous les camarades! Je vois que je ne suis pas la seule a appreciee ce moment!
Posted 19 years ago by MmeAllumette    [ Reply ]
Dont_panic wrote:
Cette radio me surprendra toujours c'est cool de trouver un peu de français. C'est super !!!
:nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Bien Cool...
Posted 19 years ago by radiozep    [ Reply ]
Well, if Bob Dylan went Frenchie, this would be it, except for the wierd pop music in the background.
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
More More More ! :)
Posted 19 years ago by Joseph    [ Reply ]
Je delire ou quoi?? :D/ ">
Posted 19 years ago by rochefort    [ Reply ]
"Durka. Durka, Durka, Durka." (From Team America)... Or as Daddy Bush's esteemed VP, Dan Quayle said, before his tour of Latin America, "I guess I better brush up on my Latin."
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Cette radio me surprendra toujours c'est cool de trouver un peu de français. C'est super !!!
Posted 19 years ago by Dont_panic    [ Reply ]
Causez des dauphines sur Radio Paradise, c'est chic ;-)
Posted 19 years ago by bernard    [ Reply ]
Comme quoi ! Qui ne risque rien ...
Posted 19 years ago by Kroma    [ Reply ]
MTL_Robbie wrote:
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
T'imagine?
Posted 19 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
MTL_Robbie wrote:
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
D'accord, je l'aime bien.
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
Putain! Du Bashung sur la radio americaine...I'm floored!
Posted 19 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
i like it! 8)
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]