PETER SARSTEDT WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY FREE DOWNLOAD

But what do I know? Even though Sarstedt himself was not French, the song benefited from the contemporary awareness in Britain of such French and Belgian singers as Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel Belgium -born of Flemish descent. The Best of Peter Sarstedt: But it paid off big time. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. She died in a hotel fire.

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New Zealand Listener [14]. Submission of reader comments is restricted to Mark Steyn Club members only. In the fourth verse the narrator tells us that the two of them grew up together in a poor part of Naples, but they both hated the stigma attached with being wnere - so they tried hard to 'better' themselves.

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

What is the essence of identity, and does it survive? He worked hard to come up with a similar array of cultural allusions: I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-born tags Please refresh the page and retry. There's diamonds and pearls in your hair - yes, there are The rhetorical question of the title suggests that her glamorous lifestyle might yoi have brought Marie-Claire happiness or contentment.

When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs And when the snow falls you're found in Saint Moritz With the others of the jet set And you sip your Napoleon Brandy But you never get your lips wet - no, you don't So look into my face, Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I still like Peter Sarstedt's original and I felt a little pang upon hearing of his death at the beginning of the year.

A friend of Sacha Distel - yes, you do And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn.

Peter Sarstedt, singer of Where Do You Go To My Lovely?, dies at 75

Or so the composer said for decades. Marie-Claire was meant to be a generic European girl but if yok was based on anybody it was my then girlfriend Anita Atke. She watched as I composed because I was in her room most of the time, so she knows things about me then that others don't.

Comment on this item Submission of reader comments is restricted to Mark Steyn Club members only. General Comment Sophia Loren has always been thought of as the subject of this song, but she is not. General Comment Sarstfdt the first three verses the narrator who I'm guessing is a man, although it may be a woman is describing Marie-Claire's lifestyle and he seems to imply that she is living in a materialistic and superficial fashion.

She's round at Pablo's place, and she's so elegant and beautiful she can get away with nicking some unframed doodle leaning against a table leg in his ho, and he's so charmed he pretends not to notice.

Becase she is in a constant state of denial she cannot be happy 'But Wheer still know you bear the scar, deep inside'. If you're a member of The Mark Steyn Club and you take issue with this article, then have at it in our comments section. According to Alan Cooper: But lightning doesn't strike twice, and what came so effortlessly in seems very labored 30 years later.

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?: Steyn's Song of the Week :: SteynOnline

We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. It qualifies because a it has an accordion and b its lyrics are a virtual time capsule of an entire sensibility:. Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. Retrieved 20 May And yes, there's reference to her growing up on the 'back streets of Naples,' so I can see why people may think it was written with Sophia Loren in mind.

Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head - yes, I do Sarstedt supposedly wrote the song in Copenhagen inbut was thinking of a girl he'd met in Vienna the previous year, and had fallen in love with.

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